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[clockwork5]

Also RE:
"OH MY GOD IS THAT A BUTT? DISGUSTING!"

It not the butt. It’s that a male body is touching a female body in a sexual way. 

If you don’t see the genocide happening in that image, can you even call yourself an ally?

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/disney’s-wildest-ride-iger-chapek-and-the-making-of-an-epic-succession-mess.761715/

On the wall of Iger’s office bathroom hung two posters. The first was a framed collage of newspaper front pages and magazine covers with images of Iger celebrating Disney’s purchase of Marvel in 2009. The $4 billion deal was arguably Iger’s shrewdest decision as CEO and one of the best media and entertainment acquisitions in U.S. corporate history.

The second picture spoofed the movie poster for the 1975 Clint Eastwood thriller “The Eiger Sanction,” but the image was of Iger instead of Eastwood, with the title “The Iger Sanction.”

This is your king, Era.

[TylenolJones]

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-hindsight-i-dont-think-i-liked-succession-at-all.761577/post-111613062

Replies 4 minutes after the thread is created, hasn't even SEEN the show, yet just had to get a comment in for some quick negativity

I haven't seen Succession yet, so I can't speak to the show specifically, but I can ABSOLUTELY agree with one part of your post, which is the fact that as I get older, the less patience I have for media about horrible pieces of shit doing horrible piece of shit things over and over again. I'm just so tired of being asked to emotionally invest myself in assholes I wouldn't want anything to do with if I met them in real life.

Video games, movies, TV shows, I need something to actually care about, and if all of the main characters are awful people, it's really hard for me to stick with it.

Doesn’t this guy know what Resetera is?

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How long RE took to realize that Bob Iger was just a corpo scumbag? 

They talked about him like it was their boss that they love.

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About an hour after the conclusion of the athletic activity, with executives still buzzing over Daniel smashing into his boss, Iger presented the "Tinkerbells" — spoof awards accompanied by some light roasting of the recipient. Iger showed a photo of Latondra Newton, then Disney's chief diversity officer, who is Black, riding a white horse. Iger quipped, "Now that's a horse of a different color," a colloquial phrase used to compare two very different things. He added that Newton was always working, choosing to ride the white horse to focus on diversity when all the other horses were brown.

There was a collective groan. Iger quickly realized he'd unintentionally brought the subject of race into a light awards dinner. After the ceremony, he found Newton and apologized. He spoke with her for about an hour the next day, too, and called almost 20 Black executives who had been in the room that day to apologize. Iger called Arnold, too, to explain what happened.

"Bob apologized to me afterwards and we had an honest and productive conversation," Newton said in a statement. "I forgave him. Bob has a long, irrefutable track record as a champion for inclusion and we continue to enjoy a positive relationship today. I consider him a friend."

Be better, Bob.

[HaughtyFrank]

Iger quickly realized he'd unintentionally brought the subject of race into a light awards dinner.

Race is always the subject. Pretending to be color blind is just another form of racism 

(but seriously that seems like such a lighthearted joke)

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Iger quickly realized he'd unintentionally brought the subject of race into a light awards dinner.

Race is always the subject. Pretending to be color blind is just another form of racism 

(but seriously that seems like such a lighthearted joke)

It is, and it was a honest mistake, but is to contrast how Chapek got for misreading the Desantis fuckery (and how Iger could avoid controversy by being “Disney nice” and having a team to no let anyone know outside of Disney)

Word of Iger’s blunder spread quickly through the organization. But it was a sign of the influence Iger commanded within the company, and his established track record championing diversity — including pushing to get the Marvel hit “Black Panther” made and personally mentoring Black executives — that the failed joke had little impact on his standing. The incident ended up being an example of how leaders who quickly and genuinely apologize can smooth over mistakes. Newton would stay at Disney for four more years, leaving the company in June.

The episode is also emblematic of the importance of a unified communications team. The comment never leaked to the media.

But not everyone has that.

[benji]

The obsequious 'I am more internet radical than thou' tone to it all is malignant. It's no exaggeration to say that the bulk of the activity on that forum now is scrambling for the newest mental position to develop ethics around and make yourself known as a supporter of nep nep's newest beef

Strange how these radicals in tune with uncovering the hidden systems of power are so quick to take up the positions of those who accrue social status in communities and especially those who take on official positions of power to the highest level.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-justification-for-the-2nd-amendment-doesnt-make-sense-today.761511/
entremetGPT

Many say the 2nd amendment, the right to bear arms, is justified to prevent the abuse of tyrannical government action.

But today "the Government" has satellites, deep surveillance apparatus, sophisticated weapons tech, the numbers in terms of an army, nuclear weapons and powerful armaments. Attack helicopters, missiles, etc. Not to mention the CIA, FBI, and various police forces.

But many of these weekend warrior types really think donning fatigues and doing target practice on Saturdays is enough to repel the government?

Moreover, we have examples, recent ones, of threats of violence, only used to prop tyranny--Jan 6th. Not defend democracy.

Additionally, such a justification misses like imperial power. Guns aren't enough for that. I really don't get it.

If these guys don't want to engage with the arguments why do they keep bringing them up?

We don't eliminate rights just because you don't understand them or think they're outdated, and they always target the rights they don't like socioculturally and never say, the quartering of soldiers. The latter of which could really cut down on hate speech and transphobia.

In any case, I can pose a simple question that refutes this nonsense in one of two ways. If you think America is a democracy then I can ask why you think a democratic state is going to go ham and wantonly incinerate a real insurgency of its citizens, something that should definitely raise questions about the likely continuance of that democracy considering the federalist system that is the backbone of it. Or if you think America is a fascist genocidal state that would totally incinerate its citizens over anything I can ask you why it didn't in foreign countries where it withdrew from suffering increasing costs of all types rather than simply put down the insurgencies, level everything in sight and salt the Earth.

Additionally, the last "point" there actually doesn't make any sense and appears to be word salad. Probably should be banned anyway for suggesting violence might lead to bad ends in the middle of a genocide.

Lastly, think for two fucking seconds before your "state murders its citizens" jacking off fantasy includes the state using nuclear weapons.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

Of all the times they focus purely on the militia part of the Amendment as if it's the only part that matters, in this instance he completely leaves it out when it would inform his understanding of the original justification. It's an empowering of the citizens to be the caretaker force of the new Republican state rather than merely subjects to a separate caste.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rumor-sam-raimi-is-marvels-top-choice-to-direct-secret-wars.761748/#post-111632241
Marvel Bootlicker

Well there goes having good female characters

[Daffy Duck]

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-hindsight-i-dont-think-i-liked-succession-at-all.761577/post-111613062

Replies 4 minutes after the thread is created, hasn't even SEEN the show, yet just had to get a comment in for some quick negativity

I haven't seen Succession yet, so I can't speak to the show specifically, but I can ABSOLUTELY agree with one part of your post, which is the fact that as I get older, the less patience I have for media about horrible pieces of shit doing horrible piece of shit things over and over again. I'm just so tired of being asked to emotionally invest myself in assholes I wouldn't want anything to do with if I met them in real life.

Video games, movies, TV shows, I need something to actually care about, and if all of the main characters are awful people, it's really hard for me to stick with it.

Bonus Dr.Dossier content from that thread too

That's an interesting take. Personally, I love it, get to explore weirdos who I'd never want to bump into in real life. If the film wants to help me understand why they're like that, that's a bonus. And Succession marvels in this. Like as a therapist, Succession is full of juicy psychodynamic fruit to eat through. Don't need them to have a redemptive arc. Arthouse films that don't follow the hero's journey tend to be all about this. Or villain protagonists. Some Scorsese films, Paul Thomas Anderson, It's Always Sunny In Philadephia, Gaspar Noe films, Michael Haneke films, Simon Killer, Nicolas Winding Refn, Aguirre The Wrath Of God, etc.

Reply smasher responded too

I just find it emotionally taxing to watch dickheads repeatedly be dickheads over and over again. I watched Sunny for years, but eventually I was like "OK I've seen enough". And Sunny is a sitcom, so it's slightly different, but for a narrative show with a serialized story I kind of need something to build towards, and "watch this asshole destroy their entire life over four seasons of misery" is the kind of thing I just can't stick with until the end. I tend to hit capacity after a couple episodes and just drift off.

[Taco Bell Tower]

About an hour after the conclusion of the athletic activity, with executives still buzzing over Daniel smashing into his boss, Iger presented the "Tinkerbells" — spoof awards accompanied by some light roasting of the recipient. Iger showed a photo of Latondra Newton, then Disney's chief diversity officer, who is Black, riding a white horse. Iger quipped, "Now that's a horse of a different color," a colloquial phrase used to compare two very different things. He added that Newton was always working, choosing to ride the white horse to focus on diversity when all the other horses were brown.

There was a collective groan. Iger quickly realized he'd unintentionally brought the subject of race into a light awards dinner. After the ceremony, he found Newton and apologized. He spoke with her for about an hour the next day, too, and called almost 20 Black executives who had been in the room that day to apologize. Iger called Arnold, too, to explain what happened.

"Bob apologized to me afterwards and we had an honest and productive conversation," Newton said in a statement. "I forgave him. Bob has a long, irrefutable track record as a champion for inclusion and we continue to enjoy a positive relationship today. I consider him a friend."

Be better, Bob.

It's okay, Ree forgives him

Yikes, at least he took action right away.

[benji]

AND ANOTHER THING

What does all of that military have and what was the first thing the British discovered was massively costly to maintain past the coast of America because of random ass locals taking pot shots at it so George Washington abandoned all his planned strategy to use the militia for this? Supply lines.

In other words, how exactly do these dudes think Americans defeated the most powerful military in the world in the first place? The British won pretty much every actual battle.

[Taco Bell Tower]

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-hindsight-i-dont-think-i-liked-succession-at-all.761577/post-111613062

Replies 4 minutes after the thread is created, hasn't even SEEN the show, yet just had to get a comment in for some quick negativity

I haven't seen Succession yet, so I can't speak to the show specifically, but I can ABSOLUTELY agree with one part of your post, which is the fact that as I get older, the less patience I have for media about horrible pieces of shit doing horrible piece of shit things over and over again. I'm just so tired of being asked to emotionally invest myself in assholes I wouldn't want anything to do with if I met them in real life.

Video games, movies, TV shows, I need something to actually care about, and if all of the main characters are awful people, it's really hard for me to stick with it.

Bonus Dr.Dossier content from that thread too

That's an interesting take. Personally, I love it, get to explore weirdos who I'd never want to bump into in real life. If the film wants to help me understand why they're like that, that's a bonus. And Succession marvels in this. Like as a therapist, Succession is full of juicy psychodynamic fruit to eat through. Don't need them to have a redemptive arc. Arthouse films that don't follow the hero's journey tend to be all about this. Or villain protagonists. Some Scorsese films, Paul Thomas Anderson, It's Always Sunny In Philadephia, Gaspar Noe films, Michael Haneke films, Simon Killer, Nicolas Winding Refn, Aguirre The Wrath Of God, etc.

Bold reminds me of that clip of him eating chicken wings 

[benji]

Reply smasher responded too

I just find it emotionally taxing to watch dickheads repeatedly be dickheads over and over again. I watched Sunny for years, but eventually I was like "OK I've seen enough".

Ten years of comedy school. "I've seen enough comedy, I'm being emotionally taxed."

How much more evidence do we need that this is the school he attended:

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/september-6-2023-cnn-lee-strengthens-into-a-hurricane-and-could-reach-category-5-strength-in-record-warm-atlantic.761751/#post-111633699

Maybe let's point out that it is unlikely to be a major threat to land before people get too concerned.

https://youtu.be/4WjuRZDOJDU?t=597

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A great read. I'll admit I was a fan of Iger coming back and while I do think he's doing a better job than Chapek (especially when it comes to the DeSantis issue), Iger didn't leave Chapek in a great spot. Or even a good spot. They definitely need to get rid of the "Disney Nice" it sounds like in some regards if they're letting issues like miscommunication effect such a giant conglomerate.

Disney’s 2022 management retreat in Orlando fell a few weeks before the November earnings call, and members of the DMED and finance teams gathered to figure out a strategy. General counsel Horacio Gutierrez told colleagues that people were entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts. He half-invited, half-forced McCarthy, Daniel, Schake, direct-to-consumer CFO Justin Warbrooke, head of investor relations Alexia Quadrani, Bryan Castellani, DMED’s executive vice president of finance, and several others to hole up in a conference room for the bulk of the retreat. They missed most of the scheduled fun, such as interacting with the animals at Animal Kingdom and getting to ride new theme park attractions without the lines, according to people aware of the meetings. Chapek had phased out the mandatory athletic activity from the Iger era.

Chapek attended only a few minutes of the first strategy session. He spent most of his time at the retreat participating in activities that would showcase his personable side to employees. By this time, Chapek had grown a beard, which colleagues told him he should keep because it "humanized" him. When several of the executives locked in the conference room found out Chapek was having fun, including petting a hippopotamus, their collective frustration with him grew, according to people familiar with the matter.

Ironically, this to me makes him look more human:  A incompetent boss petting a hippopotamus while the other high level executives are mad that they couldn't pet the animals because they needed to work.

[benji]

I mean, it makes more sense for the CEO to tour and take a look at everything than any of those other people that were named. The CEO is supposed to get a general sense of the business, none of the people listed need to know what the park is like for their jobs. It's more "fun" sure, but there's the possibility that down the road he needs to make some decision about some shit at Animal Kingdom so having a general familiarity with it is a good thing.

This is aside from the fact that the CEO and maybe a couple aides touring around is less of a disruption than if the king brings his entire court to the village.

[AldusMoneyPenny]

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-hindsight-i-dont-think-i-liked-succession-at-all.761577/post-111613062

Replies 4 minutes after the thread is created, hasn't even SEEN the show, yet just had to get a comment in for some quick negativity

[Quote=ReplySmasher]I haven't seen Succession yet, so I can't speak to the show specifically, but I can ABSOLUTELY agree with one part of your post, which is the fact that as I get older, the less patience I have for media about horrible pieces of shit doing horrible piece of shit things over and over again. I'm just so tired of being asked to emotionally invest myself in assholes I wouldn't want anything to do with if I met them in real life.

Video games, movies, TV shows, I need something to actually care about, and if all of the main characters are awful people, it's really hard for me to stick with it.

Bonus Dr.Dossier content from that thread too

That's an interesting take. Personally, I love it, get to explore weirdos who I'd never want to bump into in real life. If the film wants to help me understand why they're like that, that's a bonus. And Succession marvels in this. Like as a therapist, Succession is full of juicy psychodynamic fruit to eat through. Don't need them to have a redemptive arc. Arthouse films that don't follow the hero's journey tend to be all about this. Or villain protagonists. Some Scorsese films, Paul Thomas Anderson, It's Always Sunny In Philadephia, Gaspar Noe films, Michael Haneke films, Simon Killer, Nicolas Winding Refn, Aguirre The Wrath Of God, etc.

Imagining him eating "juicy psychodynamic fruit" with the same verve he ate those chicken wings with...


Also, did he forget to put together a dossier on Klaus Kinski? Why's he watching a problematic movie like Aguirre? 

[benji]

I wonder what an actually competent therapist would say about someone who thinks non-complex sociopaths are enjoyable and "psychodramatic" and can't get enough of the vicarious pleasure of watching them carry out sociopathic acts.

[Nintex]

Disney sounds very well run 

As always with these corpo's it's all smoke and mirrors.
Also funny to read those Ree posters being surprised that movie companies can buy positive reviews for $50 while they shill for free.

[benji]

The pay for play stuff is obvious when you see the review scores for Academy Award winner Zack Snyder's masterpiece DC trilogy, someone of his integrity wouldn't cooperate and the reviewers responded by deliberately refusing to give the perfect scores. BvS is easily explained by the reviewers fearing that such an intellectual study would prime viewers to think for themselves rather than listen to reviewers so it became essential for them to score the historic work of art poorly.

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I mean, it makes more sense for the CEO to tour and take a look at everything than any of those other people that were named. The CEO is supposed to get a general sense of the business, none of the people listed need to know what the park is like for their jobs. It's more "fun" sure, but there's the possibility that down the road he needs to make some decision about some shit at Animal Kingdom so having a general familiarity with it is a good thing.

This is aside from the fact that the CEO and maybe a couple aides touring around is less of a disruption than if the king brings his entire court to the village.

Being serious, he was in charge of the parks (and it sounds it did an excellent job on it) before Iger select him, so it makes sense he hyper interested about how the parks are doing.

Also, unlike most adult Disney fans, he probably had less free time to actually enjoy them, And still funny because the other execs also wanted to enjoy the damn park.

[HaughtyFrank]

Managers who make probably make around six figures a year being mad that they didn't get to use the rides or pet a hyppo is the most hilarious shit

[TylenolJones]

Oh no! Now the ban baiters are posting from inside the poligaf thread 

It's just Trump wears makeup and his incoherent word salad makes him seem crazy, not old, compared to Biden's word stumbles.

I don’t think we should normalize criticizing someone based on their appearance or whether they wear makeup. When we have a woman president the attacks will be 10x worse. It’s also pretty clear that Biden had facial surgery between his VP years and 2019 so the attack on Trump doesn’t really hit.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-poliera-2023-ot-1-kevins-no-good-very-bad-day.672442/page-368#post-111638220

Hopefully the mods will shut it do…nope guess bdumbs is going to ignore it and respond to a robot. 

The absolute moron realizes that some of history's greatest writers were veterans and fought in various conflicts?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-poliera-2023-ot-1-kevins-no-good-very-bad-day.672442/post-111639765

[Boredfrom]

That Turbiville guy is a fucking moron, thought. BDumbs is not wrong.

[benji]

Hopefully the mods will shut it do…nope guess bdumbs is going to ignore it and respond to a robot. 

The absolute moron realizes that some of history's greatest writers were veterans and fought in various conflicts?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-poliera-2023-ot-1-kevins-no-good-very-bad-day.672442/post-111639765

Yea it's not like that big softie (/s) Hemingway ever saw any hardship in the front lines. I mean he technically was turned away from active service due to his eyesight but he volunteered in the Red Cross and was on the front lines anyway.

Beyond that , a big chunk of the postmodernists were ww2 vets

This isn't a great defense here, B.

[Boredfrom]

Nobody thinks about those when thinking about veterans writers and poets, Benji.

[books]

It's probably a remnant of growing up in the 90s, but I'd love a response from Bdubs that goes, "N**** please."

I find the hands off approach of retard behavior to be offensive to my daily living.

[Chumbawumbafan69]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-hindsight-i-dont-think-i-liked-succession-at-all.761577/post-111613062

Replies 4 minutes after the thread is created, hasn't even SEEN the show, yet just had to get a comment in for some quick negativity

I haven't seen Succession yet, so I can't speak to the show specifically, but I can ABSOLUTELY agree with one part of your post, which is the fact that as I get older, the less patience I have for media about horrible pieces of shit doing horrible piece of shit things over and over again. I'm just so tired of being asked to emotionally invest myself in assholes I wouldn't want anything to do with if I met them in real life.

Video games, movies, TV shows, I need something to actually care about, and if all of the main characters are awful people, it's really hard for me to stick with it.

That's it, I'm calling it. PlanetSmasher is hater of the year. He hasn't even seen the show and he's exhausted by how much he hates it!

[Uncle]

It's probably a remnant of growing up in the 90s, but I'd love a response from Bdubs that goes, "N**** please."

I find the hands off approach of retard behavior to be offensive to my daily living.

he's the most likely person on the site to say that