Not Insubstantial Gravytas
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escapee of the black site
don't ask me about my definition of sandwich if you're going to act shocked when you hear it
escapee of the black site
don't ask me about my definition of sandwich if you're going to act shocked when you hear it
Been trying to remember the this series for a month at least
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Been trying to remember the this series for a month at least
I'm going to describe all my conversational digressions as "non-linear dynamics" or "inflection points" from now on.
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I'm going to describe all my conversational digressions as "non-linear dynamics" or "inflection points" from now on.
Person: I'm for worker's rights
Goose: What rights
Goose: WHAT RIGHTS MOTHERFUCKER
Goose: What rights
Goose: WHAT RIGHTS MOTHERFUCKER
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Person: I'm for worker's rights
Goose: What rights
Goose: WHAT RIGHTS MOTHERFUCKER
Goose: What rights
Goose: WHAT RIGHTS MOTHERFUCKER
If it isn't AI, it has passed the anti Turning test, because I can't believe that's a human being
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
If it isn't AI, it has passed the anti Turning test, because I can't believe that's a human being
No no, I very much get it, he's a polarizing writer and not one that I'd say appeals to everyone, even on his literary merits. He leans on formalism and repetition pretty hard and he uses a lot of the same tools on every story. I like him, but I can easily understand how others might not
December 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
No no, I very much get it, he's a polarizing writer and not one that I'd say appeals to everyone, even on his literary merits. He leans on formalism and repetition pretty hard and he uses a lot of the same tools on every story. I like him, but I can easily understand how others might not
I liked Vision best, but he's a writer who has picked his lane and committed.
December 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I liked Vision best, but he's a writer who has picked his lane and committed.
It's a Tom King joint, which can be some people's jam and very much not others. I dig it, because I am a sucker for epistolatory style stories with narrative momentum.
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's a Tom King joint, which can be some people's jam and very much not others. I dig it, because I am a sucker for epistolatory style stories with narrative momentum.
Have you checked out the graphic novel it's based on? True Grit where Supergirl is Rooster Cogburn.
(Calle in a wig for Power Girl!)
(Calle in a wig for Power Girl!)
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Have you checked out the graphic novel it's based on? True Grit where Supergirl is Rooster Cogburn.
(Calle in a wig for Power Girl!)
(Calle in a wig for Power Girl!)
"maybe Doubting Thomas over there can drive on his own, oh right, NO ARMS"
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"maybe Doubting Thomas over there can drive on his own, oh right, NO ARMS"
It seems kinda interesting from a cultural forensics/analysis point of view but it doesn't feel like a framework suited to telling stories I'd enjoy?
December 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It seems kinda interesting from a cultural forensics/analysis point of view but it doesn't feel like a framework suited to telling stories I'd enjoy?
Mixture of old school portal/secondary world fantasy, Japanese post DnD fantasy, Chinese pseudo mystical fantasy, computer RPG conventions and marketing keyword algos crossing linguistic barriers to make the niche of niche genre overlaps.
(I haven't read any of it. It just pops up online)
(I haven't read any of it. It just pops up online)
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Mixture of old school portal/secondary world fantasy, Japanese post DnD fantasy, Chinese pseudo mystical fantasy, computer RPG conventions and marketing keyword algos crossing linguistic barriers to make the niche of niche genre overlaps.
(I haven't read any of it. It just pops up online)
(I haven't read any of it. It just pops up online)
I think "litRPG" means partially explicit mechanics from RPGs in the setting (characters refer to things like levels, etc) and xianxia is downstream of Chinese "personal cultivation" fiction where the main character is ascending towards something like Sage or god-hood.
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I think "litRPG" means partially explicit mechanics from RPGs in the setting (characters refer to things like levels, etc) and xianxia is downstream of Chinese "personal cultivation" fiction where the main character is ascending towards something like Sage or god-hood.
Oh of course not!
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Oh of course not!
This is also a result of Trump saying he's not ruling out ICE raids on sporting events. You could rename it "Please Don't Raid the World Cup" Award and it would be more accurate
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is also a result of Trump saying he's not ruling out ICE raids on sporting events. You could rename it "Please Don't Raid the World Cup" Award and it would be more accurate
"wasn't horrible" is a good way to put it
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"wasn't horrible" is a good way to put it
Oddly the pilot is probably the best episode of the season, and S1 features the worst episode of Trek (imo) until quite recently with Debt of Honor.
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Oddly the pilot is probably the best episode of the season, and S1 features the worst episode of Trek (imo) until quite recently with Debt of Honor.
Your memory might be playing tricks on you, because the general consensus was it took about a season and a half for the show to gel properly and didn't fully hit it's stride till the start of the 3rd season.
But yeah, I'll watch and then judge
But yeah, I'll watch and then judge
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Your memory might be playing tricks on you, because the general consensus was it took about a season and a half for the show to gel properly and didn't fully hit it's stride till the start of the 3rd season.
But yeah, I'll watch and then judge
But yeah, I'll watch and then judge
Every new show gets unfairly hated on, then usually post hoc glorified as perfection. TNG, DS9, not so much Voyager, ENT, the only ones they didn't bag on was PIC and that ended up the worst thing from the franchise.
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Every new show gets unfairly hated on, then usually post hoc glorified as perfection. TNG, DS9, not so much Voyager, ENT, the only ones they didn't bag on was PIC and that ended up the worst thing from the franchise.
Yeah I don't want to talk to you
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Yeah I don't want to talk to you
I really hope this doesn't suck, because I'll watch at least some of it and if doesn't do well, it'll be remakes of TOS forever and ever
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I really hope this doesn't suck, because I'll watch at least some of it and if doesn't do well, it'll be remakes of TOS forever and ever
There's absolutely some of that in there, it doesn't need to be exclusive, but I very much think he's relishing the hurt and personal satisfaction
December 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There's absolutely some of that in there, it doesn't need to be exclusive, but I very much think he's relishing the hurt and personal satisfaction
I'm going to disagree a little bit- his glee at these actions and the anguish he provokes suggests to me that he actually does realize his behavior is wrong, and enjoys the transgression. It's a throughline from his high school to today and I think the racial angle is justification and excuse.
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I'm going to disagree a little bit- his glee at these actions and the anguish he provokes suggests to me that he actually does realize his behavior is wrong, and enjoys the transgression. It's a throughline from his high school to today and I think the racial angle is justification and excuse.
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"He's oppressing his people, who by the way are vermin" -every republican
December 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"He's oppressing his people, who by the way are vermin" -every republican
1. Agree- release all the files
2. Do you understand that you need to keep this constantly in the headlines in order for anything to happen elsewhere?
3. I really don't understand how you aren't understanding the link between outrage and action.
2. Do you understand that you need to keep this constantly in the headlines in order for anything to happen elsewhere?
3. I really don't understand how you aren't understanding the link between outrage and action.
December 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
1. Agree- release all the files
2. Do you understand that you need to keep this constantly in the headlines in order for anything to happen elsewhere?
3. I really don't understand how you aren't understanding the link between outrage and action.
2. Do you understand that you need to keep this constantly in the headlines in order for anything to happen elsewhere?
3. I really don't understand how you aren't understanding the link between outrage and action.