There was also the fallout from startrek.website

Ok boomer.

It sure is! Don’t get mad when someone holds a mirror up to you making the same pathetic excuses Disney does for their failures.

No, that’s the shitty excuse Disney executives like to hide behind. “PEOPLE ARE JUST MAD WE FEATURED A WOMAN/BLACK PERSON/GAY COUPLE!”

No, people are mad because your writing is shit. Most people are actually A-OK with minority characters, as long as you give them a reason to like the characters. (Except China, but Disney knew that so they made sure they didn’t feature the problematic black character over there). Make them interesting, don’t make them a Mary Sue, don’t build their plot up only to yank it away at the last second and turn them into just another background character.

But no, Disney can’t do that because they are terrified of trying new things. So they made the blandest, most milquetoast, characters possible and made the plot Baby’s-First-Starwars in the first sequel, took what the fans loved about Star Wars and literally burnt it in front of them in the second sequel (while telling fans they were stupid to ever like that part of Star Wars in the first place), and then backtracked HARD into Baby’s-First-Starwars again in the third sequel when they were shocked to discover that fans didn’t like being insulted.

So many issues with the sequels, complete corporate ignorance to just chalk it up to a “toxic fandom”.

This reminds me of those posts from anti-vaxers who complain about not being able to find good studies or sources that support their opinion.

How else would you refer to people with below average critical thinking skills who perform actions without understanding or considering the consequences.

Please keep your answer non-derogatory.

“Special needs”

Make a ring in your mind, have it spin about one of its axis.

Make another ring inside the first, have it spin on a different axis than the first.

Make a third ring, put it inside the first two, have it spin on a different axis than the second.

That is as far as I can go, it’s hard, but I can make it look right if I concentrate, and it has to be in one particular orientation. I absolutely can not get a 4th ring into the mix, the details get fuzzy and I can’t get it to move right. How far can you go?

How about the one that happened the same day Charlie Kirk was killed?

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How much of this is influenced by people just paying more attention to those around them when they see someone dressed as Batman?

Like, personally, when I’m on public transit I go into full disassociation mode. I wouldn’t even notice a pregnant woman because I’m trying my best to ignore everyone. But someone dressed as Batman would snap me out of that. Its hard to ignore someone dressed as Batman, and once you focus on him, you start focusing on other people as well.

No, it’s a cheap desk toy.

I’m pointing out a major, physical, sign that someone is, or has, struggled with poverty and knows first hand how hard that is.

I see way too many “hot takes” on how poverty works from people who don’t have the scar, or even know what it is. To me, that’s a big red flag that they don’t know wtf they’re talking about as they haven’t experienced it.

Opposite of that. People who have been in poverty for a long time know that plasma donation is one of the ways to keep the lights on or be able to afford food that week. After repeated donations, you are left with a buildup of scar tissue.

Those who haven’t suffered in poverty may donate occasionally for a few extra bucks, or just for the sake of doing it. But only those who are doing it constantly, twice a week, every week (that’s the maximum) for a long period of time will develop a scar.

Bingo

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If you don’t have the poverty scar on one, or both, of your arms, I don’t want to hear shit about what you have to say on the topic of poverty.

If you don’t know what the poverty scar is, and you live in the US, then I will just assume you’ve never actually struggled, nor been around those who do.

Wet-ass Bussy

Is that a labradoodle?

Boiled in a big pot with potatoes, carrots, and a large slab of corned beef and spices for several hours.