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Because of the shutdown [ 1 ] Shut down by unsurprisingly overweight people. of Reddit‘s fatpeoplehate fat-shaming subreddits, 8ch.net had an influx of people into the /r/fatpeoplehate subthingy.
I poked around.
I regret it.
Footnotes
| ^ 1 | Shut down by unsurprisingly overweight people. |
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Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/
A down-and-out traveler discovers a pair of sunglasses which let him see through the illusions aliens have been using to control mankind.
With overtones of the manipulation of the everyman, I would easily put this movie in the same class as Nineteen Eighty-Four. However, the otherwise weighty impact is cushioned by comedy, great characters and a great story. Though old, this movie stands the test of time. Easily considered satirical-horror, there’s much more to it.
This is, in a sense, a bubblegum movie that delivers a subtler message. It tickles the viewer’s cognitive dissonance. Some viewers will easily “get it”, and some will merely find it entertaining. I hope those between those two groups will be particularly intrigued.
Mandatory viewing.
They Live has concepts found in Buckaroo Banzai – (1984 movie).
I still have more offline notes I have to clean up and upload..
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Entertainment > Games >
(on Wikipedia)
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/
A MMO whose defining qualities are its maturity, user base and low system-requirements.
Recently focusing entirely on endgame, to the detriment of all earlier content. Instead of improving the game in measurable ways, its developers use desperate psychology to string along its user base. DO NOT PLAY unless you’re already playing. Then DO NOT STOP.
Once anything comes along that’s decent, haul ass and bring everyone with you. Consider, for example, Guild Wars 2 – (2012 game).
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After a brief debate where a vocal majority was ignored, a new law was passed which forces all pregnancy-capable girls to become expectant mothers.
Shortly after being passed, significant backlash had the law amended to allow a child’s parent or guardian to elect for artificial insemination. The Catholic church has since moderated its support for this new law.
The pope was unavailable for comment, but a vocal devotee was quoted as saying
This isn’t quite God’s will, but it’s will have to do for now.
Something I liked which I redid as an SVG. People need to stop using bitmap for vectorizable content.
A small shout-out to comedian Doug Stanhope.
While he’s been active for quite some time, I only recently discovered him.
He is an intelligent, strangely-articulate and entirely abrasive asshole of a comedian. I laughed out loud very loudly multiple times watching/listening to his work.
There are lots of torrents out there, and yes Doug is ok with you downloading his stuff. (See Joe Rogan’s podcast).
Some of his live stand-up is nowhere near as good as his professional performances. On the other hand, there can be a stiffness to the pro performances where they won’t compare to a really good live one. Below is what I’ve seen so far.
I recently watched The Mark Steel Lectures (torrent) and was amused and entertained. I recommend this series.
I will re-watch the shows and update this page in the future.
