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"Jungleland" is one of my all-time favorite songs.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Spiderman movies
« on: July 25, 2014, 02:41:03 PM »
They should just make a movie titled Venom with a legitimate back story for it. Venom is the most popular Spiderman villain, why does Sony not seem to understand this?

Well, they do.  Otherwise they wouldn't include him in their movies.  They just don't care what geeky fanboys like you think because your opinion doesn't matter to them.  They are going to make the movie that they think the public at large wants to see and you geeky fanboys make up such a small part of that wider audience who cares what you think?

But yeah, I think a Venom movie would be an excellent idea and I think it would be very successful if they did it right (like getting the right person to play Eddie Brock, Christ but Topher Grace was so horribly miscast).

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: FES Book Club
« on: July 23, 2014, 02:19:26 AM »
Currently reading "Sasha Grey-Grand Theft Anal 11" I know they made it into a film but I wanted to read the book first.

Meh, by 7 or 8 it was obvious they had run out of ideas.

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Have you seen the video for the Pharrell parody "Tacky"?  It has a lot of funny people in it.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: On the Notion of Wikipedia
« on: July 19, 2014, 02:31:03 PM »
I have a question. Who elected Daniel?

Presidents are elected by their constituents.

Is that how it works in the business world?  You are treating the FES like it's a democratic nation and, hello, it's not.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Wikipedia
« on: July 18, 2014, 02:48:11 AM »
However, whilst the members may have genuine issues with Daniel's running of the site, Daniel does not have issues with the members at large. He has very specific issues of trust with both you and Parsifal, and (frankly) for very understandable reasons. It is simply not reasonable to say "I do not see how personalities come into play here". They very obviously do, and you need to accept and acknowledge that it is a factor. Pretending otherwise is simply not tenable.

I haven't addressed this thread yet (frankly I haven't addressed much here of importance lately at all, hoo hoo) but as someone who really hasn't taken a particular side on this issue and continues to enjoy the benefits of both forums, albeit on more of a part-time basis lately, I feel like I'm in a position to address this particular argument in a fair, balanced, and unbiased way.  It may very well be that Parsifal and PP started this forum in the first place because they don't like Daniel on a personal level, as a kind of "take that"; I don't pretend to be able to read their minds or divine their intentions.  However, they didn't convince the majority of the forum's members to move based on such a personality clash.  In the last couple years there have been some very real, very legitimate issues with the way the forum has been run that have affected all of us.  I am convinced it was entirely the way the forum has been run by its administration that led to the schism. 

There was a time, long ago, that despite Daniel's general absence in any personal capacity on the forums I nonetheless felt like he cared about it, and the site ran well.  That time is long gone.  Maybe he got bored with it.  I doubt many people would blame him; look at all the people who have come, stayed a long time, made a lot of useful contributions, and then disappeared.  But whatever the case may be Daniel showed nothing but apathy toward the forum for a long time, and if he now regrets his lack of involvement and interest in promoting the Society and the forums so be it, but I don't think anybody can be blamed for regarding it as being maybe a bit too little, too late.  I honestly don't even think he was even aware of the split until quite some time after it actually took place.  I may be wrong about that so please don't rake me over the coals over it.

Frankly I myself was upset with how things were being handled at the time and I felt JD was being something of a condescending prick when he tried to address it.  He has since apologized, and I accepted the apology, but it still goes to show how deep the problems over there were/are.

I would love to see a reconciliation but the fact is that theflatearthsociety.org is still a bit of a mess and it needs cleaning up, and Parsifal is absolutely correct that if Daniel wants to fix things, he's going to have to relinquish a little control.  Not to Parsifal or PP, mind you; given their histories on the old site it would probably be insane for him to even consider it.  But, somebody who genuinely cares about the Society, is willing to be a constant presence, and knows what he is doing.  I nominate Thork (lol j/k aren't I hilarious?).

Anyway, the Wikipedia thing is just stupid and whoever did it should feel ashamed of themselves.  In fact they must or else they would have owned up to it and either apologized or tried to defend themselves.  I doubt it was PP or Parsifal, but I am also quite sure it wasn't just some noob passing through.

But sorry, I really have to say that I don't think that most of the members who now post here (such as it is, it's a wasteland here) and don't post there left the other site due to any kind of clash of personalities.  I think it's a lot deeper and more legitimate than that.  At this point I think that to try to put the blame on such a thing to any degree is simply counter-productive, unnecessary, and frankly unfair.  Just my two cents.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Community
« on: July 01, 2014, 03:54:19 AM »
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Rest easy, 'Big Bang Theory.' Look out, 'Bang Bus!"

QOTY

That is really awesome news.  I was almost ready to give up.

Yahoo though?  ???

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Game of Thrones
« on: June 24, 2014, 02:17:03 AM »
I don't know.  Arya's spiteful.  She's vindictive.  I thought it fit well with her character that she let the Hound suffer rather than give him mercy.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Game of Thrones
« on: June 22, 2014, 06:26:58 AM »
On another note, I downloaded Roges on my Kindle, obviously mostly for the new George RR Martin "story", and what a disappointment that was.  It reads more like a history book than a real story, and it's not even really about the "rogue" (Daemon Targaryen) that would make its inclusion in this collection make sense, it's more about his brother (Viserys, obviously not Dany's brother) and the Targaeryans of the era as a whole, and it expressly leaves a lot of what was supposed to make Daemon interesting out.  And worst of all, if I read right it's an excerpt of that big history of Westeros Martin has coming out later this year, so buying it solely for new George RR Martin is entirely unnecessary if you intend to get that book.  It was also way too short.  Even the introduction Martin wrote for the book is lazy.  If it weren't for the new Gaiman and Lansdale stories that are also in it I would declare it a complete waste of money.

Was the Joe Abercrombie story any good?

I haven't read it.  I'm in the middle of something else now but I'll let you know.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Just Watched
« on: June 20, 2014, 04:49:43 AM »
Considering two of its main characters were played by well-known comedians, that was a deeply disturbing movie.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Game of Thrones
« on: June 20, 2014, 03:07:00 AM »
I never perceived an increase in brooding in books 4&5. An increase in boring chapters that don't really go anywhere, sure, but not brooding.

Yeah, that was a new idea to me, too.  I'll agree that Cersei's out-of-nowhere motivation for hating Tyrion was stupid, and maybe Dany spent a little too much time regretting the way things had gone after all the things she had done (but I kind of love her character for that too).  Other than that I really don't see it.

What's weird to me about the way Martin suddenly seemed to be drawing out the story is that it really wasn't necessary for him to do so.  It was supposed to be, what, four books at first?  He was the one who decided to expand it like this.  He has no one to blame for being bored with the story but himself.

Oh, the lack of Tywin saying "Wherever whores go" was a bit disappointing to me too.  That background with Tysha is such an important part of Tyrion's character arc I am a bit surprised they left it entirely out, and that is a killer line.  I was kind of hoping they would end the whole episode on Tyrion killing Tywin and fleeing King's Landing, but ending it on Arya setting sail for Braavos makes sense too.

On another note, I downloaded Roges on my Kindle, obviously mostly for the new George RR Martin "story", and what a disappointment that was.  It reads more like a history book than a real story, and it's not even really about the "rogue" (Daemon Targaryen) that would make its inclusion in this collection make sense, it's more about his brother (Viserys, obviously not Dany's brother) and the Targaeryans of the era as a whole, and it expressly leaves a lot of what was supposed to make Daemon interesting out.  And worst of all, if I read right it's an excerpt of that big history of Westeros Martin has coming out later this year, so buying it solely for new George RR Martin is entirely unnecessary if you intend to get that book.  It was also way too short.  Even the introduction Martin wrote for the book is lazy.  If it weren't for the new Gaiman and Lansdale stories that are also in it I would declare it a complete waste of money.


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Arts & Entertainment / Re: 24: Live Another Day
« on: June 14, 2014, 05:56:59 PM »
I love the casting in this season.  William Devane, Stephen Fry, Benjamin Bratt, Catelyn Stark, Chuck's girl, Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, a handful of people I vaguely recognize from other things I can't currently identify... excellent.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Just Watched
« on: June 11, 2014, 01:41:45 AM »
I've watched the first few episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  Honestly, it's not as terrible as you might have heard, it's just, well, not great.  It's hokey, it's clichéd, and at times it comes across a little fanficcy, like when they make pointless references to elements from the movies.  It's as if they're saying to the audience, "Remember, this is being made by - sort of - the same people who made the movies, so it must great by association!"  Like I said, though, it's not bad, and I've heard it actually becomes quite good later on in the season.  So, if you're a big fan of the movies and want to see more of the universe or whatever, you might want to check it out.  Just don't be expecting something that delivers on the level of the movies.

A TV show budget can't deliver an experience on the same level as an action movie budget?  How surprising.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Transgenderism
« on: May 23, 2014, 03:10:52 AM »
I think that using surgery to radically alter your physical appearance and butcher your sexual organs is a poor way to deal with what is at heart a psychological issue.  I am actually an extremely liberal guy about most things, but I think that the notion that we should just accept this practice because "this is who these people are" is taking things a bit too far.


Why did you use quotation marks?  Do you have some reason to doubt the sincerity of people claiming to be transgendered?

Well, it's more that this is categorically not who these people are.  If I go through the kind of physical alterations Robert Downey Jr's character went through in Tropic Thunder it does not make me a black man, no matter how much I might wish I was born one or how much I might identify with them.  This is no different.

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  It is truly disgusting.

Can you elaborate?  This comment strikes me as pure knee-jerk but I would like to know if there is more to it.

You want me to elaborate on how permanently butchering oneself is a disgusting thing to do?  Seriously?  I don't even know how to answer that; I feel just the description is ample enough explanation.

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Whatever happened to just learning to accept ourselves for who we are?  Does that not apply if we have difficulty accepting that we are male, or female?

Let's assume that psychological routes have been exhausted and the difference between gender perception and gender physiology still causes great distress to someone, how would you propose alleviating their suffering?

Well, they can just do what people did before we had drugs and therapy and major sexual organ butchering surgery.  Deal with it.  I learned to accept that my life isn't perfect and that I will never be perfectly satisfied with it a long time ago.

We all have problems.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Transgenderism
« on: May 22, 2014, 02:02:00 AM »
I think that using surgery to radically alter your physical appearance and butcher your sexual organs is a poor way to deal with what is at heart a psychological issue.  I am actually an extremely liberal guy about most things, but I think that the notion that we should just accept this practice because "this is who these people are" is taking things a bit too far.  It is truly disgusting.  Whatever happened to just learning to accept ourselves for who we are?  Does that not apply if we have difficulty accepting that we are male, or female?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: 24: Live Another Day
« on: May 16, 2014, 04:41:16 PM »
And the inevitable reveal of generic Muslim terrorists as antagonists raises its ugly head once again, and the whole thing turns to shit.  I probably won't bother watching any more.

Why is it always the Muslim terrorists? Is it lazy writing? How did this series get such good reviews to begin with?

It used to be better.  It was never magnificent, but at some point, some creativity, some actual thought had been put into it.

You just got done complaining that they have been using the same exact formula every season since the first.  ???

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: 24: Live Another Day
« on: May 16, 2014, 08:11:53 AM »
24 is TV junk food.  It is the equivalent of an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.  It is fueled by its formula.  I just don't understand why people feel the need to overanalyze something like this.  It is not Breaking Bad.  It is not art, however much you might want it to be.  It's a commodity, like a Miley Cyrus or Justin Bieber song.  If you can't enjoy it for what it is why bother watching?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Community
« on: May 10, 2014, 01:58:40 AM »
This is the darkest timeline.

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I'm surprised you didn't like "Janie Jones".  It's my favorite song on the album.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The saga of Cliven Bundy
« on: April 27, 2014, 06:56:21 PM »
I'm pretty sure we had a conversation on the old forum where you told me about the shit pit you live in. I think someone tried to stab you or something?


Oh hang on, I've been mixing you up with Ghost Spaghetti. If you will pick similar names, I can't be held responsible for confusing you. Now I don't know anything about you. You've been merged with him in my mind. Would you mind sharing a computer with him or collaborating on posts? I don't want to have to learn about another individual. There are too many of you already.

I'm so glad I decided to visit today.

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