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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Modern Feminism
« on: May 13, 2017, 07:00:00 PM »White men are doomed! Nooooooooooo!!!!
"I can see this house is on fire, but it's fine because there are so many more houses and the fire can't get them all"
Okay, bro. This is a story about a crazy lady who threw bricks at a dude's car, in response to which a number of women made some jokes on Facebook. You might as well be worried for the future of Christianity because of articles like this. Note the comments, too!!!
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 13, 2017, 05:52:44 PM »
I bet Obama wouldn't eat two scoops of ice cream to everybody else's one!
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Modern Feminism
« on: May 13, 2017, 03:14:40 PM »
White men are doomed! Nooooooooooo!!!!
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 13, 2017, 03:13:21 PM »In other news, oh no Trump only gave TIME reporters 1 scoop of ice cream each and hogged all the ice cream for himself ;_;
Thanks, CNN and TIME!
Not going to lie, this is hilarious.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 12, 2017, 07:49:20 PM »
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333173-roger-stone-i-spoke-with-trump-very-recently
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-tax-law-firm-deep-ties-russia/story?id=47376041
I can't even begin to imagine how future historians will describe this period of history. In fact, I wouldn't put it past future conspiracy theorists to dismiss Trump's election and presidency as some weird kind of historical hoax.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-tax-law-firm-deep-ties-russia/story?id=47376041
I can't even begin to imagine how future historians will describe this period of history. In fact, I wouldn't put it past future conspiracy theorists to dismiss Trump's election and presidency as some weird kind of historical hoax.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 12, 2017, 04:17:55 PM »https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863007411132649473
Why did we elect this asshole president, again? Also:
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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Superhero Movies & Comics General
« on: May 11, 2017, 03:57:21 AM »
Speaking of the colors, while it's an old cliché to complain about Hollywood's overreliance on blue/orange contrasts, there isn't even enough orange here to make the contrast work the way it's supposed to. It's like, 10% orange and 90% blue. Just explosions, fire, and lasers to occasionally light up the digital darkness. Bringing up Wonder Woman again, at least the contrast looks quite nice there. They can play around with elements like the shine of Diana's bracelets, sunrises, sunsets, deserts, etc.
I will say one positive thing about the trailer, though - at least they're finally letting Aquaman have some fun.
I will say one positive thing about the trailer, though - at least they're finally letting Aquaman have some fun.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 11, 2017, 02:29:18 AM »
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/donald-trump-james-comey-russia/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-trumps-anger-and-impatience-prompted-him-to-fire-the-fbi-director/2017/05/10
^ they might as well just replace his official portrait with this
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-trumps-anger-and-impatience-prompted-him-to-fire-the-fbi-director/2017/05/10
^ they might as well just replace his official portrait with this
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 10, 2017, 06:54:29 PM »
http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spicer-literally-hid-in-bushes-to-avoid-media-questions-on-comeys-firing-2017-5
Real life has become an SNL sketch.
Real life has become an SNL sketch.
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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Just Watched
« on: May 10, 2017, 01:46:11 PM »I'll just end up sounding like Saddam ranting about Iron Fist sooner or later
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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Superhero Movies & Comics General
« on: May 10, 2017, 12:41:09 PM »
I was being somewhat hyperbolic, but a lot of these action beats are happening really fast, and they all seem to take place in a world of very similar dark blues/grays. Even the Flash's lightning is blue, for some reason. Look at this shot, for example:
The supposed impact is an incomprehensible blur, and afterward, not only does the shot slow down quite a bit, but Wonder Woman very awkwardly lands in a pivot to face the camera. The reason she does this is to help the viewer understand what just happened. I bet you didn't even notice what happened to the two Parademons she hit the first time you saw the trailer, did you? And I can't imagine there won't be plenty more scenes like this in the movie.
Hopefully Wonder Woman will be good, though?
The supposed impact is an incomprehensible blur, and afterward, not only does the shot slow down quite a bit, but Wonder Woman very awkwardly lands in a pivot to face the camera. The reason she does this is to help the viewer understand what just happened. I bet you didn't even notice what happened to the two Parademons she hit the first time you saw the trailer, did you? And I can't imagine there won't be plenty more scenes like this in the movie.
Hopefully Wonder Woman will be good, though?
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 09, 2017, 06:47:39 PM »
The Obama administration probably shouldn't have renewed Flynn's security clearance, sure. But as Trump is so fond of reminding us, he won the election, and he's the president now. Not Obama, and not Hillary. People are going to be first and foremost concerned with the wrongdoing of the president, not anybody else. That's obvious, and Trump's repeated efforts to redirect his scandals at other people is a very weak, childish tactic.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 09, 2017, 02:46:42 PM »
That article is criticizing excessive editorializing by judges in their rulings. The closest it comes to your concerns is briefly mentioning Colbert, and only then just for being lewd.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 09, 2017, 01:04:46 PM »
That's terrible. We should impeach Obama at once.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 07, 2017, 05:58:14 PM »
No, rooster, the media is intrinsically linked to the Democratic Party, and there is ample evidence that people have rejected them in favor of Trump all across the country. The future is Trump.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 06, 2017, 01:32:12 AM »'"People don't ask that question, but why was there the Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?"
In fact, the causes of the Civil War are frequently discussed, from middle school classrooms to university lecture halls and in countless books. Immigrants seeking to become naturalized are sometimes asked to name a cause of the war in their citizenship tests .'
Again, we go from "People don't really talk about why this couldn't have been worked out" (regardless of whether this statement is true or not) to "lol he thinks history isn't taught in schools and also IMMIGRANTS KNOW THIS DU-UH".
It's a simple rebuttal. Trump claimed that the start of the Civil War was an undiscussed or unquestioned subject, when it is in fact frequently discussed and questioned at the most basic educational level. That's why it mentioned schools and immigrants - not to mock Trump with comparisons, but to establish just how broadly the subject is discussed and questioned. The fact that you can rephrase what the article said with far more vindictive and unprofessional-sounding wording proves nothing.
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Finally, the article ends exactly how it started - by recalling a number of other failed attempts at spinning a narrative. Honestly, given that the most dishonest part of the article is its very core message, a better question here would be: "which parts of the article aren't inherently dishonest?". Well, there are a few points in which they are both factually correct and do not rely on misrepresenting Trump's words. A couple of good examples of that is "Andrew Jackson died" and "Frederick Douglass is also dead"
I'll grant that the part about the slave trade was a nitpick, but come on, do you really think that the Frederick Douglass incident was just media spin? I mean, I can at least see where this argument about Jackson and the Civil War is coming from, even if I disagree, but there's no question that somebody who says, "Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice," clearly has no idea who Douglass was and when he lived.