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scans_dailyIn the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me.
That being said, yesterday was... a lot, and none of it in a good way. If you avoided the media coverage of the Inauguration of POTUS 47 then I don't think anyone would blame you, but the world is going to be dealing with the ramifications for a very, very long time.
Rather than go into a rant though, I will offer a shout-out to the behind the scenes government folk who apparently put in a LOT of overtime to get passports with people's correct genders out to them before the new regime arrived. Such people are to be lauded.
(I did mention a specific post regarding the Neil Gaiman situation was going to be created, and my apologies for not having sorted that out yet, it will come soon)
Jay and Miles "Giant Size Special" episode covers the short lived Warlock (as in "former New Mutant", not "Cosmic soul-gem weirdness") series from 1999 and the very short lived M-Tech subline.
Just found the free "Into the Tardis" podcast, which legally streamed sample stories from Big Finish. And, by way of that, a happy 91st birthday to Tom Baker, as of yesterday.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me.
That being said, yesterday was... a lot, and none of it in a good way. If you avoided the media coverage of the Inauguration of POTUS 47 then I don't think anyone would blame you, but the world is going to be dealing with the ramifications for a very, very long time.
Rather than go into a rant though, I will offer a shout-out to the behind the scenes government folk who apparently put in a LOT of overtime to get passports with people's correct genders out to them before the new regime arrived. Such people are to be lauded.
(I did mention a specific post regarding the Neil Gaiman situation was going to be created, and my apologies for not having sorted that out yet, it will come soon)
Jay and Miles "Giant Size Special" episode covers the short lived Warlock (as in "former New Mutant", not "Cosmic soul-gem weirdness") series from 1999 and the very short lived M-Tech subline.
Just found the free "Into the Tardis" podcast, which legally streamed sample stories from Big Finish. And, by way of that, a happy 91st birthday to Tom Baker, as of yesterday.
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Date: 2025-01-21 02:43 pm (UTC)Just...
At least four more years of this. At a bare minimum.
(And four more years of "why are you angry about this? Don't be angry." from family members...)
Having to resist the urge to go on angry tears.
...
Not got much else to talk about.
Visited a bookshop in another city the other day.
The only Star Wars books they had were Legacy of the Force.
And only the Karen Travis ones.
Pretty sure that's someone's ironic punishment.
But since I didn't want to go all that way for nowt (over £70 a train ticket which wouldn't work at any barrier...) wound up buying Shadows of Kyoshi.
Darths & Droids started its coverage of Rise of Skywalker today.
This should be delightfully nuts.
While discussing Marvel's upcoming releases (and concerns for Fantastic Four) with a family member, they blanked out on which one was The Marvels.
Took them a moment to remember it.
They went to see it at the cinema. (Admittedly, they were just tagging along, but still. Ouch.)