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I was thinking it'd be a fab tattoo.

My emotional support book.

Coincidentally, I was recently trying to remember which show starred a succubus, so thanks for referencing that!

I love Marvel, but they've done their share of fat shaming men. Chris Hemsworth wore a fat suit for Endgame and wasn't even that big, but took a lot of guff. Chris Pratt as Peter Quill got told he was "one sandwich away from fat." I'm not arguing that men always get fat-shamed in the same way or to the same degree as women, but they absolutely get it, and I think it's unfair to the men who are respectfully abiding by the rules and not commenting here to insinuate (or actually directly state) that they don't experience this. Also unfair to the women who love them and have to watch as they experience this pain.

Just for context, I am not the one downvoting these comments.

I can't keep it clean because unfortunately I am allowed on the sofa.

I guess we have a different definition of rail-thin, because I would not use it to describe anyone with bulging muscles. I also have trouble envisioning a 90-lb stay-puft woman of the same height.

Is this meant to be hyperbole? If not, can you provide examples? It seems wildly inaccurate to me.

Yes you do. Men are not immune from fat shaming.

Mine Cart Madness was one of the best levels in any game fight me.

Unlikely. My mom and aunt have a solid contract drawn up and notarized, they have a good relationship, and are both responsible people.

I don't think he ran a fake campaign, I think he had a stroke and it changed his personality. We don't realize how much our brains create who we are.

My aunt just loaned us the money to pay off our mortgage. Zero interest and we can keep paying her the rate we were giving to the bank. We didn't even ask, she offered it.

If by men you mean humans, yes, I say we give the Elephants a chance.

Eh, sounds all right to me.

Thank you for sharing, this does a great job of describing why the show didn't work for me. I'm not going to hide spoilers, because that doesn't work on lemmy across all platforms.

SPOILER

Maybe if I knew she was supposed to become a villain, I could have enjoyed it more. I kept expecting a hero. She's supposed to be brilliant but keeps making really bad choices. And the juxtaposition of her background vs Tony's and the divergent paths they took, doesn't sit well with me.

The side characters were all fantastic. I thought the CGI was fine. It's better at creating technology and magic, rather than biological organisms.

They should have spent more time developing the characters. The ending was so sudden and we have no reason, at this point, to expect a second season, so it becomes an incomplete story, with no character arc.

Only if you want to end up in a vampire orgy. So yes.

There are three kinds of people.

Love her eyeliner.

He refused to leave home without it and the army was like "oh well, what are you gonna do?"

Currently enjoying Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki

Cynicism is a perfectly understandable response to a world full of injustice and inequality. But in many cases, it is misplaced. Dozens of studies find that people fail to realize how kind, generous, and open-minded others really are. Cynical thinking worsens social problems, because our beliefs don’t just interpret the world—they change it. When we expect the worst in people, we often bring it out of them. Cynicism is a disease, with a history, symptoms—and a cure. Through science and storytelling, Jamil Zaki imparts the secret for beating back cynicism: hopeful skepticism. This approach doesn’t mean putting our faith in every politician or influencer. It means thinking critically about people and our problems, while simultaneously acknowledging and encouraging our strengths. Far from being naïve, hopeful skepticism is a more precise way of understanding others, and paying closer attention re-balances how you think about human nature. As more of us do this, we can take steps towards building the world we truly want.

I'm about to finish Toward Eternity by Anton Hur:

In a near-future world, a new technological therapy is quickly eradicating cancer. The body's cells are entirely replaced with nanites—robot or android cells which not only cure those afflicted but leaves them virtually immortal.

Literary researcher Yonghun teaches an AI how to understand poetry and creates a living, thinking machine he names Panit, meaning Beloved, in honor of his husband. When Yonghun—himself a recipient of nanotherapy—mysteriously vanishes into thin air and then just as suddenly reappears, the event raises disturbing questions. What happened to Yonghun, and though he's returned, is he really himself anymore?

When Dr. Beeko, the scientist who holds the patent to the nanotherapy technology, learns of Panit, he transfers its consciousness from the machine into an android body, giving it freedom and life. As Yonghun, Panit, and other nano humans thrive—and begin to replicate—their development will lead them to a crossroads and a choice with existential consequences.

Exploring the nature of intelligence and the unexpected consequences of progress, the meaning of personhood and life, and what we really have to fear from technology and the future, Toward Eternity is a gorgeous, thought-provoking novel that challenges the notion of what makes us human—and how love survives even the end of that humanity.

This is a generational story, that follows a concept rather than a person. It kind of reminds me of Sequoia Nagamatsu's How High We Go in the Dark.

I had already self-diagnosed, so it's good to have it confirmed in a way that can result in medication. I'm hoping to get something that can give me more energy. I know I feel better any time I've taken Sudafed or Phentermine.