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I'd say I'm sorry for the title, but that would imply I was sorry for the title.

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There was a discussion about gaming a day or so ago, and it mentioned "Barbies Horse Adventure"

Which lead me to remember a tumblr post about how girls played with Barbies as a kid. And "The Dead Pit"

https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/94rzhu/all_hail_the_dead_pit/

You have to read the entire thread, because it definitely puts paid to the idea of "sugar and spice and all things nice"........

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[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 92 points 2 months ago

This was one of the replies to the post, and it just made me smile, so I thought I'd include it :)

[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 63 points 3 months ago

"These people who throw milkshakes could be throwing acid"

No, they couldn't. They made a conscious decision to throw a milkshake at someone because a milkshake is not going to hurt that person. It won't burn them. It won't injure them. It won't damage them in any way other than to get milkshake on them.

Throwing milkshakes and throwing acid are two WILDLY different things and to try to suggest they are the same is just bullshit.

It's like throwing a chair in a pool and throwing a baby in a pool.

[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

Ice cold -- 0 degrees.

Who wants Ice at 32 degrees? That's a ridiculous temperature to say "It's freezing out there -- it's 32 degrees!!"

If I want someone telling me it's cold, I want it to be sub-zero. Not sub-32.

You know I'm right.

[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago

In his defence -- look at society.

[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago

The first time I saw "The Force Awakens" my entire review was "this is just the original three films slammed together into one film"

Which translates to me not being that impressed.

[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago

As a fun thought experiment -- to get £1bn someone would have to give you £1 per second EVERY SECOND for 32 years.

No one needs that much money. And anyone who says they do, or anyone who defends someone who does, really needs to adjust their point of view.

[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago

I think you have to find the line where revenge can do more harm than good, and where revenge is just going to end the arc (so to speak)

In Montoya's case it brings the killing to an end, because The Count (as far as we know) has no one to miss him, no one to seek vengeance for him and no one to get pissed that he is dead. So when Montoya stabs him that's it -- The Count is dead, Montoya's need for vengeance is satisfied and the story is done.

But if you go to something like Romeo and Juliet (or West Side Story because I can remember the character names), then getting revenge there just causes the cycle of violence to continue.

Bernardo stabs Riff. Tony stabs Bernardo. Chico goes looking for Tony, and eventually shoots him. And then -- at the end, the two gangs want revenge.

Now clearly if Maria kills Chico for him shooting Tony, it won't bring Tony back, but it will cause more anger in The Sharks.

And if The Jets kill Chico for shooting Tony, then it won't bring Tony back, but it will cause more anger in The Sharks.

And if The Sharks get revenge for Bernardo's death by taking out Ice, then it won't bring back Bernardo, but...... you get the idea.

Which is why Maria says "no", and tells them to let it go. She might loathe Chico and want him to pay for Tony's death, but killing him won't help.

I grew up with West Side Story and Xena, so I am more on the "don't kill people for revenge" side of things.

Not that I am saying Montoya was in the wrong, of course :)

[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

Yeah -- I am not a good person.

My first thought was "use a sniper rifle to shoot the cat. Then take the key off its cold, dead corpse"

[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago

International Men's Day -- 19th of November.

https://internationalmensday.com/

Talk to each other. Don't let someone go through their life alone.

[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

6 meg is still less than 10 meg right? I am not doing the maths wrong, am I?

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