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Those all sound like valid criticisms of the show, but the review bombing and toxic social media outcry does seem to be based more on masculine knee jerking than stereotypes and tropes. *shrug*

It was lonely for about 4 hours while the servers were down.

It is not a 1 to 1 ratio. Maybe before Trump it was, but now it is super skewed. It doesn't help that a good chunk of moderate Republicans have been driven away from the party. My wife's family were lifelong Republicans, and now they are all independent aside from one crazy Uncle that posts conspiracy theories all the time.

I don't think it was just the 3D stuff that sold the visuals of Avatar, but I agree the visuals are the main selling point of the IP. I think it is going to be huge. My daughter watched the original over and over again for years. Basically from being a toddler to being in Middle School, Avatar was her top film. Her tastes have broadened since then, but she is still super jazzed about the new film. There is an entire generation of kids that grew up with that movie and I guarantee the first one will be a hit. While it will probably have some appeal to adults, it is going to make its money by appealing to the kids. I'd argue that's what Star Wars struggled with in the last few films. Solo had nothing for the kids. Episode 7-9 were barely kid friendly. Rogue One was my favorite, but it's a bleak war movie. Episode 1-3 may get a lot of flack, but they definitely appealed to a new generation of kids.

Yeah, my dog is pissed about daylight savings too.

I love the idea of the Tough Mudder races, but I know I'd probably tear something sliding through all of those obstacles.

It may change, for sure. I'm only 3 episodes in. Best dumb moment in TV.

Because it is a sitcom, I think doing the dumb thing works. I mean Seinfeld and Friends are basically built on people making bad decisions. The stakes are low, so it doesn't matter as much as the joke.

I started watching She-Hulk with my daughter. It's hilarious. It's a solid situational comedy set in the MCU, and I'm enjoying it. I don't understand what the complaints were. *shrug* edit: It reminds me of Parker Lewis Can't Lose.

12 hours? You aren't even done with the tutorial of FFXV at that point. You've got to embrace the road trip with the boys a bit more. It's about the journey, not the destination.

What if we hire Zoraptor to troll AGAINST Russia? I mean, they can't be paying him too much. I bet we could double it! I have a gift card to Pressed Juicery I can offer in support. 👍 Sorry to hear about your dad, btw.

I finished Book of Boba Fett. I had watched the first couple episodes and lost interest, but I circled back. It's only 7 episodes and that felt right. It gets better when it just becomes The Mandalorian season 3. There was a really good episode directed by Ron Howard's daughter where they just rebuild a starship for the entirety. Those are the details I enjoyed. The story was bad, for the most part, but there were some likeable characters along the way. I found it was best to ignore the plot and enjoy the neat sets and costumes.

Hmm, I will have to look into that. They have an education edition, but it is unclear how an individual can get it. My district uses Apple. 🤮

PCPartPicker is amazing and I am enjoying using it to build. I have a NewEgg card, so that is why I prefer to use it to order stuff. That way I have 12 months to pay it off if needed. But I'm struggling over the OS situation. It is an extra $100 to buy it and my budget is already stretched thin. I know I can probably get a cheap key somewhere, but that makes me nervous. What do you guys do about your OS whem you build a PC? Don't say linux. 😆

Thanks. I mean, it would have been easier if you guys had just told me the iBuyPower rig was fine for the kid, because now I have to build something. Ah well, it will be a good father-son project.

kosher dogs at cpac? No such luck. Ballpark franks only.

My son needs a new computer, and I'm planning on getting him a decent desktop that will hopefully last the next 5 years. He mostly plays games like Overwatch. I toyed with building it myself, but I haven't done that in 20 years. This thing looks pretty affordable and would seem to save me the headache of learning everything over again: https://www.newegg.com/ibuypower-slatemr1004/p/N82E16883227981?Item=N82E16883227981 I know it needs RAM, but everything else seems decent. I haven't used ibuypower before, but they seem to have a decent reputation from what I can tell. Suggestions?

Wheel of Time with guns.

I get that a bit. I told my wife from the beginning that there was no way they could afford Samwise Gamgee/Rudy for more than a season. Although I was a bit surprised Paul Reiser avoided a similar fate. But the first season was a lot less clear about the stakes and who was considered a main character. It has settled into a more comfortable show for me. I just remember turning it off years ago after the 2nd episode because it was upsetting me. I also struggled with The Black Phone recently, but watched it because my wife and daughter wanted to, and I enjoyed it at the end.

The West is certainly not perfect, but the big difference is you can complain about the Western countries while living in those Western Countries and not get arrested by the Western governments. It's a pretty big difference. Also, habeas corpus.

It looks like she confirmed the $15k offer, which blows her credibility out of the water. Ouch. 🙄

A boy my son's age disappears in the first episode and then a girl my daughter's age gets killed in the second episode. What genre do you think that is? edit: There are a lot of different types of horror movies. I can watch the slapsticky ones like Evil Dead all day long, but when it involves kids, I get more uncomfortable.

I've been working my way through Stranger Things with my wife. I tried to watch it when it first came out, but it was too scary. I'm putting on a brave face for my wife though. We just started season 3.

Sarcasm doesn't really translate over text. Doesn't this guy have a reputation of being a buzzkill?

I get the impression that Keyrock actually is Neil Breen.