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Current Events   »   WOW the mods are really cracking down. Be careful with what you post.
TheOnionKnight
04/25/2024
08:27 PM
#59
spanky1 posted...
@TheOnionKnight

Look at this shit

I hope this was related to alt shenanigans and wasn't really just about Nirvana lyrics. But yeah, not heartening.
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Current Events   »   Have you ever tried online dating?
TheOnionKnight
04/25/2024
06:44 PM
#43
Met a bunch of people through online dating, including my current partners.
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Current Events   »   Andrew Tate Accuses Men of Being Gay for Having Sex with Women for Pleasure
TheOnionKnight
04/24/2024
05:27 PM
#81
He's going to the extreme edge of misogyny. Saying that if you don't treat women as baby-making machines, then you're not living up to your potential as a man, and therefore you aren't a man at all, and therefore you may as well be gay. This is the same grotesque patriarchal attitude that's driving the right-wing push to end access to abortion, contraceptives, and birth control. The idea is that a "real man" should knock up women so that pregnancy makes the women vulnerable and dependent on the man, trapping the women in a permanently subservient child-bearing domestic role, and giving the man ultimate authority. Really sick stuff. But even though the tweet is ridiculous and stupid, there are people out there who legitimately believe this.
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Current Events   »   Guys 4/20 is this weekend
TheOnionKnight
04/19/2024
06:31 PM
#39
Not only is 4/20 this weekend, but today is Bicycle Day.
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Current Events   »   They massacred the Pokemon Go avatars
TheOnionKnight
04/19/2024
10:29 AM
#76
Dakimakura posted...
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/1c6pdo1/my_new_avatar_gives_me_dysphoria/

I hadn't considered this, but it makes sense and it's actually pretty upsetting. All genders have the same "chest" slider as one of the customization options, but even when it's set to zero, my male avatar looks like he's got more than pecs. "Shoulders" and "waist" are other options, but you can't really configure them to get a masculine frame. At max, the shoulders are still narrow, and the hips are sizeable even at a low setting. You're basically locked in to having certain feminine proportions.

For me, it's just kind of funky. I'm not too attached to Pokemon and I've only been playing this game a few months. But some people have been playing for years and really relate to their avatars. I could see this update causing real body-image issues.
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Current Events   »   They massacred the Pokemon Go avatars
TheOnionKnight
04/19/2024
12:27 AM
#48
I normally don't care about avatars, but this was jarring. The options to adjust body type are nice in theory, but the execution isn't good. Stretched-out torsos. Disproportionate heads. A very limited selection of faces, which all look similar and have a weird uncanny vibe. None of the clothes fit the new models, so everything is warped. The character animations don't fit them either.

And yeah, some players have lost access to outfits/accessories that they previously bought. It sucks because you've gotta save up weeks/months of in-game currency to afford stuff. Or pay real money. Now it's just, poof, gone.
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Current Events   »   It's the final giveaway!
TheOnionKnight
04/18/2024
12:34 AM
#405
Here's a fourth post!
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Current Events   »   It's the final giveaway!
TheOnionKnight
04/18/2024
12:22 AM
#392
Here's a third post!
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Current Events   »   It's the final giveaway!
TheOnionKnight
04/17/2024
11:26 PM
#319
Here's a second post!
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Current Events   »   It's the final giveaway!
TheOnionKnight
04/17/2024
11:13 PM
#298
Here's a post!
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Current Events   »   How long have you been coming to CE for?
TheOnionKnight
04/15/2024
04:39 PM
#32
Probably close to two decades, which is crazy.
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Current Events   »   Howdy
TheOnionKnight
04/15/2024
04:26 PM
#171
spanky1 posted...
Posting in a part of history.

Ditto.
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Current Events   »   What is your relationship status?
TheOnionKnight
04/14/2024
08:34 PM
#74
Currently have two partners. One I've been dating for like two and a half years. The other I was dating for a few years before the pandemic, then we amicably parted ways until early this year, when we got back together.
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Current Events   »   Can I get a list a female anime characters that have transformations?
TheOnionKnight
04/12/2024
10:01 AM
#15
Aisha Clanclan
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Current Events   »   VFX studio rediscovers lost technology that's more advanced than green screen
TheOnionKnight
04/07/2024
01:38 PM
#9
This is very cool!
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Current Events   »   Why is it looked down upon to order water at a restaurant?
TheOnionKnight
04/05/2024
11:16 AM
#31
Heineken14 posted...
If a story like that is true, I wouldn't have given a tip, or a very small one.

It's 100% true, and I did leave a very small tip. It's the kind of thing where I think about it in retrospect, and realize I should've left no tip or caused more of a fuss. Instead I just decided to never go to that restaurant again, and I never have.
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Current Events   »   Why is it looked down upon to order water at a restaurant?
TheOnionKnight
04/05/2024
11:10 AM
#25
I basically never order alcohol, and I'm pretty poor so I try to be frugal when I'm eating out. I'll never forget going to a restaurant one time with some friends, ordering water, and having the waitress keep "forgetting" to bring it. (My friends ordered drinks and she brought those, of course.) Then at the end of the meal, when she brought the bill, she said to me: "I guess you didn't need that water, after all, did you?"
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Current Events   »   So apparently Turkish delight doesn't taste all that great...
TheOnionKnight
04/03/2024
05:29 PM
#29
I've had a few flavors, and they've all been way too sweet for me. The hype from the Narnia books definitely warped my expectations. But then again, it's enchanted by magic in the books. The real version was never gonna taste so delectable.
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Current Events   »   LGBT poll
TheOnionKnight
03/27/2024
07:01 PM
#50
I identify as pan at this point. Mostly attracted to women, but one of my partners came out as trans, and that took my sexuality on a bit of a roller coaster. I've also done a ton of psychedelics over the years which have melted the conventional boundaries of identity for me to such an extent that I don't even really believe in categories for sex/gender/etc anymore. Pan is the label that seems to say "anything is possible," and that's kinda where I am now.
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Current Events   »   What are some perfect tv shows?
TheOnionKnight
03/26/2024
08:54 AM
#82
wallmasterz posted...
Ha! I cant believe they made a TV spinoff of such an awful film I am guessing you remember my Disney canon threads back in the day, 2008. Hope all is well for you.

Of course I remember! But was that really 2008? Over a decade ago? My god.

Things are okay for me. Life has been weird and messy lately, but I'm still alive. Hopefully everything's good on your end!
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Current Events   »   What are some perfect tv shows?
TheOnionKnight
03/26/2024
08:36 AM
#79
wallmasterz posted...
Here we have a big fan of Disneys upcoming live action Home on the Range TV show. Each episode is rumored to have a budget of $100 million.

lol you almost gave me a heart attack! But unfortunately, upon turning to Google, I learned that although a live-action series might just be a hypothetical nightmare, there actually is an animated TV spin-off. Hopefully it's cheap to produce. -_-
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Current Events   »   Couples feeding each other
TheOnionKnight
03/25/2024
05:06 PM
#17
One of my partners likes to do this in a "lie back and I'll pamper you" sort of way. Almost like I'm a Roman emperor or something, just sprawled out and getting massaged and served little delicacies. It honestly can feel weird since I've never dated anyone who wants to lavish me with this much attention, but it's growing on me. Very private and intimate, though. Would be totally out of place in public.
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Current Events   »   What are some perfect tv shows?
TheOnionKnight
03/25/2024
04:28 PM
#35
Succession and Scavengers Reign are my two recent favorites.
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Current Events   »   Ever talk on the phone before an online date?
TheOnionKnight
03/25/2024
03:58 PM
#26
Never talked on the phone, but I did a video call once for a "digital date." This was during the early pandemic when everyone was still paranoid about in-person interaction, but it was perfectly fine even within that context.
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Current Events   »   Are you still on good terms with any of your ex-partners?
TheOnionKnight
03/25/2024
01:37 PM
#72
I've parted with all of my exes on basically good terms, but I haven't kept up with most of them and don't know what they're doing now. Except for an ex from 3-4 years ago who isn't an ex anymore, since we got back together in January.
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Current Events   »   What's your unpopular movie/tv take?
TheOnionKnight
03/25/2024
12:13 PM
#53
Christopher Nolan's movies don't do much for me. Ditto most stuff from Pixar. I usually don't find Will Ferrell funny. Not a fan of Tom Hanks or Sean Penn. Some popular shows I dislike: South Park, Friends, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Daily Show.

On a more positive note, I think Speed Racer (2008) is a masterpiece, although most people seem to hate it. The Last Jedi also gets dragged constantly, but it's one of my favorite Star Wars movies.
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Current Events   »   How's the love life CE?
TheOnionKnight
03/13/2024
05:38 PM
#54
Polyamorous and dating two partners. I've kept things pretty casual for my whole life, but I think I might be falling for one of my current partners harder than I ever have for anyone.
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Current Events   »   Words that aren't spelled at all like they sound.
TheOnionKnight
03/13/2024
09:16 AM
#89
Respite

I always want to pronounce it to rhyme with "kite" due to the E at the end. But apparently you're supposed to ignore the E and pronounce it to rhyme with "bit." You almost never ignore the E at the end of words like this. Frustrating.
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Current Events   »   Any video games that can scratch the Dune itch?
TheOnionKnight
03/12/2024
11:56 AM
#32
Ori and the Will of the Wisps has a pretty cool desert area with a sandworm boss. Only one part of the game, and not actually Dune, but feels very Dune-inspired.
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Current Events   »   Can you think of any media that both condemn and appeal to the same thing?
TheOnionKnight
03/12/2024
11:40 AM
#13
spanky1 posted...
@TheOnionKnight this is what you harp on a lot right?

Yeah, I think about it a lot. Something can be well-intentioned but then have the total opposite effect. The Godfather and Apocalypse Now are the two examples that always come to mind for me. Even though these are critical movies, The Godfather wound up leading to real-world glamorization of the mafia, and Apocalypse Now is literally used as a recruitment tool for the military, playing "Ride of the Valkyries" to hype up soldiers and etc.
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Current Events   »   pretentious movies and movies you grew up with
TheOnionKnight
03/08/2024
12:13 PM
#12
alfred_ashford posted...
Not watching those vids but thats a shame if the tiktok generation really thinks that obscure/not universally agreed upon good(aka NEW) is pretentious.

Getting real sick of the "its popular so it has to be good and if not EVERYONE likes it then no one likes it" mindset.

Good, Bad, and the Ugly is not even obscure, and is universally agreed to be good. It's one of the stereotypical "big famous Western" movies. Honestly it's the guy on TikTok who comes off as being pretentious here: pretending to know what he's talking about. Which is usually the case whenever someone calls something "pretentious." That's turning into a red-flag word for me.
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Current Events   »   Do you criticize what other people eat?
TheOnionKnight
03/07/2024
11:18 AM
#11
Only really with one of my partners if she buys Nestle products. I wouldn't say "criticize" though. More like "point out," since she's anti-Nestle (rightly so, in my opinion) but she'll sometimes buy their stuff without realizing they manufactured a certain product.
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Current Events   »   Did any of you here actually like any of those novels you were probably forced
TheOnionKnight
03/07/2024
10:53 AM
#111
I love The Scarlet Letter and basically everything else written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, but I read his books either in college or on my own. Not in high school. Not middle school. And especially not elementary, which is when my sister was forced to read it. This is one of those books that you really need to read as an adult, and it's a disservice to both the book and to the students that schools make kids read it when they're way too young.

One that I was forced to read in high school, and that I hated, was Moby-Dick. This was one of my most-hated novels for years -- until I reread it in my 20s, and then I fell in love with it. Now it's one of my all-time favorites. I've reread it like 8 times.

Never much cared for To Kill a Mockingbird, though. Didn't like Death of a Salesman either.
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Current Events   »   How many different girls have you kissed/made out with in your life?
TheOnionKnight
03/07/2024
10:35 AM
#29
Way more than 35. No clue about the number, but it's atypically inflated from attending kink parties that revolve around making out with everyone.
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Current Events   »   I've never met a chill David.
TheOnionKnight
02/01/2024
12:37 PM
#27
I know a quite a few Davids. One is 100% an irritable asshole. Another one is literally a Buddhist monk who's super calm, soft-spoken, and will occasionally withdraw from the world to meditate for months at a time. The rest run the gamut of temperaments.
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