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

Maybe yeah, but you try fitting that into a pithy title

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

To see one city ruined may be regarded as unfortunate, for it to happen twice ...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Interesting. My source is obviously anecdotal and from another country. Is it verified that Buffalo tribes always thought this vs. being influenced by European colonisers?

(I don't want to fall into the trap of thinking older civilizations didn't have the same gender hang-ups as modern ones.)

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I heard from an Aboriginal tour guide that in native populations everyone just did the role they wanted / were good at, and it was only from the introduction of Christian missionaries that such a division of labour was encouraged.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I bought a cheap 'mp3 player' from eBay when I was trying to use my phone less, but it was rubbish: no library function (just the files, listed in the order they were copied), m4a support was limited to low-complexity), Bluetooth dropped if I moved my head.

I was surprised, because there's definitely system-on-a-chip + open-source software combinations that would make a good, cheap player. The kind of places that make them though, will always prefer to use even-cheaper components than what the final retail price would suggest.

So, because everyone uses their phone for music listening now, it's hard to get a dumb player. They're either rubbish, like I bought, or they're completely at the other end of the scale (as in more expensive than a phone)

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

"Okay everyone find a partner" are the words I least want to hear at these kind of things

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

Thought that was Willem Dafoe for a second.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Oh cool. Never had a doubt of course. Off to Narnia next apparently (which means I'll have to wait even longer for my imagined Gerwig Star Wars, unfortunately).

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I like the idea that these reviewers all had the concept for a perfect Barbie movie, and are then criticising this one for not living up to it.

I think that - like most people - when I heard that Gerwig was making a movie out of Barbie, I thought: how the hell is she going to do that?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Argh. Sorry. Edited. It's nice that we can edit post titles at least.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah I found her captivating in an androgynous sort-of way. It was very tempting to just post a full frame of her beautiful face.

She has a few iconic scenes towards the end of the film, but they're difficult to capture because they're blurred by VFX.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Also, it was a strange I-guess-I'll-just-die-now of drowning.

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