moviefreakedmind

TV’s Frink said:

Another thing to consider, if it’s an option and you aren’t already doing so, is to try more dating. Finding a girlfriend is another way to keep from being isolated.

moviefreakedmind said:

I can make friends, I just can’t keep them and don’t have any because I don’t trust a single person on the planet. I operate under the assumption that all people have malicious purposes. 99% of the time I’m right, so I play it safe and avoid them all.

Don’t think I’m being hyperbolic. I literally don’t turn my back on people.

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

The one that a bunch of unlikable thugs

Sure.

They were. They were just a violent mob; I don’t see why anyone should deny that.

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Most statues are not nuanced. The other reasons for the war don’t really come into play in a non-nuanced world, it’s the main one that rings loudest: slavery, and we can’t glorify that.

Maybe the world needs to be more nuanced. Maybe the other reasons for the war need to be better understood.

There is nuance in nuance. Obviously nuance is important, but as a said a statue is not a nuanced object. It is a symbol, and for many people when they see it they don’t see a million things, they see only one.

Of course it’s important to understand all the reasons as an educated citizen, but the truth is most of those reasons have little to do with the effects the war still has today (beyond being a common, phony excuse and dog whistle).

Build a memorial if you want. But the statues as they exist are misguided.

Which statues? What about the ones for the pows I mentioned and the battlefield markers?

Again, nuance. If a statue depicts a glorification, it should go. If it symbolizes something else, maybe not.

By “go” do you mean destroyed? I’m not opposed to putting them in storage but the destruction is inexcusable to me.

It depends. Storage/museums might be a good solution for most, but a lot of these statues were mass produced. Might be better to recycle.

Well, yeah the ones built within the last 50 years or so probably aren’t worth anything, but a lot of them were built to commemorate the 50th and 100th anniversaries of the war. Those belong in a museum.

The one that a bunch of unlikable thugs vandalized and tore down was just of a nondescript soldier, not even standing in a glorified position and it was dedicated to the war dead.

I have a feeling the Avatar sequels will be flops, not flops in the Ghostbusters remake or Sahara sense of the word flop, but big financial disappointments. I don’t know anyone that cares about Avatar or 3D anymore.

DominicCobb said:

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Most statues are not nuanced. The other reasons for the war don’t really come into play in a non-nuanced world, it’s the main one that rings loudest: slavery, and we can’t glorify that.

Maybe the world needs to be more nuanced. Maybe the other reasons for the war need to be better understood.

There is nuance in nuance. Obviously nuance is important, but as a said a statue is not a nuanced object. It is a symbol, and for many people when they see it they don’t see a million things, they see only one.

Of course it’s important to understand all the reasons as an educated citizen, but the truth is most of those reasons have little to do with the effects the war still has today (beyond being a common, phony excuse and dog whistle).

Build a memorial if you want. But the statues as they exist are misguided.

Which statues? What about the ones for the pows I mentioned and the battlefield markers?

Again, nuance. If a statue depicts a glorification, it should go. If it symbolizes something else, maybe not.

By “go” do you mean destroyed? I’m not opposed to putting them in storage but the destruction is inexcusable to me.

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Is anyone against memorials erected purely for the deaths of Confederate soldiers themselves? There are some memorials in Germany for the war dead that are not in any way a memorial for Nazi Germany.

This.

A memorial for those soldiers killed is not the same thing as a statue with a Confederate leader on a horse.

Maybe we can remove the men from the statues and leave the horses.

Not all of the statues people are vandalizing are statues of leaders on horseback.

Is anyone against memorials erected purely for the deaths of Confederate soldiers themselves? There are some memorials in Germany for the war dead that are not in any way a memorial for Nazi Germany. Obviously the Civil War isn’t pressing anymore since pretty much everybody who even knew an elderly Civil War vet is now dead, but a lot of people from both the North and South died in that war, and the vast majority of Confederate soldiers weren’t slave owners. In fact, people rich enough to own slaves bought their way out of the war.

I can make friends, I just can’t keep them and don’t have any because I don’t trust a single person on the planet. I operate under the assumption that all people have malicious purposes. 99% of the time I’m right, so I play it safe and avoid them all.

ChainsawAsh said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I don’t like using this thread since I have no emotions to speak of other than anger, but oh well.

Other than talking to the occasional cashier and stating the bare minimum necessary to people I work with, it’s been over three months since I’ve spoken to anyone outside of my family. I don’t even think I care very much, I’m just sure it isn’t healthy.

I didn’t plan on talking about the reasons for my long absence from the forum, but I will say that this hit home for me. This isn’t too far from where I was not too long ago. But I isolated myself from my family as well, only talking to them when it was absolutely necessary.

I thought the same at first - that the isolation didn’t bother me, to the point where I kind of embraced it. But eventually it caught up to me, and I isolated myself more and more to the point where if I didn’t work, I wouldn’t leave my apartment for days at a time.

The isolation actually does bother me, but every time I interact with anyone beyond a superficial conversation they make me want to be sick. I can’t explain it, but to me the isolation is more of a lesser of two evils thing.

I happened to really luck out and move in downstairs from two people who are now my closest friends that I see almost every day, but now and again I wonder where I’d be now if I had, say, been assigned to a different building, or rented somewhere else.

I severed ties with all of my friends a little over a year ago because I thought they were up to something and I’m not capable of making new ones.

Not saying your situation is exactly the same or trying to tell you that you need to get help or meet people or anything like that, or that I changed and became a perfectly well adjusted person that doesn’t ever feel this way anymore, but humans are social creatures, even if we don’t want to be. I learned that the hard way. And your post reminded me so much of where I was two years ago that I felt like I had to let you know you’re not alone.

If you ever feel like you need someone to talk to, even if it’s just to vent about what a shit day you had at work, you can PM me anytime.

I do actually really appreciate this. It does mean a lot to me.

He’s been saying that crap for years. If he has such little time for it he should just let a trusted member of his crew or production supervise the transfer and then Cameron could look at it and approve it.

Frank your Majesty said:

^^ Yeah, but does the general population care about 4K?

The general population will buy whatever crap is thrown at them, but as for 4K, I doubt it because people are shifting towards streaming for all home media.

I don’t like using this thread since I have no emotions to speak of other than anger, but oh well.

Other than talking to the occasional cashier and stating the bare minimum necessary to people I work with, it’s been over three months since I’ve spoken to anyone outside of my family. I don’t even think I care very much, I’m just sure it isn’t healthy.

ChainsawAsh said:

Southern end of Lake Michigan here, and I work on Monday. But hey, they’re giving us an outdoor picnic during eclipse time, so that’s cool I guess. Wish I had a vacation day to use so I could take a trip down to a 100% area.

I also am being given an hour off watch the eclipse. I don’t get paid hourly so I could get away with going outside anyway but it’s nice to know that it’s condoned by the higher ups.

yhwx said:

I will be viewing the eclipse from a particularly good vantage point, around the 95% visibility mark, because I don’t want to travel 90 miles on what will be a particularly bad traffic day just to see 5 more percent. I think you’d get much of the same effect anyway.

I live in a 100% area.

Warbler said:

I am just sick and tired of this crap. Any other forum would gotten rid of frevious a long time ago and everyone here knows it. There is not one good reason to keep him around. None. When I ask why he is not banned, I am ignored and my question goes unanswered and I am tired of that. Either ban him or explain to me why not.

The threats of suicide if people kept ignoring him him were the last straw for me, but he didn’t ever go quite that far again.

generalfrevious said:

moviefreakedmind said:

generalfrevious said:

Possessed said:

Well that’s poking enough don’t you think Duracell?

I’m within my bounds here; what I say is valid in light of Presidrnt Trump and Charlottesville.

No you’re not. Go to hell.

White privilege in action.

You’re not in your bounds. You constantly disregard the rules of the forum and the OP’s ban on doomsaying. I’m sick of your filthy attempts at gaining attention, which I realize I’m giving to you now but I can’t resist because your posts are so sickening. And by the way, “Presidrnt” isn’t a fucking word.

generalfrevious said:

Possessed said:

Well that’s poking enough don’t you think Duracell?

I’m within my bounds here; what I say is valid in light of Presidrnt Trump and Charlottesville.

No you’re not. Go to hell.

Atypical

Almost unwatchable. The mom is the focus of half the show and is one of the most unlikeable characters in any show I’ve ever seen and the other characters are just really boring. I’ll never finish this one.

EDIT: It’s also pretty exploitative in my opinion. I’m not sure if Netflix is pretending to be charitable and saintly by supposedly “starting a conversation” about autism with this show like they claimed to on the subject of teen suicide and 13 Reasons Why, but if they are they should be ashamed of themselves.

Pretty much no one has seen that in public. I don’t even think I’ve ever noticed anyone breastfeeding in public before.

generalfrevious said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

generalfrevious said:

We are still headed for a second holocaust in the next three years. The United States by 2020 will prove itself to be the most racist and genocidal civilization humanity has ever known. I’m glad people are devoting their time debating about breastfeeding in public, when we have the most evil man ever seen in US history occupying the White House.

I can say the most hyperbolic things here, and they will always pale in comparison with out current reality.

I’ve an idea – why don’t you follow this rule

• No ridiculous doom saying (like all non-Trump supporters will be rounded up and executed)

and restrict all these edifying little thoughts of yours to this wonderful thread, 'cause I’m goddamn sick of you, your Chicken Little bullshit, and the reeking miasma you bring to this forum. I’m not going to tolerate it in one of my threads any longer. Keep poking this bear, and he WILL report you.

That rule has unfortunately been outdated by President Trump’s behavior in the last seven months.

So you admit that you don’t care about forum rules?

Warbler said:
Btw, what would you think of bare breasts in a G rated movie?

They used to be allowed in PG movies. That’s changed now because people are prudes. I don’t know how other people’s families were, but I grew up in a family that, at times, was pretty big and nudity at home wasn’t common but nobody thought of it as this horrifying thing when it happened. The whole, “won’t somebody think of the children?” argument obviously applies to sexual content, but basic nudity is stuff they’ll see in health class anyway, so why should we be worried about breastfeeding scarring them? It’s something a lot of kids see at home if they have younger siblings.

Warbler said:

*sigh*

What is so difficult to understand?

breast on female = private part

display of private part = nudity

nudity not appropriate in public area, unless area is zoned for nudity.

It’s very subtle nudity though. It’s nothing you haven’t seen before so just be mature about it. No one is forcing you to look. I almost never see breastfeeding women in public anyway, and when I do they’re always discreet about it so why does anyone care? Babies have to eat and they’re pretty impatient when they get hungry.

Warbler said:

dahmage said:

Also, i am not going to go start talking about male privilege, but once you have children, you start to notice the problems where you didn’t even know they were before.

such as?

You really have no idea how much of a pain in the ass looking after kids is?

Warbler said:

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/powerful-group-breastfeeding-photo-declares-right-192220704.html

Ok, am I an awful person for thinking breast feeding should be done in private?

Breast feeding involves a woman exposing her breast, correct?

Is not the breast on a woman considered a private part?

What do we call beaches where women are allowed to go topless? Nude beaches, correct?

During breastfeeding the nipple is still covered. I’m not a parent yet, but I was raised in a family with a lot of kids, and breastfeeding is completely natural and unsexual. It’s a common necessity of being a mother. If you don’t like it, look away.