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  • I think this is a fantastic example of Brandolini’s Law in action. The responses to each other were more or less immediate, as far as examining hours can take you, but then your responses started to take more and more time vs. theirs being within the same hour.

    They can spew whatever delusional bullshit they want, while you’re forced to actually examine it and detail the ramifications of such ridiculous behavior. Bravo. I’m sorry you had to take psychic damage for it, but bravo.



  • I think it really depends on why the story has a female lead.

    I think Alien is a good example, Ripley could have been male and it really wouldn’t have changed the plot that much. If I’m not mistaken Ripley actually was male at one point in the movies writing.

    Doesn’t matter that the shift happened, it happened, Sigourney Weaver fucking smashed it out of the park and the rest is history.

    If the story is good and happens to have a female lead, I don’t think people are actually against it. The Menu is the first movie to come to mind, I don’t think anyone said anything about the lead in that being female (although being a lead in an ensemble cast with damn near equivalent amounts of screen time is kind of meaningless). I think what people are against is blatant pandering because it usually indicates that the product is poor.

    Edit: this is my limited, anecdotally rooted opinion. There are probably a decent amount of people who will just not watch a female lead. I’ve known women who won’t watch something or play a video game without a female lead or the ability to create a female character, so I assume the same has to be true for men.












  • I make it a point to not discuss things like this when people aren’t thinking clearly.

    When you smoke a cigarette the smoke doesn’t automatically find the nearest non-smokers lungs in order to harm them. The smoke settles, and there are more than enough places far enough away from people to smoke at.

    If you’re worried about secondhand smoke harming you in any context outside of smoking indoors - I’m sorry but you just aren’t thinking clearly.