#Pandering

[blackswaneuroparedux]

ἐχθρὸς γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς ᾿Αΐδαο πύλῃσιν ὅς χ’ ἕτερον μὲν κεύθῃ ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ*

- Homer, Illiad

I hate like the gates of hell whoever says one thing but hides another in his thoughts.*

Ho-hum. It’s that time of year again...

Remember the Occupy Wall Street movement? For a while corporations were genuinely threatened by angry disenfranchised youth. But corporations are run by smart people. In less than a decade they turned their attackers into defenders using this one simple trick.

There are three things I’ve learned since working in the corporate world.  Never ask a woman her age. Never ask a man, his salary. And never ask multinational corporations what their Middle Eastern logo looks like during pride month.

This doesn’t fool anyone least of of all those who are gay or lesbian.

[allwomenjointhe4bmovement]

Here's why radfems and lesbian separatists are so hard on or mean to pick-mes (hint: its not cuz we're "misogynists")

[howifeltabouthim]

They fill their pages with apologies and write everybody's language but their own.

Iris Murdoch, from A Fairly Honourable Defeat

[mother-lee]

[moxyphinx]

THE SANTA CLAUSES + LOST references 

[dosesofcommonsense]

Indian woman panders to southern black voters in Georgia with new “southern” accent.

Sounds racist.

[pharosproject]

"Target" demographics

[kadesdb]

Things I never expected to get emotional over: a preschooler show about cartoon dogs

Things I cried over today: a preschooler show about cartoon dogs

[random-vyxx]

NEW ART STLE! NN!!!!! Ten Eight Six Twelve

[maisycoded]

“Get A Life: Traditional Conservative Advertising ‘ 24” ,(2024)

Don’t you just hate when companies catch on?

[cherryobsession]

I refuse to believe Addison “Red State” Rae willingly listens to Sophie and wasn’t just styled in the sweater for a “candid” paparazzi shoot.

[not-souleaterpost]

Ever wished that a trailer DOES lie?

Didn't come up with some clever pun or whatever to express what I want so I'll put it bluntly: Does anyone agree that new Napoleon movie looks kinda lame from the trailers?

Like the first one was like the two types of cliche trailers one after the other - with all the "boom" sounds and mach cuts, while then doing the whole "eq-so-it-sounds-distant childlike song" thing. But what I found worse is turning Napoleon into Thanos (havent seen a Marvel movie after Iron Man 3, so I might be wrong) - but all the stoic cool guy one liners and weird self-agrandising cliche uterances - only to end with putting on the Crown on himself as if it was that stupid plastic gem-gauntlet... Should just have snapped and said "France Won" and go all the way while showing the Austo-Hungary disolve.

The second trailer seems to be more of the same, with even having the Black Sabbat song to make it artsy but not to artsy. Idk maybe I'm being to harsh and hypocritical, but aften then having the love interst say "look down at my crotch - I control you with it" - I just cant take it seriously - gives me flashbacks to being a kid and seeing my dad watch game of thrones and realises that half the charachters are screwing their sister and brothers cause thats the only way to make something "Mature"...

But why am I writting a whinning post? Don't I try to make some contrived point in these? Yeah, at first I didint even want to post this, so I dont be one of these cynical movie guys, feel bad for these who now seemingly in nearly their fifties just whine about how bad hollywood is and how superheros suck while only reviewing them while their is a great new Scorsesse movie which they ignore- And instead of continuing this passive agressive attack on RLM, I better segway into my whole point: "The Killers of the Flower Moon" - A movie I recently saw and enjoyed quite a lot - surprisingly because I thought from the trailers "Yeah, Scorsee got old and is phoning it in" - cause from the trailers it just seemed like a generic by the numbers exploitation film, where victims kill their oppressors with the whole "happy ending" being both overly sweet and bitter - because how unrealistic yet saddistic it would be, even as a fantasy only leaving the reality of resentment and bloody revenge.

But thankfully, it was nothing like that - so the trailer lied, and I was happy - or more happy that even when it lied I thought "well going to the cinema with friends is more important, and why not see a scorsse movie on the big screen, if he dies, or I, soon, I'll regret it, even if it was a piece of shit..."

So maybe that's the point I'm making - maybe a very weird and pointless one - but yeah, maybe Napoleon won't be as bad as I think? Even if it is a far-cry from the Napoleon Kubric would have made, Ridley Scott is still a director with a certain esteem, and who the hell didn't like Gladiator? Even still have an old VHS with a cutot of a tv-magazine of it that my father used to tape over to just pirate the movie old schoo way lol. Still, I'm not saying to mindlessly buy and watch everything - but to just think - maybe even a disapointing movie is worth the human connection one will make (cause who goes to the movies alone?) - so if somebody says "hey lets watch it, its like if the Joker was French" - why not, maybe even it will turn out to be:

[anotherincorrectquotesblog]

A: Why are we at odds tonight?

B: A, we’re always at odds, it’s what people like!

A: Oh yeah, you’re right. What I meant to say was “fuck you”!

B: Damn, you got me!

[mdragmire]

"...Gotta go.. But-a, thanks. On-a with the show."

Mario finds a photo of the man responsible for giving him a voice.

[itsawritblr]

Disney's "Wish" is being trashed by critics, and I'm not at all surprised.

Disney:

No, what you needed was a fucking good script and songs.

Disney seems to not have a high opinion of its audience.

[fivepoint-12]

This is so funny…. Idc about Joe being a retard everyone knows that but Kamala putting on a fake black southern accent compared to the exact same speech where she sounded white. 😂😂

It’s not even a good black accent, she sounds like a 1920s KKK wizard mocking the blacks.

The pandering is off the charts and I cannot believe anyone actually will vote for her other than these bots who keep spamming vote blue no matter who.

6 min total but Kamala at the 3 min mark.