Brightlinger

13782 pts ยท September 18, 2013


No, mainly just this scene, and the way the plot unfolds is that Superman IS RIGHT and the complex moralizing was just cover for Boravia doing clearly bad things.

2 weeks ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

The ones that are reptiles...?

2 weeks ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

Rich people are, famously, unable and unwilling to pay money to live wherever they want. Nobody wants to live in a shithole like [checks notes] New York City, so why would rich people who could afford it choose to live there, over a cheaper state like [checks notes] Alaska?

3 weeks ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Every homeowner pays property taxes on the "unrealized gains" of the value of their home, which is most people's largest asset, and you still have to pay that tax even if you're cash-poor despite having a valuable asset. But when it's a billionaire, suddenly that's unreasonable, even though it is easier to sell off 5% of your stock than to sell off 5% of your house.

1 month ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

If billionaires were forced to sell *all of their stock immediately*, sure, for the same reason that the housing market would collapse if all houses went up for sale at the same time. But (a) they don't need to sell all of it, and (b) they don't need to sell it all at once. The total transactions in a year exceed the total value of the stock market, so a billionaire selling a percentage of their stock over a year for taxes would cause no issues.

1 month ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Tie isn't long enough.

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Hey, if they'll be bastards to ICE too, better than siding with them. Enemy of my enemy.

1 month ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 0

"Cash poor" doesn't mean "poor". It just means their wealth is in assets, which indeed it is. The headline is not telling you to feel sympathy. Being cash-poor isn't a problem _for the billionaires_, it's a tax evasion scheme. The "real problem" is that the law allows this scheme to work.

2 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He was an okay Luthor in Returns, but that must be because the writers and/or director squandered him, because he went on to play an incredible Luthor in House of Cards.

3 months ago | Likes 113 Dislikes 4

Up 10,000% you say?

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Github even being on this list is very funny to me for some reason.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Sissify Not

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

No, it is immediately clear from context. The white girl is interviewing a magician who also does music.

3 months ago | Likes 446 Dislikes 3

This is very cute, but also, your baby looks and moves like the bad guy in Men In Black 1 lol.

3 months ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 3

Don't do hints at all. A hint is something that someone can miss. If you don't want people to misunderstand you, don't do hints. Be direct.

3 months ago | Likes 93 Dislikes 1

No, she got massive bolt-ons a while ago. Was pretty open about it.

4 months ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 2

Were you pushing yourself to the max when you did one push up? People get hurt doing all kinds of things, sometimes even not doing anything.But as safety goes, a few seconds of high effort, while warmed up, in a task at which you are extensively trained, under controlled conditions like a gym, on rare occasion with plenty of time to recover in between, is pretty damn safe.

5 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You look like you had ten more pounds in the tank, too. And without a belt!

5 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yes, regular strength training as you age is very smart. As you get older, it goes from a hobby or something you do for vanity to something that has a huge impact on your quality of life.

5 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"May have" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting in this sentence.

5 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Whoa now, that's just wrong, you can't say that.

Gotta use past tense.

6 months ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 2

The plop game! My 2yo loves this as well.

6 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

He has done more than anyone to normalize men wearing makeup.

8 months ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

There is certainly such a thing as lazy cosplay, where you throw together something with what you currently have in your closet and take a picture in your bedroom, or order a pre-printed bodysuit. This is not that.

9 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I did not say that it's a *good* cosplay. But it's objectively not a "lazy cosplay"; a great deal of work goes into shots like this. It is not at all comparable to wearing a graphic tee.

9 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's so lazy to arrange a group photoshoot with four other people, all in basic clothing items nevertheless chosen to clearly identify who is who, plus wigs, makeup, lighting, setting, props, and posing. That's basically on par with you wearing a t-shirt, sure.

9 months ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 5

Not being into CNC is totally fine, you do you. But the whole idea of CNC is to roleplay non-consent, thus the use of safewords, because you want to be able to *playfully* say things like "no" or "stop" or "ow fuck" and then also have a clear way to immediately communicate "no, seriously no, that actually did hurt, I'm not playing, please stop now".

If you're not doing explicit CNC, you don't need a safeword, because "stop" already works fine.

9 months ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

No, no, that glass is normally clear.

9 months ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

According to https://oira.harvard.edu/factbook/fact-book-degrees/#deg_conc, there were 8 WS&G majors out of 1742 graduates last year, or about half a percent. It is the third least common major out of 11 in the social studies category, never mind the other categories. Like yeah, these majors do exist, but only a handful of people take them.

10 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Infuriatingly, it's mostly dems that have this problem. Rs are much more willing to primary their own.

10 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1