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Cities like NYC and LA don't really have to try to be appealing, there's always something to do
Yeah if you're the type who is a homebody then you can live pretty much anywhere, but for those people who are outside at night and trying new things there's not much else you can live. Major cities like Miami, Denver, Kansas City, Seattle, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, etc. have a lot going for them, but now we're not really addressing the problem just putting a bandaid on it (plus these cities are still nothing like NYC or LA to people who actually live there).

Cleo_II posted...

If theyre still up at that time its usually due to too many stimulants: TV, too much sugar, etc.

FYI sugar is not a stimulant nor are sugar rush's a thing

PoopPotato posted...

Princess and the Frog gets no love.

It does deserve more tbh

Cutest thing I've seen all day

https://www.tiktok.com/@armlina/video/7142550172550073606?

The only way I've managed to be ok with the show taking liberties with the source material is accepting that it exists in its own continuity. I can't imagine it's supposed to be in the same continuity as the Jackson movies.

Like a lot of people I gained weight at the beginning of Covid when we went into lockdown

I began to take the weight loss seriously around the time I was fully vaxxed (May 2021) as I felt like things were getting back to normal and I didn't want to be overweight with no excuse lol. I was under 200 by Christmas and I've been 180 for a few months now

FLAMING_EVIL_HOMER posted...

Nice! How did you do it?

I pretty much ate the same thing every day. V8 energy for breakfast (50 calories), a protein shake at lunch (200 calories), and for dinner chicken breast made in the air fryer with whatever spices I felt like that day, frozen broccoli tossed in a pot with a little butter, and rice (total 800 calories). I only drank water or Arnold Palmer zero's (10 calories per 8 oz) the rest of the day.
Whenever I wanted a snack I had already made options of: 1/4 cup macadamia nuts (250 calories), oranges (about 50 calories each), hard boiled egg (80 calories each), jerky (300 calories a bag), yogurt (100 calories), or this keto ice cream bar (180 calories a bar, I was not keto but it still tasted good)

I also started buying gym equipment so I could do some basic weights, rowing machine, elliptical, bench press, etc. but I only did like 30 min a day. Basically with eating the same thing for every meal and letting myself eat two of the snack options, I was still under 1500 calories for the day without having to follow IMF or OMAD or something
I also had a cheat day on Saturday where I let myself order takeout or cook up a steak or go out drinking. Never really felt like I went overboard but there were a couple days I ate a large pizza by myself or a pack of oreos, the important thing was I made sure it didn't get me down and I continued on Sunday like normal. That might not work for you if you have binge eating issues and it creates a downspiral

Robot2600 posted...

intermittent fasting ONLY works because it slaps the donut from your hands late at night when you are tired and maybe drunk.

really it gives you a rule that increases your discipline. much more empowering to know you're losing weight not cause of some fad, but because you have that discipline.

im about 1 day from cutting out all bread and pasta too. gonna be hard at first but im not fucking around this time.

i was 240 lbs, 18 months ago.

I started dieting, SORT OF, but I drank a lot. like 700 calories of vodka a day.

got down to 220 in May of this year. Started running. Started calorie counting. stopped drinking like a crazy person. got down to 209 on august 1, then i bought a gym membership 31 days ago.

now im 194. that's 15 lbs in a month.

fuck yes. it's so much better.

i literally have to go pants shopping this weekend because i only have 2 pairs of pants that fit. i bought some clothes in july (38/32 pants) and they already don't fit.

i got a pair of jeans 2 weeks ago, 36-inch waste cause i didn't think i would get thinner so quickly. they are ALREADY TOO BIG, but at least i CAN wear them with a belt, for now.

I have to go buy 1 pair of 34s this weekend, even tho i need more pants i know i should just wait until im in 32s. even if i lose more weight, 32s will never swallow me whole.

im gonna bodybuild for real this time also, so I dont really want to get smaller than that.

i have a box of old 32-waist jeans in the closet.

im vegetarian.

This is so interesting to me! At my heaviest I was 230lbs at 6' and I was only a 34 waist
I'm down to 180 now and I'm a 30 waist. Losing 50lbs really only narrowed my waist by 4 inches

Lost_All_Senses posted...

You have insurance?

Yeah

Anyway, just got back from the pharmacy.
I went to the urgent care up the road, they tested my resistance and strength. Asked a few questions. Basically decided it was cervical radiculopathy so I was right, gave me a shot of Toradol in my ass which is a first for me, and sent me to the pharmacy for some steroids.
Hopefully nothing serious, said if it gets worse to go to my primary care and get an MRI

I'm looking up what urgent care closest to me is in network. Then I'll go

Worth going to the ER? Hurts to move my neck, pain has spread slightly to arm and chest.

I feel like I'd only use it when I'm too lazy to grab my phone out of my pocket

Photoshop

I went on a cruise out of Galveston that was probably 80% Texans. They were the most backwards people I've ever had the displeasure of traveling with (cruised out of Florida, California, and Australia).
The cruise director made a joke about a book and a guy proudly yelled back "we're Texan, we don't read" and got laughter and applause.

--Zero- posted...

Pretty much, but there's still 2 years left so people will find another thing to demand and complain about lol

We should be demanding things of our politicians

Naysaspace posted...

and dudes, it was not ER worthy

see, up here in canada, we're a resourceful peoples. and we fuckin take care of ourselves. Some call it "tough". Some call it "canadian". i dont care whatcha call it, cuz im too busy stitching my own hand up. Have a gooder, baye, please to meetcha.

sometimes, up north here, we just gotta take care of ourselves. get shit done. make it happen. do our own thing.

Glad to know people of all nationalities can post cringe

Kim_Seong-a posted...

Honestly Ive been to the ER loads of times in the US and the wait was always like 6 to 8 hours. >_>

Once they know you're not going to die in the next five minutes you just get stuck in the waiting room.

Yeah, I've lived in a few countries and regardless of whether it's free to everyone or private, there's always a long wait so long as you're not dying

I get where Leguizamo is coming from, but this specific case is not actually a part of the whitewashing Hollywood always does.
It also doesn't that Leguizamo has a problematic past himself with taking roles, admittedly norms change and people grow, but it's still something the Right will use against him.

The bigger problem is that Franco is a POS creep who shouldn't continue to get roles.

Final Fantasy I -1987
Final Fantasy II 1988
Final Fantasy III 1990
Final Fantasy IV 1991
Final Fantasy V 1992
Final Fantasy VI 1994
Final Fantasy VII 1997
Final Fantasy VIII 1999
Final Fantasy IX 2000
Final Fantasy X 2001
Final Fantasy XI 2002
Final Fantasy X-2 2003
Final Fantasy XII 2006
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings 2007
Final Fantasy XIII 2009
Final Fantasy XIV 2010
Final Fantasy XIII 2 2011
Lighting Returns: Final Fantasy XIII 2013
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 2013
Final Fantasy XV 2016
Final Fantasy VII Remake 2020

They had a new game every year or two until VII (understandable because of the jump to 3D) and still put out a new entry every 3-4 years until XIII and XIV, and now we're going on six years since XV.
What happened!?

Talk2DaHand posted...

Lmao giant floating petri dish

You're not wrong!
But they're fun and I have a free one from before Covid I have to use it or I forfeit it, so

Pokemon

I'm going on a cruise in a week, hopefully doesn't stop us

Gorr did fuck all on screen. Hell, Thor and co. killed more gods than him
Self-insert character from the director, giving him tons of lines
Thor, Valkyrie, Jane, and Korg had fairly interchangeable personalities in this movie
The goats screaming and other forced humor never stopped
Etc.

The movie wasn't terrible but Thor has had more solo films than anyone else in the MCU and he's only got Ragnarok that's worth watching

MedeaLysistrata posted...

Most people treat retail as a temporary stepping stone to something else, so I get why someone would say that

While true, there are many examples of retail jobs that are career moves that pay well. Pharmacists, Optician, etc. can often be retail but pay really well. Managers can make a lot of money and in specialty stores (paint, flooring, wood, automotive, etc.) you don't deal with standard customers like grocery, clothing, or big box stores -- similar to how a matre d at a 5-star restaurant has different clients than the McDonalds manager.

Dragoon

averagejoel posted...

https://twitter.com/mattzollerseitz/status/1447665068628496387

Easy for him to say as a white man
As a gay latino I can say I definitely like seeing representation even when I can't stand cape shit

She's not wrong.
They deserve props for having decent diversity in their leads and especially in phase 3 and 4, plus the tv shows are more diverse. However, they get whiter when you look at the supporting cast and villains. No repeats -

IM1: Tony, Pepper, Happy, Stane, Rhodey, Coulson = 4 white men, 1 white woman, 1 black man
TIH: Banner, Ross, Betty, Blonsky = 3 white men, 1 woman
IM2: Nicky Fury, Black Widow, Whiplash, Hammer = 1 black man, 1 white woman, 2 white men
CA1: Steve, Peggy, Red Skull, Bucky = 3 white men, 1 white woman
Thor 1: Thor, Jane, Loki, Odin, Sif, Heimdall, Warriors 3, Darcy, Selvig (including these two because they show up in a lot of other movies) = 6 white men, 3 white women, 1 black man, 1 asian man
Avengers: Hawkeye = 1 white man
IM3: Mandarin, Killian = 1 half indian man, 1 white man
Thor 2: Malekith = 1 white man
Cap 2: Falcon, Sharon, Crossbones, Pierce = 1 black man, 1 white woman, 2 white men
GotG: Star-Lord, Gamora, Groot, Drax, Nebula, Rocket, Ronin, Collector = 3 white men, 1 latina/black woman, 1 Filipino man, 1 mixed man, 1 hispanic man
AoU: Wanda, Pietro, Ultron, Vision: 1 white woman, 3 white men
Ant-Man: Scott, Hope, Hank, Cross, Luis = 3 white men, 1 white woman, 1 hispanic man
Civil War: Spidey, T'Challa, Zemo = 2 white men, 1 black man
Dr Strange: Strange, Wong, Mordo, Ancient One, Kaecillius = 2 white men, 1 asian man, 1 black man, 1 white woman
GotG 2: Yondu, Ego, Mantis = 2 white men, 1 asian woman
Homecoming: MJ, Vulture, May, Ned = 1 black woman, 1 white man, 1 white woman, 1 asian man
Thor 3: Hela, Valkyrie, Korg, Grandmaster, Executioner = 1 white woman, 1 black woman, 1 pacific islander man, 2 white men
BP: Kilmonger, Shuri, W'Kabi, M'Baku, Nakia, Okoye, Ross, Klaue = 3 black men, 3 black women, 1 white man
Infinity War: Thanos, Eitri = 2 white men
Ant Man and Wasp: Ava, Janet = 1 black woman, 1 white woman
Captain Marvel: Carol, Yon-Rogg, Korath, Maria, Talos = 1 white woman, 2 white men, 1 black man, 1 black woman
Spidey 2: Mysterio = 1 white man
BW: Yelena, Melina, Antonia, Red Guardian = 3 white women, 1 white man
Shang-Chi: Will, Katy, Nan, Wenwu = 2 asian men, 2 asian women
Eternals: Thena, Black Knight, Sersi, Gilgamesh, Ikaris, Ajak, Druig, Kingo, Sprite, Makkari, Phastos = 2 white women, 3 white men, 1 asian woman, 2 asian men, 1 hispanic woman, 1 black woman, 1 black man
NWH: Spidey 2, Spidey 3, Osborn, Ock, Sandman, Lizard, Electro = 6 white men, 1 black man
DS2: America Chavez = 1 native woman
Thor 4: Gorr = 1 white man

You can't just say "oh yeah there's a ton of diversity when you look at the leads" when all the villains and side characters also tend to be white (and male)

Tbh I always associate "grown ass" with southerners more than black people

Place to start?
Curious if they hold up

Okay, so I'm buying these:

Under the Dome
The Shining
The Stand
It
11/22/63
Different Seasons

Look good?

I've seen several adaptions (It, Shining, Shawshank) so do those work? Anything better to begin with?

Damn, laying them all out like this really shows how crap they've been.

Nerevar791 posted...

I mean, the simpler answer is that she's just a hateful bigot.

She sure is. I just think the bigotry is rooted in her past as a victim of molestation and she never grew past it due to how white feminism in the UK hasn't been challenged the same way it has in the US

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Yeah, she's clearly got some major issues that she needs to get therapy on regarding transwomen and their perceived threat

I think there are two major complaints against him.
The first is that he seems to need a tight leash. The projects he gets more creative control on seem to be more divisive, especially when you consider his style of humor is very hit or miss with people. People seem to dislike his constant need to insert wit and zingers at the cost of derailing the movie. Even moreso when you consider his need to insert characters played by himself (most movie people look down on directors and writers who do that outside of minor cameos).
The second is that his personal life seems messy. He was married to a woman for years, cheated on her with his personal assistant and went to the Oscars and had the mistress up front next to him with his wife in the back, had a public throuple with her and Tessa Thompson, etc. He rarely sees his kids and when he does he posts nonstop about them (did something like over a hundred Instagram reels over two days) to make it seem like he's a good dad while his ex-wife is upset he basically abandoned them the second he got mainstream famous. New Zealanders don't like him because he's basically containing the stereotype of being an alcoholic and cokehead despite being probably the most famous Kiwi currently.

So you have people who watch movies go "this guy seems a bit full of himself by putting himself into his movies, also his humor is nonstop so you rarely get a chance to breathe" and then you get people who look at him as a fucking mess who won't stop cheating on women and abandoning his kids the second he became Disney's prince while getting held up as a progressive voice who is an upright moral citizen.

He resigned almost two years ago. Do they not get security details once they're out of office?

Medussa posted...

you won't ever forget you're watching a Taika, though.

Waititi is going through a mid-life crisis after shotting up in fame over the past few years, he's not really the same and it shows

J03can posted...

I want more future cowboy adventures

I get that the first season was everyone's favorite but man that'd be so boring for like five seasons worth
It's like everyone who wants a show that follows just Vader chasing Jedi, it'd be so fucking boring

Cobra1010 posted...

I feel like The Boys is using a lot of the shock value stuff like the octopus sex, Soldier boy being Homelanders dad reveal etc to keep the show going rather than actual making you feel tense and on the edge through the episodes. Heck i didnt like the Noir cartoon stuff even though it told an important part of the plot. This episode was boring to me.

Yeah, the show has been like this from the beginning. Everything is edgy for the sake of being edgy
I enjoy it for what it is but the people who go around "omg this is really what it'd be like if super powers were real" have never got the memo this is basically a 12 year olds Marvel/DC fanfic

-some guy who swears he's not a troll

Thanks everyone, I feel a lot better about doing it.

I'm in decent shape but working on getting even better. My job is busiest right now and slows down around September, so I have a few months before I'll be joining something so I'll be in better shape by then anyway.

I was looking at Judo and BJJ, Boxing is interesting as well though. I'm open to anything that is good exercise and might have a little practical value.

It's nice to know that there are other people who are starting at later ages.

Is it a reasonable idea to start so late?
Also, am I going to run into tryhards who take it really seriously?

It was not subtle, like at all lol

CyricZ posted...
Boy oh boy I hope none of these characters that we know won't die won't die.

Did you feel the same way about the PT, Solo, or Rogue One?
Or just in general that rarely do main characters die in Hollywood productions (hell, just look at the OT and consider that only Ben died in ANH, no one died in ESB or ROTJ).

I agree that the "hello there" scene is bad fanservice but to turn around and act like Star Wars only just changed is ridiculous

And they'll continue to do this when people remain as naive

CableZL posted...

Yeah, sure, violating an NDA is a clever marketing scheme

You misunderstand, it's not violating an NDA when Disney tells Ruffalo and Holland to pretend to leak spoilers on interviews.
You do understand that most of these are pre-recorded and practiced, they're actors they know how to pretend

Y'all realize this is just marketing, right? You're not actually falling for this

TheGoldenEel posted...

because they want to experience the content in the game that they purchased?

But that includes so many games.
Should Persona players complain that the game is broken when they miss confidents (or in P5R, an entire semester) because of time and ability requirements?
Should Pokemon players complain that the game is broken when they waste their masterball on a Pidgey and can't capture a legendary?
Should Fire Emblem players complain that the game is broken when they let a good unit permanently die instead of restarting the chapter?
I could go on.

I like that a developer has the balls to make a game how they want it to be made instead of catering to gamers who don't share their philosophy. Do I agree with everything From does? No. Do I think we could use some QoL updates in future installments? Absolutely.
But the idea that a player can miss content because of their choices in the game is fine with me. It's fine in other games for most but people rag on From because their fanboys are toxic.

To me I don't see why people care that much about 100% completion. It's the same reasons why I hate trophies and achievements. I play games to have fun, not to fill a checklist. I didn't know you could fight Malenia until after I beat the game and I did not feel like I was missing content

If the internet didn't exist half the complaint about ER wouldn't happen. Everyone complains about having to follow a guide to do quests but why do you have to do them?

JuanCarlos1 posted...

You guys know the station owner doesnt control the prices and they only make cents per each gallon sold, thus why convenience stores are such a big part of a stations bottom line.

Yup. It's just the way the industry works

Gasoline is shipped to the stations but it's not paid for straight away. When you're at the pump paying $4.99 a gallon it cost the owners is the gas station basically $4.55 a gallon, they make their 4 cents and send the rest to the oil company

This is done so the price can change throughout the day

So if the cost to the company was $5.69 a gallon at that moment, they literally lost $5 a gallon and had to pay the oil company who doesn't give a fuck