when the government says “just very high skilled immigrants” it’s the equivalent of a heroin adding saying “okay just vicodin”
no. you are a drug addict and you are going to rehab. end of story.
would’ve been nice to get to see this
instead my boomer parents went to see it on their 10th euro trip this year and then invited over a bunch of brown people to burn it down and ensure they were the last generation to ever get to enjoy it
have Malfoid turn Harry into a pure blood nationalist the likes of which hadn’t been seen since that austrian wizard caused the goblins to fund the second great wizard war
I mean, other than certain plot reworks to make things more coherent (of which there would be MANY) the things I would change would be:
1. Malfoid. Obviously. It just works. 'Nuff said.
2. Put Hermione in Ravenclaw and Ron in Hufflepuff. Hermione very obviously should have been a Ravenclaw, and I think making her so she fails to get her into her desired house could serve as a great narrative motivator for actually being a braver person. As for Ron, making him the SINGLE Weasley in his family to NOT get sorted into Gryffindor would only make him feel more like he's the weak link of his family, but like any true Hufflepuff he would demonstrate his unflinching loyalty. Even makes the point of him wielding the Sword of Gryffindor more poignant in Deathly Hallows, as he basically proves to himself that he's worthy to be called brave. PLUS if this means we're redeeming Malfoy, you now have one member from each house working together to stop Voldy, which is a very strong narrative beat. Even gives you more setting variety, as they could all visit each other's common rooms.
3. Rework the Elder Wand. Harry winning by a technicality about the intracies if wizard disarmament is silly. Instead, make it so that the Elder Wand's full power can only be used by "a master of death" most wizards eventually interpret this as meaning you have to kill the previous owner (especially given the wand's bloody history) but Harry realizes that becoming a master of death isn't about mastering death, but accepting it (it DOES have a thestral hair as its core, after all). Harry is a true master of the Elder Wand because he readily accepts his mortality, and isn't afraid to die, while Voldemort is terrified of it, thus ironically ensuring his ultimate demise.
4. One last tiny change: instead of making Evada Kedavra unblockable, make it really easy to block instead. This allows wizard fights to be dynamic rather than just "bad guys shoot green death lasers but always miss because they have the aim of stormtroopers." The good wizards are trying to stun or disarm while the Death Eaters are constantly trying to maim or injure to prevent the target from blocking the killing blow. If you wanted to make Voldemort extra scary you could say he's so powerful and so skilled with it that his Evafa Kedavra is unblockable, but the spell itself is a bit too OP in my book.
patriots are taking over
When was the last time you heard a politician talk like @JaceYarbrough?
Incredible stuff.
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I said it, didn't I?
I predicted this exact thing, and I explained why.
I said that AI art is slop not because the art is bad, but because it lacks a detailed mental model of the audience and what they want.
And I said that AI art would cease to slop the moment it was controllable enough to faithfully implement a human's artistic vision.
Well, here we are.
This is AI as the paintbrush, not the artist.
This is the future of stories. Power. Precision. Insight. The hybrid of machine and man.
Some people say we're going to democratize Hollywood. But they are wrong. We are going to liberate it.
Because democracy is when you need the permission of a million suburban soccer moms to build a power plant.
Liberty is when you can just do things.
yeah man - and some women are really crazy - like they keep saying no and get physical and then you have to get physical back until they start crying and just give in
I remember I was flirting with this one girl a long time ago, and I started making a move on her and she kinda pushed me away and was like “no.”
So anyways I just stopped and moved on, and then like I see her again a few years later and we get to talking and I ask about that incident and she was like “Oo yeah I was actually really into you, that was a test you had to like push back and win me over.”
Like wtf. Women really want you to just sexually assault them on the off chance they are into it.
im in a position to see under the financial hood of many upper class boomers and its something like 20% that are spending $10k+ a month on OF
Let me blow your mind for a second.
The normative stance is that OF is being upheld by young men, who are lonely and addicted. Thats not the case. It’s not young men vs young women. It’s young women funded by older men.
Yes, subscription count is largely driven by 24-35 year olds. But that only accounts for ~4% of the platforms revenue. So what drives revenue? Boomer spend.
Onlyfans exists in the same way that mobile games operates. Revenue isn’t made in entry fees or outright subscriptions but tertiary features like paid private messages and videos. Young men aren’t buying these features, and if they are, they’re buying very little. It’s the older cohort, primarily whales in the boomers class, many of whom are spending over $5k per month on a SINGLE CREATOR.
So when you see beautiful young women exposing themselves online (many who are barely legal adults), remember that most of their revenue generating work is private and performed for fat, disgusting boomers.
it’s so sad that we are pining for french canadian culture but it’s true - desperate time
this must have been how the Greeks felt rooting for macedonia
Drôle d'époque... Les extraits de Soirée canadienne sont (quelque peu) populaires sur les réseaux sociaux. Pendant longtemps, ils servaient surtout à se moquer du Québec populaire d'il n'y a pas trop longtemps. Mais depuis quelques mois, il me semble qu’un certain respect se glisse dans les commentaires. Même un peu d’envie, notamment du Canada anglais.
Certains semblent y reconnaître quelque chose qu’ils ont eux-mêmes perdu : une culture à eux. Une langue, des chansons, une façon d’être. Une culture qu’on retrouve encore à la télévision (la nôtre), au cinéma (le nôtre), dans nos universités. Une culture vivante, qui donne des couleurs à un ensemble nord-américain de plus en plus uniforme.
Et puis il y a ce petit Québécois des années 1970, avec son habit démodé, qui chante des rigodons comiques. La risée d’Internet? Encore un peu, mais derrière les rires, on sent aussi du respect pour un peuple qui résiste au raz-de-marée.
Chante, mon petit bonhomme. Quand tu t’arrêteras, nous aurons perdu bien plus qu’une chanson. Quand Montréal et le Québec seront devenus interchangeables (càd incolores) avec toutes les autres villes et régions d’Amérique du Nord - le souhait le plus profond des libéraux, à Ottawa comme à Québec - sera enfin réalisé. La « diversity » qu’ils aiment tant aura eu raison de toi…
glad i never went to the zoo when i used to drink drink
🚨BREAKING: Man attacked by tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park after entering enclosure.
• Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster has confirmed a “serious incident” at its tiger enclosure on Saturday afternoon.
• Yorkshire Ambulance Service was called at 1.33pm, dispatching two ambulances, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and a doctor.
• The park has activated its emergency procedures and is working with authorities to establish what happened. Witness says that "shots were fired."
• The wildlife park has closed and will remain shut tomorrow.
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I sincerely hope this class of dudes teams up to advocate for their own interests… whatever form that takes. (Wink wink)
