Echinoderm

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[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Find a way out of the room... is the window a valid option?

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 64 points 1 week ago (22 children)

Superman comes from a position of absurd privilege wherein he can do whatever he wants without risk to himself, and can put on a pair of glasses to become anonymous afterwards.

Everyone else has occasionally consider a compromise between what they think is right and what is pragmatic or necessary.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 59 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Also that straight men sit down to pee. Otherwise they have to hold a penis, and there's nothing gayer than that.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago

I'll write that down with a Biro.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Surely I wasn't the only one who tried it immediately after reading the comic?

spoilerI can't do it.

Not remotely close.

Comically far from it really.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 115 points 2 months ago (7 children)

People seem surprised that Herbert did draw inspiration from real life events. Dune is losely based on Russian imperialism in the Muslim Caucasus region. Which is also a region rich in oil deposits. This isn't Herbert seeing the future as much as history repeating.

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-secret-history-of-dune is an interesting read.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 14 points 2 months ago (10 children)

The theory is that the people putting the money into it are the ones taking the risk. If you sign on as an employee you get paid no matter if the film is a flop that never makes its budget back or an unexpected success.

If the rates are low, she could have potentially negotiated a clause in her the contract for a cut of the profits or a bonus. Alec Guiness did that for Star Wars when no one anticipated how big a hit it would become and made millions. But the Art Director in the article is now looking at things in hindsight when it's easy to say what she should/could/would have done.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 23 points 2 months ago

It would seem that how much you hate an arbitrary group based on physical characteristics is more important.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

"Weak, submissive, pathetic" like the traditional misogynistic view of women? The one that gets applied to men to suggest they are being feminine as an insult?

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Skyward Sword is basically the only game in the series with actual hints of those two being in love.

I would argue that Breath of the Wild strongly hints at a loving relationship developing.

I must admit that its been too long since I played Skyward Sword to usefully compare the two though.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The more I hear about Nauru, the more it feels like a made-up place. Most of the wealth of the nation came from mining bird poo for phosphates.

 

Movies have huge credit rolls that tell you everyone involved from the director down to the person who made the cups of tea. But why? I can understand why actors, who need exposure to maintain a career, would want this. But is it important for the person who drove the truck full of props around to be credited for their future prospects?

You don't see a plaque when you walk into a building listing everyone who laid a brick as part of the construction. I assume there's a historical reason why the entertainment industry, and only the entertainment industry does this.

Edit: To all those that took my geniune question about what historically lead to this, and turned it into accusations of me being some sort of thoughtless "asshole", what is even the point of someone trying to contribute to these online communities if you are just going to be made to feel horrible?

 

As long as I'm enjoying myself it's not a bad thing, right?

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