LMAOOOOO take my upvote

Wrong. Gaza is 80 km, or 49 miles from Jerusalem. Don't make shit up.

This was not an innocent act. Nobody - I mean nobody - sets off fireworks in a war zone for funsies.

Well, it's also the birthplace of aviation, but whatever.

Bring it, motherfucker.

Yeah, the Vietnam War didn't really exist and the fights for civil rights elders bullshit, and of course women were equals, right?

You don't know shit, son.

Everybody's a goddamn victim. Covid is only slightly more dangerous than automobiles, and the long-term disability rates from vehicle crashes far outstrips the damage due to long COVID.

Yet there you are, hopping in your car every day and not giving a fuck about the consequences.

The Doctor was right!

No they did not. They are continuing to refuse to let elderly and sick hostages go. Guess Hamas isn't finished raping them.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-delegation-leaves-cairo-with-ceasefire-talks-ongoing-until-agreement-2024-03-07/

Is this the same Hamas who walked away from the peace talks because Israel wouldn't agree to the destruction of Israel?

Don't for a second pretend Hamas gives a shit about their people.

FOSS is elitism?

Dozens?? Do tell.

How could anyone think this isn't propaganda?

I just stated facts. Your inability to fit them into your preconceptions is not my problem.

It is very much a religion. It has gods and goddesses, scripture, ritual practices, priests and monasteries. I know in the West there is some confusion, but mostly because Asian societies do not tend to make that divide.

On the other hand, Doaism is not really dogmatic, so nobody really gives a shit if you believe in this god, that god, or none at all.

I'm a Daoist. Teaching my children techremoved of meditation, which have positive influences on mental health (don't even @ me, I will flood you with peer-reviewed citations) is abuse? Teaching them the benefits of regular exercise is abuse? Teaching them to pay attention to what's going on with their bodies is abuse? Encouraging honest self-reflection is abuse?

You have a weird definition of abuse.

Nobody cares.

You didn't get the job. Move on.

Fuck, forgot where I was

Y'know I downvoted you at first, but fuck it, you're right

Oh, there were plenty of ads. You just didn't recognize them as such.

Signal, Telegram, why use SMS or RCS?

It's still spoken. Great second language, very easy to learn but also very robust.

2-way street, dude.

Boring? Really? Because you can actually see the different styles of martial arts being done. I guess you're just used to all the pizzazz and twirly shit.

You watched it when you were a kid, didn't you.

What on earth are you talking about? The different styles are clear as day. Of course when you get an avatar you're going to get a lot of CGI, what did you expect? Kyoshi winging around ribbons on a stick?

Jesus. What a whinefest.

So, you haven't watched it. Yet here you are.

LMAOOOOOO

I don't mind the flaming, the post itself was a little inflammatory.

[spoilers ahead]

I have a couple of things in mind. First, I think the casting is spot-on and the actors, including the kids, are immensely talented. The nuance and range of emotions that they can express, as live actors, far surpasses anything that they could do in the animated version. Katara, for example, when she's hopelessly calling out to Aang to come back after he was transformed in Ep 8; the tears in her face, the pleading in her voice when she said "Aang, the world needs you! I need you" really moved me to tears. As did the utter despair and pain in Aang's face when he thought that he had failed the entire world. You just can't get that in animation. The complexity defies the limitations of that medium.

Sure, there are some misses, but overall it's just a better experience, imho.

Second, I think one's opinion of the live action version is highly dependent on the age at which you encountered the original version. I was almost in my dotage when I first watched the show; I watch very little television or video, so it speaks to that version's power that I re-watched the entire series twice.

But I'm not as emotionally tied to it as someone who encountered it in their youth, or early adulthood. Things from those times in one's life tend to become memorialized, immortalized, frozen in that time, and given a cherished spot on one's shelves of memory. So I can see how someone who first watched the show then might be appalled at the changes wrought to bring it to life in a live action format. I mean, how could you possibly have anyone but Katara and Aang in the secret tunnels? It was a key moment in showing their budding affection.

But in the pace of the live action, that just doesn't make sense. Kataang hadn't nearly reached the level at which adhering to the animated version would make any sense at all. So instead, the writers used that to move forward the brother/sister story while at the same time adding to lore that would be needed later. I thought that was clever. I'm sure others thought that was Satan incarnate.

Thanks for asking, @Prunebutt@slrpnk.net I hope this explanation works for you.

The live action version is better by far. The real actors convey much more nuance and depth than the cartoon characters.

And anyone who can watch Ep 8 and still say "oooh, that's no good," probably needs their head examined. Katara's epic fight with Zuko, the despair on her face as she tries hopelessly to bring Aang back; the depth of love Sokka shows when Momo comes back, and when he loses Yue; Aang's bottomless pain when he believes he let the world down.

And the kiddies are gonna complain that Zuko's hair is parted on the wrong side or some dumber shit. Jesus.

Honestly, Kiawentiio sold Katara for me. That's a really difficult character, and I loved how she holds that inner reserve of strength that is Katara's signature.

What fucking business is it of yours? I mean, really. You wanna do dick checks of everyone using a public bathroom? Go the fuck ahead, I dare you.

It's hardwired. And no, neither you nor I am immune to the influence.

Try being supportive of Israel if you want a Really Good Time. jesus.

What's ridiculous about that?

I've listened to Rogan. Edited or unedited, he's a dumbfuck.