#no wonder shapiro hated it

[hussyknee]

I wish he'd make up his mind whether making money is good or bad. Is the only honest money in rockets these days?

Those two movies are going to take 6–8 years of Rian Johnson's life max. That's 12.5–16 million a year. That's the average annual income of an A-List Hollywood celebrity. VERY rich, but the rich we aim to eat are billionaires.

Also he like, does actual work in exchange for that money. Overpaid? Maybe. Freeloader nepo money? No.

behold, the funniest twitter thread that was never intended to be a joke, courtesy of ben "too dumb to understand a movie that literally explains itself to you at the end" shapiro

[gender-euphowrya]

idk who needs to hear this but maybe that survival skill you have is actually a trauma response

[touchlikethesun]

why did both the cambridge and the oxford union invite ben shapiro to speak. it cheapens the institutions’ integrity, it’s nothing but an obvious ploy for media attention and viral moments. the union is supposed to be a place for debate and genuine intellectual discussion not terminally online hissy fits. fuck the union(s) i hope the cunts behind this are cursed w stale pints forever i hope you’re bloody well pleased w yourselves

[filipinosamflynn]

I wish to be purged of the traces of the person I once was during the 2016-2018 period.

Sometimes, I feel the effects of leafyishere and all the other homophobic/transphobic/misogynistic bastards with anti-SJW beliefs rear their ugly heads in my day-to-day reactions and I shudder every time.

[companionjones]

Love is in the Air (Why Didn’t You Tell Me?)

Pairing: Beck Oliver x Fem!Reader

Fandom: Victorious (Nickelodeon)

Summary: Based on the episode of Victorious “Beggin’ on Your Knees,” where you take the place of Tori. Some things are changed.

Warnings: None that I can think of

Y/n=Your name

W/n=Wrong name

*******

    Love was in the air at Hollywood Arts, and you absolutely hated it. You sat on the stairs in the main hallway and watched all the main couples of the school go about their day.

    Trina came into view. She was running after Jade. “Babe! I said I was sorry!”

    Jade’s jaw tightened as she turned back around to her girlfriend. “You walked in on my auditions!”

    “I’m sorry! You know how I get! I see an opportunity and I just gotta take it. Y’know?”

    Her words didn’t soothe Jade’s anger. “My audition isn’t your opportunity!”

    Trina paused for a moment. “Well, yeah. I know that now...Listen what if I buy you those new scissors you wanted?”

    That seemed to immediately resolve a lot of Jade’s resentment. “...The ones that are diamond encrusted?”

    “The very same,” Trina nodded. “Do you like me again?”

    Jade took a step up to Trina, took her hand, and kissed her cheek. “Maybe...”

    The two walked off together.

    “Whatcha doin’?” Beck was suddenly looming over you.

    You turned around to look at him. “Wallowing in my loneliness.” You turned back around and rested your head on your hands.

    “...That sounds like fun,” Beck responded, not knowing what else to say.

    “Robbie!!! Robbie!!!” Cat burst onto the scene by running down the stairs and screaming bloody murder for Robbie. She reached the middle of the main hallway and released her loudest scream yet. “ROBBIE SHAPIRO!!!”

    The boy came sprinting into view on Cat’s right. “What? What is it? Everyone’s telling me you’re looking for me, Cat. Is everything okay? Are you hurt?”

    “No,” Cat answered, much calmer than before.

    “Then what is it?” Robbie asked, still very concerned.

    Cat’s response was simple: “I missed you.” She then leaned forward and wrapped her arms around Robbie’s torso.

    Robbie let his head rest on top of hers. Probably to equally revel in her cuteness and insanity. “I...I missed you too, sweetheart...But next time, maybe try calling me on the phone...” His voice trailed off as he and Cat walked away.

    “Hey, guys.” Tori approached you and Beck, hand-in-hand with André.

    You immediately rolled your eyes. “Here we go. Yet another couple to rub their happiness in my face.”

    “I’m sorry?” Tori wasn’t sure if she should’ve apologised for her happiness.

    “What’s with the sour attitude?” André wondered. When he and Tori came to a stop, he traded holding hands with her with putting an arm around her shoulder.

    “Nothing’s up. Right, Y/n?” Beck answered for you. Before you could respond to Beck, he asked the three of you, “You guys wanna get lunch?”

    Both Tori and André nodded. “Sure.”

    Beck grabbed your hand. “You’re coming too. C’mon.” He dragged you along with him.

    Outside, you were mainly focusing on your food, which was why you didn’t notice, at first, a guy walk up next to you. When you did notice him, you saw that he wasn’t just a guy, he was Ryder Daniels, a senior. A really hot senior at that. He was talking to you.

    “Hey. It’s W/n, right?”

    “Y/n.” Beck corrected without looking up from his meal.

    Ryder cleared his throat. “Y/n, right. How are you doing?”

    “I-I’m doing okay...How are you?”

    Ryder smiled at you. “I’m good. So, Y/n, I was wondering if you wanted to go out sometime?”

    You felt your eyes widen. “With me?”

    Vaguely, you heard Beck go, “With her?”

    Ryder gave a weird look to Beck. “Yeah...” He turned back to you. “What do you think?”

    “Uh, s-sure.” You had to physically push the word out.

    “Great.” Ryder grinned and walked away.

    “Great!” you called after him, then turned back to your friends. “What just happened?”

    Tori was the first to answer. “What do you think just happened? You got a date!”

    Your heart was beating out of your chest. “Really? Are you sure?”

    “Yes!” André congratulated you. “Be happy, Y/n!”

    You were pretty sure that was what you were feeling. Your heart wouldn’t slow down to tell you anything else.

    That night, you had just finished a pretty fun night with Ryder. You couldn’t believe it, but you were pretty sure you had just fallen into your first relationship.

    There was a knock at your door.

    You walked toward it, confused. “Ryder? Did you forget something?” You opened your door to find not Ryder. “Beck?”

    “I don’t like this.” He came marching into your home.

    Your confusion only grew. “Don’t like what?”

    He jumped onto another subject. “How was your date?”

    “It went fine. We’re doing the Full Moon Jam together. Is this what you’re upset about?” you wondered.

    Beck’s jaw clenched. “Maybe.”

    “Why?” You were flabbergast.

    He thought for a second. “I don’t-I don’t know, but I just don’t like the idea of you with someone else--”

    “Are you kidding me?!” you shrieked. “All this time, I’ve been alone, Beck. So I swear to god, if you tell me you like me now--”

    “I don’t like you!” he shouted back. “I just don’t want to see you with him! I don’t want to see you with anyone unless it’s m--” Beck immediately stopped talking as realisation dawned on his face.

    “...Get out,” was all you had to say.

    Beck hung his head as he followed your order.

    And just like that, you were left alone.

    The next day, you were excited to see Ryder again. You were excited to see anyone that could distract you from Beck. You decided to meet Ryder at his locker.

    You were about to round the corner when you heard Ryder talking to one of his friends.

    “Hey, Ryder. Congratulations! I heard you’re dating that one girl--What is it--W/n?”

    “Yeah. Only until she gets me an A on this Full Moon Jam assignment. Then you can have her.”

    That was all it took to have you booking it in the other direction.

    You weren’t sure how many hours you spent in the janitor’s closet, but you were pretty sure you’d heard the bell ring three times. You weren’t willing to do the math.

    Suddenly, the door to the closet burst open. “There you are!” Beck called out, relieved. “Jesus, I’ve got everyone looking for you, y’know...Y/n?”

    “He’s using me,” you tearfully informed, “He’s using me to get a good grade on the Full Moon Jam assignment, then he’s gonna dump me.”

    Beck didn’t know what to say, “Oh, Y/n.”

    “Why didn’t you say anything?” You sprung to your feet.

    He thought you were talking about Ryder. “I didn’t know--”

    “Not about him. Why didn’t you tell me you liked me before all this mess?”

    Beck was ashamed. “I didn’t know about that either until Ryder asked you out.”

    “Why didn’t you tell me--?” Your sobs cut you off. You started crumpling into yourself until Beck enveloped you in a hug.

    For some reason, life didn’t seem so bad anymore. You hugged him back. The tears kept falling.

    “I’m never going to let anyone hurt you again,” Beck whispered, “Whether I have you or not. No one will ever treat you like this again--”

    You kissed him.

    It was an intense kiss. Beck roughly backed you against some drawers, and you forcefully ran your fingers through Beck’s hair.

    Eventually, you two had to part for air, and you just smiled.

    “What’s the smile about?” Beck asked. His expression matched yours.

    “Oh, a few things,” you answered teasingly. You kissed him again. “I think I know how to get revenge on Ryder, and I’m gonna need your help.

    “Anything,” Beck promised you.

    “Good,” you grinned, and kissed him again.

*******

Author’s Note: Thank you so much for reading! Fill up that heart and reblog if you liked it. I would also really appreciate a comment, if you have the time. If you would like to read more, check out my masterlist. Have a nice day, night, or whatever time it is for you!

[moonmoonthecrabking]

broke: grace chasity hates gay people

woke: the line to shapiro of “sometimes you have to believe things when they make no logical sense” is specifically in response to homophobic teachings. while she has some standard of faith, and believes if the bible and her church telling the truth about God and Jesus they do the same about gay people. however, her continued friendship with ruth (in particular as she’s the canonically queer character) as shown in npmd and wb has her confused as to why that is a belief she must hold, yet she feels like she has to accept it. i also can’t imagine they’d hang out with her that much (like wb does wonders for interpretation here) if she were an outspoken bigot. she tries to get the dance cancelled and gets steph “the help she needs” bc purity culture does make sense to her, it’s a belief she doesn’t have to question. her only homophobic line (bisexual and dead) is, in my opinion, rooted in guilt and stress. this isn’t something she wants to believe or is happy about believing, but feels she must bc of her religion. she’s wrong, but that’s a different post entirely

[t-305tv]

Robbie Shapiro is a disgusting person

Robbie is such a disgusting human being especially to Cat and Tori.

God knows what he did to Cat when they played pirates, that makes Cat freak out everytime he mentions it. Has cardboards cutouts of Cat for whatever reason and refused to say why or where he got them from and it was without Cat knowing that which freaked out Cat when she saw them.

He admitted to spy on Tori and literally has a video on the slap where he filmed her in her house. And he did spy on her after she told him he can't watch her date with Ryder.

The video:

https://youtu.be/mWjh2vDrXsk?si=2R6xm9lhQeTi7SE8

When Sikowitz told them to do an acting exercise Robbie didn't stop giving Tori CPR after she said she doesn't like it and was literally uncomfortable. Then he sneezed in her mouth then went it's fun.

The video:

https://youtu.be/6L73OckqgTA?si=P4fpsTeq3fRsVyXB

In another one he crashed to her house without being invited and keeps pressuring her to continue with his video after she said that the voice he was doing was freaking her out. He literally had to pay her to let him stay.

The video:

Crashed Tori's parents anniversary cuz he didn't want to go to his house and invited the others over like it was his own house.

Kept saying he is Tori's boyfriend just because they got pair to pretend they are dating for a game show. Gave her car batteries so her phone would be charged and didn't tell her that they might electrocute her. Then was like the worst thing that could happen is that the batteries could give you a minor shock.

Made her help him massage his grandmother's feet then promised to pay for her lunch then he left his wallet in his locker making them stuck at Nozu. And when he broke the dishes he had the audacity to make Tori stay there with him to pay for the broken dishes.

Literally Andre and Beck had to hold him down to stop him from using phone so he can see a fake picture of Tori's butt and was so mad that they didn't let him see it. (I know they didn't let him because of the bet but I'm sure if it wasn't for a bet they still wouldn't let him see the picture)

When he got paired with Trina and she had to kiss him as part of the auction he kept on harassing her thinking she loves him despite her keep telling him she isn't interested in him in any kind of way.

Put Trina in the hospital because she hit Rex, who is a lifeless piece of wood, then tried to blame Cat for it.

The whole Robbaratzi show what a nasty person he is, that would exploit his friends and make lies about them on the Internet to get fame. Then acted like he done nothing wrong and they were making a huge deal about it.

Got everyone else in prison when they were trying to get Tori out because he decided to look at the octopus and killed it. (I would had left him there not take him back)

Went to give random kids ice cream and got upset that the kids' mothers beat him up, like what did he expect as a random stranger coming to the park and offering ice cream to kids. Of course he would get beaten.

Order caviar and let Tori get the blame, the tried to blame his puppet.

Drunk the rest of the water when their where stuck in Beck's RV.

Forced Cat to come with him to his grandmother after she told him she doesn't want to be there, and let his grandmother be rude to Cat without defending her.

He deserves every punch, every hit and every insult he got. No wonder his parents don't want him. His mother literally moved out on him and he said that his dad is embarrassed of him.

And yet people have the audacity to hate on Tori when Robbie literally exists.

Robbie is disgusting

[weltato]

hey!! all of your hatchetfield stuff is so cool omg, i love ur account. i was wondering, if like,, the entire hatchetfield side of tumblr performed npmd, which blog would u cast as each character ? XD

Aww, tysm! <3

Idk if I know that many accounts but I can try 😅😂

Ruth - @jewishruthfleming for obvious reasons. Partly the name but also because you feel very Ruth-coded to me Olive <3

Richie - @androgynous-sack-of-flesh-3 gives me "sit at the back of the class and has a million internet friends but will not speak up in the classroom" vibes. Idk how true the weeaboo aspect of Richie would be, but the other stuff for sure.

Steph - @marvelmaniac715 idk why, I just feel like you'd fit Marvel. Steph is very opinionated and open about it, and she gets to tell Jon Matteson to grow up. She's the main character that interacts with him the least iirc. Have fun!

Pete - @lilacthebooklover you have the energy of Pete being terrified to walk down a certain hallway, but as soon as you're trying to meet up with someone you care for you'll go through hell or high water for it.

Grace - I hate to say it, but me 😅 I'm not an uptight bitch like Grace, but I am a Christian who's never had a crush before, so I can imagine some weird things going down when that happens. Also, Black Book. I get funky powers. And the most chilling line of the show at the end. Who wouldn't be excited for that? (I know it's the ensemble that sings it and not Grace but can you imagine just being in the middle of that? So cool!)

Detective Shapiro - @queermarzipan the line "ON THE GROUND BITCH, I'M A COP!" feels like something you'd say. It gives me big "yeh prove it asshole, we're the army" vibes and something about those lines fits your chaotic energy.

That's all I've got anon! Sorry I couldn't add more, I don't know anyone with enough jock energy to fill Max.

If anyone tagged here has more they want to add on, feel free!

[tra-archive]

Funny how you can't even realize that was a hate anon, anyways go fuck yourself that wasn't misogyny you racist pig

Soooo you sent me a link to a post as a gotcha, which ended up being a perfect receipt to put on my blog? It sounds like you’re the dumb one here, kid. You people expose yourselves every time you try to argue.

Also yes it is misogyny. I don’t see posts telling “transphobes” like Dave Chapelle, Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh to get raped and choke on girldick. Only terfs seem to get those threats. I wonder why?🤔

[thatdebaterguy]

He also didn't mention disabled people, but I wonder why? Maybe it's cause he was giving examples? He wasn't listing every single type of person persecuted at Auschwitz, he was getting the point across that it was a terrible place where millions died and suffered at the hands of the worst ideology of people to ever exist in mankind's history, but you're angry that he didn't mention the blatantly obvious? He's a Jewish man, who uploads Jewish centred content, who is devout to his faith, and you're surprised he comments predominantly about Jews at a place where a literal million Jews died simply for their faith? It's a video about the holocaust, which happened to Jews, where he went during a war which has many people becoming more anti-Semitic, as can be seen in the comments. "Since when Jews care about anyone else?" playing into the whole 'greedy Jew' stereotype, gotta love it. "They lie, steal and deny other suffering" not anti-Semitic whatsoever, and totally not factually incorrect, it's not like the state of Israel had some of the most solidarity with Americans following 9/11, and it definitely wasn't Israeli intelligence forces that helped track down terrorists and bring them to justice.

Calling a man a fanatical zionist for loving the country in which he has many friends and in which is the holy sites of his faith and the representation of his faith, while he still holds immense love and gratitude for the country he lives in now, is ridiculous. Sure I'm not the biggest Ben Shapiro fan I don't agree with all his statements but practically calling him a heartless greedy Jew is just blatant discrimination and hate based upon faith. If you disagree with Ben, don't throw in every single Jew and assume they're all horrible, and don't hate a man for listing why the holocaust was bad. God..

[falllpoutboy]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry with those mentioned in the last update of The Bear, people is really mad with s3. And they think that s4 would be the same (although I don't judge them). For my part, it's not that I hate or didn't like the season, but that it feels very different from the previous two. I admit that the plot in general may have been weak and they didn't give me the Sydcarmy content I expected, but I don't feel bad about what happened with them. At the point their relationship is at, it's going to explode at any moment and I can't wait to see the fight scene in the alley. I don't know if this is a spoiler (sorry if it is) but with the little we've seen, I think Syd didn't accept Shapiro's offer. Really, the production was more careful with the filming of the fourth season because apart from the fights between Carmy and Claire/Syd and Carmy we don't know anything. And we wouldn't know about it if it weren't for the people who live near the place where they filmed that. Also, although Claire had less screen time than in season 2, her scenes with Carmy are still ridiculous, sorry I said it. I keep wondering what that long scene of them breathing on each other's faces at the beginning of episode 4 adds to the plot. It's true, I don't really care if Claire almost killed someone lol. Anyway, I really hope that s4 fixes all the doubts and troubles we have about s3 and gives us a great season like s1 and s2. But that "after the stuckness comes the unstuckness" thing in today's podcast and Joanna's absence in most of the episodes don't help, I need them to integrate her into the last few missing episodes to film.

Oh, I forgot to say that, according to what was leaked, we also have Carmy at Donna's house and a conversation between Syd and Carmy in the back of the restaurant too. If I miss another leak, please say it, idc about the spoilers.

claire and carmy fight with her yelling at him 🗣️

[julie-su]

You're beautiful because you will excitedly offer to elaborate on echidna lore, then post a rant about how bad it can get. Then post thick cheeks of some hot echidna daddy. Rollercoaster of love for your echidnas.

Oh, god, yeah. I love and hate it, hence why our fancomic is a love letter to the better parts, and, uh... >_> sidesteps anything that could possibly be insensitive.

Seriously, we've been trying to work out what's going on with the moebian dark legion - not for the comic, just for fun - Demon Island lays underwater, so surely, you'd put the Legion underwater, too... ... I have reservations about putting the themed DL in submersibles, lest we bring up images of u-boats. Do you see how easy it is to have a little internal retrospection and think 'hummm, this is reeeaaallly poor-taste' ..? ... And also, how hard it can be, sometimes, to do just about anything with the cards played. The DL is easier to work with, but untangling the dingoes is a nightmare* --Ian's got chops for diving into Dimitri's debacle head-first, but, it was worth doing - I really enjoyed that part of the book~

*I .. Like to make it that RTAI didn't happen in the zone that our comic takes place in. It's oft fun to play around with post-RTAI, but it does upset me that most of the echidnas died. Badly. I try not to get upset about it, I'm bigger than that, but Simon and Floren-Ca getting a background death, OVERSHADOWED BY BIMMY, and Ju-Su not even getting to have a moment to think about her surrogate parents, who she's been LIVING WITH, it just feels like a huge bolt of wasted potential - especially now in hindsight, when so much has been done by other writers on the series to actually go back and flesh out the unfulfilled plotpoints K.P loved to put down and forget about.

...Bimmy's death being at the forefront and obscuring Simon's death is VERY funny, but I can't also help but feel so sad that we never got to explore what could have been a wealth of character development and insight for Julie-Su. I just wonder, had they survived, would they have gotten the full treatment that, say, Jani-Ca, Lien-Da, Dimitri all got? ... And then, I turn my frustratedness away from rants, and into 'okay, what if they DID survive? or, what would I make Julie-Su react like, when she realises specifically that, oh, she's got no parents again, oh shite'

-- Do you think it's more fun if she didn't really settle with them, and now feels a sense of remourse that she never gave the time of day to this couple who obviously loved her, who doted over her? Do you think it stings harder if she loved them, or whether she didn't see how good she had it until suddenly her only family left is her homicidal sister, and this man who she barely even knows other than that he, too, ruined her life, and suddenly he wants to be a good guy.

...

Oh, feck, I did it again, didn't I?! Wait, wait, we haven't posted 'thick cheeks' yet. Will you take Echidna Ben Shapiro Sojourner's oddly pronounced hips?

NOW we've done it all!

[roleplayhonestybox]

is anyone else somewhat concerned by the recent plethora of ads wanting to play incel or incel-like characters …? i mean, i understand that people are able to roleplay whatever they want & you can block certain themes that you’re uncomfortable with (before those insane anons who feel attacked by any slightly critical post come for me) & that it’s also pure fiction but … i dunno, something about it feels different - especially in an era where literally EVERYONE is hating on women & the podcast men & people like ben shapiro are as popular as ever rn.

in short, it’s hard to see it infecting the rpc now too, & i’m sure this isn’t even the first time (bc y’all will literally romanticize anything) but this is my first real witnessing experience so i just thought i’d say something, plus i’m wondering what everyone else thinks.

again, i understand that you can block out certain tags (how does someone even tag that tho ??? 😭). it just took me by surprise, maybe in a more naive way.

.

[zenosanalytic]

Life in Plastic: A Modern Galatea

Just watched BARBIE(2023) and: I Liked It!

Spoilers, Obvsl, Beyond this Point, I don't want to readmore cuz I've heard things about those being Weird on mobile? idk

BARBIE(2023) isn't trying to say anything we don't already know, or position itself as a "politically challenging" film. Honestly, having now seen it, the Republican freakout about the movie is even more Pathetic than it looked getting mocked on twitter. God in Heaven, Ben Shapiro, have some dignity!

The first two acts of the film are just a massive sendup of the capitalist mythologizing around BARBIE(2023); it only repeats those advertiser lies to call them the bullshit they are, and even that is done lightly and comedically. The mythologizing of Barbie's creator in the second and third acts somewhat undercuts this, but using her as a By-The-Numbers Deus ex Machina character ala The Oracle(or every god-role Morgan Freeman ever played), AND casting Rhea Perlman(!!!) to play Ruth Handler, AND-And the overall lightness of the film, renders that pretty irrelevant. Like: I noticed it, and |:T at it internally, but it didn't nag at me or detract from my enjoyment at all. It also presents the (all male)executive-suite of the Mattel corporation as a bunch of ridiculous bozos, but I'd hardly say any of this amounts to a "critique of capitalism" in any meaningful sense. Is it pointing out the failings and flaws in capitalism? Sure. But it's all rather milquetoast stuff we already know(I mean: who thinks ANY capitalist knows what the hell they're doing anymore?) presented with a "fondly-poking" tone, and only ever deployed while also serving the film's primary objective(to be funny). There's nothing ideological about it and it doesn't really spend time on it, only developing it while doing other comedic things. If anything, the harshest critique of the movie is saved for anticapitalists; there's a scene where Sasha calls Barbie a "Fascist" which lands so inauthentic and unfairly it basically embodies that "leftists call EVERYTHING fascist" argument centrists(and cryptofascists) have mainstreamed for the last 20-goddamn-years. And I mean: putting it in the mouth of a tween girl is not NOT saying something, right?

BARBIE(2023) Does Not Hate Men; oh my god, please leave your cootie-free zones for three minutes, I beg of you. Again: accusing it of this is SO Ridiculous that it really makes obvious how insipid and GENUINELY CHILDISH, I mean like LITERALLY SCHOOL-YARD BOYS VS GIRLS JUVENILE, contemporary conservative misogyny, and its reading of this film, is. Probably the most entertaining sequence in the WHOLE MOVIE is ABOUT Ken and the Kens! They end up fighting each other in a HILARIOUS Sendup of modern action-movies, equating them DIRECTLY to how kids act out fight scenes in play(with their toys and each other. They even have the Mattel Executives walking right through the middle of it as the confused Adults, unaffected by the make-believe rules), which is ALSO a great musical number, that Then Turns into a Wonderful DANCE NUMBER about self-acceptance and choosing Solidarity over the toxicity of competition. And all this happens, consciously and overtly(like: the film literally says this), as a super-low-stakes, super-ridiculous mirrorverse-version of how our OWN misogynistic society pits women against each other to prop up male entitlement(like: while the Kens are first fighting, then finding, themselves, the Barbies are reinstating their old Matriarchal constitution, with a few Ken-held circuit court seats added as a sop to reform XD Also Alan is there). Gloria's husband(literally credited as this in Spanish) is Cute and Loveably Dense in all two of his scenes. Green!Ken(Simu Liu) has my Heart forever. Alan is also there. The only opinion this movie has on men is that they are at their best when being soft and lovable, and only The Most Excellent Bros to each other, and that maybe treating the people you love LIKE you love them is better than trying to control everything all the time(which is hard, dehumanizing, and doomed to failure anyway??)? Probably the most "political" thing going on with gender here -even WITH a big speech about the contradictions of femininity in a misogynistic society being the crux of the movie- is filming the Kens the way women usually are.

And that really sums the movie up. Low-stakes and Light. Fun and Funny. Barbie's grand reward for the whole ordeal is HILARIOUS and I won't say anything more to spoil it. Alan is also there. The most hyperbolic(though entirely justified, imv) thing I will say about this film is that it understands what a Barbie movie is and nails it, thereby making itself probably the Best Live-Action adaptation since The Lord of the Rings(or possibly the live-action Kenshin movies, if you've seen those[the 2nd and 3rd one are really good; the first one's ok]).

I'd definitely recommend it, it's a fun low-effort(for the viewer; not knocking the crew at all) movie with a tasteful smattering of genuine Cinematic Spectacle, that doesn't let its gags get old. I predict it will be one of those middling movies that lasts; that it will be a staple of mid-day HBO summer lineups in 5 years, and stay such for the next 30. Go see it in theaters if you can.

[dumbestthingiveeverheard]

Dumbest Thing I've Ever Heard: 8/15/2023

Fifth Place: Karine Jean Pierre

What if there's an investigation that everybody involves knows is bullshit? Just today, Biden's Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre said the Executive Branch knows for a fact that this investigation will not reveal any important connection between the President and Hunter Biden's business deals. However, one has to wonder, if that is the case, why are they even bothering to investigate this in the first place? I wish to remind everybody that our last President attempted to overthrow the government and end democracy in the United States, and the Justice Department is too busy running nonsensical investigations based on Republican bullshit--which makes one wonder what the point of electing a Democrat even was.

Fourth Place: Ben Shapiro

Here is what Shapiro had to say regarding the Trump indictment revealed last night:

Whatever you think of the Trump indictments, one thing is for certain: the glass has now been broken over and over again. Political opponents can be targeted by legal enemies. Running for office now carries the legal risk of going to jail -- on all sides.

Even ignoring the hypocrisy of this coming from a man who wrote an entire book calling for the prosecution of Barack Obama, this is utterly nonsensical. Running for office does not carry the legal risk of going to jail, breaking the law does--the only difference being now running for office is not a shield from going to jail.

Third Place: Christopher Rufo

Can we just talk about how moronic the right is when it comes to optics? For example, if you want to do something regarding the institutions of this country and push them to the right--maybe you shouldn't compare yourself to one of the most hated politicians in United States history.

Finally, the next conservative administration must mobilize federal law enforcement against the left-wing radical organizations that engaged in political violence during the summer of George Floyd. What Nixon did to the Black Panther Party, the next president must do to the violent factions of our time. 

I'm half reminded of when J.D. Vance tried to convince Donald Trump to channel Andrew Jackson's response to the Supreme Court--however, it is impossible to stress how bad of an idea something like that would be. Seriously, comparing yourself to the personification of everything most people hate about politics--the man who nearly destroyed the Republican Party--is quite possibly the dumbest thing a person could do.

Second Place: Sebastian Gorka

I don't even know what to say about this one:

President Trump said what? He said, "I just want to find 11,780 votes." That's like saying, "I just want to have vanilla ice cream for dessert."

No it isn't--not in any way.

Winner: Charlie Kirk

Again, this is another one I don't really have a comment for--I guess other than Kirk saying that Trump's indictment is "an attempt to nullify the Constitution" shows that he hasn't actually read it.

Charlie Kirk, you've said the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

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As an American, American conservatives tend to be the people who claim and state everywhere how they're "free thinkers" but literally rely on and idolize political pundits to formulate their opinions. The amount of people I've seen on social media who call leftists sheep, snowflakes, woketards, or sjws that have their accounts solely being retweets of people like Candace Owens or Ben Shapiro. The hypocrisy is astounding.

Conservatives biggest mistake is to assume they are somehow more immune to partisanship and idolatry than liberals are. I lost count of all their talking point strawmen inputing shit onto "leftism" when said thing isn't even a remotely a product of leftism. Remember when Conservatives whiteknighted Andrew Tate in the name of "leftists protected Epstein" when......Epstein has pretty much been called out by EVERYONE? (Interesting how conservatives never bothered to bring up the name of so called leftist defending Epstein...it was all smoke and mirrror to have an excuse to drag them... Epstein is sooo much beyond petty political catfights....Epstein flight logs didn't only have "liberals" on it okay?)

Conservative seem to conflate leftism with (social) liberalism when both are not necessarily the same.

I blame America bipartisan system which erases any subtleness in political discourse. In my country, there are plentiful of leftist movements: socialists, communist, sovereignist, anarchist.... Some are very pro trans, other are against it - so I cringe big time whenever I see USAmericans blame leftism when it comes to the stunts of the trans movement/LGBT. "Leftism" has become everything conservatives hate - it's become a buzzword devoid of any sense. There's no wonder they are unable to define "wokism" too - they did the exact same with that word.

Many radfem are left aligned while hating on trans culture and the whole politicization of the LGB movement, so it's really stupid to think that left = pro trans. It's insane how ignored they are by scrotes who suddenly woke up to call out trans people (hi Matt Walsh!) while clowning "feminists" when said feminists where already blowing out the whistle about the threat of trans culture 10+ years ago.... much before it was tr€ndy to clown the trans movement.....

Also conservative are much more prone to elevate people as "savior" compared to liberals. Libs have no issue to drag Biden when conservative have been pretty much all far up Trump's butt during all his presidential mandate. Now they're doing the same with Musk... IDK if that's bc their Christian and have a desperate need to have a Christic figure on earth, but that's super weird .