I’m jumping on the dog pile to tell you to watch Andor. I am NOT a Star Wars guy but I got talked into this one by a friend who knows my general distaste for the franchise.
It’s fantastic, I really have nothing bad to say about it. It’s not campy like Star Wars, it doesn’t feel rushed, and the stakes a lot more visceral.
It’s also extremely relevant in 2026
Nemik’s manifesto would be my pick, too, mainly because it resonated with me when I was feeling helpless about the world
There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.
Remember this, Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause.
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.
Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empires’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.
Remember this: Try.
I’ll bet it’s more like
1 in 5 boys either knows someone their age who delusionally thinks they’re in a relationship with a chatbot, knows someone who claims they’re dating a chatbot as a joke, or is just fucking around
There’s a non-insignificant chance the boys they surveyed weren’t taking it seriously. “Oh yeah, I totally know someone dating a chatbot”
Those pearls you’re clutching must feel so good right now
You’re already fucked, but your opiates of shitty TV, pissy beer, fast food and the satisfaction that you seem to enjoy when you see people who are really suffering seem to placate you
My god, update your stereotypes. There are SOOO many things to shit in the US for but these make you look uncultured.
The US makes some of the best TV in the world. And unless you’ve got state run media, your country is full of the same trash TV.
I see you’re ignorant to the local breweries all across the country. Do you shit on dutch beer because of Heineken, too?
The fast food thing has some merit because yeah, it’s trash. But American cuisine is as varied as all of Europe. Calling out fast food feels like a nitpick. You’ve got lazy fast food slobs in your country, too.
All of which really makes the last part seem undeservedly arrogant
Cursed as in occult origins, not cursed as in bad luck
What the fuck kind of reply is this? This guy is saying he refused to deploy and you’re acting like he supports Trump…? What??
I have yet to see anything like that…Are these Americans threatening to leave the fediverse in the room with us now?
He, she, his, her…my dad will use each one to refer to the same dog at different times. He’s done this with every dog any of us have ever had. We’ve given up correcting him.
So maybe pronouns literally ARE too much for some people lol
Why?? This is my answer as well. There’s just not enough time in the day to do all the things I want to do. There are so many things I haven’t even bothered trying because I know I don’t have the time to learn it well enough for it to be worthwhile.
I know my car repairs are DIYable but I don’t have the prerequisite knowledge so it will take me too long to be cost effective. If I didn’t have to sleep, I’ve got an extra 8 hours a day to learn.
Why would I want an ambassador? I want Israel on the designated terrorists list
I wish it was just bait but people definitely think like this. Same type of person who tends to call things “problematic”
Source?
Random pic of her photo in a garbage can with unsourced text above it. Must be true
I fell into a rabbit hole reading about this guy. His wife died in the 90s and his new wife is 40 years younger than him. She also has an insane hairstyle
[Edit] I posted that before reading the article (shame on me) but here’s a few more things it didn’t mention:
-Paul Biya is only the second president of Cameroon ever.
-For most of his presidency, the general consensus seems to be that he’s rigged every election
-He may look like a dried our wax sculpture but he’s actually a solid piece of shit, imprisoning political opponents and burning down villages.
-It’s illegal to be gay in Cameroon but his daughter is an LGBT activist
Americans never know how to pronounce it anyway
Do you have an example of an American mispronouncing joule or is that just a gut feeling
Huh. Maybe choosing The Daily Wire to make your film comeback after being convicted of assaulting your girlfriend wasn’t the smartest idea
Oohhh yeah you’re right, my bad. He’s wearing a military shirt in the picture and I mixed them up
Don’t know who made the original so I don’t want to link to a random store but this is the same shirt:
Why? The existence of an achievement doesn’t mean you have to do it.
It’s the easy ones that should go away. They’re just participation trophies, you didn’t “achieve” anything by beating the game. They should be actual challenges that most people can’t overcome…that’s what makes it an achievement
I mostly watch British shows. But you’re kind of right about the last part, the last non-english show I watched was the second season of Kongen Befaler and I feel like that doesn’t count.
So, does the US not make some of the best TV shows? Or are you only aware of the sitcoms and reality shows?