We use subtitles because the sound mixing is fucking terrible in most media now. It’s set up for massive theatres where dialogue sounds normal and gunfire or explosions sounds realistically loud. But I’m not trying to have realistically loud explosions in my living room on my Vizio, so the volume is set accordingly, meaning you can’t make out words half the time.
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kryptonianCodeMonkeyto Television@piefed.social•First Look at New Earthbender Avatar Set After ‘Legend of Korra’3·13 hours agoAn anthology series where each episode, or portion of an episode, is just a small personal story set in the a avatar universe should be take nice and fun. Think “The Tales of Ba Sing Se”, but about ground level events of citizens of different nations and times, focusing on a new, usually unrelated character in each episode. It would be a great way to world build without needing an avatar to be around all the time. It wouldn’t have to be exclusively about non-benders, but should always be about people doing good.
Just simple stuff like: A sheep-monkey herder in the outskirts of the Earth kingdom defending her flock from hunting rat-wolves. Then she rescues a newborn sheep-monkey that gets washed away in a river during the attack. It ends with her sitting vigilant on a grassy hill, the newborn asleep on her lap, it’s mother napping at her side, and surrounded by the rest of her flock also sleeping, secure under her watchful eye.
kryptonianCodeMonkeyto DC Studios•‘Superman’ Test Screenings Asked ‘Why the F— Is He Saving a Squirrel?’ and James Gunn Originally Cut It Out: ‘I Put the Squirrel Back Despite Protestations’English3·2 days agoDont look at Superman’s teeth when he smiles while flying
kryptonianCodeMonkeyto DC Studios•‘Superman’ Test Screenings Asked ‘Why the F— Is He Saving a Squirrel?’ and James Gunn Originally Cut It Out: ‘I Put the Squirrel Back Despite Protestations’English5·2 days agoWhy the F— Is He Saving a Squirrel?’
Asked someone who clearly doesn’t understand the character of Superman and how much he values life.
Alan Turing, the inventor of the first computer*, was castrated by the British Government for being gay.
FTFY
*Not exactly, but not to diminish his immense contributions to computer science
Zionism isn’t even an actual religious belief. It is a political one. A desire for a specific outcome and policies to support it
kryptonianCodeMonkeyto Technology•In China, delivery robots now ride the subway to restock 7-Eleven storesEnglish1·2 days agoJust because it’s the US doesn’t mean it’s not bigoted to generalize people, especially with such insulting and hateful generalizations. And Chinese companies are as motivated by profit as any company is, which means they would be interested in maximizing cost efficiency by scaling up services like this. Putting policies in place to protect other priorities for the public good is sensible no matter where you are.
Trying to figure out how this could possibly be a Loss meme.
Cease and desist what? Sending them their bills?
Except he got it wrong because he’s clearly not confident enough for supervillain. He wants to simp for the villain. He’s like the villains main or secondary stooge who takes all the personal abuse and asks for more.
…with your willy hanging out. Maximize that confidence too. If they’re offended, they are perverts for looking.
Same thing happened to me at my high school job at Steak n Shake. Normally, if something was ordered and, for whatever reason, never made it to the customer (server mistake, customer changed their mind, order made wrong, etc.) we would hold it for a time under the heat lamp, and if someone else ordered the same thing, we would offer it to them. If, after some time, no one took it, common procedure was to take it to the break room where it could be snacked on by the staff. It was a very rare occasion that it happened, and none of the managers were concerned about it… until Andy transferred to our store.
Andy was a dick, and was constantly watching for anything that MIGHT be theft and harassed everyone all the time about the purchases they made with their employee discounts (who rang you up, did they ring up everything, did you pay for that, etc.). One day we had someone order a large fry late into their meal, then had to leave in a hurry, paid and left before they got the fries (unclear if they paid for the fries or if they took it off the check, idk). So they sat for like 2 hours under the heat lamp, way longer than we would ever have served them to a customer as they were going dry and stale by this point. I confirmed the situation with the fries and started to take it back to the break room for munching if anyone was so inclined. Andy, who was at the shake station, though, saw me walk toward the back with the fries.
He sprinted to the back and doubled back to cut me off. He asked where I was going with the fries and if I bought them. I said to the break room and no and explained that they got left, were old and stale, etc. He said, “oh, ok. Here, I’ll take it.” So I handed it to him and without taking his eyes off of me, he dumped the whole thing in the trashcan next to him and tossed the dish on the dishwasher station counter, and said nothing while continuing to stare at me. I said, “okaaaay…” and walked away. Fucking psycho.
kryptonianCodeMonkeyto Science@slrpnk.net•Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissismEnglish2·3 days agoOnly when their anger aligns with major political policies of the current regime. No one is looking at someone belligerently pissed off at trans exclusion or lack of action on climate change and saying “Heh, Trump voters, ammirite!?” Yes, someone who is pissed off at gun control laws is not necessarily a Trump supporter, but if that is their main platform of concern that gets them riled up, barring any other context, it’s not unusual to put them in that camp. Nor is it ultimately all that harmful, as far as I can see, to do that even if turns out to be innacurate.
kryptonianCodeMonkeytoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump’s FCC chairman gloats over Colbert’s cancellation days after meeting soon-to-be CBS owner4·3 days ago‘The partisan right’s ritualist wailing and gnashing of teeth over Colbert is quite revealing,” […] celebrators of the cancellation are ‘acting like they’re not coercing private corporations’ decisions to punish general dissent and accurate reporting of their attempt to cover up human trafficking and the rape of minors by the sitting President.’
kryptonianCodeMonkeyto Lemmy Shitpost•Donald Trump Said He Promised Ivanka He Wouldn't Date Girls Younger Than Her | “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.” 😬361·3 days agoSo to his 17 year old (or younger) had to get her dad to promise not to “date” girls her age or younger than her. Presuming she solicited this promise because, at a minimum, it was already a danger of happening, if not, indeed, had happened or was happening. And she was fully aware of that fact… yikes.
Had free pizza for a lunch and learn at work the other day that had chicken, jalapeño, pickle and ranch on it. It was surprisingly not bad, though a bit salty.
kryptonianCodeMonkeyto Lemmy Shitpost•Donald Trump Said He Promised Ivanka He Wouldn't Date Girls Younger Than Her | “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.” 😬30·3 days agoQuery: What was Ivanka’s age when he promised this?
Impressive that those tiny ears printed that well with an FDM printer and didnt snap off with the supports.
First time I went to my last barber, he was almost done cutting my hair and said “do you want me to trim your eyebrows?”
I said, “hmm, no, I think they’re alright.”
He stared for a couple seconds. Then said, “…Imma trim them.” And that’s how I got my first eyebrow trim.