SharkWeek

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[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

This is an interesting / fun idea, is your document available from somewhere other than Google drive?

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I found it to have a lot of stuff repeated, and some bad advice mixed in, so take it with a pinch of salt.

(Me and my other half use these when out of mobile range in the mountains, in case of emergencies)

Possibly, though the original MM2 script painted the baddies as having lots of people in their ranks who were scary because they were gay.

None of the Mad Max films have had a positive LGBT character depiction in them, and only very very scant POC

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Mad Max 2, I saw it when I was about 8 (at the time I think it was rated 18) but the violence didn't phase me at all ... what changed my life in a memorable way is one scene, where one of the baddies dies and his boyfriend is so overcome by grief and rage that he goes completely off his rocker.

It impressed on me, as a kid growing up in a conservative area at a time when it was illegal for schools to discuss LGBT relationships, that boys could genuinely love other boys and, logically, that meant that girls could really love other girls so I didn't have to spend my life alone and unloved.

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

I honestly don't give a shit about any of that. On screen he comes across as the kind of guy no sensible woman would want to be in a room with alone.

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This is the one I'm most in line with ... I enjoyed him in the first Guardians movie the first time I watched it, but having seen more of his acting I think that was either dumb luck or great directing.

I actively avoid watching stuff with him in now, including the first Guardians movie. He gives off a bad vibe to me.

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago

I wish that all schools were like that, everywhere.

I'm really happy to read that you had as positive an experience as realistically possible :-)

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've done long trips in a couple of muscle cars, and they weren't any better for road trips than midsize European cars from the same era.

The only place I can think they had an advantage was a drag strip, and even then only with a bit of modification.

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I was surprised to be honest!

Before doing track days at Cadwell Park I used to fire up Project Cars and do a couple of laps just to remind myself of the order and camber of the corners (it's a very complex track), but that didn't feel realistic at all ... Dirt 4 does, even though the stages aren't real, which is ironic

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What if the store is in the bear so when you get eaten you find yourself stuck in Hot Topic?

Ha! Didn't think of that one, did you?

 

About a year ago I picked up a copy of Dirt 4 for very little money and put it on the side to play later (it appears that rally games drop in price when they no longer feature the latest cars).

One of the environments it features is Tarragona in Spain, which is where I live. Having actually started playing it I can say that the modeling and course design for my home stages is absolutely spot on - I live in a small village halfway up a small mountain which is often used for the WRC, and the stages really do feel like my daily commute.

The car handling, progression, team management stuff, etc, is good - with the variable difficulty settings it's very accessible to casuals like me :-)

At about 3/4 completion I'd give it top marks, and I'm enjoying it a lot more than the more simulation oriented rally games.

Screenshot for context

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Her tats are awesome <3

 

My work is up and down like a yoyo at the moment, to help avoid doom scrolling during quiet patches I've decided to start reading (nobody at work is going to pay attention to plain text on my screen, we're all in the same boat).

I've got a copy of Naomi Altman's The Power to start off with ... any other recommendations?

(Obviously can't be anything smutty or very funny because I need to be low-key, and lighter stuff would be easier to pick up and put down when I have actual work to do)

Thanks in advance :-)

 

Hi, Iḿ not in the US, but earlier this year had the opportunity to try shooting firearms of various sorts for the first time, and it's something I'd like expand my knowledge about ... when I go on youtube the videos I've seen have been American with a right-wing lean which range from comedic, through surreal, and into creepy.

It would be nice to see content from people who are vaguely normal.

(Edit: especially if it has to do with revolvers!)

 

Are there any other shows out there of this sort of lighthearted nature, yet made with quality writing, out there?

It feels like a lot of recent things we've watched has been a bit grim and/or relies on spectacle rather than telling a good story and working a few jokes in along the way ... the world is on fire, I'd like to stop it and get off, if only for a few minutes at a time.

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