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  1. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    The new Doja Cat album released and it's probably one of my favorites of the year. Which made me think about what were some of my favorites of this year so far, and that made me think about last...

    The new Doja Cat album released and it's probably one of my favorites of the year. Which made me think about what were some of my favorites of this year so far, and that made me think about last year as well.

    2024:

    • HIT ME HARD OR SOFT by Billie Eillish & Finneas
    • eternal sunshine by Ariana Grande
    • All Born Screaming by St. Vincent
    • brat by Charli XCX
    • Radical Optimism by Dua Lipa

    I am aware I mostly listen to pop. This year so far I would say:

    • Debi Tirar Mas Fotos by Bad Bunny
    • Addison by Addison Rae
    • Mayhem by Lady Gaga
    • Hurry Up Tomorrow by The Weeknd
    • Vie by Doja Cat

  2. Comment on Doja Cat - Gorgeous (2025) in ~music

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    Yes the whole album is 80s inspired with rap interlaced.

    Yes the whole album is 80s inspired with rap interlaced.

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  3. Comment on Doja Cat - Gorgeous (2025) in ~music

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    Oh you didn't like the album? I enjoyed this more than I did her last album. It's a return to her Say So era imo.

    Oh you didn't like the album? I enjoyed this more than I did her last album. It's a return to her Say So era imo.

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  5. Comment on ‘The Social Network’ follow-up sets 2026 release date and official title: ‘The Social Reckoning’ in ~movies

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    Jeremy Strong is set to play Zuckerberg. This is also Madison’s first role post Oscar win after turning down roles in Star Wats: Starfighter and whatever Marvel project they wanted her for. I...

    Jeremy Strong is set to play Zuckerberg.

    This is also Madison’s first role post Oscar win after turning down roles in Star Wats: Starfighter and whatever Marvel project they wanted her for. I think Mia Goth ended up taking the role she turned down for Starfighter. Honestly good for her for taking the prestige route, if I were in her shoes I absolutely would have taken the Star Wars film. I think someone on her team has taste.

    The only thing I don’t like about this is Sorkin directing. I like Trial of the Chicago 7 but Sorkin is just not a cinematic director. I would rather even a middling director take over this that at least knew how to make something look pretty.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health

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    Yeah I’m pretty current with doctor appointments so I know I was fine when I started and I plan on going back in a couple of weeks to see where I am. Years ago when I was morbidly obese and had...

    Yeah I’m pretty current with doctor appointments so I know I was fine when I started and I plan on going back in a couple of weeks to see where I am. Years ago when I was morbidly obese and had borderline HBP I was given a blood pressure monitor and I use that consistently. I’m trying to be as safe as I can as sterile as I can with the injections. Although, I realize using this is probably part of my neurosis and/or body dysmorphia.

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  8. Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health

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    Further update: Retatrutide is going well. I’m not experiencing negative side effects, my appetite seems to have been suppressed. I don’t really crave sweets as much as I used to and I get fuller...

    Further update: Retatrutide is going well. I’m not experiencing negative side effects, my appetite seems to have been suppressed. I don’t really crave sweets as much as I used to and I get fuller faster. I had to stop Ipamorelin and CJC completely. Even with lowering the dose I still experienced negative side effects, it would make me super sleepy but when I would actually start to fall asleep I would wake up in a panic like if my brain thought I was going to die and/or stop breathing.

    NSFW: Looks like I’ve finally made progress on fat loss even if it’s somewhat minor. You can see my midsection has shrunk and the fat on my chest has also gone down. Clothes I hadn’t worn in a bit finally fit comfortably again. Looking forward to losing more fat.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    I will be watching One Battle After Another later this week. But it got me thinking, what are some films that are defining to this decade. As in representative of the times. Nomadland Borat...

    I will be watching One Battle After Another later this week. But it got me thinking, what are some films that are defining to this decade. As in representative of the times.

    • Nomadland
    • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
    • Don't Look Up
    • Tar
    • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story
    • The Beast
    • Joker: Foliex a Deux

    This isn't to say I love all these films (I don't really care for either The Beast or Joker), but I think each represent certain attitudes.

    Both Nomadland and Borat 2 released right in the middle of the pandemic, before vaccines were created, when the world was put on pause. Nomadland examines life after loss, something everyone experienced in the wake of COVID, a stripped down sense of life as we meander through existence. Borat 2 outright depicts the hysteria we entered during 2020s political upheaval. Everyone's brains were fried thanks to isolation that led to an increase dependence on the internet and social media for us to find connection.

    Don't Look Up, originally conceived as a metaphor for climate change, ended up being a perfect metaphor for government's handling of emergencies such as the pandemic. It's energy, it's schizophrenic editing, gives us a taste of what the world was like in such a panic. It showed how our media broke down, including online publications such as Buzzfeed that simply don't exist anymore. I also love the inclusion of Ariana Grande in the film, highlighting how celebrity culture still took precedence as a form of comfort (I'm guilty of this to be fair).

    Tar showed our shifting attitudes as the world got more reactionary throughout the 2020s despite experiencing hyper-progressivism in the 2010s. I don't mean governments becoming more conservative, so much as the progressive ideas of the 2010s such as cancel culture and the MeToo movement losing their steam and experiencing a long lasting backlash.

    Glass Onion plays a straight forward eat the rich satire, yet because it mock Musk specifically it became more prescient than I think most people imagined. An idiot pretending to be smart, a charisma void pretending to be suave, the uncovering of how we view people like this.

    The Beast examines the rise of AI and how people use it as a form of escapism as much as companies used it to replace jobs. As we've seen with recent reports people are experiencing something classified as ChatGPT psychosis. Incel culture also became mainstream this decade which is prominent in this film.

    Joker: Foliex a Deux. I mean.... look at all the political violence we've experienced this decade so far. A few months after the release of the film Luigi Mangione became famous for shooting the CEO of a health insurance company. The fandom, the women that fell in love with Joker in the film, became a reflection of all the thirst posting of Mangione. This has led to some people attempting to copy this claim to fame with not as successful results.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Nah I just blanked on that lol. Definitely on a popularity level though, I don’t think any show has matched Mando’s first two seasons in terms of viewership.

    Nah I just blanked on that lol. Definitely on a popularity level though, I don’t think any show has matched Mando’s first two seasons in terms of viewership.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official trailer in ~movies

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    The Mandolorian Season 1 is the last bit of Star Wars media that was thoroughly well received. Came out right before The Rise of Skywalker and is still the best thing to come out of any of the TV...

    The Mandolorian Season 1 is the last bit of Star Wars media that was thoroughly well received. Came out right before The Rise of Skywalker and is still the best thing to come out of any of the TV shows.

    I still remember exactly where I was when I watched that trailer as I was leaving my classroom. The hype was insane.

    5 votes

  14. Comment on The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Also… Lucas made it for kids

    Also… Lucas made it for kids

    6 votes

  15. Comment on The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official trailer in ~movies

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    That first season, which I really liked, did feel like it was going to be more of a Wanted Dead or Alive vibe to it. I agree that it’s Filoni’s thing and is a huge weakness of his and why I don’t...

    That first season, which I really liked, did feel like it was going to be more of a Wanted Dead or Alive vibe to it. I agree that it’s Filoni’s thing and is a huge weakness of his and why I don’t love that he’s the creative chief of Lucasfilm. He’s really obsessed with lore and having hype moments that reference the universe instead of trying to tell a good story.

    12 votes

  16. Comment on The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official trailer in ~movies

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    This kind of looks bad. I’m not the biggest Star Wars lover, I like the original trilogy fine, I love The Last Jedi, and I liked Solo more than most. But this looks like, well, a Disney+ special....

    This kind of looks bad. I’m not the biggest Star Wars lover, I like the original trilogy fine, I love The Last Jedi, and I liked Solo more than most. But this looks like, well, a Disney+ special. Solo, for all its faults, looked incredible.

    17 votes

  18. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

  19. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    It’s odd that this belly showing is happening now when during his term we got a whole lot of “Democracy Dies in Darkness” stuff. Kimmel himself was promoted as an anti-Trump figurehead. But now...

    It’s odd that this belly showing is happening now when during his term we got a whole lot of “Democracy Dies in Darkness” stuff. Kimmel himself was promoted as an anti-Trump figurehead. But now during the second term, which is by all accounts much worse, we don’t get any of that

    9 votes

  20. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    This was brought up on a different thread. But it’s really not the same. Different format, lack of interviews, and only once a week.

    This was brought up on a different thread. But it’s really not the same. Different format, lack of interviews, and only once a week.

    15 votes