#thank you syabm

[beardedmrbean]

You know the term “Colonizers” being used today

I know it because Black Panther popularized it, but do people forget that the villain Killmonger WAS the colonizer in the film?

He became the cia favorite agent in American imperialism, and in the movie, killed T’Challa, burned their sacred plant, and stated he was going to create a Wakandan EMPIRE after slaughter people in power including their fucking children.

How…how did the left miss the most spoon-fed shit Disney can throw at you. And go with the idea colonizer=white people despite the underlying joke is that Shuri (who said it to the white guy that took a bullet to save a Wakandan) say that insult because she was on the internet too much.

I appreciate how anal retentive @siryouarebeingmocked is about tagging and cataloguing things, even if you don't agree with his conclusions it's always through.

This is just 2 obviously but, there's almost every kind of analysis you could possibly want, just search Killmonger, or any of the characters probably.

Both of those posts I linked go deeper into what your ask was, I don't have the knowledge base to touch on it too much, never saw the movie, I DO know where to find the info tho.

[hlootoo]

Cool! Learned something new today! Thank you for that. :) I thought it was another mandatory depressing Tumblr post and SYABM was being a little cheeky.

I get that the new world is struggling to be born but can we get an epidural or something

[lastsonlost]

You and SYABM are two of my favorite people on this site and I wish both of you the best.

Thank you

[siryouarebeingmocked]

a small price to pay for confusion

phone: Who Let the Dogs Out? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who?

me, cleaning up after breakfast: Hello, SYABM speaking.

some lady: hello, SYABM? this is Jane Smith from Acme Promotions. You've been shortlisted for the next round.

some lady: we've just gone ahead and booked an interview for tomorrow. Is that okay?

me: ...that will be fine.

some lady: great! I'll send you an email.

me, internally;

She didn't say where she got my number and application from

she booked an appointment for me without my confirmation

a short notice appointment with not enough time to prepare

email sent didn't actually say what position they wanted me for, so i couldn't prepare anyway

it's a promotions firm. I've been avoiding applications those since I gleaned they were mostly handing out fliers and working booths, were even crappier than regular retail, and had more turnover than a pancake diner in an avalanche.

And I couldn't find anything from this company in my emails. Yes, I know they could've gone through a recruiting company, but that meant I couldn't figure out what I had applied for that led them to choose me. 

So, yeah, I copy-pasted a generic interview-cancelling letter. I like my kidneys right where they are, thank you very much

[siryouarebeingmocked]

I've seen the Endgame now.

I would never have expected Christine Everhart to be key to defeating Thanos. It's this respect for canon which elevates the Russos above other filmmakers*.

But seriously,  if you had come to me this morning and went "hey, SYABM, what anime would you compare Endgame to?", I certainly would not have answered -

[SPOILERS F'REAL NOW]

-Eromanga-Sensei.

Because Steve married Peggy Carter. After he kissed his niece. But they're not blood related.

In case anyone is worried about Captain Marvel, I am happy to inform you she's basically tolerable. Which is not to say there isn't one eye-rolling scene, which I can ignore because the rest of the movie is fantastic. Specifically, there's a moment where the nuclear footba-the Ironfinity Gauntlet needs to be kept away from the bad guys, through heavy opposition. Marvel turns and faces screen right, and pretty much every named MCU female hero but the Ancient One shows up to play fullback or whatever**.

It's a mildly cringy "grrl power!" moment, and TV Tropes says it's a reference to the comics A-Force teem of all-female heroes, and wait what is Mantis doing there she couldn't fight her way out of a paper bag movie ruined squad broken immersion destroyed 0/10 literally unwatchable.

I spent basically the entire last hour of the movie either grinning or weeping. Not manly tears either. Big ol' ugly crying. I think I gave myself a headache.

Also, there’s one scene early on where a character is talking, and I went “he’s gonna turn out to be gay”. And he was. I’m not sure what, if anything, that signifies, especially since I’ve put random diversity in my own stories, for reasons I can’t explain.

Incidentally, the gay dude was Joe Russo.

Sorry, played by Joe Russo.

And thanks to proper planning, I didn’t have to pee once!

Final word; I walked out of the theatre, looked up from my phone, looked left, and there it was. A shawarma joint.

Seemed fitting, somehow.

* Fun fact: I wrote this joke before I saw the movie. There was an awful lot of Continuity™ in it.

** Fun fact: this joke works with Association Football, even though I wrote it for American.

[rosiewitchescottage]

Touché. You got me, there, yes. I should have remembered that Grindelwald was on a similar level to Voldemort, in terms of terrorising The Wizarding Community.

And whether the relationship was romantic or platonic. It would still be a massive shocker to know that Dumbledore, who would later defeat the most evil wizard of his day in a legendary duel, was, in their youth a close friend of his.

As you rightly pointed out to me here. She doesn't say that Dumbledore and Grindelwald were romantically involved.

My bad. Should have checked that before I commented.

Which suggests that when she injects the notion that Dumbledore's interest in Harry was 'unhealthy'(?)

She's being vague enough to set people speculating. And she knows full well what direction those thoughts are going to go.

😲😲😲😲😲😲

I misunderstood the text rather badly there.

Thanks very much @syabm for steering me right. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Ah, yes, the real problem when a muckracking tabloid journalist implied Dumbledore was a pedo teacher was the “gay” part. 

Not the part where it was a blatant, horrible lie told to sell papers that could’ve ruined his reputation.

The gay part.

Honestly, I’m not even sure the public knew Dumbledore was gay at that point. If not, this argument is even stupider.

[libertarianblue]

@glitterypeanutmugnickel

Which part are you having trouble with? I'll see if I can rephrase it or break it down.

1. You guys were JUST cheerleading for armed citizens in the Ukraine. You don't hate guns, you just think what you're told to.

2. What is an "assault weapon"?

3. What makes them deadlier than non-"assault weapons"?

4. Who determined what a "high capacity" magazine is? It wasn't people in the industry, since you guys regularly call the standard "high cap" or "extended".

5. 2a has nothing to do with hunting or deer.

6. What does any of this have to do with body armor?

7. At least 585 people are too young or dumb to remember the last time this exact kind of legislation failed miserably.

Even if rights did come from the government, and even if we hadn't already tried this and ended up with Columbine as our "reward", this regime is a terrible one to hand that power to. Before even taking power the executive branch declared it doesn't work for the American public, they're constantly pushing for mass censorship of the general public, and since day one they've been banging the drum that dissent is the same thing as terrorism. THAT is who you put this level of trust into? Who you think is on the cusp of rolling out an eternal, benevolent government that will never falter in its morality?

No wonder we're in the state we're in.

[ask-a-baptist]

Thank you syabm and your previously unknown intricate knowledge of paw patrol

Worlds Shittiest Cereal Now Endorsed By Bootlicker Dogs

[shaftking]

Some attributes for characters literally just don’t make sense in certain historical settings and that it’s absolutely a false equivalency to compare wonky game physics to actively included attributes to characters that do not fit into their settings like making black female nazi soldiers “for inclusivity.”

Like syabm said, it can completely ruin immersion, but on top of that it’s pointless to have a story set in a historical context if you’re not going to do the bare minimum of making it at least appear to have a semblance of historical accuracy. If you wanted to have something that goes against a historical fact in the setting of your historical game/story/whatever then established that it’s in an alternate universe or some dystopian future where your changes make narrative sense. Science fiction, alt history, and fantasy exist as a genres for a reason.

Anyways thanks clowns for making this classic relevant:

CODBLOPS COW has a ‘male/female/non-binary’ gender option.

Because that was totally a thing in 1981, and someone who identified as non-binary would totally be allowed to end up on highly critical, beyond top secret missions. They were just so accepting back then.

Seriously, most job application forms I’ve filled out today don’t say anything like that.

Heck, being a woman would be unlikely, but still more possible. And that’s before we get to the ’Nam flashbacks.

You’d think they’d’ve learned from people who made fun of COD WW2 and their black female Nazis. And that was just multiplayer, not campaign.

PS:

I’ve seen footage of the ‘non-binary’ option, and it implies Bell is visibly “enby” enough for complete strangers to use ‘they/them’.

In other words, Bell is highly conspicuous, which is exactly what you don’t want in a covert operative.

Also, I had no idea Russians in the early 80s were so woke. Very progressive for a country that was still covering up HIV/AIDS and underestimating the amount of gay people when the wall came down. 

Heck, some say they still are.