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Houston posted...

How many people have died or had adverse health events from obtaining a driver's license?

This is a sarcastic post, right?

RIGHT?

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1NfamousACE_2 posted...

I remember when white people were mad that Idris Elba played Heimdall.

were any white people mad when white people played the Gods of Egypt?

Kinda like when Hank Azaria said he wouldn't be voicing Apu anymore on the Simpsons, and how they should recast the voice with someone of Indian decent.

"It's a fictional character, who cares who plays him!"

Same people mad about Jill, a fictional character, being played by a black actress.

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sabrestorm posted...

Stop forcing diversity, dont change a character appearance just to try and make yourself look good, so no I dont support changing jill at all

I don't know how much they are "forcing" it in this particular example, and just casting the best person that came in to audition for the role.

It's a character who's race/ethnicity adds nothing, so who is cast shouldn't take away from the movie, as long as they perform the role well.

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Kaldrenthebold posted...

That and he was a prolific part of most of our childhoods at this point, his wife completely fucked him over, his body was broken from all his own stunts, and he's having a nice resurgence of mainstream media and movies. Also by all accounts he's a complete sweetheart

Also I just watched Bedazzled this past weekend. What great range from Brendan Fraiser!

Bedazzled is a better movie, in both concept and execution, than it gets credit for.

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I'm actually shocked no one has said "But what about Hamilton?" yet.

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DD Divine posted...

like with Jesus movies?

Haha. For real.

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Dingydang166 posted...

I don't understand why it is fine for a black person to play a white character, but just the thought of a white person playing a character of another race makes people go nuts.

I need an example of a black person playing a "white character".

Not a character that's usually played by a white actor, like what we're seeing with the new Resident Evil, but an actual WHITE character.

And, no, the Wayans in "White Chicks" does not count.

The problem is, there's a lot more "black characters" than they are "white characters", so it would be more of an eye opener if a white actor played a black character than the other way around, as many times the background storyline to a black character is that they are, well, black.

Like, Batman being white is a non-factor to his character compared to, say, Black Panther.

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Can't knock the hustle.

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ledbowman posted...

why not just make her 250 lbs bodybuilder. it's not a factor in the story

If they did a RE and the main character was a guy and played by John Cena, but it was the best RE movie to date, would anyone care?

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Bass_X0 posted...

Miscasting is no longer a thing that exists in Hollywood. Anybody can can play any role now.

Unless youre a white heterosexual cisgender male. Then you are lucky to get table scraps.

Yeah. Because the most successful movie franchise over the last 20 years (MCU) isn't littered with them.

I wish I had some of those table scraps.

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Sadly, yes.

And theyre gross.

Both those slices and people that call it cheese.

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I have no issue with this, or any time a white character is played by a black actor, or vice versa.

UNLESS the characters race is a central part of the storyline. Otherwise, just cast the person you see most for for the role.

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I'd do it for free.

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KILBOTz posted...

clerks 2 is nothing like clerks. Clerks 2 is just an r rated comedy with no soul.

As someone who's a HUGE Kevin Smith fan, and LOVES Clerks, sadly, I have to agree.

It tries to redeem itself in the last 15-20 minutes, but (like most of his movies post Chasing Amy) it has none of the charm that Clerks, Mallrats, or Chasing Amy has.


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First time, I didn't. At least not from the act of penetration.

I eventually pulled out and she gave me a hand job until I came.

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TheoryzC posted...

Midnight Marauders

The fact that Midnight Marauders and 36 Chambers were released on the same day is unbelievable.

So much hip hop greatness in one day.

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DespondentDeity posted...

The Low End Theory

Same

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I guess NY Giants memorabilia.

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Mike Tysons Punch-Out

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Aristoph posted...

No money at all. Never needed it. If my brother or I wanted something, we would just ask for it. If we'd been good and it was a reasonable request, we usually got it.

My house was very laid back growing up. No assigned chores or to-do lists or anything like that. If something needed doing and you could do it, you just did it. And as long as everything was getting done, there weren't any issues.

My house was the same. If you needed a few bucks to go out to a movie or something, my parents would give it to me or my sister.

That being said, her and I did have chores to do, we just didn't officially get paid to do them.

I mowed the lawn and took out the garbage pretty much till the day I moved out. My sister washed dishes and vacuumed the upstairs and downstairs living rooms (the only rooms with carpeting).

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She's getting a slapper right to the face.

The caked on makeup probably protects her better than a facemask

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Who answers their phone if it isn't from a contact already in your phone?

That's what voicemail is for.

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SiO4 posted...

I was falling out with rap in the 90's it commercial.
But overall, the 90's had good music...even if I didn't love all of, I didn't viscerally hate it.
From about 2000 on..things went to shit.

You missed some good stuff if you cashed out on hip-hop in the 90's.

The rise of Wu-Tang, the peak of A Tribe Called Quest, Biggie, TuPac.

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

i think you can, but a lot of them have very dated gameplay mechanics that are designed to extend the longevity of the game through difficulty. since they couldn't jam enough content to create 20-30 hour games like we get now, they made 4-5 hour games that took 30+ hours of practice to beat.

i find that playing these games on emulators, or even the Switch Online NES, makes them much more forgiving thanks to save state and quick rewind.

Many of the games were meant to thrive on their repetitiveness and increased difficulty.

You'd play for 3 months straight to beat a game that, if you know what you're doing, takes 20 minutes to actually beat.

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Being under 120 pounds.

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Goatsensation posted...

80s were the last time that music was on the ascent instead of decline. 80s rock was the GOAT

In the early 90's hip-hop was still rising, and as far as rock, it really all depends on your opinion of the "grunge" movement.

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The money.

The odds of me putting story together that gets any sort of traction that puts me on their level, even if I have their talent, is so slim, I'll take the guarantee.

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SiO4 posted...

That is part of the problem. So few companies over basically of the market.
They have been playing it safe since the 9/11 music ban.
There is also an, American Idle effect going on that I've noticed...
....Which is to say, I hear a lot of new music trying to sound likes it's good...without actually being good.

Everyday music radio fodder is what it is, but there are very few actual gems out there right now.

I do agree with that. Definitely.

Also, with the changing way people consume music, really all media now, the turnover is so fast, nothing really has any staying power, even if it is good.

No one is buying music anymore, let alone an entire album of music to see if "that band that has that one good song" has any other good songs.

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SiO4 posted...

It just seems mediocre to me overall.
...Just, decidedly unremarkable.

I actually wish it wasn't true...but here we are.

There's some good stuff out there, you just have to find it, as it seems like the radio isn't presenting us with the best the decade has to offer, simply because that kind of music isn't very marketable nowadays.

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DravenRainrix posted...

The 80s had a decent ratio of good to bad but people forget the bad and think there was only good.

Especially when it's "their" era of music.

There was A LOT of bad 80's music, but as the years pass, only the best 300 or so songs get any sort of airtime, so those are the ones you remember.

That's why a lot of people say today's music isn't as good, because we're currently consuming both the best and the worst the decade has to offer, and haven't weeded out and forgot the bad yet.

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littlebro07 posted...

I have this strange nostalgic love for most of the top 40 shit from 2010-2012 because those were the best few years of my life

This is pretty much everyone.

Everyones favorite set of top 40 music tends to be during the era where they were living their best life. Mostly because when they hear it 10-15 years later it brings them back to those great moments and memories.

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Like any decade, its filled with hits and misses.

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Many of the early, launch-era games were either arcade style games or straight up ports of arcade games. So they were meant to be hard and unbeatable. Many of them didnt even have an ending, the levels just either got progressively harder until you lost, or repetitive to the point where you just gave up.

Back then, gaming was more about achieving the high score and not actually beating the game.

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soulunison2 posted...

yeah but a full vaccine only rule is going to go into effect on the 16th

You sure? I have tickets for something on Sept. 10th, and they explicitly stated that anyone over 16 had to show proof of full vaccination upon entry.

Although that could be the performer's request, not MSG's

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Pandamonic posted...

They're all objectively awful movies but if I have to choose one, it's the 7th for me, it's so over the top I actually had a good time. A couple of times I laughed so hard, it really didn't take itself seriously anymore and that worked for me.

That's what I love about them.

They know exactly what they are, acknowledge it, and are unapologetic about it.

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Madison Square Garden already does.

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The one where they drag the safe through the streets of Brazil.

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Like, Saturday and Sunday?

Or do you mean a Holiday? I guess it would then be July 5th, when we had off for Independence Day, which fell on a Sunday.

Unless you're working part time, who gets days off without having to use a sick/vacation/pto day?

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philsov posted...

It's a meaningful metric in more than 80% of the population. The top 5% are incredibly muscular are are better off by a bf% test. The bottom 15% are "skinnyfat" and have normal BMI but at-risk BF%.

This.

Most of the people that call it a "flawed" measurement like to talk about the top 5%.

I like to joke with my wife about how Saquon Barkley and myself are both 6-foot and weigh 234 pounds, so we're basically the same person, body-wise.

She seems to disagree.




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They changed the rules at my kid's school for summer workouts/practices to avoid situations like this.

Because they do not have access to inside the school until school starts on September 1st, the practice either has to be over by 10am, or start after 5pm.

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Yes. But the damage is done, because there are SO many people now that claim to be into Politics because of Trump (both Pro and Anti) and a good majority know fuckall about how the political system is run.

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This is basally to cover themselves from lawsuits, not necessarily because people are regularly saying any of those things in what is supposed to be a professional work environment.

You cast a wide enough net in hopes you catch everything.

Yes, most people look at the list of no-no words and phrases and think "who would actually say any of this while on the clock" but the fact that it's on the list means someone, somewhere, got sued because a co-worker said that word and they took offense to it.

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I mean, it's basically a shirtless Winnie the Pooh.

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IdiotMachine posted...

And at the end, there's a list of defamatory language not to be used. lolwtf... who the hell would ever say something like this at work? People's sexuality at work is literally the last thing in my mind. I don't give a shit if you're straight, gay, lesbian, trans, etc. as long as you do your freakin' job.

You'd be surprised how unprofessional some people can be in what is supposed to be a professional setting.

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This really isn't any different that someone who's routine is "wipe my forehead, three dribbles with my right hand, then bend my knees, then shoot".

Sports is very reliant on muscle memory and routines.

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I laugh at him as I ask him "How are you going to cash it in? You're only 12 years old?"

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Yes, because she was stealing customer's credit card numbers and using them to buy herself lunch.

No lie.

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That's basically the point I was trying to make.

MCU made most of their careers, they didn't make the MCU a success.

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AlBundy33 posted...

If you need sauce when grilling, youre doing it wrong

@AlBundy33

I misspoke. I meant marinade, not sauce. I tend to use them synonymously.


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