elephantium @ elephantium @lemmy.world

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NGL, what first came to mind was the Tripods. That probably fits under "worst impression".

I get the same white background on Windows, Chromium and Firefox. Checking settings, I see FF is set to "Automatic" light/dark mode. When I manually select Dark mode, I see the dark background.

The comment you responded to used those words, though.

I’m surprised no one has demanded storming the island by force

At least one idiot tried

Re-reading it, I suppose you meant to invoke "something stupider" which does make sense. Carry on!

It's ludicrous to describe a lone missionary as "storming the island by force".

I agree that it was a foolish move on his part, though.

I'm pretty sure there's visible air traffic there today. Veer Savarkar International Airport is only ~30 miles away from North Sentinel Island, so they probably see planes on a daily basis.

Shit, gaslighting can simply mean 'disagreeing' nowadays. I can't even remember how long it's been since I've seen it used in the "proper" sense.

I've heard this before, but I don't really believe it. George doesn't strike me as a "grand design" sort of guy. More like, this seems like a cool scene, add it!

Respond if you please please

False as in 'false step', perhaps. 'faux pas' is a well-established term for a social gaffe.

Sorry, I see what you were going for, but IMO it doesn't quite land :(

I disagree. I think it's more helplessness than apathy.

I don't approve of all the spying, but I don't "own" any congress critters, so what can I do? I can't even opt out of the spying by cancelling my Internet plan and smashing my phone -- there's still tracking through CCTV, face recognition, license plate scanners, etc. I'd have to move to some remote middle of nowhere and live as a subsistence farmer -- and even on the way there, I'd be thoroughly tracked. There's no escape, it's like we're all in a giant digital cage.

I just hope they actually have their social security card. A quick googling told me that you need a current ID to get the social security administration to issue a replacement card. Talk about a vicious cycle!

If that's what you got from my comment, you really shouldn't be participating in this comment thread. Please leave the conversations for the grownups in the room, thanks.

Huh, I had the opposite reaction. I see your point about satirizing racism, but I couldn't get past the gratuitous n-bombs every other line.

Mel Brooks

aged pretty well

Some stuff, yeah, but then you have Blazing Saddles. Woof.

Hmm, and what about fish?

I used to be subbed to several local subreddits, including a [mylocation]-social.

The difference in tone between people I knew from the `social meetups vs. the people in the generic city/state subreddits was truly amazing.

I don't think they're merely complaining about synecdoche...

My reaction upon leaving the theater was "Wow! They did Star Wars almost better than Star Wars!"

In the days that followed, the more I thought about the movie, the less I liked it in retrospect. I was hoping for a continuation of the saga, not "Star Wars: The Remake".

I thought the show did very well until they ran out of material to adapt and started having to improvise. The showrunners had a great talent for putting things on the screen, but they couldn't write their way out of a paper bag.

(disclaimer, I only watched the first few seasons, plus a couple of episodes in S8 when a friend was organizing watch parties)

Are you kidding? Star Wars had amazing special effects for its day. Yeah, they look clunky now. But you know what? The special effects in Wizard of Oz looked clunky in the 1970s.

As for good story telling...what? This is Star Wars we're talking about, not Fine Art. It's pretty much a reshooting of The Hidden Fortress ... in space!

It's a fun movie, but damn do people lionize it far beyond what it ever actually was.