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I'm looking at doing a double feature of Al Jazeera's The Night Won’t End: Biden’s War on Gaza, which I'm hoping will be something I can push on the maddening collection of people in my life who agree that Biden is committing genocide but think they have to vote for him anyway,

and Satyajit Ray's The Adversary:

Siddhartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to the unexpected death of his father. He has to now find a job instead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected: man landing on the Moon. The interviewer asks if he is a communist. Needless to say, he does not get the job.

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[–] ElGosso@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

Hanging out on the 'tube (what the cool zoomers call YouTube)

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sportsball like a good 'Merican.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I bet they don't even do the national anthem before the presidential debate

(or do they? I don't know)

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

Not that I know of. Real patriots in shamblestrump-kaneki

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

I'm going to a queer meetup group in my area to hang out instead. Way better use of my time

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

Playing some OSRS.

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Dune 1 or Dune 2?

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

La Belle Noiseuse (1991)

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I hope this gets the lowest views of any debate. I'll catch the hangover clips later. Unless the boys are going it live again partiotism

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

I hope this gets the lowest views of any debate.

Starting off in a good position, since there won't be a studio audience.

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Copa America

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Im going to BJJ and then studying kanji.

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Angel@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago
[–] un_mask_me@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

I'm literally watching the x files right now! The bug man episode s05e19.

[–] pumpchilienthusiast@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

I am going to take what Terrance McKenna described as “a heroic dose” and go on a rollercoaster

[–] WafflesTasteGood@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

Probably One Piece with my wife since she got into it a few weeks ago.

[–] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I've been watching Reservation Dogs, and I highly recommend it! Great show that tackles heavy matters like poverty, the way it affects people who live in it, and contemporary American Indian life/culture. It's also got Taika Waititi's signature brand of humor, which is nice to balance out the heavy themes and problems which characters face. The main cast is good, but I think my favorites are some of the recurring supporting characters. There's an ancestral spirit warrior who appears as a vision for some characters played by Dallas Goldentooth, and his entire character and performance are just one of the funniest things I've seen this year.

[–] trabpukcip@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

A real treasure, that show is

[–] redfern45@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

Just finished it a few weeks ago. A Really sweet show. Teared up during the Pacific Ocean part

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Im going to practice my instrument and submit a application for a different job

[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

lol I dunno probably the bottom of a few pints of beer (with the debate on cytube in the background maybe)

[–] Storm@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Justice League Unlimited

[–] GnastyGnuts@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

The 1987-88 TV horror-drama series Werewolf. It's basically just the '70s Hulk show but with a werewolf instead of The Hulk. Guy becomes a werewolf fugitive roaming the US, wanted by a bounty hunter (named Joe Rogan lol), pursues the werewolf the curse traces back to in hopes of killing it and curing himself, etc.

Fun fact, this show was a part of the FOX channel's debut lineup when it first started airing.

Un-fun fact, this show is increasingly moving into "lost media" territory because of its general obscurity, and the fact that licensing disputes over music rights (such as using the song Silent Running in the pilot episode) prevent it from being re-published on modern media.

If you search for it on duckduckgo, it will likely give you an archive page where you can watch the whole series in considerably-worse-than-standard definition.

Frankly, it's a series that I would love to see a reboot / remake for, because the basic premise (as well as the premises of various individual episodes) is solid, but the execution is plagued by sloppy writing and weirdly awful editing at times.

[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

...There's a debate going on?

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

Reading theory. Probability theory.

[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

Some sweet hamas-red-triangle montages

[–] Balefirex@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

The Bear s3

[–] PostyourJaggaHogs@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

Love Island US.

It is the absolute sloppiest of slop but there's something deeply entertaining about it that I have yet to put my finger on

[–] Sted@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

I'll probably be playing Elden Ring.

[–] AlicePraxis@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

season 3 of The Bear

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

1h40m cathode ray dude video about document scanners in the 90s

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago
[–] c0smokram3r@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago

Copa América ⚽️ & just got a bunch of new roms for Miyoo mini+ 👾

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

Dogshit reaity TV.

[–] RedCheer@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago

A Quiet Place - the new one out in theaters.