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 amongst yourselves.

A heterosexual couple has lot their latest appeal to be allowed to obtain a civil partnership in the UK. (Civil partnerships being a precursor to gay marriage, a secular, legal recognition of same sex couples commitment to each other and granting certain rights more associated with marriage). The judges agreed there might be a breach of human rights in not permitting it to those straight couples who don't want to be married but want a legal relationship, but that will require more legal work.

The is House of Lords debating the Brexit situation, with PM Theresa May doing a very good impersonation of a vulture, sitting in and trying to intimidate them like a stern headmistress.

Former 70's hearthrob David Cassidy has announced that he is suffering from dementia

The FBI are investigating a have of threats against Jewish sites in the US. Though in the sort of reminder that decent human beings exist (Which we all need right now), commuters got together on a subway to remove anti-Semitic Nazi graffitti

And UK MP's have been debating Trump's planned State Visit to the UK following a petition signed by 1.8 million Brits who objected (and another petition in favour of him coming, which managed 311,000 signatures) , and it's amazing how insulting you can get whilst being terribly polite.

 

As for Trump, well, where does one begin on that one.... though his bumwaffling about a terrorist attack in Sweden, carried out by the perpetrators of the Bowling Green Massacre one assumes, is a classic.

The LEGO Dimensions Batman Movie level is fun. It keeps freezing on me whenever I try to build the bloody batcomputer, but the animations are great (and Robin making his way through ductwork is hilarious)

NASA have a major announcement tomorrow about a "Discovery beyond our Solar System". Personally at the moment, I think I'd settle for Galactus or Brainiac.

The New York Toy Fair has been and gone, and Funko are releasing a Batman 66 3.75" action figure line (Here's hoping it does better than the gorgeous Mattel one from a couple of years ago)

Comments

[janegray]

This week I finally watched Yuri On Ice.

OMG it's amazing.

The way people had been praising it first and foremost as a tender and healthy romance, I had got the impression it was a nice but ultimately boring fluffy love story. I almost skipped it because of that.

(And I'm aware it comes across as fucked up that I associate "healthy and tender" as "boring." But guys, it's fiction. I don't care for smooth sailing in fiction. Even if I do most definitely want a happy ending, it's by far more entertaining if the characters go through hell to achieve it).

But it's actually hilarious, with genuinely moving drama, and with the biggest plot-twist in anime history (I watched the ending of episode 10 three days ago and I'm still internally screaming). It's really, REALLY good!

It's also very beautiful. The skating performances are all great. Every single competitor has his own dance and music.

And last but not least, THANK GOD the hot naked person is a 27-year-old man for once! PRAISE BE! As an anime fan I got so sick and tired of feeling like a goddamned pedophile because all the bishounen are 16-year-old kids. I’m so, so, SO happy we finally get an honest-to-God *ADULT* man :’)

I'm not sure if this is spoiling anything or not

[deh_tommy]

Why is the show called 'Yuri!!! on Ice' if said show is actually Yaoi?

[informationgeek]

Following up on a post I did a while back, Milo maybe done. After being invited to CPAC and getting a $200,000 book deal, those are both gone and plenty of Beirbert employees are threatening to leave unless he's fired. Apparently people don't like his pedophilia comments all that much. His hatred of women, Trangender community, Muslims, and others though? Perfectly fine but he crossed a line... well too many lines.

I would say Bill Maher is probably kicking himself for inviting him now, but I doubt it for some reason.

[owlbrigade1]

Got Maher mad ratings and mega publicity, he doesn't care. He'd have the ghosts of Jack the Ripper and Harold Shipman on to discuss sex workers and healthcare for the elderly if he thought he could manage it.

[janegray]

As other people have pointed out, this shows that their dry-humping of the First Amendment i nothing but an excuse.

They were okay with Milo when he was instigating rape against women, trans people and POC. But when he targets white boys, that crosses the line.

Because they never gave a damn about free speech. It was never about free speech. It's just that they agreed with him before, but don't agree with him now.

[scorntx]

Saw the LEGO Batman Movie on Sunday. It was fun. Enjoyed it.
(Though I had to explain to the family member I saw it with that yes, Condiment King was a real character.)

Saw the Toyfair images about the new Transformers.
There's more than one dragon apparently.
Not sure about that. As far as beastie TFs go, dragons just aren't my thing.
(Now, squid, or crabs, or terrifying turtle / alligator fusions...)
Also, a Voyager-class version of Scorn. (Who, frankly, was probably the best figure from Age of Extinction's toyline.)
Not sure about it, really. The proportions look odd, and the robot mode chin is just Animated in its proportions... but it's Scorn. So conflicted.
And, a new Optimus Primal toy. Yay, I guess.
(Suppose it is something after Hasbro did dick-all to celebrate Beast War's 20th anniversary. ... now, if they got around to making a new Megatron, that'd be splendid, yeeesss...)

Been on a Batman: The Brave and The Bold kick lately.
Very silly, and enjoyable.
Except from when the Spectre shows up and turns people into cheese.

[deh_tommy]

I like the look of the Last Knight toyline, with the figures looking appropriately Arthurian and regal (that one white dragon in particular reminded me a bit of Silverbolt). I was a bit iffy on Megatron's redesign at first, but his figure looks really cool (at least, I think he's Megatron; he's the one with the Jet for a shield).

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Primal DID win the vote for the new Prime, so that's something to be cheer, though my icon would disagree and feel he should have got the spot.

[ozaline]

There is a new BW cartoon in development I read.

[owlbrigade1]

Imagine if the Leader of a Middle Eastern nation descended upon one of its legislative houses, to which they are generally absent, just to glare, grimace and snarl at people daring to contradict their grand plan. Imagine how loud the media and the west would yell at them for being undemocratic. Well that is what is happening with Theresa May. Just her presence in the House of Lords is undemocratic and interfering in the business of the Lords, she is definitely trying to intimidate them to get her Brexit stuff (for which the mandate is looking shakier and shakier with every turn) through. It is bloody depressing.

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Well, she IS entitled to sit in the Lords at any time as she is a Privy Councillor, but it was dashed odd.

On the plus side, it does seem to have backfired and had the opposite effect though, galvanising some of the Lords into being more actively against Brexit (or at least interference from May) because they do NOT like being told what to do.

There's a fractional sliver of my internal optimist hoping that at some subtle level she's trying to derail the whole thing but still manage to make it not her fault.... Though in fairness, that sliver is the part of me that would probably be drowning itself in alcohol about now, if I actually ever drank alcohol.

[nightauditguy]

Lego Dimensions has stolen all my free time and is emptying my wallet.

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Preach!

[thezmage]

If you live by any 99cent stores, they've got some of the older fun packs on their shelves. It's mostly Bart, Bad Cop, Craeggar, and Zane

[lego_joker]

Taking a break from my Supergirl first-watch to start a Gravity Falls first-watch. Hope it lives up to the hype.

[lamashtar]

Green Lantern fans inform me that Gravity Falls has characters similar enough to enjoy the material, so I will be seeing it eventually myself, I suppose.

[skjam]

Still looking for work, but the hospital reduced my medical debt to a $200 copay, which is almost doable.

At my blog, I review the first volume of Platinum End, a manga cross between Harry Potter and Future Diary. http://www.skjam.com/2017/02/19/manga-review-platinum-end-1/

Recipes thread

[thezmage]

I wanted to share a few recipes, thought there might be others with some good ones.

Tex Mex Chicken with chiles and cheese
Hate the name, love the recipe. I use olive oil instead of butter and add two Serrano peppers and one poblano pepper to make it more flavorable.


Chili dog chili, or as I like to call it, the reverse chili dog
A pot luck favorite around my office (where I make it with turkey for the coworkers who don't eat red meat). As with the one above, I add three Serrano peppers and one poblano pepper.
EDIT: I've never made the accompanying cornbread, though

Nacho Mac and Cheese
No substitutions on this one, just make sure you don't use a sweet corn because it can overwhelm the dish pretty quickly. You can add a can of diced green chiles and swap some of the milk for sour cream

Gluten Free Pineapple Teriyaki Chili
Yeah, I make a lot of chilis, especially for office potlucks.

Re: Recipes thread

[lamashtar]

The chili dog chili is interesting, but too complicated.

I found that cooking frozen potatoes and ground beef in the same fry pan makes the potatoes taste awesome, and pads it all nicely. I threw in half a jar of salsa, mixed and cooked til it was warm, salted and peppered, and the result was super delicious. Easy but got eaten way too fast.

[bradygirl_12]

LOVED the Lego Batman movie! As a Dick Grayson fan, it was especially fun. :) Still smiling even though I saw it days ago. ;) It's nice just to go and see a FUN movie that everyone can enjoy.

Ha, ha, Condiment King is a keeper. The best 'gimmick' villain out there. Hot dog stands and hamburger joints in Gotham, keep watch! The Condiment King might be coming your way soon!

[scorntx]

Can't say most people would relish a visit from him.

[deh_tommy]

I'm sorry if I'm being mean or ignorant, but if you feel confident enough to spend most of your life in a civil partnership with someone, why not just get married?

[janegray]

The reason I heard (and I may be wrong here, since it's heresay), is that they hate the traditional aspects of marriage (involvement of religion, social expectations, some even oppose marriage on principle because they see it as a patriarchal institution), but want the economic and civil benefits that go with it such as tax breaks and the ability to visit your partner at the hospital.

[thanekos]

Reports David Cassidy has bee

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Sorry, now amended to include the sad news that he has announced he is suffering from dementia.

[tigerkaya]

I'm kinda disappointed Discord, Q and Brainiac haven't team up yet. Also I have been enjoying Justice League Action immensely. I love that Firestorm is being given so much attention both live and animated I hope continues.

I hope the new Spider-man cartoon is an improvement and moves away from the family guy cutaway gags. They ruin all tension in their supposed serious moments.

What can be bigger than light escaping a black Hole! Well I'll give the article a read thanks.

[pyrrhocorax]

Does anyone else here draw or paint? I’d like to make more artfriends! my artblog is on tumblr but I mean to fix up my ancient deviantart account when I recover my dang password.

[kamino_neko]

I'm pretty crap, and haven't posted anything in a while (I was going to post something for Valentine's Day, but other things came up, such as actually spending time with my girlfriend (bad priorities, I know >_>)), so most of my tumblr is just random reblogs, but I post art time to time.

[cosmos666]

Have you got my reply to your messages?

[bruinsfan]

The Slaughter at Fraggle Rock