ScrimbloBimblo

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[–] ScrimbloBimblo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who in the actual fuck uses notepad?

From the data, it looks like average lengths have gone down since about 2004, so this year may just be an anomaly.

[–] ScrimbloBimblo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Whether or not you personally agree with the military's choice of language is not relevant. You're assuming the trainer agrees with your political views, but you weren't there, so you have no idea what they said or didn't say.

[–] ScrimbloBimblo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You've obviously never been in the military, because it's definitely "females".

[–] ScrimbloBimblo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

In other words, you have the right to be an asshole, but if you do it too much, others can invoke their right be assholes right back to you.

[–] ScrimbloBimblo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

He's not saying they're right wing governments, just that they're highly authoritarian, which is something that leftists, on average, tend to be against, so if someone claims to be "left" but supports Russia, they likely have a poor understanding of one of those things.

There ya go! I knew there had to be a couple out there!

There ya go! I knew there had to be a couple out there!

[–] ScrimbloBimblo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I do, but only if it's built up properly. This is also true of musical numbers and fight scenes. If built up properly, they can be incredibly cathartic and the best parts of the film, but if not, they grind the plot to a halt.

The reason so many people hate these kinds of scenes is that most screenwriters are really bad at creating tension. The purpose of these scenes is to release emotional tension, so without building this, they feel pointless and jarring. The best parody of this is in Men in Tights when Robin bursts into a love song out of nowhere and it scares the hell out of Marian.

I'm trying to provide examples of love scenes I actually like in films, and to be honest, I'm coming up blank. I think it may just be a lot more difficult to generate romantic tension in the average timespan of a film. It's easier in television, where you get more time to tell the story. I think my favorite intimate scene in tv is in Game of Thrones season 3 when John and Ygritte are in the cave.

At least that scene is funny and develops the plot. I think they're talking more about stuff like all those 90s movies that have the plot grind to a halt so two characters can punch each other for ten minutes.

[–] ScrimbloBimblo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me, it just came down to how unintuitive and slow Windows's desktop environment is. Setting up the most basic customizations requires going through like 15 sub-menus or dealing with the registry. Also, GNOME and KDE are just so much prettier than Windows's desktop environment.

You're coming dangerously close to re-inventing the kilt

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