moviefreakedmind

It always irritates me when there’s singing or song lyrics in books. It doesn’t translate well from audio to writing.

Because they’re pretentious and they’re expensive. I’m guessing.

Mrebo said:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1865

(Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 was not intended to provide legal protection to websites that unlawfully promote and facilitate prostitution and websites that facilitate traffickers in advertising the sale of unlawful sex acts with sex trafficking victims. Section 230 limits the legal liability of interactive computer service providers or users for content they publish that was created by others.

(Sec. 3) The bill amends the federal criminal code to add a new section that imposes penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both—on a person who, using a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service (or attempts or conspires to do so) to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person.

Websites have long been protected from liability for what its users do. The fact that this law allows criminal and civil penalties against a website that “facilitates” is problematic, if one cares about the internet remaining as open as it has been. Craigslist has closed its personals section in response to passage of this bill.

Now that there is a crack in the dam, how long before big copyright holders convince the government there should be liability for a website that “facilitates” copyright infringement? What other issues are important enough that the websites themselves should face criminal and civil claims?

Most of the sexual exploitation crimes like human trafficking and child pornography trade don’t actually take place on legitimate websites, and it is already illegal to operate a website that exists for the purposes of those sex crimes. This is just the government’s way of trying to get a tighter grip on the internet and they’re doing it, like they always have done, by pretending to care about the victims of sex crimes. They’ve been trying this shit since the 1990s. Also, think about it, if two people are organizing a prostitution meet-up through Facebook messenger (meaning private messages) does that mean that Facebook is liable?

Mrebo said:

Tyrphanax said:

moviefreakedmind said:

The right-wing response to the Parkland survivors’ demand for gun-control has done more to expose how evil the right wing is than any exposé liberals have ever done.

Yeah it certainly doesn’t help the discussion to be bashing children, even if they’re wrong.

I’ve not commented on this because there is no use. There are those on the right who responded badly and those who responded well. Obviously the poor responses are going to get the attention and feed the narrative one wants to feed.

I previously posted about the March for Life, which is composed of many youths who flood DC every year for the protest. In response to that event, it was stated:

moviefreakedmind said:

I hate everybody at the women’s march and I hate everybody at the march for life and I hope the ground splits open and all of them fall into the Earth. Sounds fair and unbiased to me.

TV’s Frink said:

Fuck those assholes.

I didn’t remark then that it is composed of so many youths, but I don’t know that that would matter to anyone here.

I was posting a hyperbolic joke that basically said, “I don’t like either side? Aren’t I agreeable.” Obviously I don’t actually wish death upon the hundreds of thousands of marchers at those events.

I’ve never heard it in my life.

Son of a bitch, now I’m sick.

The right-wing response to the Parkland survivors’ demand for gun-control has done more to expose how evil the right wing is than any exposé liberals have ever done.

Nothing wrong with a stutter. It gives you time to think about what to say next. I have no filter and say crazy things that freak people out when I’m around strangers.

Tyrphanax said:
Friends will appear as you go along.

Not really, but the rest of your advice still stands.

Handman said:

My friendships have all but disappeared. At least I’m busier.

If you want friendships then it sounds like you’ll have to create new ones.

ChainsawAsh said:

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DuracellEnergizer said:

Having to pay to see a doctor about a fever? American health care is fucked up.

You should see how much my best friend still owes for an emergency appendectomy two years ago.

And yes, she had insurance.

If I ever have to go to the doctor for something like that I probably just won’t even bother paying my medical bills.

She let it go to collections then worked out a monthly plan with them. Because the hospital wouldn’t do it for a reasonable amount of money (they wanted the whole $5,000 or so immediately, then wouldn’t go lower than $250/month payments - she pays $50/month to collections right now and is saving up slowly to settle the entire remainder when she can).

Yeah, I wouldn’t even pay it then.

Then you get taken to court and get your wages garnished. There’s no way around it in the long run, except maybe bankruptcy.

I know there’s no way around it, I just still wouldn’t do it.

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

The idea that every Oscar winner is chosen based solely on political agendas is one of my least favorite semi-conspiracy theories.

Not all of them, but that one for sure.

Difference between personal preferences and a larger political agenda. If Brokeback had won people would’ve been saying that it won because of the gay agenda. Doesn’t make it true.

In that case it wouldn’t have been true, but it was definitely a very calculated anti-gay agenda that kept it from winning.

ChainsawAsh said:

moviefreakedmind said:

ChainsawAsh said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Having to pay to see a doctor about a fever? American health care is fucked up.

You should see how much my best friend still owes for an emergency appendectomy two years ago.

And yes, she had insurance.

If I ever have to go to the doctor for something like that I probably just won’t even bother paying my medical bills.

She let it go to collections then worked out a monthly plan with them. Because the hospital wouldn’t do it for a reasonable amount of money (they wanted the whole $5,000 or so immediately, then wouldn’t go lower than $250/month payments - she pays $50/month to collections right now and is saving up slowly to settle the entire remainder when she can).

Yeah, I wouldn’t even pay it then.

DominicCobb said:

The idea that every Oscar winner is chosen based solely on political agendas is one of my least favorite semi-conspiracy theories.

Not all of them, but that one for sure.

ChainsawAsh said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Maybe, but getting well slightly sooner (if you’re lucky) isn’t greater than money.

I mean, I guess, but I’ve always been told that 104 and above is legitimate danger level. I’m not a doctor myself, though.

He’s still in high school so it isn’t his financial responsibility. In that case he should go to the doctor.

ChainsawAsh said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Having to pay to see a doctor about a fever? American health care is fucked up.

You should see how much my best friend still owes for an emergency appendectomy two years ago.

And yes, she had insurance.

If I ever have to go to the doctor for something like that I probably just won’t even bother paying my medical bills.

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

It should’ve won best picture too but the Academy was being PC and was too scared to award it.

I don’t think you’re using “PC” the right way.

Political correctness goes both ways. Giving Brokeback Mountain best picture would’ve pissed a lot of people off and offended the dumb masses so they decided to just give it to something else to avoid all that. It’s PC enough to be called PC in my mind.

That’s not what happened though. Many members of the Academy we’re legitimately homophobic and didn’t vote for it because of that.

But going with Crash was very calculated because it was a slightly controversial subject matter, but not as much as Brokeback Mountain.

Crash was like throwing a bone. “Yeah we don’t like the cowboy butt sex stuff but here’s a movie about racism that we can pretend is good!”

Yes. It was all in an attempt to not offend anyone, but in the end everyone was pissed off.

Well, I disagree that it supposedly was done to “not offend anyone.” I think it didn’t win because voters were actually offended.

They found the film offensive so they didn’t select it so as not to offend anyone else (because most Americans were offended by that movie at the time) but they also didn’t want to offend people that actually care about making artistic films about taboo subject matters so they selected Crash hoping that the racial angle would be enough to keep people happy. And then everyone was pissed off. This is why political correctness is an embarrassment; it isn’t just about being decent to people, it also extends to art. What people are offended by often isn’t rational and this was a perfect example of that.

DuracellEnergizer said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Dek Rollins said:

Well, I was born a few months after it came out. Are we the children of Satan, then?

If I were religious, I’d be a Satanist.

Since most strains of Satanism are non-theistic, you still can be.

I do love the imagery and symbolism behind it. I’ve got a little black magic shelf in my home with weird Satanic trinkets and souvenirs displayed.

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

It should’ve won best picture too but the Academy was being PC and was too scared to award it.

I don’t think you’re using “PC” the right way.

Political correctness goes both ways. Giving Brokeback Mountain best picture would’ve pissed a lot of people off and offended the dumb masses so they decided to just give it to something else to avoid all that. It’s PC enough to be called PC in my mind.

That’s not what happened though. Many members of the Academy we’re legitimately homophobic and didn’t vote for it because of that.

But going with Crash was very calculated because it was a slightly controversial subject matter, but not as much as Brokeback Mountain.

Crash was like throwing a bone. “Yeah we don’t like the cowboy butt sex stuff but here’s a movie about racism that we can pretend is good!”

Yes. It was all in an attempt to not offend anyone, but in the end everyone was pissed off.

Dek Rollins said:

Well, I was born a few months after it came out. Are we the children of Satan, then?

If I were religious, I’d be a Satanist.

Maybe, but getting well slightly sooner (if you’re lucky) isn’t greater than money.

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

It should’ve won best picture too but the Academy was being PC and was too scared to award it.

I don’t think you’re using “PC” the right way.

Political correctness goes both ways. Giving Brokeback Mountain best picture would’ve pissed a lot of people off and offended the dumb masses so they decided to just give it to something else to avoid all that. It’s PC enough to be called PC in my mind.

That’s not what happened though. Many members of the Academy we’re legitimately homophobic and didn’t vote for it because of that.

But going with Crash was very calculated because it was a slightly controversial subject matter, but not as much as Brokeback Mountain.

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

It should’ve won best picture too but the Academy was being PC and was too scared to award it.

I don’t think you’re using “PC” the right way.

Political correctness goes both ways. Giving Brokeback Mountain best picture would’ve pissed a lot of people off and offended the dumb masses so they decided to just give it to something else to avoid all that. It’s PC enough to be called PC in my mind.

suspiciouscoffee said:

I’ve been watching DS9 and I’m at S3E10 “Past Tense: Part I” and this dystopian 2024 not only seems plausible, but possible, and almost likely given the real 2018.

Yeah, that one is eerie and unnerving. Other than the “futuristic” laptops that dystopian future still holds up.

It should’ve won best picture too but the Academy was being PC and was too scared to award it.