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I'm not blaming entertainment, but people take cues from entertainment and things are normalized through it.
 
Is it a problem? Maybe, especially in a time when women are making more money and 1 in 5 of them won't date a man who earns less than they do.
 
 

I like the pregnancy period already
 
Wife: "Will you still love me even during my mood swings?"
Me: "Oh I thought we already had those"
 

It's not as complex as that really. You basically said "give the audience what they want".  Hollywood and Western Game development studios seem, especially the former, to like to antagonize their consumer base. Then when their product tanks, be completely bewildered as to why. 

Maybe?  I was mostly thinking in terms of the Disney princess discussion.  In video games if a character is ugly, a lot of times it's just a game with ugly character graphics so I don't know how applicable it is.
 
In Hollywood, most stuff with 'ugly stupid broke assholes' settling for each other is sitcom stuff aimed at adults.  Pretty deep well for sitcoms now that I'm thinking about it.

Entertainment is generally escapist, or it isn't entertaining.  Blaming entertainment for peoples' sense of entitlement just seems futile to me, because basically no one is going to consume entertainment showing people enthusiastically settling for ugly, stupid, broke, assholes.  Like, maybe any one of those things, but then that character is going to have unrealistic redeeming qualities in the other areas in spades.
 
Is it a real problem though?  If there's some bimbo type out there insisting on "top 5% income, 6'4"" dating material, eventually they're going to age out of the prime dating pool and just be choosing from the "I'll only date virgin pornstars who want to be my tradwife" leftovers anyway.

The stomach flu is what we all got. I absolutely hated it. I was miserable for like 4/5 days I was sick. And the one day I felt okay I went to visit some family and I ended up getting them all sick. 😣

I’m so glad March is finally over. It was shit tier
 
* girlfriend got super sick
* I got super sick
* girlfriends kid got super sick
* girlfriend had to get five stitches in her left thumb due to an injury at work 
* girlfriend hairline fractured her middle finger knuckle on her right hand. 
 
Shit was brutal. I hated it.
 
April kinda sucks so far too but it’s cause I’m already broke. 😂 Gf and I bought a bunch of house stuff with my check. We got a deep freezer, new curtains and rods for the entire house, groceries, etc. We have a joint account though so we’re not broke. Just most of my check I get for disability is already spent. Womp womp. 
 
 

Well I can tell you don't work for a Western Video Game development studio or Hollywood film studio for that matter. 👀

They are very, very effective.  You see even a faint hint of positive on one, and it's time to see a doctor.

'Cept dem TIDDIES!

My kids will be welcome to keep their bedroom doors closed, unless they give cause for some particularly drastic concerns anyway.
 
But at this point I can't even convince them to close the bathroom door when they're taking shits.

They are very, very effective.  You see even a faint hint of positive on one, and it's time to see a doctor.

My kids will be welcome to keep their bedroom doors closed, unless they give cause for some particularly drastic concerns anyway.
 
But at this point I can't even convince them to close the bathroom door when they're taking shits.

My kids will be welcome to keep their bedroom doors closed, unless they give cause for some particularly drastic concerns anyway.
 
But at this point I can't even convince them to close the bathroom door when they're taking shits.

I'm not going to pretend there isn't a lot of illegal shit going on in that crowd, but you'd be surprised how much money they can make just carefully skirting on the legal side of insider trading.
 
The insider trading laws weren't written by people who didn't want to get rich.

I'm not going to pretend there isn't a lot of illegal shit going on in that crowd, but you'd be surprised how much money they can make just carefully skirting on the legal side of insider trading.
 
The insider trading laws weren't written by people who didn't want to get rich.

Dude, yall have yo watch this new CM Punk interview. He spills all about AEW, apparently an NDA was never a thing for him. He asked to be released, Tony said NO. So he quit but Tony framed it as a firing 
 
Also, apparently Jack Perry was just being a pure dick to everybody the whole day prior to the incident and almost caused a situation where uber drivers didnt want to deal with AEW talent. He also confirms they did infact leave him stranded in a foreign country 

Part 3 Finale
and for the cherry or rather pizza on top...
 
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of both franchises.. Hasbro's Robots in Disguise and Eastman's and Laird's radical reptiles are doing a collaboration.
Behold...
 
Party Wallop!
 
Release: Sept. 2024
Price: $50
Approx Height:    7 inches 
 
Notes: The "robot mode" has 4 different sets of weapons and 4 bandana/scalp pieces to simulate the appearance of the 4 classic turtles.
The front hood detaches to become a shield.
 

 

It's been a while, but time for  Transformers reveals!
Normally, this happens in mid-Feb, but I guess they had some marketing tie ins to work around...
There is a lot, so I'm doing  3 parts...
 
Part 1...
 
Legacy United....
 
G1 Gears  ($25)
 

 

 
 
Beast Wars Silverbolt  ($35)
 

 

 
G1 Sandstorm ($55)
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

They are very, very effective.  You see even a faint hint of positive on one, and it's time to see a doctor.

They are very, very effective.  You see even a faint hint of positive on one, and it's time to see a doctor.

I just came back from Ghostbusters Frozen Empire.
 
Pros:
 
The backstory for the new villain is interesting as is the new technology/expansive locations for the gb.
 
Kumail Nanjiani as the new character Nadeem. He was funny.
 
A character has a complex relationship with a ghost for most of the movie.
 
The final battle
 
Cons
 
There are arguably 3 main characters :
 Phoebe, Ray, and Nadeem. 
Almost everyone else is cameos or people coming in and out of scenes with little impact.  Podcast, Lucky,and Trevor are forgettable. Winston despite a small role is intriguing. Peter and Janine are 2 or 3 part rotating cameos.  
 
The pacing is somewhat slow for the first two acts. 
 
Paul Rudd's acting feels phoned in at times.
In one scene, he's supposed to have a heartfelt discussion,but it almost feels like a parody.
 
No scary moments imo
 
Overall: 6.5/10
Wait till it's out on video or see at matinee price.
 
 

When I was a kid, I had hockey skates that were rusted. I used coke on them and it came right off lol