This shows you why echo chambers of all designs are bad. It's why I hate the down vote arrow, and wished that it disappeared off the face of this planet. People got frustrated when that happened with Youtube though, so shrugs. Please keep being a witty one =)
poppichew
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I want to get grumpy here and say that watching their edutainment documentary on ____ (fill in the blank queer subject because I don't remember the focus), that introduced me to Christine Jorgensen and had clips of her performing made my LIFE! I think they were from the Library of Congress or something, and who the hell knows if they even exist anymore. She did a cover of Welcome to my World that took the tune from a old crooner song to this upbeat fun and flirty jam and it was absolutely mesmerizing. That was just a ten second clip too, but it was so wonderful. I had another grumpy pants moment tonight when I talked about how happy people are post-transitioning and how frustrating it is to me that people can see transjoy and think "I want to smash that." I mean I have met so many transfolx who have this deep seated awful pain that pretty much saps the life from them until they get the right support they need. It's like night and day. I just don't get it. We don't recruit, even though we used to chant it to scare the straights. Really, we just make people more aware of the possibilities of who they could be if they want to be said way. Youth explores, I've known a LUG or three in my lifetime. I think exposure to a wide range of folks in media helps people. I know I was happy the first time I saw someone who looked like me on a TV, and it damn near took 25 years or so to do it. So yeah, it's important. I really hate this happened, but hopefully they've just archived them for later. You can't fuck with the bag in this world.
Me too, actually. Hehehehe! To be honest with you, I think my favorite state in the Midwest is WI, gotta love those lakes in Madison. I swore to myself at a young age that I wouldn't "backtrack" which means I want to keep living in new states cause life is short and it's important to get in all you want to get in before you get too old or tied down to do so. Only state I am willing to revist is Eastern PA, cause I lived on the other side and it's practically two states put into one. One of my close friends lives in MI, but we met in IL she's in the Kalamazoo area. Some bent part of me wants to go to the UP, but I think it'd be an easier sell not to look towards the SE side. Especially cause there's puffins, and who doesn't love to see little puffins hanging out? I will say Detroit last time I went through had some of the saddest architecture I've seen in my life (I'm sure you know where I'm talking about). Looked firebombed. I think it's flipping though, and I know there's a bustling art scene. I think my favorite thing about the Midwest as a whole is how kind folks are. It's not always there, but when it is it's real genuine. It's actually that genuine spirit I like about the East too, although it's not the same scene obviously. I just like that organic energy, people acting as they think/want. Of course I tend to stay away from the water cracker folks out East, so that might be different with that old money kind.
A friend of mine who is from MI (but not the gal I am talking about) lamented the winters there. Said the snow never seems to end, the wind is brutal and it rolls off the lake with a fierce misery (because it's to the East, you know). He also hated the basements, most of which are unfinished and dungeonous. Hehehe!
Either way, I hope you're air quality is doing okay. I am not sure what exactly is going on, but these wildfires have been killer for the air. Thanks for responding back by the by =)
Man, consumerism is a hot mess.
You and me, we're best friends now. You get Earthbound. I love you. It's one of my favorite games forever-ever. Got it at Blockbuster used for $5. Best $5 spent ever. While I personally hate the skinnerbox effect of achievements, I love this damn game. I also love your excitement to play it again. Tell me your other favorites =)
Thank you for this, I haven't seen one in a long time but I also don't really go to comic shops or anything anymore. I used to when I was a baby geeklit. I love comics for what they are, I just don't know if I connect with them in the same way I did as when I was younger. I think the need for financial gain has also altered the scene quite a bit, regardless of how talented people are. I think I was listening to an interview with Sophie Campbell one day and she said she doesn't really read loosies anymore because their pacing always seems off. It's kind of the same reason why I can't stand Netflix shows, because it feels like they're put together to create the largest amount of arousal and retention as plausible, while stringing an individual along (they're also hella flashy, the camera changes every three seconds). Eh! I think there is a wholesome element of Better & Veronica (Or the Archie-universe as a whole) that is actually really needed when you're younger/coming of age. Because everything feels so strange to you, and it's nice to have something be simple, sweet an non-antagonistic.
I have seen people on here talk about how people creep on you from a young age if you're perceived as desirable (I didn't really want to point at any gender, but I know it happens a lot to gals). While I think people are more apt to talking about how unwanted advances of older individuals against young folks is bad, I actually think these things are still difficult subjects to approach. But I think a lot of media has subversive almost grooming like effects that can really subconsciously harm young minds. No one can really escape it, and equally there are elements of puberty that obviously make you sexual. But there's also elements that make you almost asexual in nature. They two kind of butt up against each other. It's a confusing space, and people tend to enjoy media as a pause from the confusions of life. So like I said, I am glad that these comics still exist. I am also glad they evolved, because they were written in a way that white-washed America (Leave it to Beaver) in way that people have worked to shift (Raisin in the Sun) to permit more equality in the country. For as much as people hate it (white supremacist) I think diversity is the spice of life, and in including it they found a way to reach a wider audience and stay afloat in a volatile market. If I come across one of these, I'll grab one just to see how things have changed cause of you. Thank you =)!
p.s. - (I talk about the grooming stuff from my own experiences, but also from the stuff I've heard other folks say. On media, I clearly partake. I just think there are elements that are really harmful to people as a whole, let alone developing minds. There's also some wonderful stuff though, that help expand the imagination or even educate individuals on good moral standards. So eh!)
I saw one other Polygon writer who found interesting indies trying to rally support to stay independent and financially well and I don't think they reached what they wanted. It actually seems really hard to stay financially flushed without selling your soul or having a service that a lot of people truly want to use. It stinks. Of course, this is just my observations, I don't actually know and you can always give your grant-writing skills some practice to get financial support.
I tried to give Until Dawn a go. I love horror movies, but I just don't know. It didn't speak to me. I don't know if there's one video game movie I have ever liked outside of Resident Evil...actually that's a lie. I loved that OG Mario Bros movie that everyone seems to hate. That movie was the shit! Same thing for live action flicks from anime/manga too. Cause I am a crack head for Kuragehime (Princess Jellyfish) and no matter how solid they made that movie I just couldn't get behind it.
I have a goofy secret, that I was never girly, girl about a lot of things. But the library I went to always had copies of Betty and Veronica laying around and I sure as hell read them all. I think it's kind of funny you guys keep pulling all this bathing suit stuff up. Cause I think Veronica later wears a string bikini exclusively. But I can't exactly remember, because that was years and years ago. I have always found the evolution of this property (which has lasted so long) has been interesting as societal views have changed. I don't read it anymore, but I do know they added a gay character at one point and I saw some other stuff they changed too.
I am not sure why this exists, or how it's going to be but I am fine with it existing cause...even if I wasn't I can't stop it so...eh! All things aside, I was talking with my gal recently about how I think Mike Judge is really good at making humanistic characters. Even if they're absolutely whacko jacko, I think this might be the most humanistic adult cartoon I can think of to be honest. I was watching Common Side Effect, and his character on there was a guy you loved to hate. Which I didn't really think would come of a corporate schlub. There's also a lot of the heart of Americana in this show. For good or for bad. I don't agree with all the politics, but it does make me laugh. I know a lot of queers who'd never watch this show, because it's very traditionalist and white-centric. I actually really like it though. I'll give this a go when it comes out, but I will say I still don't get WHY it exists.
This is a goofabout but I swear a couple things here:
a) When presenting things, you have to be captivating by nature otherwise you will get this response in general.
b) I think we might have too much social stimulation as a whole, even extroverts, and it's made everyone mad.
c) Hugs.
d) *SAD gets easier with more socializing (me thinks).
In my wildest dreams. I bet you when they made it edgey perhaps (I know for a period they made it edgey but I don't know the specifics of it). I do like the idea that you can be real good gal friends without all the raucous sexual tension. Cause when I first came out (and being gay was as accepted as scratching yourself up with a brillo pad) gals were super dubious of my existence. As society became more accepting, I made a literal shitton of straight gal friends. To the point now where they are the majority of my inner circle. Not that I think either is particularly queer coded. Betty is just a tomboy and Veronica is just a flirtatious gal. Hahaha!
(God that sounded like I was joking at the end but I am just laughing because I really think it ends there, but things can change and I haven't read this stuff since I was young so idk.)