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Jesus, clickbait language in comments is worrying

Just a slightly higher barrier to entry really filters out the low-quality ignorant/belligerent/unconstructive posters, don't you think? The relative absence of useless posts made either by bots or unhelpful users is refreshing too. It's not perfect but it's a huge step in the right direction.

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By dame, is by cocaine.

Asian leads in a big budget Hollywood movie are a big deal for people who never see people who look like them on screen. That's where most of the hype came from - excitement (some of it manufactured and emphasised by media outlets to show they understand the value of progressive representation) from fans about a movie that has a lot of Asian, and especially Chinese, cultural references.

The movie was a bit wacky but I feel it squandered a lot of good, silly ideas by lingering on them too much, and trying to tie it all together at the end in some coherent theme. It felt like the producers overrode the creatives' control over the project because the producers have been doing it longer and 'know what sells'. So many movies are ruined by creatively bankrupt executives desperately trying to make themselves relevant and killing a project as a result.

It was hardly the best film of the year, and it didn't reach the potential it might have if corporate interests hadn't stomped on the imaginative ideas at the heart of the story. However, it was financially successful and won Best Picture, so maybe the next time they have a big-budget Asian movie it will be more like a Stephen Chow film and less like a formulaic money-maker aimed at the lucrative Chinese market, a la Shang-Chi. It's a good thing the movie was made, even if it wasn't that great in the end.

Just like “bipolar disorder” used to be called “manic depression”, “schizophrenia” used to be called “prophecy”.

I bet God's dick is so big that when He wears protection it's called the Kongdom of God

One guess as to who gets to define the meaning of the term antisemitism, too: “a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”

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Censorship of antigovernment criticism is common in China, North Korea, Russia and other authoritarian states, which include Israel and the United States of America.

The vague ones subject to significant changes?

I mean, to be perfectly fair it happened in the Van Diemen's Land colony, around seventy years before statehood, it was far from the only atrocity committed against Aboriginal people, and Indigenous Tasmanians were in a much worse state (no pun intended) at the time than those on the mainland. But if you want to add it to the list of Tasmania's achievements alongside those othet two nation-leading measures I mentioned, I won't stand in your way!

I rewatched it recently and became aware of how much I'd missed the first time, which made it a rich experience up there with some of the best films of any genre. It's pretty striking. Sometimes a universally respected piece of cinema doesn't grab me either though - a horror example that comes to mind is The Exorcist.

Perfectly sane people do. I wouldn't, but I don't denigrate others' sanity based on their political views. This is how you inflame and stifle debate, which only fuels ignorance.

JR pass massive price hike recently

Hope so

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Or actual enemy soldier bots.

Beheadings are permanent.

It's a VERY WEIRD place for a fire!

I probably didn't articulate it well but "planless virtue signalling" is exactly what I meant - I suppose when it's clearly planless (if well-intentioned) it's easy for reactionaries to reframe what it's really about, since the populace is ignorant but generally tired of being told how to think and why things 'must' change.

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