With this version to compare with, it looks like someone went out of their way to edit the eyes of the one in the post to make it more of a racist caricature…

That was my understanding. Dad wants to make his kid’s dream of being a pop star come true, so he spends tons of money to make it happen, and she became a meme because all the money can’t make up for lack of talent. There was probably also some schadenfreude when held against all of the other artificially boosted Disney pop star kids who were still in the internet’s collective memory at the time.

I should also say that I have no opinions on Rebecca Black as a person, she could be a really lovely and genuine person for all I know. And apparently she is still out there making music, which is fine if it makes her happy.

But damn did I hate hearing that song. Still do. It’s just a bad song.

Definitely something to be said about how gender isn’t “real,” but people’s perception of it is.

There’s no pattern of masculine or feminine behavior/style that is consistent across cultures and throughout history. It’s all arbitrary.

But that binary perception of masculine/feminine is nevertheless all around us, even if it’s not consistently represented.

I’d like to think that not much would change about my style or mannerisms if I had been born with different parts, and I find it odd how unnecessarily gendered so many aspects of society are. I’m just “me,” what else would I want to be? But I also need to remind myself that I only think that way because I’ve never had to worry about being seen as something other than what I am, even if I don’t feel that strongly about it. It’s easy to overlook just how much of my life experience has been colored by my effortless gender presentation.

Not everyone gets that by default, and it’s hard to put myself in those shoes because I simply can’t understand what it’s like to be viewed as the opposite gender, or why it might cause discomfort.

If I were airlifted to some other culture that viewed pants as feminine and skirts as masculine, would I toss all of my jeans to conform? I’d like to think I wouldn’t, because I like the comfort of pants and attributing a gender standard to clothes has always seemed silly to me. But if it affected the way people saw me, I just might.

The article just says Switch, but that doesn’t seem worth killing anyone over.

Those Switch 2 prices, on the other hand…

The updated Forerunner architecture designs seem directly lifted out of Tron. I can’t imagine it’s a coincidence that Halo 4 released just 2 years after Tron Legacy.

Looking at YappyMonotheist’s post history, I’m pretty sure they’re just a troll, I would just ignore and move on.

Even if you do fall under “far left politics”, you’ll still be shit on for being the wrong kind of leftist.

Maybe Christ is just a euphemism for cock

Not much, you?

Agreed. On the one hand, sometimes keeping things moving towards a cohesive vision is good, which I think Filoni has long done well with the multiple properties he’s worked on.

But sometimes, knowing when to respect someone else’s vision and give them the tools they need to realize that vision is more important. Andor remains the best thing to come out of Star Wars since the original trilogy for me, and I think it succeeds in part because of how different it dared to be. It wouldn’t have succeeded if it was forced to conform to a mold and tie in to everything else.

Hopefully Filoni can strike that balance, keeping it all together while giving other creatives a chance to do what they want.

The normal speed version definitely a lot better than the sped up version in the post, thanks for including that link.

Woden resembling Odin (along with the name)

Just some additional context, Woden is the Anglo-Saxon name for the same god, worshipped in England prior to the arrival of Christianity. Not too different from how the Roman version of Zeus is Jupiter.

The English word “Wednesday” also etymologically derives from “Woden’s Day,” like how Thursday is also “Thor’s Day”

There’s an Xbox Developer Direct next week that will feature Forza, I’m assuming they would have announced it then.

Just the types of people who are still on Twitter. You know, absolute degenerates.

It never hurts just to start tossing out applications and see what you get. The best way to get better at interviewing is to do more interviews. Even if you think your odds of landing something are low, just go into it with the mentality of getting more practice until it feels comfortable. And who knows, you might be surprised by a good offer.

But I would also recommend being selective with where you apply, too. Basically don’t sell your skillset too low, and don’t apply for the types of open-ended jobs that will attract thousands of applicants and only waste your time. It can be absolutely soul crushing to send out 100 applications and never even get a response from 90 of them, but a good opportunity will come along eventually and you can develop a sense of which listings aren’t worth your time.

I just assumed they were the weird emphasis quotes people do for some reason

I had to look up his bio (where I learned that he had just died, this post makes more sense now) and found that he actually had no biological children, so he would actually be eligible for a Darwin Award.

Seems a bit dangerous to make X-ray Glasses without sufficient shielding

Or even if you fail at filling out the forms, apparently.

Hey, it’s a thing, blame the Japanese!

You fry the rice in ketchup, serve it in an omelette. Optionally top with more ketchup.

Can sub the ketchup for demi-glace if that is more palettable, but that’s way more effort than I’m willing to put in for lazy time breakfast food.