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I sunk hours into NetHack, and I still occasionally dive into the dungeons. I also have a NES emulator on my phone, but it's just not the same. I'll play Zelda or Metroid for the nostalgia, but it's not the same as sitting on the couch with friends.

I'm glad you have data, because I was just thinking that cultural attitudes towards tattoos and nudity don't seem to be related, but I can't prove that.

.... I should start an AI company.

I just love seeing all the books from my childhood coming to life on the big screen, and being able to talk to friends about comic book nerd stuff. Marvel, at the very least, has been respectful of the source material and given the filmmakers resources to create an interconnected universe. I don't care if they make a few stinkers as long as they keep trying to make better movies.

Sony and DC both have transparently disrespected the source material and the fans. They have made bad decisions about how to bring those comics to life, and created films that were inexcusably bad.

DC at least makes me hopeful with the new Superman trailers, but I'll reserve judgement until I actually see it.

Isn't that like negative zero?

Sure are a contentious bunch.

I'm hoping we get more Ms. Marvel where she explored the full strength of the Nega Bands.

And the Kree were clearly targeting planets that didn't just have air and water, they were trying to hurt Captain Marvel. The movie didn't do a great job at expanding on the idea, but Dar-Benn (had to look that up) was on a revenge mission. I don't know if it was the actress or the writing, but she was just so forgettable that it was hard to keep track of her motivations. But first she went after the Skrulls, then the planet where Captain Marvel's husband lived, then the Earth. The fact that she killed millions of Skrull refugees and billions of singing people didn't seem to bother anyone too much.

But even factoring in all of those problems, it's nothing as bad as Shazam 2 or fucking Madame Web, I just cannot get past how shitty that god-damned movie was. There wasn't one single redeeming quality about the movie. Black Adam at least gave us a decent Doctor Fate. Flash bright back Keaton for Batman. Sure, those characters

Back in the before times, I remember Sony's deal was that they had to keep making movies in order to hold onto the rights.

I'd argue that Sony was the reason for a lot of the superhero fatigue. The objectively worst MCU movie, QuantumMania, was still much better than Morbius, Kraven, and Madame Web. Some of the "bad" movies, like Eternals, Marvels, Love and Thunder, Multiverse of Madness, Black Widow, received disproportionately more hate than they deserved. As a lineup, it's all very mediocre, but they were spread out over several years. For fans, they were fun (flawed) excursions into each of those character stories. For non-fans, they were yet another opportunity to gleefully shit on superhero movies to drive engagement or to push a political agenda or just because they think superheroes are the reason we don't get auteur indie films anymore.

Eternals had too many characters and generic monster blobs. But the characters were nuanced and complex, and the plot wasn't nearly as incoherent as critics said.

They also had a gay hero and a disabled hero, and they gender-swapped two of the male heroes. Certain people didn't like that.

The Marvels had a boring villain and absurdly imbalanced stakes during the obliteration of two different plants and their native species. Also, a musical contrivance that I enjoyed more than most normal people.

They also had all female heroes, a female antagonist, and the first Muslim hero in films. Certain people didn't like that.

Look, if you line 'em all up in a row, it's basically the food court at the mall. There's a wide variety of options, maybe one or two that are good, the rest are also there, and some bigots are grumbling about weird people who aren't like them. That's post-Engame MCU. Sony is like that kiosk near the court that definitely isn't part of the food court, and they definitely don't have the requisite plumbing to have a handwashing sink. Their poor hygiene practices have drawn bugs and rats, and they have a big sign that says that napkins and condiments are only for their customers.

Getting rid of Sony doesn't make Marvel better, but it does reduce a lot of the strain on the viewing public.

Good.

Yeah, enjoy it now before the atheists destroy it with their atheism.

Are you saying those things don't exist? I'm a white male, and I can acknowledge the privileges I have experienced without feeling responsibility for the injustice.

I feel like Fetterman knows his health is failing and he won't run again, so he's just selling out entirely. His initial support of Israel made sense with the demographics of Pennsylvania, but he's gone too far to avoid losing in the next primary for anything statewide.

Why don't we have toothbrush containers like the barber uses for combs? Like just a jar of listerine deep enough for your toothbrush, and a lid. And if it existed, would it be weird to put two toothbrushes in there together? Would the disinfecting effect cancel out the marinating cross contamination effect?

Enjoyed with a double demitasse coffee with 2 half teaspoons of sugar and chilled steamed beef milk.

Not exactly. Like every good urban legend, there's an element of truth to give it legs.

Tryptophan does metabolize into serotonin, some of which further metabolizes into melatonin, which can make you sleepy. But there isn't more tryptophan in turkey than there is in other meats and some vegetables. It is an essential amino acid that you get from pretty much every meal that contains protein. Also, an overabundance of tryptophan doesn't necessarily mean more seratonin or melatonin.

People get sleepy after eating a lot of turkey because their bellies are full of turkey (and probably stuffing and corn bread and mashed potatoes and gravy and pie and a few glasses of wine)

That's actually a myth.

This will result in more unplanned pregnancies, more dangerous abortions, more suffering for women, more poverty, and fewer intelligent people in South Carolina as people with the means to leave do so.

Except that's not what they're doing here. That might be the next step, but this is just reevaluating the recommended schedule of vaccines for children and adults. They are going to make it optional, and parents won't be forced to vaccinate their kids to send them to public school. Most people will still get their kids vaccinated, but some communities won't reach herd immunity levels and children will die.

From your lips to the ears of Elpis.