#punisher review

[comicsiswild]

[lesbianchemicalplant]

I love how many communists (and I mean organized communists not just people online) are socially conservative on the family, gay people, trans people, sex and sexuality, abortion, etc. I hope you die I hope we both die

[eirianerisdar]

Here's why Daniel getting a three-place penalty for the next race is yet again evidence that the FIA need to review their regulations:

These are the regulations for overtaking under safety car:

The stewards were right in that Hulkenberg could pass both Lance and Daniel under safety car under Article 55.8 (h), because Lance had crashed into Daniel and they were both cars with obvious problems.

But, glaringly, there is nothing in the regs that state what happens if the car that was passed quickly gets back up to speed and tries to put themselves back into the correct order, which is what you usually do if you get out of order behind the safety car, whether because of pit exits or otherwise.

I'm not saying the stewards could have changed their verdict, but it's only on paper that Daniel had no leg to stand on, because logically, that was his spot and he was very quickly back on Hulk's tail after his wheels hit the ground again. Clearly this is yet another gap in the regs that should have been logically addressed because a situation like this would eventually come up.

It's a similar gap that "stopping on track during qualifying" needed clarification for, and last year, with the 20-place grid drop Carlos suffered for the drain cover that smashed through his car and necessitated changing its components.

Needless to say, a missed gap in the regs causing what would be a logical regaining of a spot to lead to a three-place grid penalty and 2 penatly points for a driver reflects rather more poorly on the FIA regs themselves than the driver who got punted then tried to put himself back where he should have been behind the safety car.

[lloydfrontera]

i just saw someone saying very confidently they read enough of a manhwa to give it an in-depth review,,, because they're already at chapter 42. like. girl. these things are adapted from novels with up to 400-600 chapters. you barely even started it at all.

[logophilist1982]

Dark academia post

[clearcloudlesssky]

GOD I NEED SOMEONE WHOS READ CRIME&PUNISHMENT AND PERFUME TO TALK TO ME

especially about raskolnikov vs grenouille like there's so many comparisons to make and i'm not eloquent enough to spit all of them out

like from the very beginning of c&p raskolnikov is almost uncomfortably human? he tries his best to isolate himself and alienate himself but in the end he's dragged back by a sense of humanity (via sonia?) and that's what redeems him

but on the other hand grenouille is characterized by his inhumanity, from the very beginning he feels anything but, even when he mingles with others (the scene where he goes into town wearing his 'human' scent for the first time) he feels like a wolf in sheeps clothing, and the fleece he's wearing only makes him look more wolfish

OK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS: raskolnikov is obsessed with the idea of the extraordinary man, the superman, the napoleon. he commits the murder to find out if he is one of those supermen, and when confronted by the evidence that he isn't and probably will never be, his pride prevents him from acknowledging it.

whereas raskolnikov seeks a napoleon or a superman, grenouille almost unconsciously becomes/is one. where raskolnikov must actively seek to challenge and test his theory, grenouille carries it out with essentially no remorse, constantly (unknowingly and uncaringly) taking advantage of the law with absolutely no punishment or repercussion, and eventually becoming the said "napoleon" that raskolnikov may have hoped to become

imo raskolnikov is a man who hoped to become a napoleon, but was redeemed by the fact and realization that he was not. grenouille was a man not even aware of said 'napoleon', but became one of his own admission, transgressing the law as raskolnikov stated that he would have had the right to do, and creating a sense of godliness and greatness. BUT he also proves that raskolnikov's extraordinary man isn't really something to pursue, he feels nothing when he openly becomes a conquerer, rather that is the point where he feels the most empty. i think that that sort of idea is also shown in c&p? raskolnikov almost destroys himself in his pursuit of the extraordinary man, and grenouille shows that the extraordinary man is not such an extraordinary after all. i'm unsure about the thoughts here though haha. i want to come up with some binding statement, but i feel like saying "extraordinary man bad" isn't a good expression of my thoughts (there's also raskolnikov's dream at the end of the novel which connects to the topic but i don't wanna talk about what i've mostly forgotten)

so moving forward

raskolnikov's reasons for murdering alyona ivanovna were totally rational. the reasoning "she was useless/did more harm than good, therefore i can kill her" was coldly logical, and is a awesome representation of how necessary the balance of logic and emotion is (sort of like science? it's a sense of just because you can doesn't mean you should, and the main thing overpowering the "can" is morals and emotion, which combats that cold rationality of the "can")

grenouille's reasons for murdering are very passionate, the first time he kills isn't premeditated at all, he finds a scent he likes, and in a fit of pleasure hunts it down and absorbs it. he's a representative of the opposite end of the spectrum. where raskolnikov represents the evildoing of relying solely on logic, grenouille is the wickedness of only following your emotion, which can definitely also be harmful, maybe even more so

when raskolnikov commits his murder, he's totally overcome by a near masochistic need for redemption (or you can just say he becomes more unhinged/mentally unstable than he already was)

when grenouille kills for the first time he has no such feelings or thoughts, it just happens and he all but forgets about it, and even goes on to repeat the action. he shows absolutely no remorse and given the chance he's definitely kill the first girl again (raskolnikov would not. i'm sort of of the opinion he doesn't feel guilt for killing alyona herself, but he feels remorse for the crime in general and probably lizaveta idk i'll talk about it later maybe)

Raskolnikov's sense of humanity and togetherness? is brought back into him via Sonia&co, and basically the majority of the book is his punishment/start of regeneration. Grenouille is alone from the very beginning, he has absolutely no one and he never gets that redemption. (i loved the ending of perfume so much)

there's a little bit more in my head and this was super scattered and random but i can't persuade anyone else ik to read both of these and talk to me about it and my english teacher scares me so this is the best i can do - please feel free to debate me or say more!!

[bngrc]

Duolingo’s latest update reflects a troubling shift in the company’s core values.

Duolingo’s latest press release says it all:

We often hear from learners that they’re not sure whether they’re using Duolingo the “correct” or “best” way. We’re always looking for ways to make language learning easier, and we thought we could do better at guiding learners through lessons! Now we’re excited to introduce a change to the home screen that gives you a clear path to follow — so you can be confident that each step you take in Duolingo is truly the best step for reaching your language goals.

There is a “correct” way to be a language learner, and a “wrong” way to be a language learner. Duolingo users who do not fit the cookie cutter mold are disposable.

An app that once empowered learners to actively engage in their own individualized, self-directed learning process now proposes to relieve its users of the “burden” of decision making, by forcing them along what it deems the one and only “true path” to language fluency.

After all,

Why go to all the trouble of creating a customizable product that adapts to a variety of customer preferences?

Isn’t it much more cost effective to determine which customers spend the most money, analyze how they use the app, and then devise a system that forces all other customers to use the app the exact same way these “ideal” customers use it?

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Duolingo's main selling point for many years was its gamification. This new update turns a game into a chore.

Duolingo lauds the science behind its new layout. It assures users that there are many reputable scientific studies proving that their new method is the easiest and most efficient learning method.

This might appeal to people who are learning a language solely out of obligation, because they need it for a job, or because they are forced to live as refugees in a foreign country, and they lack access to traditional learning resources.

However, the users who use Duolingo because they want to, and not just because they have no alternatives — those users are, well, gamers.

People who want to play.

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What's the point of gamification?

To understand that, we have to understand what makes a video game appealing in the first place.

Video games give the player agency.

A video game allows the player to make decisions that affect how the game progresses. This is what sets video games apart from more traditional forms of entertainment, like books, film and television.

Video games allow the player to actively participate in their entertainment, instead of passively consuming it.

Naturally, gamification benefits the kind of learners who would rather play a video game than watch a movie — who would rather actively participate than passively consume.

Gamification appeals to people who don’t like rigidly following a prescribed path. It appeals to people who don't like simply accepting whatever knowledge an authority deems worth having.

It appeals to people who don’t like being told what to do.

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Duolingo's new guided learning path is getting a lot of backlash, for obvious reasons.

What started out as gamification has turned into gamblification. Education via slot machine. One-size-fits-all user experience and a rewards system that gets increasingly less rewarding as time goes on.

Duolingo’s new update robs its users of the very things that make gamified learning appealing in the first place:

Self-direction

Customization

Choice

An app that once sought to empower learners now only seeks to control them.

[yabigrail]

I Attempt To Read A Book By Every BSD Character

in case you cant tell, exams are over and i have way too much free time...

PRELUDE:

so these are ones that ive read before i started this compilation, but i remember them pretty vividly so ill include them here:

the great gatsby by f scott fitzgerald

8.5/10 = ITS SO GOOD LIKE OMFG i love gatsby with all my heart and soul and will defend him until my death - some solid plot twists,,, even tho im not a fan of the chara in the show so far, the book is amazing

grapes of wrath by john steinbeck

5.5/10 = i actually read this bc of a les mis fanfic if you know you know - its not insanely good but also not insanely bad yk - tbh was all worth it for chapter 39 that chapter was a cut above the rest... ending left me with no closure and was just plain strange

crime and punishment by fyodor dostoyevsky

8/10 = i read this over a term and got super attached to it LMFAO i love all the characters so muchhhh - it kinda dragged on in parts but otherwise was so good,,, much gay subtext

little women by louisa may alcott

9/10 = ITS SO CUTEEEEE i love the movie too i sobbed so much in parts of this book

and in UPDATE 1:

no longer human by dazai osamu

7/10 = i got thru this in less than 24 hours its a super fast read, kinda depressing tho ngl but not as confronting as it was made out to be (maybe im just desensitised) - never gonna be able to look at dazai the same way again

[silentreigns]

Not even being dramatic when I say this is the 2nd worst gymnastics scandal after Sydney 2000. The FIG should be ASHAMED of themselves for their handling of this Olympics

[constantvariations]

Considering aura is a thing, it'd probably be a lot harder to catch a batterer since the victim's wounds would heal and leave no evidence

[commsroom]

another consideration about hera's autonomy is how, the way she exists, she is always at risk of being surveilled and being used as an unwilling surveillance tool. her thoughts are never fully private - the others are at risk of that from pryce, but there are additional steps required to gain access to their minds. anyone with above a certain level of competency with AI could gain access to hera's thoughts. maxwell does this all the time, with or without hera's permission: reading directly from her thought stream, going into her head and looking through her memories, etc. and those are the things that are comparatively benign and under more justifiable circumstances.

it's implied that hera can focus more of her attention in certain areas if she chooses to, but she also doesn't really have a say in being everywhere, all the time - she can't turn it off without someone externally disconnecting parts of her sensory system. she cannot give the others privacy, and that's a violation on both parts. basically every antagonist in the show, in varying ways, takes advantage of hera for information via her constant, involuntary surveillance of the people she cares about - to the point they have no choice but to exclude her from some of their plans. even lovelace kind of did this, at one point, and it ends up being something they have in common: lovelace is used as an unwilling surveillance tool for the dear listeners, and that's used to dehumanize her and make her seem dangerous.

[comicsiswild]

[apollos-olives]

Damn, Ariha’s already doing calculus? She’s so smart!

yeah she's pretty special for that 😍

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

IT'S MEET THE PRESS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY SPIDER-MAN.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1212x1632 -- Spotlight on cover art to "Marvel 1989: The Year in Review" Vol. 1 #1. Published December 1989 by Marvel Comics after "TIME" magazine. Artwork by the mighty Todd McFarlane.

Source: https://viewcomiconline.com/marvel-the-year-in-review-1.

[greasydumbfuck]

oh yeah i watched the 1989 movie with my boyfriend btw

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

I'm pretty sure I have had some of these before... they are basically like... reviews of storylines over the year, mixed with fun filler and the like