Open Bar #38 - Last Orders

[@rupertbath2748]

“Those who might cheer specific edits to Dahl’s work should consider how the power to rewrite books might be used in the hands of those who do not share their values and sensibilities.”

[@MAGAMAN]

Speaking of rewriting books, have you seen the Abe Lincoln video from Razorfist?

[@johncadden202]

It's a very dangerous road when the few dictate what is right for the majority.

[@uphilliceskater]

​​@@johncadden202 The few dictating to the many is the whole of human civilization.

[@garychartier8365]

Love the Drinker's insistence that redemption is always possible.

[@manders7868]

Just an hour and a half of Mooler and the Drunkist reading and responding to Superchats? Still much more entertaining and interesting than 99% of modern Entertainment Industry Product.

[@woketroll541]

The sensitivity editing is modern day book burning.

[@AscendingAdventures]

Another conosouier of history!

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

In Ohio, the Government handed control of the spill to the rail company who decided that intentionally stetting it on fire was the best way to clean it up. The two problems is that they did not use an accelerant to burn the chemicals more thoroughly, and they did not bother getting the full list of them. So they knew about the potential carcinogen (vinyl chloride, aka the VC in PVC) that **might** explode, but missed the fact there were two cars of **benzene**, a class A known carcinogen which they spread over 200+ miles. There is no explanation why they did not just use an absorbent to soak the VC up either. They also sent people back home after the fire without conducting ANY tests to verify it was safe. Now that animals and fish are dying off they finally did some and are saying not to drink the water. Of course at this point no one trusts them, and private companies are conducting tests to see if there is grounds for a massive class action against everyone involved.

[@AscendingAdventures]

It’s also not “a controlled burn” as they claimed, as you need to precisely control the amount of O2.

[@MsYunaFires]

Been following this story on reddit. The eco "experts" also pretended to drink tap water to prove it was safe. The video is so horribly staged.

[@TheWarmachine375]

If only Star Trek Picard Season 3 started with Picard himself waking up from a horrible nightmare.

[@AlexMoffet]

Honestly would’ve been the best scenario where he woke up from a simulation training

[@mc-zy7ju]

I would totally accept it was all a dream trope at this point.

[@aurorauplinks]

Maybe Mark Hamill Wakes up on the Enterprise E in the medical bay and says he had a horrible dream to Dr Crusher and Picard and crew around him. "AND YOU WERE THERE< AND YOUR< AND YOU" (Hes pointing at the audience) lol

[@zmanjz]

That's literally my head cannon. It was a weird fever dream. maybe it was all a trick Q played on Picard.

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

A Japanese game developer once said something I absolutely love: You shouldn’t use other peoples power for your own principles. Stop hijacking ip’s to push activism. Stop editing older properties to “reflect the modern world”. If you have a set of beliefs you think is important, you should be able to promote them on _your own two feet_ .

[@SUPREMELEGEND]

They do it on purpose. It's about demoralizing us. If u want to know who they are, ask Kanye.

[@bananaboi9067]

That is an awesome message they use things like star wars to push their ideals but if you truly believe in your message you should be able to implement it into your own work. Not drop it into something that has already been established.

[@DraknalHitdan]

Drinker my man, bringing up Desert Strike. Holy cow there's some nostalgia. I loved the Strike series back in the day. Desert Strike, Jungle Strike, Urban Strike. I sank so many hours into those games as a kid.

[@playthehighnote1122]

How weird is it in 2023 and masses of people are praising Star Trek and hating Marvel?

[@chasehedges6775]

Ironic

[@maccajunior]

How the turn tables

[@FunkyBobFett]

And Star Wars isn't even a thought.

[@MAGAMAN]

The original Star Trek was OK and the TNG had some good episodes. The Original cast movies were good and the TNG movies were all garbage. Anything after TNG was pretty much crap.

[@TheTrickynicky13]

How the tables turn ;)

[@timothytorigian7932]

Aww man, I'm so bummed there's no show this week.

[@MaxVroomfondel]

Burn Notice is awesome, Bruce Campbell in it too!

[@deewills353]

Burn Notice is a very good series,someone commented about it.I think Drinker & Mauler would dig it alot.Bruce Campbell is great in it^

[@zmanjz]

I'd rate it an above average procedural/detective/spy/adventuire series with excellent writing and excellent acting. It is completely worth buying the box set, and the prequel movie starring Bruce Campbell is better than most TV action movies. The series is exceptionally good as a show to have on in the background. It's light fare but fun. it reminds me somewhat of the A-team. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmW5iaFsrKuBiq8

[@Gojeto346]

Hi I live in ohio and police are actively arresting journalists for trying to report on the problem:)

[@laurenmasters]

All hail the vibrant King. R.I.P. 😢💙🙏

[@samuelschwager]

Schumacher apologised for Batman & Robin, Berman for the last episode of Enterprise. It has been done. But I do not expect anything like that from the current generation.

[@Luke-cj7gz]

Love it when you reference Father Ted

[@Dave-ks9fi]

I actually liked the end of Enterprise in that as it was axed early they gave it a nice round off and brought in Riker to say bye to it showing what the end would have been.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

It may have had its flaws, but I did like that Enterprise had the willingness to show the hero ship take a horrific beating at the hands of technologically superior foes. Perhaps that was because its was primarily CGI and they could do that without actually destroying a filming model.

[@bob1986]

@@MediumRareOpinions That is exactly why. Previous shows had expressed regret that the ships were always pristine because they needed to keep the filming model in as perfect condition as they could because they only had one. The only pre CG Star Trek that actually damaged the Enterprise was the TOS films specifically because of their higher budget.

[@From-North-Jersey]

Someone mentioned "Burn Notice" . The show is amazing. It was made by the USA network back when they were trying to out Sopranos HBO. Monk, White Collar, Psyche,The Closer and Burn Notice were all part of USA trying to become the king of "character driven TV" they literally marketed this new batch of shows and channel makeover with commercials stating "We have Characters". Think of it as a much more reality based 80's"MacGuyver"/70's"Rockford Files" hybrid. At times it feels like an episode of the A-Team where they know how to aim and don't mind killing people. Burn Notice centered around Michael Weston a CIA agent who "Got Burned" which means the agency he worked for notified all other intelligence agencies in the US that he was no longer one of their assets(played by Jeffery Donovan AKA:Glasses from shot caller). The pilot starts with him working an OP for the agency and after it is over his handler informs him he has been burned. He gets drugged and wakes up in Miami which is his original home town. No passport, no money, no credit cards, and his actual identification is wanted by the state, but they are not actively looking for him as long as he doesn't make waves. Retired against his will, but not killed so.... He winds up having to deal with the family he ran away from and joined the Army to escape 20 years ago. His mother played by Sharon Gleiss is tied for the coolest "real Mom" I have seen in a show or movie with Jane Kackmarek on "malcom in the middle". She chain smokes, drinks beer, swears, and has an 8th degree black belt in guilt. "I have worked for the CIA on 5 continents, I am highly proficient in 7 forms of unarmed combat and if it shoots or stabs I most likely have an expert certification in its field use but I have yet to find a defense against the sound of my Mother crying." His brother is a conman scumbag with gambling and drinking problems, His ex girlfriend(Gabrielle Anwar Bikini Model/Actress) who he met on an operation infiltrating the IRA is hiding in exile in Miami dealing guns to drug dealers after offending a few members of a more terrorist friendly branch of the organization. Sir Bruce Campbell plays "Sam Axe" a retired Navy Seal-power drinking-womanizer who is working his way thru every rich widow in miami beach gigolo style trading war stores about his scars for top shelf booze , Rolexs, condominiums and Cadillacs. If Sam is not actually driving, shooting or punching someone he has a beer or a real drink in one of his hands. The producers take full advantage of their setting, meaning every meeting between agents and/or the core cast happens at a bar near a pool or the beach otherwise Sam will not show up and there is always a ton of extras straight off of a poster for Hawaiian Tropics or The Sweedish Bikini Team. In one first season scene Anwar is accompanying Weston to a meeting at the bar by the pool at a hotel and she is wearing sunglasses,sky high stiletto heels, a scarf, and a skin tight little black dress that requires two hair cuts. The entire way to the table they are passing what looks like a cheese cake calendar cattle call. "You should have told me we were coming here Michael, I over dressed" Very narration heavy. However one of the best parts of the show is Weston's inner monologue. The writer of the show uses the industry name "Matt Nix" and is supposedly a former operative. Not sure if it is just blair witch shtick to sell the show, or an excuse for a writer actually knowing how to do all of this spy shit. Before anyone says anything about stealing the black Impala from Supernatural, Burn Notice came first and the two brothers argued over who their dad would have wanted to have that car for almost the entire show run. Think of the show as "Two Alpha-Alphas, a female bikini model-sniper- explosives expert and the best TV Mom ever against Miami."

[@From-North-Jersey]

I would like to add that the final appearance of "Mrs Weston" crowns her as the toughest , coolest, feminine woman in fiction and Queen of the Moms. "This is for my boys". I'm getting misty just thinking about it.

[@lucyferthehellish7794]

That. All that and so much more. Burn notice is awesome. Everyone should at least give it a chance.

[@Low__expectations]

I tried to watch Burn Notice a few months ago and made it about 2/3's of the way through Season 1 before I gave up. It was too boring and predictable, with mediocre acting. It was interesting to see him show up in The Wrath of Man.

[@From-North-Jersey]

@@Low__expectations You cut bait too early. The relationships between the characters make the show and it doesn't hit stride until season 2.

[@toddsalisbury3851]

Psych is so underrated

[@AlastairDeans-kr5lr]

"Let's put on New Hope....sensitivity version!" I just laugh/spat my beer on my keyboard.

[@peterramsay1767]

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[@kathyfrugalsen3047]

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[@kathyfrugalsen3047]

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[@michaelcollins1220]

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[@eddiejohn8506]

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[@steceymorgan814]

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[@aurorauplinks]

I loved the penguin in the batman movie, and the ending was so sad. you may call it dumb but it was sweet also in... well a dumb but adorable way

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

And they did remove words like 'ugly' and replaced things like 'they were little men' for 'they were little people' to describe Oompa Loompas. The Dutch publisher keeps the old translations thank God. The rights have been sold to Netflix last year.....

[@Drawnartist]

Jesus christ 🙄

[@NYGiantsfan1029]

Drinker I second the recommendation of burn notice. It is a fun action packed spy show from the mid 2000s. The lead Micheal is a badass burned spy trying to find out who burned him and why. You have an actual strong female character in Fiona who loves blowing things up. Then you have the former navy seal best friend Sam Ax. Played by the legend Bruce Campbell. The story can get a bit long in the tooth in the later seasons but it still a fun watch

[@davidbrennan660]

I for one will embrace the “Drinkerverse”.

[@lukeblundell5610]

5:00 As an Englishman; Go wash your mouth out with that thinking Drinker 😂

[@Brian_Boru]

Mauler should watch Patton.

[@Drawnartist]

Lol shut up

[@Jippa_33]

Sensitivity readers are getting triggered by words like fat & nasty. Whatever, art would be illegal if they had a say. I loved Roald Dahl growing up; Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, BFG, Fantastic Mr. Fox, even Esio Trot has a special place for me.

[@toddsalisbury3851]

That same train company just had another train of theirs derail in Michigan. Apparently still toxic cargo but not whatever they were Shipping in Ohio

[@anon4u]

The Ohio train derailment happened where they filmed White Noise one year earlier, which was about a train crash that releases a cloud of deadly chemicals.

[@leipzigergnom]

I want to share my initial reaction to TLJ, since you guys talked about it. I watched it with my family and IMMEDIATELY noticed the many off-putting things: the destruction of Luke's character, Rey being overpowered and perfect, Admiral Holdo lecturing Poe for the sake of feminism - just a bunch of modern day political crap. After we finished the movie, I said to my mom and sister "Doesn't it seem like there was a ton of annoying political messaging in there?" At the time I had trouble putting my disgust with the film into words. "I didn't notice that" said my mom. "I thought it was good." Said my sister. I thought maybe I was the crazy one. I thought maybe I was too easily annoyed by feminist messages in films. But the more I thought about, the more I knew that my initial reaction of disgust was correct and warranted. Then I found Mauler, Drinker and Nerdrotic on KZbin, and realized that I wasn't alone. Thank goodness!

[@Durzo1259]

That was my experience when I first saw the new Star Trek movie (2009 I think). My friends seemed to love it and I was the only one saying, "That's not Star Trek. It's just a lot of excitement. Where's the philosophy? Where's the introspection? Where's the exploration of existential quandaries?" I honestly wondered if I was just being too nit-picky.

[@Blizofoz45]

Halfway through my first watch of TLJ when I realized I was bored, depressed and wondering how the heck this script got approved. I won't lie, I get some satisfaction in knowing Disney is afraid to release another SW movie to theaters.

[@David_LoPan]

I wanna see Riker do the 'Riker Knee' stance one more time!!!!!

[@PolarizedMechs]

@onequickthing8950 Going to have to rely on Lower Decks for that one.

[@TheHonoured1st]

They're removing ugly too. Just ridiculous.

[@jhnshep]

@29:19 the publisher has I suppose the rights to print the contents, the names of the books and his belong to his estate? in any case I seen a clip about it yesterday, the publisher called in people to review and reword certain parts but the story stays the same, you could chalk it up as a translation. one example they gave was about the witches and how they were bald, the kid wanted to rip off their wigs to expose them. the answer from his friend was you can't go about ripping women's wigs off, even if they are horrible harridans even witches (or something to that effect) they changed it to 'you cant go around ripping wigs off people, some people are bald. something along those lines, there is also gender swaps and name changes in order to add more girls and women and take out 'problematic' white men.

[@jhardy0786]

Dahl said before he dime never want any of his writings touched he saw it coming and the bastards are doing it anyway

[@samwallaceart288]

On the topic of "wanting to hate things", I went into _Glass Onion_ ready to see Rian in his natural element to see what he would bring me. Right off the bat, the movie pisses me off with the wooden box being technologically impossible magic bullshit carpentry. But then there's the scene where after everyone's oohed and ahhed over the box, hard cuts to the woman on her own who has zero interest and just wants to know what the fuck she's looking at, and just whacks it open with a hammer. With no dialogue, I immediately know the dynamic between her and the other people we saw before, even if the details come later. It's a good scene. And that was me the whole movie. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit, _good scene,_ bullshit. I genuinely like the scene where Detective Benoit tells Miles off for inviting a group of people with valid grievances against him into a secluded location to play a "murder mystery" like it's all a game to him. Good scene, well acted. _And then the movie reveals that Benoit was bullshitting the whole thing and the scene is totally meaningless_ 📦 🔨

[@MediumRareOpinions]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw the boxes magical carpentry. What aggravates me most about that is that they filmed characters interacting with it so they must have had a props to film with. In the process of building those props they would have to have *known* the box was impossible nonsense from the Nth Dimension.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Funny about TNG season 1being ropey, as Jay and Metal have gone through it they're finding that TNG at its worst was far above today's "average" standard and it only gets better from that first season.

[@zappiestmango6043]

Burn Notice is good, y'all should give it a watch

[@haytonism]

I know you've slated ghostbusters afterlife but I kind of think it was someone who actually cared about the subject trying to apologise for the travesty that came before. I ain't optimistic about much, but I'm trying to convince myself afterlife secured a somewhat decent future for ghostbusters.

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

Plot twist: all movies and shows are ALREADY being made by AI, for the past decade. That's probably why we sense something is off.

[@samwallaceart288]

I think MauLer would *love* _Star Trek_ original series. It's well-written, strong characters and themes, _and_ it's floompy and goofy production values. With how much he loves _Batman and Robin_ and _Van Helsing_ for their charm, I think he'd get a lot out of the original series.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

The character work between Bones Spock and McCoy alone make the series worth watching. Even in episodes which can sometimes have poor or thin plots, you're still treated with consistent characters interacting well.

[@Durzo1259]

I love the '90s Star Treks and I tried to get into TOS, but from the few episodes I've seen, it's like they spend 8 minutes at a time slowly, painstakingly trying to puzzle out the most simple and obvious lines of thought. Of course I might have just seen weak episodes.

[@hasonymous]

Moin Mauler, when did you get your Zippo? What picture is on it?

[@samuelschwager]

Old Man Mauler yells at clouds

[@governorboltz]

Are Happy Hours coming back? If so, I'd like to see a Happy Hour on Spaceballs.

[@jbbj9720]

they need to do one on tucker and dale vs evil.

[@MAGAMAN]

@@jbbj9720 One of the best movies ever made.

[@vaporwavertv6444]

My first exposure to Star Trek was the 2009 Star Trek which got shit on a lot but after those films I watched the original series and it was really good. U have to watch the original series through a lens kinda. The show was ahead of its time and the messaging behind it are worth the poor visual effects. Absolutely love the original series and it’s a shame it was cancelled.

[@AscendingAdventures]

I can’t wait till the sensitivity readers get to the Iliad

[@playthehighnote1122]

I've seen Robert Meyer Burnett compare this season of Picard to Top Gun Maverick but I would compare this to Rocky Balboa(Rocky 6). Much like Picard, The Rocky movies were all over the place since 3 for better or worse but the 6th film was such a shocking return to form and no one and I mean no one thought this movie was going to be good. But now Rocky 6 is one of the most quoted films ever.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

I might also say the same of Mission Impossible. I remember thinking the franchise had gone silly after 2 and 3, then fast forward and I see Fallout and its funking brilliant and there's me wondering "when did these get good again?"

[@playthehighnote1122]

​Honestly they got good again with Ghost Protocol because guess who wrote Mission Impossible 3? That's right Alex Kurtzman plus JJ was the director.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

@@playthehighnote1122 I didn't know that, but neither am I shocked. Kurtzman is like the Galactus of bad media with JJ as his herald.

[@MrJobsworth1979]

I'm sorry ,but in the BFG they called a tractor ... A black tractor 😱

[@ctmmckinney6219]

My mom, grandma, niece, aunt, father and all in-laws know who Luke Skywalker is. None of them could give a shit less about whatever hot new video game character may be. Just because video games are pilfering tons of treasure from idiotic teen boys captured in the pay to play, DLC traps, doesn't mean they are winning in the general audience. Point of fact, my nephew has spent a cool grand on Fortnite. Add up the entire theater tickets he's enjoyed in his entire life, he doesn't scratch a quarter of that value. So, he's played one game, spent more than he's spent on hundreds of movies in his short life. I just take issue with too many people equating revenue with reach and impact. Outside the gamer culture (which isn't big at all) and teenage kids, the scope of Hollywood, Bollywood, and the movie industry in total is massive in comparison.

[@conmankershaw]

Darn I'm about 3/4 through and I don't think my chat survived the purge.

[@DSas2300]

"Ralph" can mean vomit.

[@superxdale9715]

The drinker got thicked. R.I.P. Thick 44. You were the man.

[@superxdale9715]

He's from neebs gaming if you don't know check them out.

[@zmanjz]

I completely agree. When they actually do something right and good, you do have to buy in, if only for the operant conditioning effect. So, while I loathe CBS, Secret Hideout, Kurtzman, et al... I will actually buy Paramount plus to get Picard Season 3. I'll even buy it on Blu Ray when it comes out. (But I will never, NEVER pay for season 1 and 2)

[@janhensel7241]

Just imagine Picard Season three telling the young guy the content of season 1 and 2 ending with "That´s how I did without your mother".

[@chrono2959]

There's a major difference between memberberries and Easter eggs

[@edgythehedgy6661]

Have y’all watched DS9? I really see it as the yin to TNG’s yang. Peak trek, great writing, great characters/actors, still pretty ‘cozy’, but with a slightly darker tone and the over arcing plot lines rather than the reset every episode.

[@megabobrulz]

I think DS9 doesn’t get the praise it deserves, cos it is a slow burn. The series starts out focus way too much on Quark and Odo. But took an amazing turn when Worf entered the series, and the whole Dominion War arc. That’s when it became peak Trek.

[@samuel5591]

I'm watching DS9 atm and just started season 4 and can confirm it's mostly bloody good - few too many crapisodes with Quark / Jake but they seem to be dropping off as the seasons progress. To anyone starting out and unsure, rest assured it gets a lot better from season 3 onwards.

[@Snoop_Dugg]

How do you feel about Penguin Books censoring/rewriting Roald Dahl’s library for *modern audiences?*

[@myNameWasNobody75]

I feel Bradbury was a time traveller

[@timothytorigian7932]

Anyone know who wrote the theme song?

[@fredbloggs5902]

I believe it’s a standard Google/KZbin intro.

[@timothytorigian7932]

@@fredbloggs5902 what do you mean?

[@Bushismetal]

Anybody else notice the sound of a zippo lighter being flicked open, then sparked twice on this video & on the real bbc? One is at 48:59. Maybe I'm going doolally from all the woke nonsense, caffeine & lack of sleep... But I see a pattern emerging here. Haha Gary with the Ronald Dahl!🤣

[@AscendingAdventures]

Yep, defintely a zippo being played with.

[@Bushismetal]

@@AscendingAdventures I thought I was losing my mind, glad someone else noticed.

[@bigdavek.8322]

Looks like KZbin decided my Superchat wasn't worthy. :(

[@TheStarDeth]

You need a french dude sometime too. I can be your man, french Canadian, I have great knowoledges on all movies,games,show.

[@Low__expectations]

Are all the episodes for Season 3 available? I'm only seeing 1 on my P+ account.

[@djetm]

see VEEP of THE OFFICE

[@2tone209]

AY UP DRINKER

[@jremington123]

I will probably hate watch the Flash on Netflix in 3 months.

[@MAGAMAN]

I won't.

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

Some won't watch for the same reason that I personally wouldn't eat at a restaurant what has served bad food and offered bad service for the last 4 times I went. No matter how good it may be now based on what reviewers have said, I have no intention of going again nor taking the risk because of the bad experiences I have had. But my customer decision would not be based on the objective quality of the service NOW. I wouldn't know as I never went. *That is still a valid judgement to make BUT it is one not based on the objective quality of the product at the moment.*

[@MediumRareOpinions]

This is a very fair and balanced take.

[@jasewildheart]

The person talking about AI helping their brother write code...all well and good until your brother isn't needed and they only need the AI.

[@ieatiron]

There is a high probability that the sensitivity officer was fat, very high.

[@playthehighnote1122]

Picard season 3 is like Andor except the characters in Picard are likeable.

[@chasehedges6775]

….Andor had likable characters, imo

[@samwallaceart288]

I like the Andor characters in the same way I like a random side character who's only in 2 scenes in any other movie. There's something about it where I like all the parts but none of it feels like _The Character_ or _The Scene_ So I get what you're saying it

[@Relugus]

Luthen and Mothma are IMHO easily the best characters in Star Wars, the latter being by far the best female character in Star Wars.

[@jeggsonvohees2201]

The author being dead is what give one the right to change their work. I highly doubt the corpse is going to care.

[@matthewrhelf4559]

The problem with modern cinema in a nutshell. They don’t know how to divide comic relief moments. Although welcome (at the right time), it completely breaks the immersion when something serious is happening, and then someone makes an offhanded snarky remark (Especially if it’s fueled by politics) just because. Anyways, cheers guys, keep up the good work. Go away now!

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

I've been thinking... All artistic engagement hinges on an emotional response from the viewer. The art itself has no feelings, the artist does but unless he's there physically, his feelings don't matter to the viewer. These responses are influenced by a lot of things and since we are all human, those things are sometimes totally separate from objective quality. So in that light, if the meta around Picard is so sour to a potential customer then they won't touch it despite its objective quality. And nor should they because their emotional engagement is already negative. I disagree with what I think Mauler's take is. While I support and fundamentally agree with his work to study and judge art based on its objective quality. It's important to remember that the art's objective quality is not the same thing as one's emotional engagement with it.

[@Blindstoic]

Burn Notice is fun.

[@akashnagar8694]

🔥🔥

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

@One Quick Thing 🙈🙉🙊

[@oldfatbastad6053]

when was this, last night?

[@Kspice9000]

Can't wait till they see the tribute to communism next episode.

[@Moscoe...]

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[@jasrianna]

These sensitivity readers are ridiculous. I have Binge Eating Disorder and my weight does feel out of my control a lot of the time, but I don't want the word 'fat' removed from books. I don't want anything like that done on my behalf, and I think the majority feel the same. It's just a bunch of woke morons who aren't even from the demographic they're supposedly defending who decide to overedit everything. It gives them a sense of control and feeds their raging egos (no pun intended). I loved those books as a kid and I still do now. Thankfully I have my copies with the word 'fat' still firmly intact. They'll have a field day if they ever get their hands on the Harry Potter books...

[@thatstocktsx]

Would anyone mind telling me how to send a superchat?

[@thatstocktsx]

Is that through Twitch or do you have to be a channel member or something?

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

You have to tune in live. During the stream on your right hand side of the screen is the chat. At the bottom of the chat window is a series of icons one is a "$" that's where you click.

[@thatstocktsx]

Thank you so much, you’re a legend

[@samwallaceart288]

Yeah that's it. On my phone it's a little square dollar sign right next to the chat typing box. But it's only in the chat for a livestream

[@stimublu8570]

Assume everyone of the train cart is moving the same stuff, it is a very limited amount of toxic. I mean thats a great amount and the 1-2miles around the crush site would be totally fucked up but Ohio is so big compared to 1-2miles...

[@klintmacnugget6688]

ds9 is the finest star trek ever made, s 1,2 maybe need a pass, but man the payoff. my fav characters are here.

[@TonyAlloa]

African Scots, Bruce Fummey sorry for butchering his name Scottish history tours channel. Great stuff, learning loads on my home land.

[@helenline1790]

1:18:45

[@wushiba]

Someone make MauLer or Drinker read Berserk or watch the fan edit! Also, I'm an ewok.

[@fitzytriptychz6387]

Great panel this week 👍 tatiana as thanos ?? A thigh snap 🤔 one day try and get derek anderson on great youtuber 👍

[@nathanaelhavlik4293]

Violet Evergarden is an anime that will for sure make you bawl on several episodes. It's top-notch animation, too. It was the last major work of Kyoto Animation studio before the deliberate arson on their building that killed over 30 people.

[@theheneral2318]

48:13

[@Relugus]

Why no mention of the pumping of sewage onto UK beaches, voted for by Tory MPs.

[@johnbanks4761]

unless they fix picard being a droid...i cannot take picard seriously...they can fix some of the other characters all they want..but to keep some of the decisions they made which make no sense..and not fix/reverse them...tells me they refuse to learn..they are just trying to con people into coming back

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

0:30

[@bouncycastle955]

If you watch a movie made from beginning to end by AI and don't notice it's missing anything, it isn't missing anything. Humanity isn't magic, there's no reason an AI can't mimic it perfectly. It obviously isn't there yet, but I really can't see why that future frightens you

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

AI and humans are fundamentally different. Even a “perfect” imitation of humanity could only ever an _imitation_ of humanity. That’s not mimicry, it’s counterfeiting. And if you can’t see why that’s frightening, it’s because your blind to the potential misuses of that level of technology. But all of that is theoretical. Right now AI is just tool a used by other humans. There’s no reason to be scared of it, only the intentions of the people using it.

[@bouncycastle955]

@@dearthofdoohickeys4703 okay, it's just mimicry. What would be missing from the work of the best possible AI. Be specific.

[@bouncycastle955]

@@dearthofdoohickeys4703 can't come up with anything?

[@lamarclemons1841]

damn its such shame how they do kang. in the comics he might be the avengers best villian

[@jack40734]

Show some love for Strange New Worlds

[@djetm]

backstage u like vodka

[@pc1974qld]

Thick44 RIP

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

I was willing to give Picard a fair go, but seeing as they are running around copyright striking any review videos, manually, they have blown it before I even got a chance to watch the thing. Sorry mate. Kurtzman has to be shown the door. Its a beloved franchise. Some of my first memories were the theme tune to original trek, because my mum was a rabid fan. I grew up with it, and I genuinely miss it, but we have to stand our ground. The captain of the ship is incompetent. He doesn't even know port from starboard. He has no idea of navy anything and it shows. Oh how it shows. Trek needs a new captain. Until then I'm steering clear of it.

[@perandersson3977]

The Last of Us episode 6 - am I rite'? :D

[@jonbaxter2254]

Violet Evergarden is fantastic. Good comment.

[@terrystewart1973]

Perhaps it's just time to draw a line under all of the Star Trek, Star Wars, the MCU a DC Cinematic Universes. How about, once Holywood has gotten over its sulky, teenage moment and ditched woke, it has a look at creating new creative sci-fi franchises. How about something set in Larry Niven's 'Known Space' books (Ring World, Man-Kzin Wars etc) there's a whole lot there. How about a series about Harry Harrison's 'Stainless Steel Rat' books. Or Roger Zelazny's Amber books, or Asimov's future worlds. Sci-fi has such riches it seems rather a waste to spend any further on these creatively bankrupt properties.

[@jbbj9720]

hyperion cantos by dan simmons

[@ge9367]

Algorithm

[@djetm]

mauler i wiill fololow u

[@TheManInBlack11]

@MauLerYT 56:50 This is a pretty bad take as far as analogies go. Why would you return to a restaurant that gave you food poisoning (because that’s what Picard is being likened to by many, not simply a ‘bad meal’) a second time, much less a *third*?! The show itself is a negative feedback loop. The 3rd season is not a standalone story and requires viewers watching the first two seasons for full context. But since those seasons are so god awful, many discerning viewers wouldn’t make it to the third after watching the first and/or second. Also, as S3 is not a standalone product, rewarding S3 with viewership and praise rewards Secret Hideout for also producing S1 and S2, regardless of how much you previously criticized them. These things do not exist in a vacuum but in a progressive chain of fanbaiting and fanhating.

[@remyd8767]

You're twisting his comparison. He didn't say you got food poisoned. You just had a bad meal. If you had good poisoning, of course you wouldn't return

[@TheManInBlack11]

@@remyd8767 MauLer twisted it first by comparing S1 and 2 of Picard to being simply “bad meals” at a restaurant when they were far, far worse than that! They very much poisoned the legacy of the character for many fans.

[@remyd8767]

@@TheManInBlack11 right, but based on that premise. that these were "bad meals," it makes sense that you wouldn't abandon the restaurant after the first visit. You're arguing they weren't bad meals (that' they're poisoned). You're free to think that, but it's subjective.