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what do I hear if I'm playing music myself or with other people?

there are a lot of different factors. union rates tend to be good starting points though

LazLemon posted...

Walt demanded Jesse specifically. Gus wanted Gale as Walt's assistant but Walt demanded Jesse.

specifically, Jesse's lack of science knowledge offered Walt a larger degree of control over him; whereas Gale was skilled enough to be more independent

Jesse was important to Walt because he was competent, but less competent than Walt himself

streets should be for people, not cars

not "more illegal" though it's certainly made me put less effort into my actual job

I enjoy a beer

obviously not

initially I didn't like Franky's design post-timeskip, but it's really grown on me. he's ridiculous and over-the-top, and it makes sense that his design would be too

myzz7 posted...

i finished water 7 and enies lobby several weeks ago. i really like franky but i sneak peaked his new design in time skip and im sad. great character i hope he remains great >_>

as for brook. im a bit into thriller bark and he seems okay.

Franky's fight in Dressrosa is one of the best in the series

I mostly sleep with your mom

for the most part, yeah. I moved in with my girlfriend at the start of september. it's a really nice apartment. two issues though:
-the dining area and the smaller bedroom are tilted
-the kitchen is really small

Solar_Crimson posted...

It's Scotty. What else would you expect?

ah. did not catch that. thanks for letting me know

Brook was also the MVP of Whole Cake Island

Adam posted...

Any race can be a cyborg, and Franky is white, iirc. I believe Brook is black, but he's reduced to a mere skeleton, so he doesn't have much of an ethnic vibe. Fishmen isn't a real race.

there's a whole lot going on in this post

Adam posted...

Franky, Brook and Jinbe are just ... there. Could have definitely had used another woman on the team, and more minority representation.

are cyborgs, reanimated skeletons, and fishmen not minority representation?

a few days ago

Savoots posted...

About 10 years or more ago.

and who considered it a good thing then

Savoots posted...

Funny how not seeing color was considered a good thing, but now it's bad and you have to see it or you're a bad person.

when was it considered a good thing

no shit

there's a really strange kind of "progressivism" (I suppose I'll call it that for lack of a better term) that basically just assumes people in the past were horrific monsters, the farther in the past you go, the more horrific they were, and that people now are much "better" (however that's defined). it's... very much not true

he's probably just waiting for CE privileges on his latest account

comparing common morality (or whatever you want to call it) between contemporary society and different time periods is a lot more subjective than people are making it out to be

I've done it. it was easy

the movies have basically defined "corporate sludge" for the past 10-ish years

paerarru posted...

I don't challenge the reality of such a view. That would be ridiculous, not to mention ignorant.

But it's factually dead wrong. There's no such thing as "racial/ethnic identity" (except in someone's messed up head). That's a load of made up bullshit. Racist made up bullshit.

race and ethnicity are socially constructed, but that doesn't mean they don't exist

Phineas & Ferb
Hey Arnold

MedeaLysistrata posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/2/AAWjk4AADqD4.jpg
Imagine intentionally making this a character people have intentional attitudes toward

Everything in anime needs to look cool

buggy's bit is amazing

don't remember. probably about 7

because rich countries (generally Europe and the US) stole their wealth

DarkChozoGhost posted...

People often talk about pure Electric with Levitate, but Bug/Steel with Flash Fire would be absolutely godly.

depends a lot on defensive stats. could also be pretty cool if it could learn a couple fire moves

gunplagirl posted...

Could swap in on a lot of stuff and especially fire moves. And has nice coverage just with STAB moves.

volcanion definitely has its niche. Water Absorb isn't necessarily what I'd call an "ideal" ability for it, but it does come in handy sometimes

I don't think my girlfriend would like it if I did that

bsp77 posted...

I just don't understand why you are always arguing about how horrible things are.

I'm not. in contexts like this, my interest is in accurately describing the way things are, not in arguing about whether anything is good or bad. I'm sorry if it seems to you as though I'm doing the latter, but I'd personally rather not delude myself into thinking things are different from how they are.

I know you are a good person, but you are always so intense. And I know the world sucks, but Iet's be happy for a win. This movie is a win, and I really hope it does well.

see, this is part of what I'm talking about. I'm attempting to describe the reality of the situation more accurately than this.

And I have searched for gay romcoms. They either aren't major theatrical releases or they aren't actually romcoms. I am happy to be proven wrong here. But this movie is the typical stupid "meet cute" stuff that has been polluting cinema since the early 90s (although a few are really good), but this happens to have two dudes. Plus, it actually looks funny.

that's also part of what I'm talking about. this isn't a win for gay acceptance; this is corporations marketing to gay people. it's safe. it's just rainbow capitalism.

there is a rich history of movies that represent anyone and everyone. big corporations are never the "first" to make movies that represent people, and the "by a major studio" stipulation seems to exist for no reason other than shutting down this sort of conversation

Also, why do you not care if it does well?

several reasons. mostly I just don't care how much money movies make in general. it's just going to line the pockets of some executive or another

bsp77 posted...

It's circular. X causes Y causes X causes Y

this is a response to the last sentence there, but not the first. large corporations letting a few token members of a marginalized community into their club is very much not "how change happens"

I just don't understand why you make yourself miserable. Enjoy the small wins. This is a win. I hope it does well, but don't know yet. Clearly, I am on the same "side" as you.

I'm not making myself miserable. (though I also don't particularly care if it does well)

No one has named one yet

which still does not mean that none exist.

How? If there are any rom com elements, they are relegated to the young straight couple. The gay couple are the established parents meant to provide culture shock. BTW, I did see Birdcage when it was released in the theater and a couple times since.

okay, this is fair. it's been a while since I've seen it. (I also saw it in theatres, though not when it was initially released; and I have a copy of the script)

Rom coms, when done properly, get you to root for the characters to get together. There has never been one, as far as I know and no one here has given an example, that has been about rooting for two guys getting together.

have you tried googling "gay romcoms"?

Be happy about it.

I didn't try to tell you what to do. please show me the same courtesy

bsp77 posted...

Pretty much everyone involved is in the community. But they got a major studio to actually back it. This is how change happens, with normalizing it.

no, large corporations letting a few token members of a historically marginalized community make a movie is not "how change happens" lol. it's a result of change happening, not a catalyst

Can you ever just let something be positive?

I'm sorry that my pointing out the reality of the situation is uncomfortable for you, but I'm not going to stop

I can't think of one.

which does not mean that one doesn't exist

In & Out and Birdcage were mentioned, but they are straight up comedies, not rom coms,

how are you defining "romcom" here? I think Birdcage could qualify

and also primarly focused on straight people being uncomfortable with gay people. Bros is different.

of course it's different. all movies are different. I don't think a movie being "primarily focused on straight people being uncomfortable with gay people" should disqualify it from being a "gay romcom"

1 and 6. I picked 6 arbitrarily

the "by a major studio" stipulation really bothers me. all it does is frame the discussion around the false idea that big corporations marketing to queer people indicates meaningful progress

even with that stipulation though, I highly, highly doubt that this is the actual first one.

They Might Be Giants -- We Want a Rock

AgentCoulson posted...

Yeah, okay. I wouldn't mind if it looked like the original three Lion King movies.

referring to the recent disney remakes as live-action is a bit like referring to, say, Space Jam as live action

AgentCoulson posted...

I wouldn't mind this so much if it was animated.

it is animated

obviously not

Philip027 posted...

Speaking as someone actually with Asperger's, no thanks. People know what Asperger's is; I don't want to have to explain "ASD level-1" to them (and yes, the level-1 bit would be important to mention, as otherwise I would be roping myself along with those who have non-"high functioning" ASD)

Things shouldn't just be renamed only because the guy they're named after turned out to be a bit of a dick, or is someone you otherwise don't like, or whatever.

that is one of the reasons for renaming it, but it's not the only one. not even the biggest one.

"asperger's" is an autism-spectrum disorder. the only thing differentiating it from other autism-spectrum disorders was the extent to which their communication abilities were limited. in other words, it was defined by how easy it was for neurotypical people to understand the autistic person.

"high-functioning" and "low-functioning" are also kinda problematic in terminology, but they at least recognize that asperger's is part of the same broader condition

Kloe_Rinz posted...

what happens for over 1000 episodes and counting though?

a long, continuing story

Kloe_Rinz posted...

Isnt one piece dumb or something? Wow luffy winded up for a big punch and then he landed it and now the villain of the week has a lump on his head wow so hardcore and strong

say what you will about One Piece, but it very much is not a villain-of-the-week story

BurmesePenguin posted...

The original film is one of the best pieces of animation ever made. This looks like a poor reteling that cuts out the animation.

I mean, it's still animated. it's just using CGI rather than hand-drawn animation

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"greed" on its own is not the problem.

there are people perpetrating immense harm to large numbers of people, for their own benefit. capitalism is not only incapable of placing checks on such behaviour; it actually incentivizes it.

"greed" would not be a problem if people were not rewarded for it to that extent

bigblu89 posted...

If it's just a retelling of the "original" where basically nothing changes, how can it be any better/worse than the original?

the actors can be better/worse for the role
the director can have better/worse ideas
the animation can be better/worse

to the third point specifically: CGI rarely looks good at all, and it will almost certainly look like shit in 10 years when the technology is better again; whereas stylized hand-drawn stuff from the 40s and 50s (or even earlier) still just looks like stylized hand-drawn cartoons

a year and... about 6 weeks, ongoing. I moved in with her at the start of the month.