1bluepixel

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[–] 1bluepixel 18 points 1 year ago

Just to add to this... When I first saw the trailer, I became completely obsessed with the film. I visited the website and read a bunch of short stories on there about the world of the Matrix.

And besides all that, when I finally sat down in theaters and watched Neo take the red pill, I had absolutely no clue what was happening. Their marketing material 100% avoided even spoiling the very premise of the film. All they did was build a mystery.

[–] 1bluepixel 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Johnny Depp was a toxic boyfriend and a chronic substance abuser. So was Heard, but the fact she's a dumpster fire of a human being doesn't make Depp a saint despite what the internet tried to tell you.

Just two shitty human beings who made each other miserable.

[–] 1bluepixel 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

More like a landowner living in their home, and a rich squatter parking their RV on the other guy's backyard then slowly taking over the house.

These "neighbors" metaphors ignore the historical fact that Israel was given Palestinian land and then encroached further beyond their borders.

[–] 1bluepixel 34 points 1 year ago

Straight out of the Trump playbook. Big surprise.

[–] 1bluepixel 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is exactly it.

I'm moving to China for work, so I'm interested in alternative points of view on Chinese society from the usual U.S. mainstream media CCP hate boner. I checked out hexbear, and... my goodness.

They cheer for a version of China that the Chinese themselves would be embarrassed by. It's clearly driven by 14-year-old white boy edgelords who are enamored with a hardcore Marxist-Leninist vision of China that never existed, most likely in reaction to a dislike of modern Western capitalism. I mean, they referenced "struggle sessions" with nostalgia and cheer for Bashar al-Assad because China is being friendly to him.

Real-life China is quite different from the depictions you see on main Lemmy instances, but it sure as hell isn't anything like what the tankies are jerking off to, either.

[–] 1bluepixel 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The media rage-baiting over every single stupid shit he utters is "engaging." The man thrives on it.

[–] 1bluepixel 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

She was making 42K a year as a teacher and 8-10K a month on OF before she got a boost in subscribers from being exposed.

I think she'll be fine financially.

[–] 1bluepixel 132 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We gatekeeping liking the Fediverse now?

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