Eji1700's recent activity
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Comment on Donald Trump hush money trial: What criminal charges does he face? in ~news
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Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes
Eji1700 Link ParentIn general “I agree” statements are mostly covered by hitting vote. Maybe it shouldn’t be that way but if you don’t have much more to add what is there to discuss. And honestly the tone of this...In general “I agree” statements are mostly covered by hitting vote. Maybe it shouldn’t be that way but if you don’t have much more to add what is there to discuss.
And honestly the tone of this sure seems like it’s intended to offend and is kinda drama laden. There is very little productive discussion you can have on this because there’s no data.
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Comment on Homeworld 3 review from someone who treasures HW as perhaps the best game in 25 years (w/ minor spoilers) in ~games
Eji1700 LinkHaven't played, curious to see what they've done. I probably have an odd view of what is interesting about the series. I like when unique mechanics matter more (capture ships in 1, subsystems in...Haven't played, curious to see what they've done. I probably have an odd view of what is interesting about the series. I like when unique mechanics matter more (capture ships in 1, subsystems in 2), but also don't love tedious stuff (formations struck me as mostly annoying in 1). Mods are of course glorious.
That all said, I really also like the Multiplayer of 2 and deserts. High level games, ESPECIALLY, in deserts, are wild to watch, and can be edge of your seat interesting with a lot of varied strategies.
I'm pretty sure i'll be getting 3, as there sure as hell isn't much else like it. I'll be keeping an eye out for "dumbed down", but I always find that description suspicious as I don't trust most people to really identify that vs just streamlining out the annoying crap while keeping the depth.
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Comment on GPT-4o in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentBecause it’s run by marketers not engineersBecause it’s run by marketers not engineers
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Comment on The US Federal Reserve fears a bond meltdown in ~finance
Eji1700 Link ParentYeah there’s been a lot of “well actually….” About the fed from all over the spectrum and frankly, they’re doing a pretty good job of threading a nightmare needle not totally of their own making....Yeah there’s been a lot of “well actually….” About the fed from all over the spectrum and frankly, they’re doing a pretty good job of threading a nightmare needle not totally of their own making.
They aren’t playing 5d chess with hidden agendas. They have pretty much documented what they’re doing, why, and what they’ll do next and then half the economic spectrum speculates on some nonsense and , surprise, they did what they said they would. Every time.
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Comment on How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false in ~science
Eji1700 Link ParentThe number of people who are not media figureheads and are ACTUALLY maliciously just asking questions I can count on one hand. This preemptive “BUT WHAT IF THEYRE SECRETLY PUSHING AN AGENDA” panic...The number of people who are not media figureheads and are ACTUALLY maliciously just asking questions I can count on one hand.
This preemptive “BUT WHAT IF THEYRE SECRETLY PUSHING AN AGENDA” panic in so many circles actually shuts down any meaningful discussion or communication.
More often than not I’ve found those who make those accusations don’t like that they don’t have good answers for some of the legit questions. Discourse is almost always a positive if it’s respectful and frankly even if there are people trying to “outsmart” you, it’s still more than possible that they will reassess their own position.
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Comment on How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false in ~science
Eji1700 Link ParentThis almost always comes with some absurd form of assumed competence or power. Looking even at the proven conspiracy theories you find that people are just as dumb, incompetent, short sided, and...This almost always comes with some absurd form of assumed competence or power. Looking even at the proven conspiracy theories you find that people are just as dumb, incompetent, short sided, and unable to communicate or work together as your usual work environment.
And yet basically any conspiracy I hear somehow assumes THESE are the ones who actually have their shit together and can plan and manipulate the masses. They don’t. They’re still people, still fucking stupid , and so the easiest check on a theory has almost always been “how many people need to be more than just competent for this to work”
The higher the number the less likely the theory
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Comment on Is Nebula worth it? in ~tech
Eji1700 LinkIf you have it i STRONGLY recommend subscribing to your various channels in your rss feed. That way you can keep track as by design it’s not the kind of site you will be on constantly like...If you have it i STRONGLY recommend subscribing to your various channels in your rss feed. That way you can keep track as by design it’s not the kind of site you will be on constantly like YouTube.
Personally i think it’s worth it if you can easily afford it, but i do have a lot of creators who I wish would move over
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Comment on Macklemore - Hind's Hall (2024) in ~music
Eji1700 Link ParentThat’s fine but both candidates have. If your answer is to not vote or vote 3rd party, ok. Be aware that should trump win, it will get worse.That’s fine but both candidates have.
If your answer is to not vote or vote 3rd party, ok.
Be aware that should trump win, it will get worse.
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Comment on How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false in ~science
Eji1700 Link ParentAlso recognize that most people don’t admit they’re wrong instantly. If you have a small conversation about it but it feels like it goes no where that doesn’t mean they aren’t reassessing what...Also recognize that most people don’t admit they’re wrong instantly. If you have a small conversation about it but it feels like it goes no where that doesn’t mean they aren’t reassessing what they know.
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Comment on Nathan Berman has helped rescue Manhattan’s financial district from a “doom loop” by carving attractive living spaces from hulking buildings that once housed fields of cubicles in ~design
Eji1700 Link ParentDoesn't really change the smoke issue in many kinds of fires. Just because you're awake, wet, and there's loud noises doesn't mean you're going to instantly realize what you should do, navigate...Yep, that’s a bad scenario too. On the other hand, one would hope there are fire alarms going off well before it got that bad, and wouldn’t giant New York buildings have sprinklers?
Doesn't really change the smoke issue in many kinds of fires. Just because you're awake, wet, and there's loud noises doesn't mean you're going to instantly realize what you should do, navigate your way to the nearest window (in some other room), and make it out.
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Comment on Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board and urges users to stay on Elon Musk's X in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentYes but most people don’t know how to do lots of things. Putting a skin over an rss feed and making it more user friendly really wouldn’t be that hard. The problem is a large driver of Twitter...Yes but most people don’t know how to do lots of things.
Putting a skin over an rss feed and making it more user friendly really wouldn’t be that hard. The problem is a large driver of Twitter success is not staying up to date. It’s rambling with other people about stuff
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Comment on Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board and urges users to stay on Elon Musk's X in ~tech
Eji1700 Link Parentrss is arguably as good/better in the large majority of ways. Just not as good at letting people ramble in a comments section so you can get dumb takes to rave against.rss is arguably as good/better in the large majority of ways.
Just not as good at letting people ramble in a comments section so you can get dumb takes to rave against.
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Comment on Movie of the Week #28 - Pan's Labyrinth in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentPersonally I think Nightmare Alley is another of his masterpieces, but it's also based on a book so that might help. Hell Boy and Pacific Rim are on the "dumb but fun" scale personally. I really...Personally I think Nightmare Alley is another of his masterpieces, but it's also based on a book so that might help.
Hell Boy and Pacific Rim are on the "dumb but fun" scale personally. I really haven't seen that much more by him.
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Comment on Kendrick Lamar - Meet the Grahams (2024) in ~music
Eji1700 LinkI am so not the person for this but I guess drake released a response and reception is not good for the infinitesimally small chance your only information on this event is through tildesI am so not the person for this but I guess drake released a response and reception is not good for the infinitesimally small chance your only information on this event is through tildes
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Comment on The world owes Spider-Man 3 an apology in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentAs I said elsewhere, the whole point of the symbiote is to have peter break the "with great power comes great responsibility" ethos. The whole point is that spiderman absolutely could be...As I said elsewhere, the whole point of the symbiote is to have peter break the "with great power comes great responsibility" ethos.
The whole point is that spiderman absolutely could be dangerous. Jameson is extreme, but has something of a point. This is some random person who could be throwing cars around doing what they want, which just happens to be the ultimately good thing, and ONLY because his initial arrogance and pride got checked real quick when it got one of his loved ones killed.
Venom is supposed to be the "oh shit maybe jameson has a point" moment where everyone sees how terrifying spiderman could be, and brings home that the moral code instilled in peter is vital to him actually being a hero.
Making it "oh god what if spiderman was Emo and Cringe!" is just such a letdown in comparison.
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Comment on The world owes Spider-Man 3 an apology in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentI disagree at the very least on the authenticity of the aliens. The original triligoy has ALIENS. Weird, strange, and odd life that's all comingling in this world we kinda don't get. The prequels...I disagree at the very least on the authenticity of the aliens.
The original triligoy has ALIENS. Weird, strange, and odd life that's all comingling in this world we kinda don't get.
The prequels have, middle eastern trader stereotype, 50's diner stereotype, Japanese stereotype, banker stereotype, and more I'm sure I'm forgetting. They didn't feel like real aliens, they felt like saturday morning cartoon aliens. There's an ENTIRE RACE that looks like that and happens to all be bankers? Really? That's your world building?
It was by far one of the most disappointing things about the prequels given the extremely high quality of the original trilogy on that regard. Hated as they are, at least ewoks still feel sorta alien and not like a borderline if not actually racists stereotype.
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Comment on The Boys | Season 4 official trailer in ~tv
Eji1700 Link ParentI could see them pulling it off. With S3's ending, obviously the huge focus of this season has to be homelander and how the country, and arguably his family, reacts. It's probably going to be that...I could see them pulling it off. With S3's ending, obviously the huge focus of this season has to be homelander and how the country, and arguably his family, reacts. It's probably going to be that "well the status quo is gone but it's not chaos yet....." thing.
I could see that climaxing with homelander going scorched earth, and the 5th season is dealing with that, although I admit i'm having a hard time even imagining how you could make that a season.
All that said, I'd certainly bet against it being a good idea in most cases. I think The Boys is phenomenal given how well they've managed to take an edgy over the top comic with one or two good ideas and put in some seriously good plot lines/acting/characters. And that's probably the only reason I didn't immediately feel this idea was DOA.
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Comment on The world owes Spider-Man 3 an apology in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentThe problem is that these villains are fleshed out characters in the lore this movie is adopting, and in the movie they're cheap allegories for personal troubles. This is ESPECIALLY problematic in...He doesn't really get the problem with there being too many villains.
The problem is that these villains are fleshed out characters in the lore this movie is adopting, and in the movie they're cheap allegories for personal troubles. This is ESPECIALLY problematic in spiderman because Peter often has very personal connections to the villains (Lizard, Doc Ock, Venom, Green Goblin, etc).
And just simply, it's a "too many characters" problem, which I feel is something he should get. Plenty of movies struggle with large casts. Avengers was successful in part because they got to lean on several previous films worth of character building rather than having to shove it all into one film in some awkwardly contrived manner. DC's Justice league, Eternals, and sooooooo many X men films all struggle with this, where really interesting characters wind up being pointless because they just don't have enough screen time to develop them.
Joel also mentions how he really likes a lot of other things people make fun of, like the Emo Peter scenes or Tobey being really expressive in a way that people like to meme about. Emo Peter shows how he's letting this power go to his head and make him a cringe and disrespectful person, and when there's something dramatic happening Peter will yell and get mad and upset rather than being a stoic superhero that only shows a little bit of emotion. He finds these make Peter more relatable and human than other blockbuster movie protagonists.
This probably would've been fine if it wasn't a spiderman movie. Given it's a character who's core ethos is "with great power comes great responsibility", and venom is supposed to show what peter could be like if he didn't feel that way, having "cringy, emo, edgy, over expressive dude" feels like a major letdown for what should be one of the moments everyone was waiting for. This is, again, also harmed by the "too many characters" issue because there is more than enough great content to just have venom be the sole issue of the film, but instead it's sharing screen time with way too much. It's not as bad as when WB decided to just waste doomsday in batman vs superman while totally spitting all over the lore, but it's up there.
You just cannot take a landmark character/moment in a series, cram it in with a bunch of more cliche stuff, and then wing the representation and expect it to go over well. I also think people give too much credit to the intention for some of it (ah yes he's SUPPOSED to be cringey), but that can be argued either way so whatever.
He really likes seeing down to earth aspects in something larger than life, or seeing something banal portrayed cinematically, or when movies show emotional vulnerability or other relatable human emotions. From this lens, there's a lot more emotionally going on in Spider-Man 3 compared to 1 or 2, which are more normal Hollywood superhero movies. He does mention the relationship between Peter and his landlord's daughter in Spider-Man 2 as one of these less fantastical elements that he really likes.
Right, but the whole point of genres, especially when they're getting sequels, is you kinda know what you're getting into.
Spider man 3 could've been the BEST french art house film ever made and people would be rightly pissed. I'm glad it's more to his tastes, but it's hard for me to say that "well if you don't consider it a sequel to two other spider man movies, it's a good movie" because even on its face that feels silly. And then I get into the whole "but the dialogue sucks, the pacing sucks, the fights suck, the cgi sucks, etc" thing.
As I said elsewhere, I'm glad people like the film, but it's really not a good film. I like plenty of films that are, by almost any standard, objectively bad, and plenty of others that almost no one else would like (Breen for the first and Greenaway for the second...although I more have respect for the second as I've never sat through an entire one).
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Comment on The world owes Spider-Man 3 an apology in ~movies
Eji1700 (edited )Link ParentNot really. It's well know that art is subjective and plenty of people can like whatever they want. There are however a variety of objective manners that you can look at something. A 4 year old's...Not really.
It's well know that art is subjective and plenty of people can like whatever they want.
There are however a variety of objective manners that you can look at something. A 4 year old's finger painting might be someone's style, but there's no denying that the Sistine Chapel took a lot of very talented work to create, even if you don't like it.
There are a lot of very weak weird arguments for why spiderman 3 is secretly good. There's a few decent ones, but like...you can't say that's good CGI. It's just not. You could argue it's good pacing, because that's more subjective, but most would disagree.
And if you look at easier to rate metrics, like popularity, ratings, sales, reception, etc, yeah...it's not liked. Commercial or even cult success isn't a great indicator of art either, but it's pretty easy to rate.
Point is, I totally respect that you and others like the movie. Everyone has different tastes and finds value in different things. But from the standpoints of "talent", in which people spend years of their career learning to be good at these things, spider man 3 is a low effort cash grab.
I’m well aware of why trump is being charged here and still hold it’s absurd reaching to classify these as felony charges to get around the statute of limitations, and giving trump more and more ammo on the “see they are just out to get me” line.
While I wondered if the judge would throw the case out or just let it go and side with trump, giving him a huge win, the irony has been that since trump is incapable of just shutting the hell up, he’s probably tanking a sure thing