ninjabard

Imperial March. At least use its proper title.

This play is so good. I've used that monologue to audition and it never fails to elicit a smile or some other reaction. The person speaking is reasoning away why he cheated on his wife but still.

Pioneers? Modern day snake oil salesmen at best and actively harming humanity at worst.

Our St. Bernard Rosie does this too. But she can't have it as she's allergic to chicken.

Every teacher, instructor, professor I've had from kindergarten through graduate school across three states and as many decades has asked every class I've been in if a student has a preferred name over the name they're officially registered with. Every one made a note in their register to call them as such. Refusing to call a student by their preferred name is a new level of pettiness at best and discrimination at worst. A teacher's job is to make their classroom a place where children feel welcome and safe. Regardless of whatever their personal views are. So, I say with all sincerity and with no irony, fuck your feelings.

But he didn't freeze to death. There are sequels to The Giver. Gathering Blue isn't a direct sequel but in the same universe. I forget the name of the actual sequel.

3.5's tarrasque also had a reflective carapace.

I would also accept Elton John's The Bitch is Back

There isn't. I'm comparing it to the media praising Jordan for "playing through the flu" as a high point in sports history. When in all seriousness, if he actually had the flu, he shouldn't have been on the court at all. Most likely he had a bad case of food poisoning because he made selfish decisions the night before. Which makes him an asshole. Much like the Olympian.

All I remember is the Terence Howard skit and how it felt like a cheap knock off (but still chuckle worthy) of a Chapelle or Key and Peele sketch.

Thought he was Michael Jordan playing through the flu (or food poisoning). Selfish jackass.

AI "art" is theft. Doesn't matter how much time they spend setting up the perfect prompt. It's not their viewpoint. It's not their aesthetic or style. They made no decision to go one direction or another. It's an aggregate of someone ( or many someones) else's work.