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. Normal board rules about conduct and beahviour still apply, of course.

I have, perhaps, steered these topics with the various comments I make in this section, so let's see what happens when I just leave you to it.

(What a GREAT excuse, they'll NEVER suspect I'm just snowed under with pay-the-bills work!)

Random question of the week: What item of clothing do you most wish you could wear all the time but for whatever reason, don't. (You don't have to say why you don't, and there will be no judgment or criticism permitted about answers to this, be they Uggs, sparkly capes, shorts, platform soled shoes, 17th century cavalry officer jacket, or a fringed appliqué waistcoat... and no, that is not based on what I happen to be wearing right now... or is it?)

Comments

[leahandillyana]

The Polish minister of justice introduced a bill banning queer people from adoption of children, giving a speech how the bill protects the children because apparently half of cases of child abuse are comitted by gay man, and actually PRAISING the man who has stabbed a gay couple a month ago, suggesting that the police stops looking for the perpetrator. Interesting times, aren't they? People online are volunteering on taking the burden of looking for the man instead.
I got my death threat, yay! The letter demands that I publicly reject "LGBT, feminism and atheism" or be prepared to be stabbed or have fire set to my home. Joke on the sender, I actually want to die lol. I didn't go to the police because my friends who got similar letters had their cases dismissed as impossible to prosecute - the letters were not even sent by the post, they were put into the post boxes directly. I only fear one day I don't get to the letter first and one of my parents suffers a heart attack after reading it or gets cut on a concealed blade. I don't think anyone would be "brave" enough to actually fullfill the threat though.
Curiously, on the same day I found a letter adressed to me from the top village priest to discuss my "unchristian" behaviour. It thretened me with "legal consequences". I believe I got it because said priest got pissed at my mom for not pushing his maid to first place in the vaccination queue so that she can continue working at his home. Once again, fun times. I destroyed both letters.
I like lolita fashion. There are no lolita items that I would be able to wear physically.

[themajesticmoose]

Whats happening in Poland is a horrific example of why allowing a cult of evil like the Catholic Church to have any degree of power or influence in any nations politics is a terrible idea

[zachbeacon]

Temporarily stalled on the Muppet watching because I was having issues with the Disney+ app over the weekend. I just hit the last season.

So maybe its because today marks a year of me working from home but I’ve been thinking about time loop stories. Is it just me or have there been a lot of them lately?

I just watched The Map of Tiny Perfect Things this weekend*. Its sweet.

*The other movie I watched this weekend wasn’t a traditional time loop story but A Brief History of Time Travel does involve revisiting the same day several times.

I keep meaning to watch Palm Springs from last year.

According to Wikipedia there were a dozen time loop movies from 2017-2019.

I’ve seen it pop up in some fairly recent television shows like Agents of SHIELD and the Magicians.

Anyone have any favorites? Least favorites?

Groundhog Day isn’t actually first one but I think it’s the standard that they all get measured against (for good reason).

The Endless Eight arc of Haruhi Suzumiya is an extreme low point of a series I generally enjoy.

[leahandillyana]

Not movies, but series - my personal favourites are Higurashi ga naku koro ni, Madoka Magika, and, if the time loop theory is correct, Rebuild of Evangelion. If you'd like a version of Higurashi with more gore and less children, Umineko ga naku koro ni will be good. Corpse party is a franchise running on a time loop, but the anime only covers one possible loop. Each of these series have the loops much more explored in their manga installments.

[icon_uk]

"Looped" was an entire animated series about a recurring day for two school kids and the unfortunate side effects of tampering with the nature of reality.

There's even an episode of "Alvin! and the Chipmunks" with Simon accidentally creating a time loop

I've heard good things about the "Happy Death Day" movie buut haven't watched it myself.

[bruinsfan]

I think The Endless is my favorite movie dealing with time loop shenanigans.

[deh_tommy]

Aw man, I miss Haruhi. If you want to talk favourites, that was my gateway into the wider anime scene at the time.

The first BlazBlue had a cool time loop gimmick. I’ve heard good things about the Zero Escape trilogy.
I think The Twilight Zone did one or two. While not strictly a time loop per se, (minor spoilers) Doctor Who’s Heaven Sent was fantastic.

[werehawk]

There was also the really well done time loop episode of Legends of Tomorrow

[dewinged]

Hmm. Loafers, slacks, suspenders, dress shirt with a flat/paperboy cap. Bring the 1920s style back a bit. It just never...feels right to get that outfit for me; there's standing out, then there's sticking out like a sore thumb, and as a jeans-and-T-shirt kinda person I get too self conscious like I'm trying too hard. Also, in this world where am I gonna go to show it off?

Small comfort is that this outfit is in Animal Crossing New Horizons, so virtual me has it as their default outfit.

Battlebots newest season ended in the best possible way, but I always want more (and I need a justification for my Sling subscription).

Have not seen the DuckTales finale yet. Sigh. 3 Seasons, but he'll let's give Rick and North another 100 episodes.

back in January, Tazmin Merchant spoke about Carnival Row in an ew.com interview:

"It sounds like such a minor setback. Anyway, you also have season 2 of Carnival Row coming up, which I read wrapped filming in August?

We finished the first five in August. We're not wrapped. I don't know when it's going to be out, it's been such a weird year for that. If not for COVID, it would have been out ages ago."

How many other shows are still filming despite this? Isn't The Boys already filming again? Between that and Truth Seekers getting canned, I'm annoyed.

[icon_uk]

The Duck Tales finale is.... a lot... and I mean a LOT.

It's very, very plot heavy (going back to questions in the first episode), and lays on a few central messages with a trowel, but it's rarely been subtle.

And given how many cameos there are (including yet another Disney Afternoon series that was the LAST thing I expected ever to feature, so... I guess the timing was about right) the fact they managed to get anything done is quite achievment, never mind give all the main cast more than one chance to shine in ways that make sense for their characters.

I genuinely laughed out loud as I heard one piece of music play (You'll know why when you hear it), and I confess I got a little teary-eyed at a couple of points.

If it has to end, and I really wish it hadn't because this has been so much fun, this is a good episode to end on, because it answers a lot of questions, but doesn't actually end anything significantly.

[dcbanacek]

What item of clothing do you most wish you could wear all the time but for whatever reason, don't.

A sword. To quote "Mad Jack" Churchill: “Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed.”

[stubbleupdate]

I've got two in person job interviews this week (we work in schools, so in person is expected).

I want to wear my mask throughout the interview. Comments?

[beyondthefringe]

Do it. If they say anything, just explain you're doing it out of an abundance of caution for the vulnerable people in your life. I feel like we're still in the stage where wearing a mask can't do any harm, and more than likely can only help until things get better all around.

[cyberghostface]

Genuinely surprised at how well Justice League is doing critically given how divisive Snyder's films usually are and how much people wanted this to fail.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zack_snyders_justice_league

Also the Joker continues to win big; Hildur Guðnadóttir won Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 2021 Grammy Awards for 'Joker'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMmURJpTz_Y

[super_fly]

Wonder how that score will do when more people find out the Joker's society line from the trailer isn't even the damn movie
If that's not in Zack Snyder's 4 hour uncut vision with nothing left on the table what the hell is even the point

[owlbrigade1]

The UK has taken another dozen steps on the road to fascism, with so many horrible things I can't even list them because it breaks my soul a little with the amount of them.

In slightly better news, I saw the first butterfly of the year today. It was one of the reddy-orange ones with little circles on its wings. I am no butterflyologist.

[themajesticmoose]

Are you referring to the new law that's trying to control in what ways people are allowed to peacefully protest?

[iamrman]

I have been quite enjoying the Batman Beyond comics. One might even say that they are 'schway'.

Other comics of note are Vampirella by Christopher Priest. I knew that Vampirella could get a bit racy, but... whoof!

[themajesticmoose]

I love that series

One of my favourite runs on the character of Vampirella so far

[themajesticmoose]

I would happily wear my domme gear literally everywhere because damn I look good in it

[zachbeacon]

"What item of clothing do you most wish you could wear all the time but for whatever reason, don't."

Now that I barely leave my apartment I've found I don't really care for pants. I think we should bring back the kilt. Normalize man-skirts!

[themajesticmoose]

"I'll take the high road, I'll take the low road...they're both fine choices"

[scorntx]

2021 had not gotten off to the best of starts, but this weekend managed to sink to an impressive personal low (which given a couple weeks ago someone randomly smashed a block of ice over my head...).
The dog, who is not a spring chicken by any stretch, suddenly got much worse on Saturday. She's already had severe problems, including forgetting that you're supposed to pee outside, and her back legs going out, but this weekend was just... she didn't seem to know where she was or what she was doing, didn't want to go for a walk (well, no difference there), and just plain stopped eating, and there was a lot of talk of... well...
Monday morning we took her to the vets, who figured it could just be yet more problems with her teeth, but... she still isn't eating.
And for a dog who's spent her entire life eating, wanting to eat, and trying to take anything that looks like it might potentially be food, that's...
There's also a lot of concern that, given her advanced age, she might not actually survive having another anesthetic.

Always a good start to the week thinking you're going to have to say goodbye to your pet.
(also had a dentist's appointment. Apparently dentists do not need this "bedside manner" crap. Oh, problems with your teeth? Whatever, we won't actually ask or tell you so you can work out how to fix them.)


....... anyway!
On a mad impulse, bought the G2 colours Megatron. He is deliciously tacky and I love him. So green and purple.

Might have to redo my run on Mass Effect 2 after buggering up the final mission something spectacular.
Mutter, grumble, mutter...

[icon_uk]

Oh dear, I am sorry to hear about that, an ageing pet is always a stressful situation to deal with.

[janegray]

Dresses. The light summer type.

They are very pretty, and very comfortable because they are the closest thing to not wearing anything.

Obviously you can only wear them when it's hot, which is why Summer is my favourite season. I despise winter/autumn clothes such as sweaters.

[tripodeca113]

Blog I liked, owner going to delete soon. Archiving/ Currently have 1800 pages left. HELP

Perhaps relatedly I'm having a bout of existential dread. Not being able to definitely say when I watched a video for the first time, makes me feel like a fake person. *

*Update on both, I am currently feeling way better about both of these. 712 to go still.

I finished reading all the volumes of Revival that the local library had. Shame, because it was a pretty interesting story, and I don't want to be wasteful with my money (on this particular thing). Someone also left a crazed note in two of them saying "Covid is not about health, it's about CONTROL".

I also read "This Was Our Pact" which was a very moving comic. Apparently, it's getting an animated film, where Peter Dinklage will voice a talking bear, huuh.

The Walking Dead is back, and it's currently doing filler ---I mean character focused spotlight episodes. I kid, I enjoy that kind of stuff. Just one more season and it will be over.

Annoyingly on the university library website, they've renamed the Hold section, so I had to contact them and get them to explain they hadn't removed an incredible useful feature. In other news I've finally realized that Alan Moore's story is called Neonomicon. I've been mistaken since 2017.

[deh_tommy]

What’s this blog, might is ask?

Bloody heck, The Walking Dead’s *still* going?

[zachbeacon]

*Skims twitter*

Oh, Mitch McConnell is threatening to be an obstructionist asshole if he doesn't get what he wants.

(Never mind that he was an obstructionist asshole when the democrats did fall for it and I hope they don't again)

In other news, water is threatening to be wet.

UI relevant

[sisterofbloomerjunior]

I apologize for any shit show that happens in the comment section that results from asking this, but S_D's the one place I visit that has an Italian.


Would most RL Europeans regard teenagers under 18 yet within their country's age of consent that have sex immoral?

Re: UI relevant

[stubbleupdate]

RL? Right leaning?

And as somebody in Western Europe, no, i wouldn't consider 16-18 year olds being sexually active immoral.

[thezmage]

The last episode of Ducktales aired yesterday. Loved it. "I live again!"

[icon_uk]

"I LIVE AGAIN! .... again"

THAT was the moment I just lost it! :) I had recognised the voice actor about three seconds before the scene happened, but then the theme music kicked in and I made the connection and was instantly giggling like a loon. Lord know what the neighbours thought was going on.

[deh_tommy]

I’d like to be able to dress in traditionally “girly” clothes, like dresses, skirts, blouses, panties, something that exposes my midriff, and so on. I’m not comfortable enough in my body, though, mainly down to me being significantly overweight and obviously male looking.

[zachbeacon]

My skirt envy above is pretty obvious but a lot of women's fashion seems like torture.

I am baffled as to why they put up with high heals.

[zachbeacon]

So looks like Horizon Zero Dawn will be the next big free Sony game after Ratchet and Clank. They also listed a bunch of smaller freebies I didn't know about.

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/3/17/22336370/horizon-zero-dawn-free-ps4-ps5-playstation-sony

[thezmage]

I know I'm late on this, but I never thought I was a robe person before I started working from home. Now I want to wear it everywhere

[icon_uk]

Out of casual curiosity, do you mean robe as in "bathrobe" or robe as in "star bedecked garb as worn by a wizard of high rank"?