Tipping Point
Or, A Little Something To Cover The Emotional Wear And Tear.
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At which point, one might say honk honk.
Cover me!
because that’s the equivalent of the fairy godmother giving them a dress and the Prince falling in love with them.
LOL. That.
“…Laurie Penny…Apparently, she’s been working on a project with Joss Whedon”
???
Considering what Joss Wheedon has
turned intorevealed himself to be it is for the best that Firefly was cancelled when it was.???
Behold.
See, for instance, Brie Larson’s one-note Captain Marvel, which isn’t so much a character as a pretext for an agenda.
The phrase which came to my mind when trying to pin down why the performance was unsatisfying was “present, but not involved”.
I think that she was trying to portray a strong, independent, ultra-feminist woman, and thus had to scowl the entire time. Which is, indeed, the expression one frequently sees on most strong, independent, ultra-feminist women in real life.
Behold
Sheesh.
Didn’t he describe himself as a libertarian?
Funny how some leftists do that.
And regarding Alien, Ridley Scott seems oblivious to the fact that the more you fill in the Alien mythology, retconning furiously, the less scary, and more tiresome, it gets.
Speaking just for myself, the same eventually comes true for all scifi franchises, to the point that Ten’s law simply observes that there’s never been a good multi-film scifi universe. Not so for fantasy, which: it’s fantasy.
There have, however, been notable scifi films, at least if judged on plausible narratives born of proper physics. Correct physics set the tone and incorrect physics ruin it, humanly speaking, a corollary. Why Hollyweird fears this is a mystery.
Rey goes from desert forager to puncher-of-men-much-bigger-than-she-is, plus ace pilot, plus ace engineer, plus mistress of the Force, all in a matter of minutes.
Apparently Hollywood Standard English comes with built-in MMA street cred and an advanced degree in starship engineering before you’re fifteen. HSE is when American actors swallow their r’s and pronounce every fourth word in flawless BBC.
???
Behold.
Real Housewives of Raqqa about to blow up on Bravo.
What about Amazon Australia?
https://www.amazon.com.au/
Neontaster or Nostradamus, you decide.
Neontaster or Nostradamus, you decide.
Ah, the great hamster wheel of wokeness. As someone quips in the thread, “I would like to apologise to any minority because they are above reproach, whilst I attack all men because they can be attacked without conscience.” And all in the name of sensitivity and respect, of course.
What about Amazon Australia?
Sadly, there’s no way to consolidate multiple accounts, so it’s not very practical.
In other news, badmouthing your own husband in a major newspaper is the new woke piety. Via Protein Wisdom.
Somewhat related.
I think that she was trying to portray a strong, independent, ultra-feminist woman, and thus had to scowl the entire time.
Heh. Ms Larson, who by default exudes an air of sour arrogance, has described her latest film role as a kind of activism. Just in case we couldn’t tell. The end result – the Great Feminist Statement of which she claims to be so proud – is a charmless, overpowered Mary Sue with no character arc, no learning curve, no emotional range, and no screen presence. And whose story, such as it is, requires an inversion of established continuity, such that the Skrulls, one of Marvel’s classic villains, are ruined forever and portrayed as benign victims – refugees, no less – to be saved by an all-powerful feminist who doesn’t need to earn anything, or learn anything, because she’s always been awesome.
[ Added: ]
Traditionally, Marvel hero stories tend to involve someone suffering some hardship, a humbling or tragedy, then learning a harsh lesson, often in humility, and consequently growing to become a better person, albeit one with outlandish talents. (See, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, Dr Strange, etc.) However, our woke heroine, supposedly a symbol of the progressive ideal, merely learns that she was already awesome and was held back from being even-more-awesome-by-default by a man afraid of her awesomeness. No humbling required.
If Ms Larson is supposed to be the lynchpin of Marvel’s next phase of films, they may be in for a bumpy ride.
Behold
Sheesh.
Didn’t he describe himself as a libertarian?
Funny how some leftists do that.
Is this Wheedon trying to atone for his sins? Didn’t he get caught out in the #MeToo thing*?
More pertinently, is Penny continuing to confuse Wokeness with “being a good person”?
*My memory is hazy, but I recall this being at a point where there were so many revelations of sexual misconduct, ‘MeToo’ was starting to sound like the cry of blokes joining in the harrassment, rather than women calling it out.
“…I attack all men because they can be attacked without conscience.”
She spelt consequence wrong.
Pinged!
Pinged!
Bless you, madam. May you never be spotted with an unfashionable carrier bag.
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Ping! from a grateful lurker.
As today is usually the day for oddities and whatnot, I offer you a man declared by therapists and psychiatric staff to be sane, but not what you think of when you order a smoothie. (Daily Mail, but potentially NSFW, use at your own risk, call your doctor for nausea lasting more than four hours.)
Is this Wheedon trying to atone for his sins? Didn’t he get caught out in the #MeToo thing*?
I’m not sure, but I think I heard about how far left he was long before any #MeToo criticisms. Unfortunately what I heard was not highly detailed and I wasn’t paying careful attention so I cannot be very helpful here.
there were so many revelations of sexual misconduct
Maybe men should start keeping journals recording the discreditable things women have done to them or to their friends.
Ping! from a grateful lurker.
Bless you, sir. May the extra-large eggs you ordered actually be large, not just slightly less small than the alternative.
Ping!
It occurs to me I should perhaps point out that I actually changed the PayPal notification sound on my phone some time ago. First, I changed it to a gentle door-knocking sound – a sort of ‘sexy-new-neighbour-asking-to-borrow-a-cup-of-sugar’ type knock. Recently, I changed it again, opting for a soft sine-tone chirrup, which I can only approximate as bibble-ee-doo.
In today’s exciting installment of, “All The Things Are Raycisss, Sexist, and Generally Problematic”.
Vegan paint for the royal nursery whatever the hell that is. Harry looks like he is thinking he may have made a royal mistake.
Ah, the great hamster wheel of wokeness.
Hamster wheel, Take Two.
Neontaster or Nostradamus, you decide.
The golden quote I pulled from that thread:
Hamster wheel, Take Two.
Broken link.
Not entirely sure why, but this made me laugh.
“This is triggering.”
Broken link.
Works for me on every browser I have.
A modest actor.
Captain Thompson! Captain Thompson! The Ephemera are missing! Did they fall off the deck of the rickety barge?
The Ephemera are missing! Did they fall off the deck of the rickety barge?
Actually, I was hoping to take the past few days off – sometimes you’ve got to metaphorically detox from the accumulation of leftist psychodrama. But due to the scheduled fundraiser my plans went awry.
Normal service should resume next week.
Also, the pickled “eggs” are revolting.
Well, yeah, that too. But what I meant is, they’re parading around with itty-bitty signs complaining about the pay and working conditions.
https://us.yahoo.com/gma/florida-mom-arrested-teacher-finds-hundreds-bugs-childs-061058469–abc-news-topstories.html
These 5 children must have sprung into existence by paryheogenesis, as no one involved, including their mother, seems to have even asked about why their fathers aren’t involved in their care.
Oops, parThenogenesis, sorry.
parthenogenesis
From Greek parthenos, virgin.
They’re getting as rare as unicorns.
Should someone start awarding Scarlet Null A’s to women who do not sleep around and have children out of wedlock?
However, our woke heroine, supposedly a symbol of the progressive ideal, merely learns that she was already awesome and was held back from being even-more-awesome-by-default by a man afraid of her awesomeness.
That. 😀
P.S… bibble-ee-doo.
That.
Well, again, it practically inverts the usual humbling or tragedy expected of such stories and so our heroine’s personal flaw, the thing she has to overcome, is that she doesn’t think of herself highly enough. What this may say about feminist fantasies, and feminist psychology more generally, I leave to the reader.
P.S… bibble-ee-doo.
Bless you. May your sausages grill evenly and without the dramas of by-hand, ungloved sausage rotation.
What’s this about by-hand sausage rotation?!? Is this an English custom? (“We will fight in the fields, we will fight in the villages…and we will never surrender because our burned fingers are too sore to hold the white flag.”)
They’re getting as rare as unicorns.
Pogonip, on the contrary:
https://torontosun.com/life/sex-files/worlds-biggest-brothel-teeming-with-millennial-adult-virgins-some-not-interested-in-sex/wcm/597383ec-a311-4315-b83d-660b619ef2e7
And the Independent tells us that 1 in 8 millenials are still virgins at the age of 26:
https://www.independent.ie/ca/world-news/one-in-eight-millennials-still-a-virgin-at-age-of-26-36880113.html
I saw Ungloved Sausage Rotation and This Is Triggering open for Even More Awesome By Default.
Pogonip, on the contrary:
You had to ruin my joke with actual facts, darn you. Harrumph, harrumph, harrumph.
Ungloved Sausage Rotation
Now part of standard sex education curricula at lower secondary schools everywhere.
You had to ruin my joke with actual facts, darn you.
I’m sure you’ve got a few “still a virgin” and “virgin nerd” jokes stored somewhere.
Ungloved Sausage Rotation
I believe the term in porn circles is “Bareback Sausage Rotation.” Ahem, or so I’ve been told.
I’m sure you’ve got a few “still a virgin” and “virgin nerd” jokes stored somewhere.
Nullo dataset. 😉
or so I’ve been told.
Edges slowing away.
I’m sure you’ve got a few “still a virgin” and “virgin nerd” jokes stored somewhere.
As I recall, it was a Keith Knight comic where Someone is proclaiming that for something that Knight has done, he will be rewarded by being sent to Paradise to be surrounded by virgins.
Knight: I’m Going To Comic Con!!!!