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Cake day: September 15th, 2023

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  • I live in America, so my apologies if I seem a little biased.

    I got the feeling that a large portion of the world is interested and paying attention to what appears to be the downfall and collapse of the largest “super power” on the planet. I imagine many people outside the country would be interested in attempts to combat/slow/reverse what for all intents and purposes is the biggest economic and military nation in the world going full fascist, even if it’s just symbolic.




  • I’ve never seen the movie, but my thoughts on a racial slur being used are such that I think it really depends on how the racial slur is used/portrayed. Is it being used to celebrate racism? Is it being used to display how flawed or awful a character is?

    Are people murdered in the film? If they are, maybe consider how much more awful pretend murder is than pretend racism. Are you okay with murder in storytelling and not racism?

    I’m not a fan of racism and I think it has no place in real life, but to deny it exists is just folly.

    As long as it’s not being used as “cool” and instead being used to display the awfulness or at least how very flawed a character is, it has a place in storytelling. Django Unchained is a pretty good example. It’s supposed to make you feel uncomfortable.








  • Probably not the worst I ever read, but whenever a question such as this comes up my mind immediately goes to one of the Tarot books by Piers Anthony. I don’t remember which one, it was just in a pile of books people left in a dorm one time and I had nothing to read. I finished it, but I can’t tell you anything about it other than the vague recollection that I hated it.