The more I hear about Nauru, the more it feels like a made-up place. Most of the wealth of the nation came from mining bird poo for phosphates.

Yikes. That made me think of the “let Jesus fuck you” scene from The Exorcist. So thanks for that horrifying idea.

Or an uninhabited island that becomes full of cannibals.

Don’t forget being able to treat women like property!

My warlock was a dandy with a fey patron who would buy a new outfit whenever he had a chance to spend money. It was a fun character.

Please define social media for me, because it seems like everyone’s take on it is “a website where you interact with others”, which is way too broad and I would say that applies to the entire internet then, which is a slippery slope.

That is effectively the definition from my understanding. Lemmy, Reddit, and similar boards are social media because the content is primarily user-generated.

It probably feels like the entire internet because it’s where many of us are spending most of our time.

The perception that it’s primarily powerful men is a distortion from the Epstein files. Those are the ones that can traffic victims maybe, but more often sexual assaults on children are by people known to the victim, like family or friends of family.

The FBI calls in its crack paranormal investigation team. The team consists of four plucky detectives and their dog. The dog is not forensically trained in any useful way, but is more of an emotional support animal for one of the team that struggles with addiction. It also talks to a limited extent.

The team investigates a haunting; revealing in a twist ending that it was the janitor in a costume all along.

This is mine too. It’s a cute, fun movie. Yes completely over-the-top stupid, but that’s part of the enjoyment. I think a reason I liked it when everyone else seemed to hate it was that I didn’t have a Nintendo as a kid, so I wasn’t saddled with an expectation of what Mario should be.

Autism as a diagnosis is relatively new, but people would have always had traits that would be thought of as nowadays as autistic. As an example, Rube Waddell was a professional baseballer in 1897 who was so fascinated by firetrucks that he would run off the field mid-game to chase them.

Mine is similar. A barrister once told me that you should be nervous before an important event like an interview or court appearance. If you aren’t, all it means is that you aren’t taking it seriously.

Do you mean no as in yeah nah, or nah yeah?

Making a movie is a team effort and everyone that say otherwise is an asshole

Sure, but why not in other industries? I assume at some point this became an issue that was resolved by having comprehensive credits, what was the problem it was seeking to solve?

I’m not complaining, I’m wondering why no other industry feels it’s necessary to do this.

I fully agree. If you want to be able to cast subtle spells, invest in the abilities required to do so. Otherwise I say someone starting to cast a spell without warning will be treated the same as someone pulling out a knife without warning: sure they might be planning something on doing something harmless like peel an apple, but without context, you’re going to assume the worst and react accordingly.

The US government or the Chinese government… I’m actually not sure which I trust more at the moment.

SovCits are not noble campaigners fighting against injustice. They are idiots deluded enough to think they’ve found the cheat code to the legal system by spouting the right string of nonsense.

Maybe if they hadn’t binged on that carpet it would have been more attainable.

More likely going to schools to tell kids that knives are bad, m’kay.

You have bigger problems if your lungs have decided to shut down for the night.