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  1. Comment on The greatest documentary you've never heard of - Tie Xi Qu (铁西区) by Wang Bing in ~movies

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    Youtube comment gold:

    Youtube comment gold:

    2 years of life, captured in 300 hours of filming, distilled into 9 hours of documentary, described in a 14 minute YouTube video essay. Somebody please make a TikTok about this.

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  2. Comment on I love you all in ~talk

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    Was that your first go at the level, sight unseen? I haven't followed Beat Saber for a long time but that's impressive.

    Was that your first go at the level, sight unseen? I haven't followed Beat Saber for a long time but that's impressive.

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  3. Comment on How US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's surveillance system works in ~society

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    Having known about this for a while and trying in vain to move various colleagues and acquaintances from apathy to at least concern, it's good to have a summary of AI-enabled surveillance already...

    Having known about this for a while and trying in vain to move various colleagues and acquaintances from apathy to at least concern, it's good to have a summary of AI-enabled surveillance already in use that can be shared and fairly easily digested. However, as much as I understand the effort Wendover makes here to not appear to be sensationalizing, the dangers here are sadly undersold IMO. If you have a cursory knowledge of abuses of power by various sets of alphabet boys targeting US citizens throughout US history, and/or any sense of how rapidly technology advances, it's very hard to be optimistic.

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  4. Comment on Pam Bondi ousted as US attorney general in ~society

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    Does anyone know what the MAGA rationale is on why Trump fires so many people? Do they ever stop to consider it?

    Does anyone know what the MAGA rationale is on why Trump fires so many people? Do they ever stop to consider it?

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  5. Comment on Haliey Welch interview (Hawk Tuah) by Channel 5 in ~life

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    Keep in mind I'm not making any sort of moral judgment or using my own determination as to whether her experience is worth getting worked up about or not. I want to make sure you aren't either....

    Keep in mind I'm not making any sort of moral judgment or using my own determination as to whether her experience is worth getting worked up about or not. I want to make sure you aren't either. I'm just going off of her saying she said she was embarrassed at the situation at one point - which is fine.

    But why are his questions nasty and disrespectful now? Weren't they just as nasty and disrespectful when she answered them? Is asking a woman (drunk or not) a question about sex disrespectful? Does she really think about it differently now just because she's sober? Or is it because she just happened to go on this whole viral rollercoaster and she was embarrassed for some time?

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    Do you you kind of regret doing it?

    Not really regret doing it. At first I did cuz I was embarrassed. But after that I'm like, "Okay, everything happens for a reason." Like I mean it's got good stuff with it and it's got bad stuff at the same time. just like anything.

    As somebody who did a lot of interviews like in in New Orleans, like party interviews early on in my career, now I see on almost every street corner, you have like two or three interviewers, like in major college towns, like in Scottsdale or in um on any college campus really at the main bars, you have like two or three people trying to have a moment similar to the interviewer that captured yours. What do you think about the ethics of that kind of street interview?

    I really hope that there's not any more interviews kind of like the one I got because now that I think about it and I'm like sober. It's just it's kind of disrespectful to women like the stuff he was asking. But you know that's just how the world works nowadays.

    So in what sense was it disrespectful?

    Just the questions he would ask.
    What's one move in a bedroom that make a man go crazy every time that you do?
    And then after you go to his account and see all the stuff he asked other women.
    Like I think I got off easy compared to some of the stuff he's asked other women. And I was like, "Oh god."

    "You prefer missionary or backsides?"
    "Missionary."
    "Why?
    "The guy does all the work."

    Just nasty questions like that. So after he released like the first video, I was like, "Oh, that's it." Like he don't have anything else to post. Boy, was I wrong. There was like four or five different videos after that, just like cutouts of this one interview. And I was like, "Oh my god, did I say that?"

    To me, that doesn't sound especially self-accountable. But I try to live by a wisdom key I once heard - never complain about what you permit.

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  6. Comment on Haliey Welch interview (Hawk Tuah) by Channel 5 in ~life

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    Not for the crypto, for her initial viral moment which she said she was embarrassed by. She does admit she got in over her head with the crypto, and I give her kudos for that, but even that was...

    I don't see how claiming the original street reviewer was disrespectful to women dodges accountability for the crypto rugpull that was done in her name.

    Not for the crypto, for her initial viral moment which she said she was embarrassed by. She does admit she got in over her head with the crypto, and I give her kudos for that, but even that was framed (in the part that I watched) as, "Well, I was just 21, I obviously didn't know what I was doing."

    5 votes

  7. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    Nephew @widedub, you don't know about rice cooker by now, you f*cked up. Haiyaa...

    Nephew @widedub, you don't know about rice cooker by now, you f*cked up. Haiyaa...

  8. Comment on Haliey Welch interview (Hawk Tuah) by Channel 5 in ~life

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    It's more like everything is fair game in the public square when you consent to it. The crux of the matter is whether or not the interviewee is legally able to consent. I'd agree it's potentially...

    It's more like everything is fair game in the public square when you consent to it. The crux of the matter is whether or not the interviewee is legally able to consent. I'd agree it's potentially predatory, and thus ethically or morally wrong, if the interviewer can reasonably conclude beforehand that their interviewee is too drunk to be legally responsible for their actions, but I don't think any of the street interviews I've ever seen (and I've probably seen as much as the average person over the years) hit that threshold, so I don't share your opinion of provocation.

    Entrapment is not a great analogy because it's only a crime due to the conflict of interest specific to law enforcement agents. If a private citizen baits someone into committing an actual crime you can prosecute for solicitation... but inducing someone to embarrass themselves? Shitty, perhaps; predatory, arguably; criminal, never, regardless of motive. Commission of a crime can't depend on the supposed victim's level of regret after the fact.

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  9. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    I watched Le Samouraï over the weekend. It's very good, I'd give it about 4ish stars out of 5. Is the allusion to samurai is a little tenuous though? I don't recall anything about the main...

    I watched Le Samouraï over the weekend. It's very good, I'd give it about 4ish stars out of 5. Is the allusion to samurai is a little tenuous though? I don't recall anything about the main character Jef that evokes something necessarily unique to samurai/bushido and not found in other stoic hero stories. Then again, maybe that wasn't a popular archetype at the time, especially in France or in noir movies, and I'm thinking of things from a modern viewpoint where there have been so many other examples of such a main character since the film's release.

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  10. Comment on Haliey Welch interview (Hawk Tuah) by Channel 5 in ~life

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    As much as I dislike the entire "content" ecosystem, I can't come up with any plausible reason to agree with or support this, given whatever recording were to take place in a public space like her...

    The content machine is out of control. There do need to be laws preventing the publishing of videos about drunk people who legally aren't allowed to drive vehicles or sign contracts.

    As much as I dislike the entire "content" ecosystem, I can't come up with any plausible reason to agree with or support this, given whatever recording were to take place in a public space like her original interview. If you choose to consume any substance of your own free will, you are generally responsible for whatever actions you take under its influence. You might end up regretting your choices in hindsight but that's the risk you take - welcome to adulthood. Significant portions of society do not get to use being young and stupid as an excuse. Learn your lesson and keep it moving.

    Having not really paid any attention to Welch before beyond knowing the meme and vaguely hearing she subsequently had a podcast, she seems like a quite nice person here. However, you can clearly see this is a managed attempt at rebranding and she also dodges accountability from the start by claiming the original street interviewer is disrespectful to women, so I didn't watch past the first 15 mins. Maybe I won't get the whole picture as a result, but I'm skeptical as to how much value anything further would hold for me.

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  11. Comment on What is something you're holding together? in ~talk

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    Big same. I know people who are the glue for various things in their family and social circles and it just looks exhausting... not just physically, but dealing with all the constant overstepping...

    Big same. I know people who are the glue for various things in their family and social circles and it just looks exhausting... not just physically, but dealing with all the constant overstepping and self-centered assumptions and inconvenient annoyances that are individually minor but collectively draining. The emotional labor, as they say.

    I'm selfish enough that I'm really good at avoiding those relationships/situations, but I think that makes me more attractive to those who aren't so good at avoiding it themselves. Not great either.

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  12. Comment on Growing a human: the first thirty weeks in ~life.women

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    I imagine there's some solace in the understanding that those potentially embarrassing changes during pregnancy aren't necessarily permanent though, no? I would think the elderly are often...

    I think perhaps this is why my father has such a hard time with aging: many of the symptoms he is suffering from, that he considered to take away from his true personhood, are small potatoes compared to when my sister and I were pregnant.

    I imagine there's some solace in the understanding that those potentially embarrassing changes during pregnancy aren't necessarily permanent though, no? I would think the elderly are often reckoning with a loss of dignity rather than embarrassment, because they don't see any way back to "normal," not to mention how seniors can be considered/treated as burdens by society in a way that I don't think pregnant women ever are.

    That's not to downplay the other changes women typically have to reckon with, pre-baby body vs. post-baby body etc., but they seem like distinct categories in my mind. Am I mistaken?

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  13. Comment on Growing a human: the first thirty weeks in ~life.women

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    Some interesting (to me, at least) perspective from a first-time mother engaging with the many contradictions and uncertainties of contemporary pregnancy.

    Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious understanding of how you are doing it

    Some interesting (to me, at least) perspective from a first-time mother engaging with the many contradictions and uncertainties of contemporary pregnancy.

    7 votes

  15. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    Unless I'm misunderstanding what exact similarity you're looking for, there are a good number of shows similar to Kino in the travel-the-world-and-ruminate-on-the-circumstances-of-its-people vein....

    Unless I'm misunderstanding what exact similarity you're looking for, there are a good number of shows similar to Kino in the travel-the-world-and-ruminate-on-the-circumstances-of-its-people vein. The only one that I've watched is Mushishi, but I've often seen Girls' Last Tour, Galaxy Express 999, Frieren, and Violet Evergarden recommended.

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  16. Comment on Commonly misspelled words quiz in ~humanities.languages

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    I'm curious. Do you mean that you were imagining the spelling based off of phonetic pronunciation, or subconscious visual recall?

    I'm curious. Do you mean that you were imagining the spelling based off of phonetic pronunciation, or subconscious visual recall?

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  17. Comment on 2026 Oscar predictions in ~movies

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    18/20, hot damn! You only missed best cinematography and best casting. What's your secret? Is it just years of following the industry award cycles, or do you have a handy crystal ball nearby?...

    18/20, hot damn! You only missed best cinematography and best casting. What's your secret? Is it just years of following the industry award cycles, or do you have a handy crystal ball nearby?

    Also, now I know who to call when I'm heading to Vegas. Don't worry, I'll cut you in at a fair 20%.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Academy Award winner - The Girl Who Cried Pearls | Full film in ~movies

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    I saw them all before Oscars night, and it was a tough call but this probably was the best of the animated shorts IMO, with Butterfly a close second. Almost the entire slate was really good;...

    I saw them all before Oscars night, and it was a tough call but this probably was the best of the animated shorts IMO, with Butterfly a close second. Almost the entire slate was really good; Retirement Plan was a bit basic for my taste.

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  19. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I've been partway through a let's play of this on Youtube for months as well, and I totally get why it got the acclaim it received. I find it really interesting that, as someone who knows maybe...

    I've been partway through a let's play of this on Youtube for months as well, and I totally get why it got the acclaim it received. I find it really interesting that, as someone who knows maybe 50-66% of the references, it never doesn't feel like a playground for corporate mascots (as opposed to how you can suspend disbelief with Nintendo), but it's still totally charming, funny, and fun.

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  20. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    That's the thing, I kinda expected as much so I'm watching it with that in mind. Maybe it's just the Youtuber I've watched, because the video's 75% gone and I think they just got to the start of...

    That's the thing, I kinda expected as much so I'm watching it with that in mind. Maybe it's just the Youtuber I've watched, because the video's 75% gone and I think they just got to the start of Act 3. So far, it didn't look like it feels good to play, as weird as that sounds. By comparison, I remember stuff like Ori and the Blind Forest or Hyper Light Drifter looking like they felt awesome to control, and they did, but if I had only seen videos of gameplay before all the abilities were unlocked, maybe I might not have thought so.