Kalinara
@kalinara.bsky.social
Evil robot from the future. Probably. (Pronouns: Any)
I'm not sure if I've said this before, but I think the real error in the sequel trilogy was that they made it the very next generation. I get the idea of wanting to utilize the original talent while it's still possible, but it really bogs down the narrative.
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm not sure if I've said this before, but I think the real error in the sequel trilogy was that they made it the very next generation. I get the idea of wanting to utilize the original talent while it's still possible, but it really bogs down the narrative.
Eh, since I brought it up, I'll dig up my real controversial Star Wars opinion: I didn't think the Rise of Skywalker was THAT bad. I feel like they did the best they could to cobble together a mostly satisfying conclusion to the Saga, while dealing with a lot of obvious outside pressure/decisions.
December 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Eh, since I brought it up, I'll dig up my real controversial Star Wars opinion: I didn't think the Rise of Skywalker was THAT bad. I feel like they did the best they could to cobble together a mostly satisfying conclusion to the Saga, while dealing with a lot of obvious outside pressure/decisions.
Ugh, I really dislike when someone utterly deplorable has the same opinion as I do about something fundamentally meaningless. I actually prefer Times New Roman to Calibri too, but now it's like "No! Don't put me on the same side as that asshole! I'd rather lose than have him win!"
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ugh, I really dislike when someone utterly deplorable has the same opinion as I do about something fundamentally meaningless. I actually prefer Times New Roman to Calibri too, but now it's like "No! Don't put me on the same side as that asshole! I'd rather lose than have him win!"
Not to excuse Dame Judi Dench's terrible takes on certain sexual predators, but why the fuck are we asking her anything? The woman's 91 years old. We can leave old, retired celebrities alone.
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Not to excuse Dame Judi Dench's terrible takes on certain sexual predators, but why the fuck are we asking her anything? The woman's 91 years old. We can leave old, retired celebrities alone.
Merry Little Ex-Mas was a horrible movie saved only by the people I watched it with. No knock on the actors, but oh my god. So awful. (Alicia Silverstone looked great though. As did Melissa Joan Hart.)
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Merry Little Ex-Mas was a horrible movie saved only by the people I watched it with. No knock on the actors, but oh my god. So awful. (Alicia Silverstone looked great though. As did Melissa Joan Hart.)
Apparently, according to that blue sky analysis thing, my most used words are "characters", "character", "fucking", "Scott", "Jean". Which tracks. But sadly, most of my uses of the word "fucking" are in adjective form rather than the verb, I suspect.
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Apparently, according to that blue sky analysis thing, my most used words are "characters", "character", "fucking", "Scott", "Jean". Which tracks. But sadly, most of my uses of the word "fucking" are in adjective form rather than the verb, I suspect.
Somehow I never realized that Sabrina Carpenter was on Girl Meets World. Somehow I also never realized that the generational spinoff of a show I watched as a kid is now old enough for ITS child stars to have grown up. Time is a cruel and fascinating mistress indeed.
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Somehow I never realized that Sabrina Carpenter was on Girl Meets World. Somehow I also never realized that the generational spinoff of a show I watched as a kid is now old enough for ITS child stars to have grown up. Time is a cruel and fascinating mistress indeed.
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The only caveat I give is, yes the org is hateful but the bell ringers are frequently disadvantaged people. Don't go out of your way to be mean to the bell ringers because they are not the decision makers, and most likely, not even members of the Salvation Army's church.
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The only caveat I give is, yes the org is hateful but the bell ringers are frequently disadvantaged people. Don't go out of your way to be mean to the bell ringers because they are not the decision makers, and most likely, not even members of the Salvation Army's church.
It occurs to me that part of why I ended up veering to X-Men and Marvel as opposed to DC is that my particular favorites don't tend to solo adventures, and the group is always fucked up enough, and everyone's an asshole enough to accommodate whatever resurrections you want.
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It occurs to me that part of why I ended up veering to X-Men and Marvel as opposed to DC is that my particular favorites don't tend to solo adventures, and the group is always fucked up enough, and everyone's an asshole enough to accommodate whatever resurrections you want.
I'm thinking about my kind of garbled statement about why I think Hal's return worked better than Barry's. (Even granting quibbles about characterization.) And I'm trying to see if I can articulate the idea in a clearer way.
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm thinking about my kind of garbled statement about why I think Hal's return worked better than Barry's. (Even granting quibbles about characterization.) And I'm trying to see if I can articulate the idea in a clearer way.
I know I've said this before, but if Claremont truly wanted Madelyne to be Scott's happy ending spouse, then she should have looked like anyone but Jean. Because even if the romance was completely okay in every other respect (and honestly, there were other issues...) -
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I know I've said this before, but if Claremont truly wanted Madelyne to be Scott's happy ending spouse, then she should have looked like anyone but Jean. Because even if the romance was completely okay in every other respect (and honestly, there were other issues...) -
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Ok. This is significantly less funny than the “Elon is more athletic than Lebron overall” lie.
Though I guess calling a black athlete a “genetic freak” is pretty blatant.
Though I guess calling a black athlete a “genetic freak” is pretty blatant.
I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ok. This is significantly less funny than the “Elon is more athletic than Lebron overall” lie.
Though I guess calling a black athlete a “genetic freak” is pretty blatant.
Though I guess calling a black athlete a “genetic freak” is pretty blatant.
I didn't figure out I was non-binary until my thirties, but in retrospect, I think there were signs. It's hard to prove a negative, but I do remember having the assumption that every immortal character (vampire, Highlander, Tolkien elf) would have spent some decades living as the opposite* gender.
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I didn't figure out I was non-binary until my thirties, but in retrospect, I think there were signs. It's hard to prove a negative, but I do remember having the assumption that every immortal character (vampire, Highlander, Tolkien elf) would have spent some decades living as the opposite* gender.
If you see this, post a Comics cover you love.
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you see this, post a Comics cover you love.
Okay, I don't want to derail a post of actual substance, but that photo of ICE agents holding down that priest is the same kind of striking as the photo of Mangione being escorted down the city streets. It's a very "protagonist in chains" image.
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Okay, I don't want to derail a post of actual substance, but that photo of ICE agents holding down that priest is the same kind of striking as the photo of Mangione being escorted down the city streets. It's a very "protagonist in chains" image.
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I am begging America to not be stupid enough to embrace a racist and an antisemite because Donald Trump thinks she's a meanie. Just grab some popcorn and watch the Nazis fight.
Trump: “I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene…”
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I am begging America to not be stupid enough to embrace a racist and an antisemite because Donald Trump thinks she's a meanie. Just grab some popcorn and watch the Nazis fight.
Nothing like that "oh god please don't be a Nazi" feeling that you get when you start watching a new streamer/youtuber.
November 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Nothing like that "oh god please don't be a Nazi" feeling that you get when you start watching a new streamer/youtuber.
I'm suddenly reminded of an episode of Grimm, of all things. The monster of the week, so to speak, was a teenaged girl who was incredibly beautiful but would (reflexively) spit poison on people attracted to her. The episode had its issues, but one thing I really loved about it...
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I'm suddenly reminded of an episode of Grimm, of all things. The monster of the week, so to speak, was a teenaged girl who was incredibly beautiful but would (reflexively) spit poison on people attracted to her. The episode had its issues, but one thing I really loved about it...
I remember watching "the Man Show" many years ago and really enjoying it. I thought it was a hilarious satire. Looking at where the hosts ended up, I get the impression that only one of them actually realized/meant it to be a satire.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I remember watching "the Man Show" many years ago and really enjoying it. I thought it was a hilarious satire. Looking at where the hosts ended up, I get the impression that only one of them actually realized/meant it to be a satire.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
I have mixed feelings about the Bechdel test, because while it was a joke, it can be helpful. It shouldn't be that hard to include multiple female characters and to give them a role that doesn't revolve around male characters. But as usual, internet folk overuse it to meaninglessness.
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I have mixed feelings about the Bechdel test, because while it was a joke, it can be helpful. It shouldn't be that hard to include multiple female characters and to give them a role that doesn't revolve around male characters. But as usual, internet folk overuse it to meaninglessness.
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I read this thread for the puns. I was not disappointed.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I read this thread for the puns. I was not disappointed.
I do wish that older folks would stop acting like it's some great crime that a younger person doesn't recognize a famous person from what we consider a "classic". Surprise! Younger people have different experiences than older people! Sometimes they even like DIFFERENT THINGS!
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I do wish that older folks would stop acting like it's some great crime that a younger person doesn't recognize a famous person from what we consider a "classic". Surprise! Younger people have different experiences than older people! Sometimes they even like DIFFERENT THINGS!
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i'm still appalled people were making fun of her for this instead of being thoroughly charmed by what it says about the insanely cool and lengthy career wallace shawn has had
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
i'm still appalled people were making fun of her for this instead of being thoroughly charmed by what it says about the insanely cool and lengthy career wallace shawn has had
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Tonight was a huge win for democracy & a major blow to Trump's authoritarian rule
Voters chose Dem govs in VA & NJ, kept a Dem majority on PA’s top court, rejected an anti-voting measure in ME, chose an anti-Trump NYC mayor & are set to back fair maps in CA. Pro-democracy sweep.
Voters chose Dem govs in VA & NJ, kept a Dem majority on PA’s top court, rejected an anti-voting measure in ME, chose an anti-Trump NYC mayor & are set to back fair maps in CA. Pro-democracy sweep.
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight was a huge win for democracy & a major blow to Trump's authoritarian rule
Voters chose Dem govs in VA & NJ, kept a Dem majority on PA’s top court, rejected an anti-voting measure in ME, chose an anti-Trump NYC mayor & are set to back fair maps in CA. Pro-democracy sweep.
Voters chose Dem govs in VA & NJ, kept a Dem majority on PA’s top court, rejected an anti-voting measure in ME, chose an anti-Trump NYC mayor & are set to back fair maps in CA. Pro-democracy sweep.