Ericthescruffy

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[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Big piece of advice I would give is: pick up a new hobby. If you still enjoy your old/current hobby that's fine but during heartbreaks/breakups I found myself spiraling lot because they were fun things I did either with them or at least while we were together.

New hobbies necessitate new neural pathways which is a big help in getting shit off your mind.

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago

Easy there Joseph Campbell. soviet-playful

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Okay, so I'm kind of speaking in ignorance because despite my embarrassing enjoyment of cape shit I haven't yet seen the movie...but I am curious. I actually accept the author's premise that Superman does have Jewish roots, but as we all understand here: Judaism and Zionism should not be conflated.

So I can't help but wonder then: if the name of the countries in question were changed... Just what gave it away to this writer that they were talking about Israel?

If you recognize that they were talking about Israel and Palestine because it was a bunch of armed fascistic bloodthirsty well armed colonizers massacring farmers and women and children... How is that not straight up telling on yourself?

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Not in the literal sense, but the author is correct that the character has symbolic roots stemming from his creators. Just consider Superman's powers and his origin story as an infant sent, metaphorically speaking, down river as an infant wrapped in blankets to a far away land by his birth parents to avoid certain death.

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good instinct, adaptation is infinitely worse. I was gonna say: the movie is trash and blatantly anti Stalin and USSR but I think you're being a bit too harsh of the comic because I remember it actually being quite sympathetic.

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Wait...did you read the comic or watch the shitty animated adaptation?

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I saw a really great comment/take on a thread for the movie that pointed out: if DC had balls they would really contrast Superman's experience as an Immigrant with the black coded and/or presenting Martian Manhunter. Superman is white, conventionally attractive, and fully assimilates which leads to his story being emblematic about the beauty of immigration and the American dream...whereas J'onn often has to literally mask and hide his true nature to avoid Ostracization.

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago (5 children)

One of the punchlines of that story is that President Luthor eventually institutes a planned economy to fight back against Superman...so by the end of the story the conflict isn't even about capitalism versus socialism but whether or not the dominant ideology will be socialism with superman characteristic, or socialism with Luthor characteristics.

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

This kinda weird shit is a big part of why I love star wars. If it were cannon that there's a Chucky cheese style outer rim attraction with repurposed trade federation droids doing song and dance numbers it would be entirely consistent and on brand for the universe.

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

Hard agree. Hell even BB-8 is a really goddamn cool design.

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

There's a flat to VR mod that really takes this to the next level. No motion controls but you can just straight up put on the headset and use the controller to walk around the world as you turn around and look at everything and just feel how alive and atmospheric the city is. Its awesome...if you can run it.

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You're not wrong...but isn't it fucking wild how we've just totally normalized and accepted the idea that if you get a call on your phone and its a number you don't recognize there is a 90%+ chance that it is someone on the other end looking to do and engage in literal crimes?

 

My sincerest sympathies to anyone who gets seasonal depression...but I don't get it. I actually loves the winter season. I love dressing in layers and going for morning dog walk breathing in the cold air. Doing a run in the cold with the air slicing through my lungs is the best. Slow cooker meals and soups. Staying indoors under thick covers with warm coffee and tea. Holiday decorations and movies/my music. God I love this time of year and I swear my mental health improves a whole grade level.

Anyone else on this site feel the same???

 

........but like for real, imagine seeing that headline for real in like another week? Would be real fucking wild huh?

 

Just venting cause I'm feeling pretty doomer and nihilistic right now. Its not really the election results that have me bummed out...but the knee jerk reactions and hot takes about what the democrats need to do for the future is really bumming me out about what the world is gonna look like.

The insane thing I can't get over is: if Harris had won it actually would have vindicated the fucking right wing shift. Her marching out the Cheney's to campaign for her, ignoring gaza protestors, cozying up to big American corporate interests...all of it. Congrats: you proved you can just be the republican party from 20 years ago and win power and we can be ignored. Bravo.

**But that didn't happen. ** They fucking lost. They ate shit! There are a multitude of factors you can point to regarding why the Harris campaign failed but it DID fail. The strategy failed.

And yet somehow the takeaway is that the left are responsible for alienating voters with our radical ideas. I know we talk about how we need to abandon the democratic party and realize its a lost cause and I do think that's probably the correct take...but at this point I think that's not even going to be a choice we have to make so much as it is a material necessity once the democratic party starts actively purging us out.

 

Pretty proud of how this turned out. My partner went as Chappell Roan so it made for a good bit.

 

New season new meta comrade!

I'm hype as hell for Jamie buffs. I didn't like hearing the news about them seemingly embracing "fuck it we palm" and making it safe but a lot of his updates look great. I'm super excited to test out Bakkais new i frames.

 

Valve index. Got a lightly used one for a great price.

TBH I mainly bought this thing cause I want to play the Myst remaster in VR but I better get some use outa this. So what else is worth playing aside from Beat Saber? Any good VR mods?

 

So excited comrades!! I can't wait to rock Jamie's #3 but I damn near want to pick up zangief as an alt just for librarian gief.

 
 

I'm a 6'1 jacked as hell white dude with glasses I won't stop wearing and a beard I refuse to shave. What have you got for me?

 

My current partner said this about me on a text chain with her friends:

"Y'all this man's body is not a wonderland, it's a weird vending machine that sells caffeinated sludge & something pretending to be a protein shake."

God I love her.

 

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