Raithe Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 7 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
the_dog_days Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 ^I know jack about Black Panther, but that poster has 70's sci-fi written all over it. Valerian style. Just from the poster, it looks more interesting than anything MCU has put out to date.
Raithe Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 ^I know jack about Black Panther, but that poster has 70's sci-fi written all over it. Valerian style. Just from the poster, it looks more interesting than anything MCU has put out to date. Let's put it this way, the central setting is a small country in Africa that happens to have had ultra-advanced super-science beyond the rest of the planet, but no-one else is really aware of that fact. They have giant holographic shields to fake out modern day satellites, and closed / protected borders that don't allow outsiders easy access.. But at the same time of haviing all this advanced technology, they manage to successfully combine it with the supposed best parts of tribal, clost to nature lifestyle and attitudes, while also having good ethics, morality and human rights. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Pidesco Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 Well, the magical enlightened society is kind of pushing it, but there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for the economic and scientific advancement of Wakanda: Vibranium. It's an insanely valuable super hero metal that solves all sorts of technological problems, which exists exclusively in Wakanda. The existence of the metal is of course comic book silliness, but if that existence is taken at face value, then the economic and tech level of Wakanda is perfectly reasonable. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Pidesco Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 Well, the magical enlightened society is kind of pushing it, but there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for the economic and scientific advancement of Wakanda: Vibranium. It's an insanely valuable super hero metal that solves all sorts of technological problems, which exists exclusively in Wakanda. The existence of the metal is of course comic book silliness, but if that existence is taken at face value, then the economic and tech level of Wakanda is perfectly reasonable. It would explain economic advancement if they would sell it, but from what was shown in MCU they don't. So how a resource that is not sold to anyone translate to economic advancement? I would posit that it is sold only under the most stringent of conditions. I would assume that all or most of the great technical breakthroughs in the MCU are enabled by Vibranium. I imagine some hefty government agreements were made between the US and Wakanda in order to get the materials required by stuff like the helicarriers and whatnot. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Hurlshort Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 In the recent Spider-Man, they had crates full of all of the Avenger's equipment, so I would guess there are a lot of those shields. But then again, it's just a fun comic book universe and we shouldn't look too hard at the man behind the curtain. ;-) 1
Pidesco Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 Nah, we should look right in the eyes of the man behind the curtain until he mumbles uncomfortably and breaks into a cold sweat. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Amentep Posted October 18, 2017 Author Posted October 18, 2017 Nah, we should look right in the eyes of the man behind the curtain until he mumbles uncomfortably and breaks into a cold sweat. That only leads to him handing you out things that prove you already had what you thought you didn't have and needed all along. Then he jumps into a hot air balloon and departs, accidentally. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
the_dog_days Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 Nah, we should look right in the eyes of the man behind the curtain until he mumbles uncomfortably and breaks into a cold sweat. That only leads to him handing you out things that prove you already had what you thought you didn't have and needed all along. Then he jumps into a hot air balloon and departs, accidentally. This why you should never trust a floating head. The only one that's ever been descent is Zordon. 1
teknoman2 Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 9 The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder. -Teknoman2- What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past? Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born! We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did. Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand.
Raithe Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
rjshae Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 5 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Raithe Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Malcador Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 So, basically don't talk to women at all in the street. 2 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Azdeus Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 3 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
injurai Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 So, basically don't talk to women at all in the street. I generally don't talk to anyone (regardless of their sex) on the street unless I'm asking for help, or there is something to collectively comment on that is external to both participants. Like a dog holding up traffic or something. Seems to be pretty general social practice. I think day to day there isn't much reason to impose yourself out of the blue on a stranger. 2
Malcador Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 Kind of funny that talking to strangers is imposing yourself these days 2 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
injurai Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 It's seems to become more true the more populated an area is, assuming the area isn't populated as a result of some temporary festivity.
Hurlshort Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Seems like there is a pretty decent sized chasm between polite conversation on the street and catcalling.
Malcador Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Seems like there is a pretty decent sized chasm between polite conversation on the street and catcalling.Yeah but I wouldn't talk to a dude in prison about anything 4 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Lexx Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) But what if you are bored in prison? Not even then? I mean if you're catcalling a woman and then go to prison for 10 years because of sexual harassment, you won't talk to your cell inmates for 10 years? That's hard to achieve. :> Edited October 19, 2017 by Lexx "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Orogun01 Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 But what if you are bored in prison? Not even then? I mean if you're catcalling a woman and then go to prison for 10 years because of sexual harassment, you won't talk to your cell inmates for 10 years? That's hard to achieve. :> That joke only makes sense if you assume that the world is a hostile place for women and that every man wants to forcibly have sex with them. It is a premise as ridiculous as straight men assuming that every gay guy they meet wants to bugger their bum. Except, assuming one is homophobia but so far society doesn't care about androphobia and rather listen to what is a very minimal disturbed section of womankind. 1 I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Rosbjerg Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 But what if you are bored in prison? Not even then? I mean if you're catcalling a woman and then go to prison for 10 years because of sexual harassment, you won't talk to your cell inmates for 10 years? That's hard to achieve. :> As the joke goes - you can say what you'd want a guy to say to you - as in, normal human interaction is cool, flirty without being a creep is too - but aggressive sexual advances are not. Fortune favors the bald.
rjshae Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Mental handicap parking only... "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
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