Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday

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In 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. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

Good news! Apparently Coyote vs. Acme has been sold to a distributor and WILL see the light of theatres in 2026!

A first glimpse of Beyond the Spider-Verse was seen with the release of some stills at CinemaCon though the release date not being until 2027 was a bit disappointing.

It's April Fool's Day, one of the few folk holidays which seems to be A) still very much needed and B) have been so overtaken by reality as to have been rendered null and void. Though there is also C) media sources being a lot more wary about duping their consumers in the age of "fake news" claims.

However, if you have a favourite memory of an April Fool's prank please do share it, I think we need the smile.

For a fun bit of nonsense, someone has started making morphing sequences for their custom LEGO Power Ranger minifigures

Comments

[cainofdreaming]

This wasn't a decision made by politicians, though. And given that the crime involved using a political position it seems fitting to me.

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Oh, agreed in this instance and, speaking personally, it couldn't have happened to a worthier person (apart from the obvious). That it was a criminal trial for embezzlement helped.

But laws are made by politicians, as are the consequences of breaking those laws, so I always worry in situations like this.

As someone noted about the US approach, if being sent to prison permanently removes your right to vote, then some parties will have a vested interest in which crimes mean you get sent to prison.

In the UK serving prisoners cannot vote, though they can when released, and it took until 2018 or so for the Government to agree terms with the European Court of Human Rights that those awaiting trial, on remand, civil prisoners and those on controlled release into the community should still be able to vote.

[cainofdreaming]

I think that's just some states in the US. I myself stumbled upon the fact that even in Florida you can vote after you've paid your debts (moneywise) after released from prison.

[thezmage]

It's just some states. It largely became a thing because police officers in those states got tired of rounding up all the minorities they could on election day to prevent them from voting so they decided to do this so they only had to do it once.

At least that's what I've heard, I haven't done anything to verify it

[malurette]

It's more complicated in France, some prisoners can and do vote, some can't, though I'm not clear on what crimes make a difference exactly. (For now. You can never tell what right-wing politicians will decide later.)