Varyk

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 29 minutes ago

from 15, apparently

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 hours ago

that's basically what's going to happen again.

US companies will use less consulting because it's more expensive.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

this is my favorite explanation, by Leslie mann, of the role of St. Peter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqwgEk_zPZI&t=07

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

wow, that is a great video.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

I hear the word expat all over the world, I don't think it's regional.

"immigrant" gives the impression that you are traveling to get to someplace, while expat implies that you are traveling to get away from someplace, as I've heard it used.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

you sound so weak because your straw men are based on demonstrably false assumptions.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

again, if you support genocide, that is your own problem, don't project your violent and strange prejudices. onto others.

blaming other people for your own anxieties is an ineffective coping mechanism.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Your implied confirmation that an uninformed mob as moral arbiter could not be more timely.

enjoy that bandwagon; people downvoting uncomfortable truths doesn't make them any less true.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

ha, truth. they sound nuts

you'll probably notice that every person arguing against "centrists" as if they aren't centrist is very proud of their refusal to provide evidence for their arguments or read any articles refuting their mistakes.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (6 children)

"Netanyahu is committing genocide and we are wrong to sell him weapons."

I've already responded to that in the first comments, which part are you confused about?

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (8 children)

"I didn't say you can't read"

cool, nobody said you did.

"you might have to admit that genocide is wrong."

If you don't think genocide is wrong, that is your issue, don't blame it on some vague "other" that you don't understand or agree with.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (10 children)

you making mistakes and avoiding corrective information doesn't mean other people can't read.

you are wrong.

 

or was there iconic scratchy rapid frenetic drum electronic scraping noises before Bowie?

listening to these songs. I kept thinking about Skrillex, but that wasn't for another 13 years.

 

why: so the government won't be able to use your money for whatever the fuck they're planning for the next 4 years.

as a traveler, none of my money has been funding Israel, for example.

one-step method: you basically fill out one extra tax form called FEIE while you're doing your taxes, write down the dates you were outside of the country, and then since you aren't in the country and are not receiving any services from the US, you don't have to pay income tax up to a certain amount (it's a little over 125k this year).

 

Just curious since it seems so much easier and less stressful during any election cycle to fill out a form and mail it in during your free time.

 

there are certain things I want to be out of the loop of, anything to do with him seems good.

I'm looking for mobile solutions specifically.

thank you very much

 

does anyone have any insight into this? actual behind the scenes knowledge?

the sets either look like cheap plastic or ps3 graphics.

It's very distracting and making it almost impossible for me to immerse myself in the story.

It's very frustrating because I like the movie and the story and I think the actors are mostly doing a good job, kamala and her family are hilarious, but I can't get over how dog shit the CGI , editing and set pieces are.

did anyone else notice this?

and the budget was 220 million. it was huge, I can't understand why the effects and set pieces are so terrible.

a small example: when captain Marvel "changes" her clothes in the singing Palace, her entire wardrobe is clearly changed off screen, she's already wearing her new costume when the camera switches back to her and there are literal like 1970s cartoon Disney sparkles floating around her for a second to imply that she morphed her costume?

have Marvel movies always looked this ridiculous? I feel like 10 years ago the effects and settings were more believable, or at the very least more immersive.

All of these effects look like they were made in one frantic week.

oh, and the costumes?

Why are all the costumes baggy?

like professor Marvel's costume is baggy, everyone on Nick Fury ship is wearing baggy jumpsuits.

and it's not like cool baggy, they just didn't make costumes that fit for everybody on set?

professor's Marvel's mom's hair looks crazy, it looks like they sprayed white spray paint on her head and was like okay, she's old now.

the kittens are rough, their textures, movements and physics are absurd.

 
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bold move with the title, but they really pull it off this book.

this is a great final installment.

the entire book is good, but here's a couple moments that stuck out.

spoilersI forgot how it starts, with menderash willingly turning into a nothlit(mirroring tobias in the first book) so that he can pilot the Yeerk ship to take them to investigate the kelbrid space is so exciting!

I wonder how many mirrors of the first book there are that I didn't notice since I was devouring the story.

the extended internal torment where Jake is reckoning with Rachel's death and his responsibility as a war criminal who sends his friends to their death.

That Jake and Cassie don't end up together.

but all the anamorphs are pretty much unfulfilled, carrying on Rachel's legacy.

I can't sing this book's praises enough, it really is a solid ending with room to continue or conclude a limited run if they want to.

 

doesn't even look like they bothered to erase the original title or crop the picture correctly,, but who doesn't like Nic Cage enough to overlook a lazy morph?

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lots of great writing here.

this is probably my favorite description of an andalite in the series:

"he was a blue-furred centaur with a pair of extra eyes on movable stalks and a tail like a chef’s knife tied to the end of a bullwhip."

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Finding arbron again is strange. weird that he is still a nothlit, weird that he has become the leader of his adopted species.

"come on cassie, show me where to go next." is such a great show don't tell apology by Jake.

It's so great that Jake trusts Cassie again and everybody else can see that she was right to let Tom take the morphing cube.

finally! it's been awful seeing her get treated like a traitor for so long.

and Jake basically asks Cassie to marry him, which is great.

I very much like the moment Tom realizes Jake is alive and the visser sarcastically congratulates Tom on his astute observation.

i also really like how the visser is completely aware and resigned to his fate. I wish he was a little more realistic and not so goofy as an evil son of a bitch most of the series.

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