The sun is boring, I hope it doesn't come back.

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It seems the Russia/Ukraine thing is still going on, despite all our media reporting how Russia is being totally defeated every step of the way.  Our so-called Secretary of Defense even picked up the phone to talk to his Russian counterpart for the first time since mid-February and demand an immediate cease-fire.  Why would you do that when the side you're on is winning everything?  It sounds like Russia should be begging for peace, *if* what the media is telling us accurate.

The left is still eagerly promoting war with Russia but why is it so important that they ignore the 2014 invasion to see what mistakes were made then?  Is there something they might learn from and they want to avoid that or is there something other people might learn from and they *REALLY* want to avoid that?

□ [“Sen. Chris Van Hollen Becomes Third Prominent Democrat to Suffer a Stroke This Year"]

First time's an accident, second time is coincidence, third time is a conspiracy.

Can't these guys get vaccinated like they're supposed to?  What sort of message are they sending to all the youngsters, that they can just ignore this horrible virus that's killing everybody?  These rich old white men need to be protected!

□ [“Washington Arby’s Manager Admits Urinating ‘At Least Twice' in Milkshake Mix for His Own 'Sexual Gratification'"]

They found after he was arrested and charged for possession and dealing with multiple depictions of minors in sex acts.  Someone who is into sex with children also gets off urinating on milkshakes.

How is it even possible to get to that point?  Sane people wouldn't even conceive of such a thing.  Maybe if you're a major asshole, or just really drunk, pissing in the machine might make sense, but the point would be to piss someone off that you're not able to piss on.  Beyond that, no clue.  And to be turned on by this?

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May 16, 2022

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May 16, 2022

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May 16, 2022

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May 16, 2022

I had a thought about the movies' recent attempt to establish a 'multi-verse,' is it based on thinking people will self-identify as a given superhero played by a specific actor?  Because that's not going to work.

One thing that comics had going for them (or against them, depending on how you look at it) is that the characters and the story were the main point, especially with corporate-owned superheroes.  There's preferring a Spider-Man done by Steve Ditko over John Romita or Todd McFarlane or whoever, then there's self-identifying as Spider-Man which is not a good idea by any stretch of the imagination.

But are you supposed to carry that over into self-identifying as the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man, as opposed to the Andrew Garfield Spider-Man or Tom Holland Spider-Man?  Or even relating to one version of this movie character as opposed to the other versions?

I don't know if that's exactly what Marvel leftists are trying to do but it seems mostly-accurate, and makes about as much sense as actually becoming Spider-Man.  That's just too mind-bogglingly far away from reality to even contemplate.

I quite enjoyed the Maguire movies.  Haven't seen them in ages but I'd have no objection to seeing them again, even the third one.  Have no interest in seeing the others.  The only reason I know anything about the Holland run is because he appeared in Captain America 3 and Avengers 3 and 4 as Tony Stark's boytoy with a stupid costume.

The recent Spider-Man movie brought all three of these actors together, obviously implementing the 'multi-verse' viewpoint.  I was tempted to see it just for the novelty but never got around to it.  Anyway, I really think that's what they're trying to do, impose some form of 'self-identification' and they're trying to do it through the history of fans obsessing with superheroes and bringing that over to those who obsess with movies.

The people running Hollywood (or Disney) may have way over-expected the number of people who actually want to deal with this stuff on a regular basis.  Or even an occasional basis.  Word is coming out that none of the recent Marvel movies have been even remotely successful.  They aren't bombs but they get their biggest audience the first week and that's basically it.

There's however many people are eager to go stare at a screen for hours to look at people and special effects and pretend that they're getting something out of it, then there's everybody else who finds something to do with their lives.

And they want to expand this to all these other characters?  All the other franchises?  All the other companies?  All aimed at people who define themselves by staring at a screen?

In every medium, leftism focuses on making it all about leftism and ignoring everything else.  But I do think it stands out for movies.  Reading requires effort, music isn't going to communicate anything particularly coherent, nor is drawing/painting.  Movies involve watching people do things, specifically produced with or without special effects, requiring a massive crew of people behind the scenes and dealing with a large number of very-different crafts all required to get the people onto the screen.

It's not the cause of leftism by any stretch of the imagination but it does seem to be a good description of how it works and its insane belief that it can accomplish anything in reality.  Obviously leftists existed before movies did, they just didn't have as much to work with then.

But who are these people who think that every waking moment staring at a screen is accomplishing anything?  Of course they'd claim that I'm doing the exact same thing here but writing and reading are actual skills that take energy to accomplish.  They simply don't recognize that fact.

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