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« Reply #175 on: January 14, 2011, 11:49:55 pm » |
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A thing that makes me go WTF- when it snows in the Southern US, people run out and frantically buy milk, bread, eggs, and toilet paper...okay, I get the food supplies, but toilet paper? How long do people around here think the snow is going to last?
I go to school in the south. it snowed a pitiable amount and school was cancelled Monday and started late Tuesday and Wednesday. I understood that the ice would make it difficult for professors and students who had to commute, especially since they are not accustomed to snow. However, what made me go wtf is that the snow was completely gone later in the day (at least on campus) on Monday yet, the ground is still white. So much rock salt stuff was put on the ground, that if I look outside, it looks like a ground of freshly fallen snow is the actual landscape. WTF? |
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« Reply #176 on: January 15, 2011, 12:15:29 am » |
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« Reply #177 on: January 15, 2011, 12:35:23 am » |
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Will Smith being in that !@# ^$!# water tower in that Wild Wild West movie. Why in heaven's name is the woman's boudoir in the reservoir at the top of a railroad water tower? Was there some cult that I'm not aware of that revered water towers for such activities? What if there had been an electrical storm? Wouldn't she be all waterlogged? Why am I dwelling on this?
Well..on the subject of WWW how on earth did a black man become the highest ranking, most respected agent in the Secret Service..answerable only to The President...less than a decade after the Emancipation Proclamation!!??? It's ludicrous! It's a particular bug-bear of mind that film makers and TV show directors are determined to crowbar black and ethnic characters into period settings where they simply would not have been. For example..It's become obligatory for any new version of Robin Hood to now hs finally reached it's nadir! The forthcoming film 'Thor' based on the Marvel comics super-hero is set (mostly) in Asgaard, the home of the Norse Gods..and the part of Heimdale, gaurdian of the Rainbow Bridge, is played by Idris Elba!!!!  C'mon!! A black Norse god!!?  WTF??? I do not want to bring up the tons of times Caucasians have played roles that should have been depicted by people of color (yes, even after the 1950's), because I do not want this to turn into a race war. However, Wild Wild West is pure fiction. Perhaps in that alternate reality, there was no black slavery in the United States. Or, they wanted to cast a black man as the central character in a westerny type film for something different than the norm, as it was already a movie about a depiction of the "wild west" much different than usual. As with Heimdall being depicted as black, it's just a movie. Jesus is more than often depicted as being white and he would have been of middle eastern descent. Also, you say that people will complain if a movie is depicted without black or "ethnic" characters, there are plenty of "ethnicities" that would fall under the "white" category. I doubt people care at all that the white actors depicting the Norse gods are probably not all Scandinavian. I like that the Thor movie is pushing the envelope. It needs to be pushed. |
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« Reply #178 on: January 15, 2011, 12:45:06 am » |
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Maybe they decided to be one step ahead of the snow and put it on the ground before the snow falls.... Hahaha. It's like a field of never-ending landmines for the snow. Decimated on contact! |
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« Reply #179 on: January 15, 2011, 01:06:10 am » |
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They bought all the eggs- I had trouble finding them at the store yesterday...
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« Reply #180 on: January 15, 2011, 01:21:19 am » |
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However, Wild Wild West is pure fiction. Perhaps in that alternate reality, there was no black slavery in the United States.
(emphasis added by me) This is NOT a commentary on the race conversation--just a comment on the above quote.Black slavery is referenced MULTIPLE times throughout the movie. |
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« Reply #181 on: January 15, 2011, 01:27:31 am » |
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However, Wild Wild West is pure fiction. Perhaps in that alternate reality, there was no black slavery in the United States.
(emphasis added by me) This is NOT a commentary on the race conversation--just a comment on the above quote.Black slavery is referenced MULTIPLE times throughout the movie. That's true. To account for an African American to be present during the timeframe of the film. I do not remember much about the movie, so I should watch it again if i'm to talk about it more. |
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« Reply #182 on: January 15, 2011, 08:24:02 am » |
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They bought all the eggs- I had trouble finding them at the store yesterday...
That's because they're using them instead of toilet paper... Maybe people would need less toilet paper if they bought more eggs?
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« Reply #183 on: January 15, 2011, 05:27:23 pm » |
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Just get three sea shells instead.
In Thor I don´t think it´s that bad they have a black guy as a God, since they are likely not portraying them as actual norse gods. More likely showing them as some kind of extraterrestrials that came into contact with the norse once. Who may well have portrayed them as scandinavian looking anyway, same way as Jesus is often shown as white and Buddha as chinese. Also look at Hogun from the Warriors Three in the Thor comics.
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« Reply #184 on: January 15, 2011, 08:47:54 pm » |
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About the whole Thor movie casting thing, the amusing thing (at least to me) is that this casting choice is making the hardcore racist types have absolute conniptions! They cannot stand it!
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« Reply #185 on: January 16, 2011, 02:22:17 am » |
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About the whole Thor movie casting thing, the amusing thing (at least to me) is that this casting choice is making the hardcore racist types have absolute conniptions! They cannot stand it!
It's tickling my funny bone, too. Especially the complaining racists who are also part of the Asatru religion claiming they should boycott Thor like Catholics boycotted The Davinci Code. That's a wtf idea. They're making those who follow it look bad. It's already widely propogated that the religion promotes racism with it tenets about "blood purity" and whatnot. I have two friends who belong to this religion; they call themselves Odinists and are of course, not racist. |
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« Reply #186 on: January 16, 2011, 02:30:36 am » |
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...this thread is getting really political. Maybe we should lighten it up a bit with this |
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« Reply #187 on: January 17, 2011, 02:50:14 am » |
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Another recent WTF- Why has Cartoon Network started Adult Swim programming at 9 o'clock at night? It seems like they have been shifting their adult programming earlier and earlier lately..
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« Reply #188 on: January 18, 2011, 12:28:17 am » |
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Something that made me go WTF!!!???!! today:
A motorcycle with a handicapped liscence plate. ummmm.....
Could have belonged to my Father. His knees are trashed, but he can still ride. If his Harley ever leans to far over, it will drop though. |
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« Reply #189 on: January 18, 2011, 01:05:30 am » |
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my wtf moment:
a guy pledged his undying love (unanswered but.. hey.. ) very same evening he fails to recognise me (to my opinion) whilst passing on the street
(which has happened before quite recently) and now he is angry about me having doubts about his pledge =o
his defence:he had recognised me but he'd had a bad day and wasn't in the mood to say hello..
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« Reply #190 on: January 18, 2011, 01:40:52 am » |
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my wtf moment:
a guy pledged his undying love (unanswered but.. hey.. ) very same evening he fails to recognise me (to my opinion) whilst passing on the street
(which has happened before quite recently) and now he is angry about me having doubts about his pledge =o
his defence:he had recognised me but he'd had a bad day and wasn't in the mood to say hello..
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« Reply #191 on: January 18, 2011, 01:46:08 am » |
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« Reply #192 on: January 18, 2011, 02:19:41 am » |
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my wtf moment:
a guy pledged his undying love (unanswered but.. hey.. ) very same evening he fails to recognise me (to my opinion) whilst passing on the street
(which has happened before quite recently) and now he is angry about me having doubts about his pledge =o
his defence:he had recognised me but he'd had a bad day and wasn't in the mood to say hello..
I can't fathom it =P
A guy who works at a grocery store I (used to) frequent pledged his undying stalker love to me this week, in public. Not a word passed my lips other than to tell the bagger that I walked to the store, so he didn't need to help me carry bags to my car. I then grabbed my bags and power-walked through the automatic sliding doors. One of his friends even said to me "You know that guy who follows you around all the time? He is seriously in love you." I smirked it off, but I found out she was being serious.  Now I have absolutely no choice but to shop at Walmart. WTF? If he didn't dress like a Hot Topic mall goth and erm, STALK ME, I would have actually said more than a few words to him every time we met. I generally brush things like this off, but now I feel uncomfortable ever going to this store again. I don't fear for my safety, I just abhor awkwardness. wtfwtfwtf. |
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« Reply #193 on: January 18, 2011, 09:19:45 am » |
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@ Picaroon, Sum in Ona and Ms. Elisabeth Collins: I deeply apologise on behalf of the entire XY half of our species. We sometimes do stupid things that seems rational and reasonable in our male minds. A small anthropological explaination: Us men are hunters, thinking about one thing and one thing only: Hunting. Sometimes Most of the time, we don't see the big picture. Women are gatherers/collectors. They gather information, can multitask and are communicative more evolved than men. This is just generalisation, there are some exeptions. The way I see it is if you want to reason with "men", do this direct and to the point. One goal at the time, no multitasking otherwise our brains will overload and explode. As for the guys you've mentioned in your posts: Loo-hoo-ze-hers!  @Sum in Ona: sounds like "your guy" pledged his undying love lust. @Picaroon: Sometimes, us men have difficulty expressing our feelings, but he's just weird. If he had the guts to express his feelings in public, it would be only fair to answer in public. Now, in his mind, it's undecided. Aghr men, who needs them? I don't.  |
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« Reply #194 on: January 18, 2011, 01:16:24 pm » |
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Because nothing makes the fairer sex want to swap genetics with the kind of manly hunter gatherer that follows them around like a sweaty lost puppy. It just oozes "protect and serve" doesn't it?
Relationships with these kinds of people can only end badly. I know they very well might have rejection issues but it's impossible to have a relationship with someone who kisses your ass. Overly needy people are a danger to themselves and those they fixate on.
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« Reply #195 on: January 18, 2011, 08:33:47 pm » |
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well mine actually has a problem with rejection..
so I told him kindly I wasn't in to him and still he says he loves me..
I have felt bad about it for a whole week.. for not answering his feelings and him still trying and getting hurt while I can't be any more direct
he sent me poems and well.. he sort of stalked me..
all this..
calling me 4 in the morning
and yet not recognise me..
I don't like needy people =\
"those things that make you go WTF in middle of the night"
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« Reply #196 on: January 18, 2011, 09:08:26 pm » |
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If it gets to weird, call the cops.
calling at 4am? When someone calls me at 4 in the morning, that person must be in some serious lifethreatning trouble or he/she will be soon! That also goes for friends and family. 4 o'clock!!!
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« Reply #197 on: January 19, 2011, 06:24:31 pm » |
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I don't like needy people =\
"those things that make you go WTF in middle of the night"
I whole heartedly agree, I haven't got to where I am today through hopeful fawning. Detached indifference, that's the name of the game. Sure, I've probably missed out on several fantastic lateral relationships through perceived disinterest (I have this on good authority after the fact). Rather that than obtain a reputation for dewy eyed, stalker-esque shenanigans. It is decidedly ungentlemanly. |
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« Reply #198 on: January 20, 2011, 09:18:41 am » |
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@Picaroon: Sometimes, us men have difficulty expressing our feelings, but he's just weird. If he had the guts to express his feelings in public, it would be only fair to answer in public. Now, in his mind, it's undecided. Aghr men, who needs them? I don't. I am too uncomfortable to go back to the store and give him a definitive answer. I don't do well with guys asking me out, especially if I have zero interest in them and barely know them. I had even forgotten his name. The furthest our "conversations" ever went was him telling me that he liked my clothes. I feel bad, but don't think I owed him a public answer. @ Sum in Ona, I hope that guy moves on. If my current problem dude knew where I lived and had my number, I would be much more creeped out than I am in my situation now. The guy knows what school I go to, but that's it to my knowledge. |
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« Reply #199 on: January 20, 2011, 12:31:28 pm » |
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it's a good thing I can be very threatening when I want to.. you don't want me to stare at you =P
did sort of the same with that guy just being very very well dunno uncanny? *god I love that word*
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