rainbowtaint

joined 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

If Varrick were real, he would have blown himself up because he had a hissy fit, threw his briefcase at the wall, but forgot there was a bomb in there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe it's like original sin, and any general in the same army that destroyed 25% of the world's nations, is automatically a war criminal?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

A general isn't just some regular conscript, or enlisted soldier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

LOK for sure. It's different in a lot of ways, but from a production standpoint, I believe they were working season to season, so it was harder to plan out a coherent multi season story a la the original ATLA.

I found the live action unbearable within the first few minutes, but YMMV.

Can't say I read graphic novels, but there are some YouTubers who have adapted some of them into graphic novel videos? Once you get used to the new voice actors, they're actually kind of enjoyable, at least once I've seen.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'd be open to the idea that his partner was murdered by some scorned investors, but the boat capsizing during a sudden a storm, in large part because it's dipshit owner wanted to brag about having the world's largest mast...well that would be a stretch even for Jason Bourne.

However, I would absolutely believe that there was a hit man waiting for him to return to shore, who had to explain to his client that there's no refunds just because God killed him first.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The only study more dubious would be one detailing the murder rates in uncontacted tribes from 1870-2014.

I appreciate the intention: polar bears aren't man eating monsters, but the remote nature of life in the Arctic gives me serious doubts on the accuracy of those findings.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes, legitimate self-defense is not hunting. They aren't even comparable moral or ethical actions.

One is self-preservation, the other is sport.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Hunting prey animals for subsistence is moral and universally better than factory farming, for all parties involved, including the animals.

However, hunting predators for any reason outside of strictly regulated population control, is disgusting. Even grosser still when they're stuffed and displayed for tourists.

I hope it was stolen by like-minded individuals and destroyed.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Is it wrong that I want this as a framed photo to sit over my fireplace? It's so unsettlingly hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Historically, military service has been a family tradition in a lot of American households.

You know who wasn't left with a good feeling about the military? A shitload of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, who's kids would normally would be a large chunk of the current crop of recruits.

Do you think that maybe their parent's bitterness and anger about their time in the military, or treatment afterwards, might have affected their kid's decision to enlist?