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Amentep

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  1. Eh, CGI is a tool, neither good or bad. It can be used badly, though, and I think sometimes, to paraphrase Jurassic Park, the filmmakers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should I saw Black Widow. it was okay, but the H2H combat was about what you get from the other Marvel films, IMO. The strength of the film is really Johansson-Harbor-Pugh-Weiss and their character interplay. But Ray Winstone's Russian accent was all over the place (possibly a product of reshoots).
  2. Generally speaking, some leeway has been provided in political/topical news to provide context to current events that made be of national or international interest. A man and woman having a bloody and protracted fight in an elevator was determined to not meet that standard. That said, we are human and as the moderator team changes so too will the views of the moderator team, but no human is perfect. If you wish to object to how the moderator team reviewed the now removed post, please contact @Fionavar.
  3. They could haunt the land the house stood on. Or worse, it could free them to travel wherever they like!
  4. What if the ghost was of an introverted person with OCD and they spent their time trying to not be noticed while they organized your pantry?
  5. Probably I guess, it was in quotes. But we don't get many chances to drop "oblong" into casual conversation, either, so why deny an obvious one?
  6. Fruits aren't gendered. It doesn't take away from the possibility that oblong watermelons vs round being sweeter (that does seem to hold true from what I've read), but why not just say "oblong" vs "round" rather than "male" vs "female"? (Fruits are grown from the female part of the plant's anatomy, and are IIRC essentially a pollinated, ripened ovary)
  7. Funnily enough, the actual etymology for wife is apparently a lot harder to nail down.
  8. Supposedly as I understand it - and I've only heard one side - the Lincoln, Nebraska Burger King was routinely understaffed with employees regularly working 60 hour weeks. The manager was hospitalized due to dehydration after working long shifts in no air condition and was told by the upper management she was being a baby for complaining. She put her two weeks in, several other employees quit since she was leaving as they knew her and not the upper management who had never bothered to even come to the store to review what was going on. The employees put the sign up, since there was not going to be enough staff to keep the site open and upper management fired the manager. Also, accordingly, there's a lot of turmoil in upper management according to the former manager, and that prior to her taking over the store, it had high turnover, which indicates - perhaps - an organization that is struggling with multiple problems at multiple levels.
  9. To crush your enemies. See them driven before you. And to hear the lamentations of their women.
  10. I think the report talks about Da Vinci descendents, not specifically Leonardo, going back to Leo's great, great grandfather and exploring five major branches of the male lineage (as they're tracking the Y chromosome).
  11. The Chase is going to be a pain to watch, amid other problems.
  12. Washington's finishing move was called "Crossing the Delaware" apparently. Surprised it looks like a 3/4 facelock jawbreaker though; always figured it'd be more of a crucifix powerbomb. The things you find out these days with all the scholarship into the history of professional wrestling in the US.
  13. More TNG Rascals - a fun episode, but would tge Ferengi really have left the kids on the ship rather than beaming them down planet? A Fistful of Datas - fun episode, but when there are computer malfunctions that specifically targets the entertainment systems why does no one ever think 'was someone using the holideck?'. It'd be like the power going out in a building today and no one checking elevators or bathrooms.
  14. Science YouTuber Wins $10,000 Bet With Physicist Xyla Foxlins video on building the 'proof' cart:
  15. Second dose of Moderna kicked me where it hurt too. I didn't lose the ability to use my arm, but I did have a fever, headache, queasiness and chills so bad I was trembling head to toe most of the day after the shot. Most of the symptoms (except arm soreness) was gone by the second day, so hopefully your experience will be similar or better.
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  18. You clearly haven't talked to the same academics I've talked to. The type who won't even entertain a hypothetical question about UFOs because "aliens don't exist". Note most scientists I've talked with (and of course anecdotal evidence and all) are more likely to not be dismissive of the possibility due to lack of evidence. But other disciplines...
  19. I didn't say they didn't have to prove it. What I am saying is the lack of hard evidence to date doesn't mean hard evidence doesn't or can't exist, which is something that I think people, including academics,, miss or forget.
  20. Can't find the exact interview with Abrams' quote (I did find a few where he talked about not liking Star Trek, but not that quote) and now I just don't call which magazine or newspaper I read it in.

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