Kachilde

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Three Rounds. Zero Points.

[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Seems like the MSM has realised that they can get revenue for reporting negatively on Biden, no matter how minuscule the story is. Meanwhile Trump has been a maniac from day one, so his senile ramblings aren’t as much of a hot topic, and go unreported. Screw democracy, there is money to be made from hate.

[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

For anyone wondering who doesn’t want to go to the reddit source:

Labyrinth Moles.

They are reportedly the rarest mob in the game, and the fact that this guy found two at the same time is crazy.

[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

What I’m reading is that Black and Asian women can only be attractive when they conform to western beauty standards: petite features, small frames, perfect proportions.

Considering that some games these days use the likenesses of actual people to create their characters, it disgusts me that some random guy out there gets to be the deciding voice on beauty.

He seems to be pretty hung up on that one guys girlfriend though…

[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

All on board until the suggestion to switch to Apple, immediately after telling the reader not to jump from one big company to another. I am an Apple user, but I also trust them about as far as I could throw them. They will 1000% become as bad as Google if everyone switches over. They are already a walled garden that wants to keep you all to itself.

I was hoping for a more detailed list of things to change from and to. Life hacker posted an article to this effect:

https://lifehacker.com/the-best-competitors-to-every-first-party-google-app-an-1834172092

But their alternatives are mostly Apple, Windows, or Facebook offerings. Kind of defeats the purpose I think.

[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It’s like the nerds that came up with those nuclear warnings have never consumed a piece of fantasy or sci-fi media. “Oh, this ancient civilisation had immense power and locked it away in a concrete vault underground surrounded by harrowing warnings? Fuck yes I’m digging that shit up or settling my town on the ancient site of power. Blessings of the glowing soil! My son has been born with 6 fingers on each hand! Surely a wonderful portent!”

[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

You are right. A lot of the micro aggressions I put down to the Finetimers just being naive, and wanting to live in their safety bubble, but all of your points made me feel uneasy at the time, and it makes sense that they were all related to racism.

[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Miscellaneous thoughts:

The social media society is a trope that has been done before, and I don’t feel like this episode did anything interesting with it. The character of Pepper-Bean did not have an arc, she began as a vapid mole, and ended as a vapid mole who killed a guy. Not engaging, and felt like a bit of a waste of an episode.

I did not feel any of the tension they seemed to have intended, because the characters were so insufferable that their death would have been a relief.

Ruby and the Doctor needed Pepper-Bean to turn off her Dot because they could not see into the Dome. How then did they switch to an external camera to have a chat with the pop star towards the end?

Feels like an episode written by a Boomer just to take the same old digs at the younger generations. “Kids these days can’t find their way without a gps”, “Gen Z literally can’t see past their phone screens”.

I don’t know if it was intended, but the conclusion felt like a commentary on racism, considering that a majority of the finetime characters that got screen time were white, and talked about their “God given duty” to “maintain standards”. And calling The TARDIS “voodoo”. I dunno, it could definitely just be more commentary on vapid millennials, but it felt more pointed, especially considering the Doctors reaction.

I had problems with 73 Yards, but at least it was an engaging watch and felt like it was trying to do… something?

[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I think it's not that she "says" anything, it's that standing next to an old her, and looking at present her "breaks their brains" due to fairy magic and perception filter being crammed together. They likely still just see the blur, but subconsciously the paradox ducks with them. Like how when multi doctor episodes happen, the younger versions forget it.

Everything weird is because of the intersection of magic and time travel fields... Someone getting thrown back into time isn't that off the wall. Especially if viewing her life and the fairy circle as two never ending loops.

When the fans have to make up explanations for an episode with no textual evidence, that’s good storytelling. I’ve had people tell me that the woman stays at 73 Yards because that’s the range of the TARDIS’ perception filter, but if that has ever been mentioned on the show, I’ve missed that little tidbit. Do people notice the TARDIS at the end of their street, then un-notice it halfway down the road?

It's Dr Who mate... Unbelievable things happen every episode, but will likely eventually be explained by really advanced tech

It’s Doctor Who mate… even the most mysterious entities have a motive and rules. The Midnight monster is never explained, but we understand how it works, and what it wants. In Listen, it is never confirmed if the creature exists but that is tied into the story of the episode, and we still understand the concept behind the monster. In this episode things happen because they look creepy, and then it ends with what amounts to an “it was all a dream” twist.

[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

And nothing of value was lost

[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Are you implying that Spotify used user data to generate these advertisements, rather than just paying the marketing firm that definitely came up with this idea?

Also, way to add an extra layer to the promotion.

[–] Kachilde@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It’s really getting to me how many people are memeing Paul turning into a worm.

It feels like it’s a fact that was misinterpreted from one of those “7 CRAZY Things that Happen in the DUNE Novels - You’ll never believe number 6!” Videos. But because they haven’t read the books, they assume it must be Paul that worms out because he’s the Main Character, right?

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