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[benji]

My view is that if you know someone's pronouns do not include they, but you call them they anyway, that's misgendering. If you don't know someone's pronouns and you call them they, most of the time, most people will not consider that misgendering.

^^^ That is also my take re: pronouns.

You can usually tell when cis people are conspicuously only saying gender-neutral or direct-name references to refer to a trans dude or lady because they have A Problem With Us. They're not slick

Bonus points for "this individual" "this person" etc lol

Fine, then I'm going to start deliberately "misgendering" because using gender neutral language was my good faith half-way measure and since you've made clear that only absolute fealty to your demands is acceptable even if the terms are not made clear or known, then my answer is simple: no.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Edit: It's not a slasher movie.

[benji]

No results from the latest fascist attempt to seize power in Venezuela yet?

Oh, look, the far-right is trying to suppress the vote by the people as always:

Polls were expected to begin closing at 6 p.m., but two hours later Venezuela’s opposition is calling on authorities to close the polls and begin counting ballots. By law, polling centers can remain open if there are voters still in line.

They are desperate to overturn the Revolution:

Former legislator Delsa Solórzano, representative of the opposition’s Unitary Platform coalition backing candidate Edmundo González, denounced electoral authorities hours after polls had been scheduled to close.

“There is an important number of voting centers where they are removing our witnesses,” she said. There are others where she said, “they refuse to transmit and print the tallies produced by the voting machines, whose copies are essential to verify that the results correspond with the official results.”

Four hours after the closing time of polling stations expired, electoral authorities have still not officially closed voting.

“At this moment, the National Electoral Council has paralyzed the transmission of the voting tallies,” Solórzano said. Without showing evidence, she said “they are blocking the transmission to prevent a greater number of voting tallies.”

“With the tallies that we have, which are quite numerous,” said Solórzano, “we can say what is happening in the country.”

“We have demonstrated that we are capable of defending the will of the people,” added Solórzano. She affirmed that they will not share percentages. “We are not going to violate the law.”

Why did the AP publish the first story that says "two hours after" an hour after this story saying "four hours after" and which actually matches the time it was published? AP simping for the far-right just like the NYT and Pink News.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/venezuela%E2%80%99s-presidential-election-july-28th.938826/post-126420225

Best of luck to the fellow Venezuelans. Hope they can kick Maduro out finally…

The wanna-be dictator from my country that got couped a couple of years ago and is the husband of our current "president" is over there as a watcher.

If the elections are getting stolen, I have no doubt he's there to see how to implement the same thing in our elections next year.

So is this an election or an "election"

Maduro sucks. I feel bad for Venezuela.

He already promised shenanigans if he "loses".

I can't expect the regime to simply take the L

By shenanigans, he means a "bloodbath"

I have NO doubt he would lose fair elections but also have no doubts the results will not be touched up to make him look like he won.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for Venezuela. Such a beautiful people and country held back by Maduro.

Maduro losing will not just be the best for Venezuela, but the best thing ever for Latinamerican left too. Hopefully the opposition isnt a right wing nutjob like Milei tho

I'm hoping for the best for Venezuela tonight. I hope y'all get him out of office and it's peaceful

From everything I hear he got his clock cleaned, but it'll be a matter of "are the announced results legit" and "will he honor any result where he loses"

The results that have been published by people taking photos of the "actas" (results?) in their voting centers seem to show an 80/20 vote in favor of Edmundo. A masacre. The CNE (Venezuelas election authority and BFF of Maduro) is doing what they always do now, biding time, fixing shit behind the scenes.

They are locking things down, not allowing anyone to see the results, not allowing the opposition to be part of the process, etc.

The opposition has possession of a sufficient amount of "actas" and they are confident in their win, but everyone is waiting for CNE to release the first wave of results. It will be a long night and probably won't have a clear picture until tomorrow honestly.

Maduro's Government made it impossible for many expats to vote, around 4 million votes that would have gone against Maduro were lost since expats in USA, Canada and other countries couldn't vote.

He is going to cheat his way to re-election regarding of the wide margin the opposition has over his regime.

Did my part and voted for the change I've dreamed of in the past 20 years. But we have to remember, Venezuela is not a "socialist" country, it doesn't even have a corrupt and inefficient "government" These are criminals of the worst kind, They're only goal is to steal everything they get their hands on, they have tortured and killed an innumerable amount of opposing civilians. They have split millions of families apart. They have brought to the ground everything they have touched, including most of the productive force and companies that are essential for having a decent quality of life. They have ties with drug cartels and they have bought and paid most of the high command of the armed forces. These guys are not the type that are going to recognize a civil and democratic defeat in the ballots. These guys understand a different language. It's like bringing a pen to a gunfight.

But at least we are continuing to expose to the world who they are. They are not a government, they are kidnappers.

And people claim ResetERA.com is a "progressive" forum, not a single post in favor of the Revolution or defending the people from this illegal coup backed by American capitalists. Even have posts defending the landlords ("expats") smh.

[Uncle]

My view is that if you know someone's pronouns do not include they, but you call them they anyway, that's misgendering. If you don't know someone's pronouns and you call them they, most of the time, most people will not consider that misgendering.

^^^ That is also my take re: pronouns.

You can usually tell when cis people are conspicuously only saying gender-neutral or direct-name references to refer to a trans dude or lady because they have A Problem With Us. They're not slick

Bonus points for "this individual" "this person" etc lol

Fine, then I'm going to start deliberately "misgendering" because using gender neutral language was my good faith half-way measure and since you've made clear that only absolute fealty to your demands is acceptable even if the terms are not made clear or known, then my answer is simple: no.

wow, ok kermit peterson

wow

[Boredfrom]

But we have to remember, Venezuela is not a "socialist" country, it doesn't even have a corrupt and inefficient "government"

This is not what leftists of my country say.

[benji]

The fact that socialism doesn't work and/or only works to enable corrupt criminal government is proof it's not a socialist country.

[Besticus Maximus]

An entire breeding program for park wardens and landscape gardeners  

[kaleidoscopium]

So they isn’t allowed anymore, unless you don’t know their gender, or you know they go by they, or if you’re using it casually to refer to them, but if you use they too much then they may start to notice how you’re referring to them as they instead of he or she and they won’t like it. 


Totally not confusing at all, thank you Trans community, round of applause for all of them

[D3RANG3D]

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[Chumbawumbafan69]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/shows-you-kept-telling-yourself-itll-get-better-but-before-it-did-it-was-already-over.939018/post-126431649

The Sopranos.
Ugly womanizer tries to make his mafia successful while literally every person supposed to help and assist him (family, friends and colleagues) sabotage him at every turn. Rinse and repeat.
Given the consensus I was really hoping to see this takeoff at some point but no. Just an insufferable gallery of characters and not one you can root for.

If I can't root for someone it's bad. 

Minds of children.

People are going to hate you for this but I feel you.

I didn't finish it but I put in about four seasons before throwing in the towel. It starts out promising enough but by season 2 I'd had enough. There's an episode where one is in the hospital talking about how his dad went to hell and everyone had a "reckoning" where they think about their own mortality and their lifestyle. Problem is these are not actually that complex of characters and they're rarely on screen doing anything besides doing crimes, being a piece of shit to their families, backstabbing each other, or talking about doing one of the previous. Tony is slightly more complex--although it should be telling that the only way to achieve that is to make us privy to his therapy sessions because he spends all his time outside of therapy (and a decent amount of time within it) doing all the aforementioned things.

Show never recovered or really even tried to in the twenty hours or so I still gave it after that.

These posters should have their brains studied.

[negativecrepe]

i got chinese food for lunch and there was a native american guy stumbling out drunk from the bar there that was just opened an hour before

[DavidCroquet]

So they isn’t allowed anymore, unless you don’t know their gender, or you know they go by they, or if you’re using it casually to refer to them, but if you use they too much then they may start to notice how you’re referring to them as they instead of he or she and they won’t like it. 


Totally not confusing at all, thank you Trans community, round of applause for all of them

We should just pass a blanket ban on the term. You could call it the “Don’t Say They” bill!
- Sincerely, Don Resantis

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/shows-you-kept-telling-yourself-itll-get-better-but-before-it-did-it-was-already-over.939018/post-126431649

The Sopranos.
Ugly womanizer tries to make his mafia successful while literally every person supposed to help and assist him (family, friends and colleagues) sabotage him at every turn. Rinse and repeat.
Given the consensus I was really hoping to see this takeoff at some point but no. Just an insufferable gallery of characters and not one you can root for.

If I can't root for someone it's bad. 

Minds of children.

People are going to hate you for this but I feel you.

I didn't finish it but I put in about four seasons before throwing in the towel. It starts out promising enough but by season 2 I'd had enough. There's an episode where one is in the hospital talking about how his dad went to hell and everyone had a "reckoning" where they think about their own mortality and their lifestyle. Problem is these are not actually that complex of characters and they're rarely on screen doing anything besides doing crimes, being a piece of shit to their families, backstabbing each other, or talking about doing one of the previous. Tony is slightly more complex--although it should be telling that the only way to achieve that is to make us privy to his therapy sessions because he spends all his time outside of therapy (and a decent amount of time within it) doing all the aforementioned things.

Show never recovered or really even tried to in the twenty hours or so I still gave it after that.

These posters should have their brains studied.

 

Again, most of the Tony’s gang are not complex by design. Another point of the show is that Tony Soprano could probably have been something else in life than being a mafioso, and may could change if he actually genuinely wanted. 

The whole point is that the live of a mafioso is not glamorous at all and most of these people are idiots (funny and awesome vile idiots at times). And also these people inability to change even if they realize they are unhappy. Tony knows that he is miserable but he never changes, his wife is miserable but all attempts of leaving will end in failure, her therapist realizes at the end of the series that he was just enabling him, Christopher died as a fuck up by Tony hand because he realized he will never change. 

But after all that, they are still human beings, as shallow as most of the cast is, there still moments of humanity and sanity. But the life of a mobster doesn’t exactly reward thoughtful or complex people.

[kaleidoscopium]

It's not weird at all. Look at Elon Musk before his Nazi era. Look at Bill Gates. Sam Walton. Hell, look at Iron Man and Batman. People like a "good" capitalist because it leans into their presupposition that this system is moral.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/deadline-mrbeast’s-past-raunchy-videos-surface-sparking-sexist-and-racist-accusations.939132/page-2?post=126447360#post-126447360

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/leaked-footage-of-mcu-fantastic-four-released.938907/page-4?post=126446331#post-126446331

Thanks. Reporting that account to Reddit right now

What a fucking loser

[Uncle]

i got chinese food for lunch and there was a native american guy stumbling out drunk from the bar there that was just opened an hour before

that's true

[Boredfrom]

It's not weird at all. Look at Elon Musk before his Nazi era. Look at Bill Gates. Sam Walton. Hell, look at Iron Man and Batman. People like a "good" capitalist because it leans into their presupposition that this system is moral.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/deadline-mrbeast’s-past-raunchy-videos-surface-sparking-sexist-and-racist-accusations.939132/page-2?post=126447360#post-126447360

Yes NepNep, let’s talk about morality. 

[benji]

Problem is these are not actually that complex of characters and they're rarely on screen doing anything besides doing crimes, being a piece of shit to their families, backstabbing each other, or talking about doing one of the previous.

Woah, woah, woah, you're saying they're bad people?  

It's not weird at all. Look at Elon Musk before his Nazi era. Look at Bill Gates. Sam Walton. Hell, look at Iron Man and Batman. People like a "good" capitalist because it leans into their presupposition that this system is moral.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/deadline-mrbeast’s-past-raunchy-videos-surface-sparking-sexist-and-racist-accusations.939132/page-2?post=126447360#post-126447360

Yeah, fuck Sam Walton for making everything cheaper for poor people. And Bill Gates for the same thing. What? He didn't? Tell me more about how web browsers were always free and the world's richest corporations would eventually produce multiple high quality free open source standardizations while receiving absolutely no profit from this.

[benji]

These guys should rewatch The Wire so they can pick out all those non-complex characters who are doing nothing but crimes or backstabbing people or using institutional power or being shitty to family members.

[benji]

Looks good. And it looks like an origin story! Thank god. I think the biggest issue with some of the recent Marvel introductions is they try to skip over doing a proper origin. Take your time, set things up properly.

The director has come out and said it's not an origin story.

Yeah, I just saw. Kinda bummed tbh.

FACT CHECK: Origin stories in ancient franchise adaptions should be illegal.

[benji]

The origin story in Fantastic Four #1: five pages of 25 page story, two of which are just their powers manifesting so they can be shown off.

Every moron on Earth: "they should spend two hours on this so it sets things up properly. "

SETS UP WHAT? THERE IS NOTHING TO SET UP.

[Daffy Duck]

Finally they can let loose

https://www.resetera.com/threads/deadline-mrbeast%E2%80%99s-past-raunchy-videos-surface-sparking-sexist-and-racist-accusations.939132/

Without reading the thread, let me guess…

“I always knew…” ad infinitum

[benji]

People in that thread don't seem to be aware that the movie takes place in the 1960's and outside the MCU.

I also have no clue why they think they're doing anything more than slapping Dr. Doom over Kang's old role in the first movie. Especially since they're the same dude and there was probably a chance of Dr. Doom showing up anyway in the second part because of this. Based Feige not only avoiding a Romani actor but erasing the existing Black version to cast a well known white cishet male. (That also probably means Doom can't be used again because of the cost.)

[Daffy Duck]

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People in that thread don't seem to be aware that the movie takes place in the 1960's and outside the MCU.

I also have no clue why they think they're doing anything more than slapping Dr. Doom over Kang's old role in the first movie. Especially since they're the same dude and there was probably a chance of Dr. Doom showing up anyway in the second part because of this. Based Feige not only avoiding a Romani actor but erasing the existing Black version to cast a well known white cishet male. (That also probably means Doom can't be used again because of the cost.)

Doesn’t surprise, the media literacy of an Era user is non existent

[benji]

I read this book recently:


And it explains that Feige has commissioned hundreds, maybe thousands, of pitches and adaptions of characters and plots and has file cabinets full of them. Feige has an epic encyclopedic memory of Marvel stuff and can throw names of characters at writers when they need someone to pull from canon for something plot-wise and they have no clue who random C-tier characters or villains are useable* and then go pull out their dossier of existing graphics and everything. When the Kang actor shit happened you know he absolutely went to the file cabinet and pulled out Doom and everybody in previz had a memo on their desk on Monday.

*This is part of how Feige gained his power, when Marvel was selling the license back in the day of the Singer X-Men films and etc. Feige was one of the few Marvel execs who actually knew what characters could be plausibly adapted for what. So producers/directors/writers/etc. were directed to him for problem solving these types of things. During the MCU days repeatedly he's pasted in "new characters" from the canon to replace ones that become infeasible due to real world stuff. (Amusingly, the construction of the Guardians team was one he didn't have anything to do with.)

[Boredfrom]

(That also probably means Doom can't be used again because of the cost.)

[Boredfrom]

Looks good. And it looks like an origin story! Thank god. I think the biggest issue with some of the recent Marvel introductions is they try to skip over doing a proper origin. Take your time, set things up properly.

The director has come out and said it's not an origin story.

Yeah, I just saw. Kinda bummed tbh.

FACT CHECK: Origin stories in ancient franchise adaptions should be illegal.

Done in a half of a minute.

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what about Man of Steel, Benji?

[benji]

Hey, hey, Downey Jr. just might love working for Marvel Studios so much that he'll slum it on a Disney+ series for Kamala and Jennifer to battle over an entire season!

[benji]

Man of Steel just barely reframes things as the world reacting to Superman enough to where I give it a pass after it gets off stupid Krypton. Aside from when he suits up and learns to fly there's little "I CLAPPED" scenes. And I also give it a minor pass because the original Superman film was also only semi-origin story, and it wasn't one that really showed Krypton or ripped off Birthright. Fantastic Four has had two origin story films already, not to mention all the other media.

If Man of Steel was all Clark fucking around as a kid discovering his powers and showing up in Metropolis trying to be a reporter hitting on Lois while events suddenly happen he needs to save the day about.

Actually, now that I think about it, the DC films all can do origin stories because there are origin stories, this is why Batman Begins is fine. There's a whole story of how Bruce gets from the murders to becoming Batman, there's a whole story for Diana getting off the island and into man's world, Clark's is the lamest of them. The "origins" of all the Marvel characters are like two pages long in the original comics.