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smoke_break posted...

Yu Yu Hakusho then Hunter X Hunter.

I love yyh so hunter x hunter is looking amazing

Kircheis posted...

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Basically it has all the best parts of a good shonen series, but streamlined so that there's very little if any filler. Being animated by Ufotable probably helps too, because the fight at the end of episode 19 is nothing short of breathtaking.

Yeah I'm down for that so much

I'm loving dbz and especially dbz abridged with the ginyu force inverting the trope.

Yeah, Brave isn't as good as the best Pixar movies, but thags a high bar and it's still very fun and gorgeous to watch. If DreamWorks released Brave it would be considered a classic.

Nice!

Also grats on the boy! I'm so looking forward to being a parent, but I just got engaged, we aren't ready just yet lol

Either books from this decade, or books from before that got modern reprints.

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay for sure. It's a simple story that plays on nostalgia of the horror genre, but only uses it as flavoring to deliver an actual fantastic story. It's such an easy sell because the gimmick of reality TV horror is so simple but really adds to the final product.

I'd also say The Elementals my Michael McDowell. It's an older book, but was out of print for a long time before getting reprints and finally getting respect for his amazing writing, especially his being largely responsible for Nightmare Before Christmas and Beetlejuice, some of my childhood basis for horror. McDowell's short haunted house novel is one of the best examples of the genre, and would serve extremely well for a film adaptation for a straight new horrifying classic, or open for adaptation into a more modern, socially aware style of horror.

What else would you add?

No is the only correct option. It is entirely up to them when they reveal it and nobody is owed an answer before they give it.

Bump

Might or might not be, but it won't be connected.

There's a lot of ignorant edge in here

Up!

Keep in mind for the Jedi thing, Luke was living in an isolated backwater with a family that had a vested interest in keeping him from knowing about the jedi, so him not knowing about them is more understandable.

Wii_Shaker posted...

What is to be done about the people who's friends and family recognizes that they need mental health care but they reject it?

Some people will live their entire lives causing misery for themselves and others yet reject any measures for self care.

It's simple: offer help and move on. Ultimately they have to pursue help. If they're a danger to themselves or others you can get the state involved, but really it's just about offering the hand and accepting that they have to take it in their own.

Veggeta_MAX posted...

In my experience with these type of sensitive and touchy subjects, there's always someone looking to get offended but then there's always someone looking to offend as well. Best stay away from these things unless you know everyone in the room is rational.

If they are call them out. Don't avoid the subject just because those people are putting an unhealthy spin on it, people need to hear the discussion.

shockthemonkey posted...

This is a good topic, thank you for making it

I try, it's pretty close to my heart.

Jagr_68 posted...

But at the same time, fucking idiots in society flaunt mental illness like a fad which is utterly dangerous and shameful against actual people who are either very alone and silent about it.

All the more reason we need to throw away those notions of silence and talk about it, let people know others deal with the same. Let people know their individual expression of mental illness isn't that unusual.

Doom, but Dusk is very close behind.

@PatrickMahomes posted...

MSP airport is best airport

Don't @ me

It's the only airport I've been to in the state so I agree

So bread pudding is amazing

I'm eating at Bonanza right now

Veggeta_MAX posted...

These topics are very very sensitive and even though you have no malice what so ever, not carefully using the right words could cause you a lot of trouble.

Not knowing the right words is never cause to be quiet. If you think it's wrong, ask. If you get it wrong, apologize. But you're not gonna learn how to talk about it if you never try.

MC_BatCommander posted...

Carl's Jr is in Oregon right? Same thing.

Yeah that's what the fiance said. Actually the same or just similar style?

Worth visiting while in Minnesota? We don't have them in Oregon.

Bump for truth

Bump :)

I've started it but haven't finished yet D:

Smashingpmkns posted...

The people complaining about the war on Christmas are the same ones causing fights at the Christmas party lmao

Sometimes.

Tmaster148 posted...

There's sure a lot of "both sides" being thrown around yet no actual examples. Very interesting.

Are you going to tell me you've never seen someone you agree with that annoys you? Because that's the kind that stand out most. If they constantly bring up political opinions and force the debate, that's bad personality regardless of politics.

Tbqh, there are a lot of annoying liberals same as Republicans if you can't see they're on the other side and just not bring it up, you're the problem.

averagejoel posted...

no, you did not

Yes, I did. If they have extremist opinions, that extremism is unforgivable, I'll give you that. But extremism is unforgivable for either side. If they aren't extremist then it doesn't matter.

The Catgirl Fondler posted...

Fancy that, topic creator claims to be in law enforcement, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that he would be buddy-buddy with a white supremacist.

I never claimed to be law enforcement.

averagejoel posted...

answer the question: what if the problem is, in fact, their beliefs?

I did answer it.

p-m posted...

Of course you cause harm. If people know full well about these hateful opinions and still stay friends then they're saying the opinions are acceptable.

Nope. Liking someone doesn't mean you agree with them. Being friends with them doesn't mean you agree with them. You're doing no harm.

El Mexicano Texano posted...

Imagine being friends with someone who thinks Hitler was the greatest human being ever

It's easy. I don't bring up politics neither does he. Given, the average person that believes that will bring it up quick, but stranger things happen. Politics are not personality and do not determine personality and shouldn't be treated as such.

averagejoel posted...

what if the problem is their beliefs

Because it isn't. I'm not saying you should force yourself to be friends, I'm saying if you become friendly with someone you disagree with, don't let the disagreement ruin the friendship. You're causing zero hard by being friends with them, so if they don't bring it up then you shouldn't either.

AlisLandale posted...

I cant get on board with this.

I wouldnt let it prevent me from being friendly, depending on the environment. But there are some people whose values are so repulsive that I could not in good conscious maintain a relationship with them.

I really dont care at all that others may feel the same way about me. If someone doesnt like me then, by all means, I hope they keep me out of their life.

Is your being friends with them going to cause harm? If not, then why should thay stop it? Being friends doesn't mean supporting anything. It might not make their opinions closer to your own, but even if it doesn't then it's still a net positive for a healthy friendship. Isolating the other side is never healthy.

TheRealDill2011 posted...

Why would differing opinions prevent friendships? I've recently realized that I'm the only Trump supporter among my friends. That hasn't affected our bonds at all.

It doesn't for everyone. It's a problem a lot of people have. Just don't talk about it with them, if you can't do that then fix the problem.

p-m posted...

Someone believes gay people should die? Disabled people should die? Transgender people deserve to be murdered? Someone believes whites should rule over everyone else? These are increasingly common opinions and people who hold them are fucking worthless pieces of shit and if you deny that then I don't know what the fuck is wrong with you.

A kid is taught this as a child by where he grows up. As the kid talks to people outside his world, they treat him like shit because of those opinions and so associate people against thay opinion with assholes. Why would they listen to you?

You aren't hurting people by being friendly with them. If they're bringing it up constantly, then leave them, but if they let you leave it unsaid you can enjoy their company and cause no harm.

hockeybub89 posted...

My point was that beliefs don't do shit. Certain beliefs can make you automatically bad because only an asshole would choose to believe those things in the first place. Beliefs are a reflection of the person you are.

But.... No. Not really. When you think like that you inevitably treat those that say it like a caricature because you never get to know them and never see the variation. It's easy to believe someone might not learn something obvious to you when the people who say it are blatantly looking down on them. You can disagree even to extremes but still enjoy each other's company, unless you aren't actually allowed to.

hockeybub89 posted...

Some beliefs make one automatically an asshole though. Not all opinions have nuance. Beliefs don't exist outside of people. They are created by them.

No belief changes a person so thoroughly they're restricted ro being thoroughly good or thoroughly bad.

p-m posted...

That's fucking stupid. For example I could never be friends with someone who supports the British Conservative Party. No way would I be friends with someone with opinions that mean they support policies that actively lead to needless death and suffering. Fuck those people.

Guess what? You either don't know how most of your friends feel about that, or you're that guy who talks about it too much and annoys other. Slightly oversimplified but generally true

ThanksUglyGod posted...

That's great and all, but people who didn't like TLJ are still fucking morons.

I probably am but it's fine :)

eston posted...

Meh, sometimes people can be so toxic with their opinions that it can be difficult to tolerate, and I don't believe friendship should be based on tolerating someone

But then it isn't the opinions fault, is it? You'd be disliking them for acting like that about any opinion, because it's just someone going overboard. They're assholes because they're pushy or annoying, not because of what they believe.

I think that's gotta be my new years resolution, I do it too much, but so do a lot of others. Keeping differing opinions out means making it too easy to treat the other side as caricature, when in reality they're more complex people with legitimate issues. Remember, those people you quote on the other side, acting like assholes? Most of the other side thinks they're assholes to, and you think the same for your own side. More often than not

The idea of a console you can get three consoles worth while getting new games too is nice.

Most mental illness are things that normal people worry about now and then, but such that it's interfering with your life and welfare. It's not washing your hands a lot, it's washing your hands so often that it actually creates serious problems. It's not feeling anxiety or depression, it's feeling them so heavily that it makes it impossible for you to go out and function.

People on both sides forget this. People who don't have mental illness don't remember or realize that they aren't feeling the same things, they're feeling it much worse. People with them tend to miss this fact as writing it off as "others deal with it, you can too" and never get help they could use.

Both would be better off understanding this. Would make everyone happier :D

Lairen posted...

However, about 40 to 50 percent of married couples in the United States divorce. The divorce rate for subsequent marriages is even higher.

You're trying so hard to make me unhappy but it's doing nothing.

Hope you have fantastic holidays :)

"Are you fucking kidding me" as the first response too lol

InfinityMonster posted...

How long were you two together before you proposed?

About 9 months, but we've known each other about six years.

KILBOTz posted...

Did she understand the question?

She did. Despite it being asked by a red panda

Holy shit I'm actually shaking!

Up!

NeonOctopus posted...

I literally want to go to Japan cuz I like anime and video games and japanese women >_> Am I part of the problem?

Only if you're an asshole when you're there

Now I have an hour and a half drive to Richmond lol

7 am takeoff got delayed, ended up being right in time with sunrise