yes, he watched a lot of movie and was clearly familiar with the history of film
i feel that there were a handful of films he was extremely disingenuous towards and this contradicts his supposed "objective" to watching and review movies
couple that with being the loudest mouthpiece in film criticism and i think he is a problematic figure
also, any review which measures are on a scale (be it stars, thumbs, numbers, tomatoes, whatever) is inherently garbage
You can ignore the score at the end. It doesn't make all the words in front of it irrelevant. Yes scores are terrible. No they don't mean the whole review is awful.
And for fucks sake you can't review movies for as long as Ebert did without having some odd opinions every now and then. He wasn't a machine spitting out objective evaluations, he was a dude reviewing movies. Hardly 'problematic'. Whatever flaws he had were massively outweighed by his virtues as a critic. Give the dude some due.
I know I'm late, but Atomika likes fewer movies than Ebert.
It's true. I don't like many.
But I hope springs eternal.
Well, just to balance out the neigh sayers. I really like the movie you wrote up for the Instant Watch Movie dealio. Young Adult. That was a good movie that I would never have seen if not for your liking it.
Aw! Thank you!
That makes me feel helpful and awesome!
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
How do I explain to my friend that being a 24 year old with 9 grand in the bank doesn't make her poor and that when she says she has no money to me it is insulting?
let her know that she is currently worth 13 grand more than me
shh-shh-shh, no, let's not count debt because that makes us sad
i'm not that bad off
my main concern is having minus 50e in my current account until i get paid on thursday because i can't afford nice things like food o
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Deebaseron my way to work in a suit and a tieAhhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered Userregular
yes, he watched a lot of movie and was clearly familiar with the history of film
i feel that there were a handful of films he was extremely disingenuous towards and this contradicts his supposed "objective" to watching and review movies
couple that with being the loudest mouthpiece in film criticism and i think he is a problematic figure
also, any review which measures are on a scale (be it stars, thumbs, numbers, tomatoes, whatever) is inherently garbage
You can ignore the score at the end. It doesn't make all the words in front of it irrelevant. Yes scores are terrible. No they don't mean the whole review is awful.
And for fucks sake you can't review movies for as long as Ebert did without having some odd opinions every now and then. He wasn't a machine spitting out objective evaluations, he was a dude reviewing movies. Hardly 'problematic'. Whatever flaws he had were massively outweighed by his virtues as a critic. Give the dude some due.
My anti depressants make me go from "lying in bed sobbing because the world is too hard" to "lying in bed playing video games because the world is too hard". Other than depression, none of the issues I have been diagnosed with are being treated because doctors are afraid I will become addicted to them.
I am tired and I will gladly take addiction at this point.
It has taken me about 8 years but finally I have gathered up the will and energy to bother enough people so that I might get all the right drugs and treatment I need.
It is particularly difficult because while the depression is being managed by my antidepressants, my energy level is still through the floor 9 days out of 10, so motivating myself to do the things that need to be done is really hard.
I wrote all of this in a letter which I then distributed to my family and my doctors though, so they understand now that while doing a given thing may seem easy, it can be the hardest thing in the world for me because my brain is a jerk and so I am gonna need some help.
Hmm...yeah maybe letters would be a better avenue for me.
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How do I explain to my friend that being a 24 year old with 9 grand in the bank doesn't make her poor and that when she says she has no money to me it is insulting?
How do I explain to my friend that being a 24 year old with 9 grand in the bank doesn't make her poor and that when she says she has no money to me it is insulting?
Well you can say "no, I have no money. You have money."
not that I'd entirely agree that just 9 grand in the bank makes you not-poor but that's with my CoL in mind I have no idea what it's like where you are
There's no easy way to broach this topic.
Each person has a different set of problems, even if it was their own choosing.
I guess I would say 9k isn't a whole lot of money. She's one bad bone break away from being poor.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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TTODewbackPuts the drawl in ya'llI think I'm in HellRegistered Userregular
Ugh stupid delivery people delivering to the campus mail room instead of directly to our office for big packages.
Just had to carry three packages plus our department mail across campus.
the boxes were cutting into my hands so bad they started turning purple
bluhhhhhh
Bless your heart.
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TL DRNot at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered Userregular
I would like to clarify that I was not criticizing the use of or dependence on medicine, psychiatric or otherwise.
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ThomamelasOnly one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered Userregular
I come in and get told I need to talk to this potential new hire, he wants to know about my job. So I'm a little confused but I sit down and talk with him. He tells me he's always dreamed of what is basically a sales engineer position. My first thought is good god why, and my second thought is maybe he needs to aim higher. It's a fine job but for one's dream job you should stretch a little more.
I talk with him and he's a smart guy but he's got no technical background at all but he's very interested in eventually doing my job. So I lay out the potential path for him. And I'm quietly pointing out some of the things he thinks will be interesting are things our sales people do already. But he's basically gonna have to walk a kind of shitty path to get there. So we'll see what happens.
But what is the deal with people gunning for my job of late? I'd be worried if I thought any of them would be a replacement for me but it's just weird.
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Donkey KongPutting Nintendo out of business with AI nipsRegistered Userregular
ludious just drinks pre-made skinny girl margaritas on the rocks
Bud Lite lime-a-rita
Us not buying that pallet of Bud-A-Rita variety pack beer is my biggest regret from that weekend.
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It's so easy to drink too, so everyone probably would have opened and sipped on one between cocktails. The look on your face of a huge group of people in your home drinking lime-a-rita would have been priceless.
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
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I'm reviewing GotG for a local culture website. I'm going to love the movie and then slate it in print JUST BECAUSE.
Again, I get where you are coming from, but this is a thing that is done in both directions. It's a fundamental part of clickbait. Be contrary or outlandish to get hits.
How do I explain to my friend that being a 24 year old with 9 grand in the bank doesn't make her poor and that when she says she has no money to me it is insulting?
let her know that she is currently worth 13 grand more than me
shh-shh-shh, no, let's not count debt because that makes us sad
i'm not that bad off
my main concern is having minus 50e in my current account until i get paid on thursday because i can't afford nice things like food o
yeah me neither. My debt doesn't matter as long as I'm studying, anyway, so who cares.
Also, I know that feel. I'd ship you a can of beans if I had any to spare but I need mine to be fed until I get paid on friday.
I had 3 beers last night and I feel horrible this morning
I wasn't even drunk!
this is an outrage
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i found myself disagreeing with the movies ebert liked pretty often. i guess we just had different preferences. when he and gene siskel did their movie show, i generally found myself more in agreement with siskel.
i always appreciated his perspective on films, though. he had some interesting insights and he was a neat person.
How do I explain to my friend that being a 24 year old with 9 grand in the bank doesn't make her poor and that when she says she has no money to me it is insulting?
I come in and get told I need to talk to this potential new hire, he wants to know about my job. So I'm a little confused but I sit down and talk with him. He tells me he's always dreamed of what is basically a sales engineer position. My first thought is good god why, and my second thought is maybe he needs to aim higher. It's a fine job but for one's dream job you should stretch a little more.
I talk with him and he's a smart guy but he's got no technical background at all but he's very interested in eventually doing my job. So I lay out the potential path for him. And I'm quietly pointing out some of the things he thinks will be interesting are things our sales people do already. But he's basically gonna have to walk a kind of shitty path to get there. So we'll see what happens.
But what is the deal with people gunning for my job of late? I'd be worried if I thought any of them would be a replacement for me but it's just weird.
What are the chances a higher up is trying to find out how hard it would be to replace you, or, find a way to replace you for cheap?
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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KageraImitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered Userregular
Haha holy crap amateur hour.
So Walmart's number one selling sku is 4011 which is bananas. Any store that will always sell the most by volume.
Store manager came in this morning and got on the radio...
"How come we don't have almost any bananas on the shelf I told you guys earlier to take care of the banana issue why didn't you guys do it?"
I chuckled mostly because I have no way to be caught in the crosshairs of that problem.
How do I explain to my friend that being a 24 year old with 9 grand in the bank doesn't make her poor and that when she says she has no money to me it is insulting?
Well you can say "no, I have no money. You have money."
not that I'd entirely agree that just 9 grand in the bank makes you not-poor but that's with my CoL in mind I have no idea what it's like where you are
There's no easy way to broach this topic.
Each person has a different set of problems, even if it was their own choosing.
I guess I would say 9k isn't a whole lot of money. She's one bad bone break away from being poor.
I'm reviewing GotG for a local culture website. I'm going to love the movie and then slate it in print JUST BECAUSE.
Again, I get where you are coming from, but this is a thing that is done in both directions. It's a fundamental part of clickbait. Be contrary or outlandish to get hits.
I keed. I will be amazed beyond words if I don't love every fucking minute of it. I'm certainly looking forward to a big, fun space adventure with lasers and aliens and spaceships and everything.
I'm reviewing GotG for a local culture website. I'm going to love the movie and then slate it in print JUST BECAUSE.
Again, I get where you are coming from, but this is a thing that is done in both directions. It's a fundamental part of clickbait. Be contrary or outlandish to get hits.
ludious just drinks pre-made skinny girl margaritas on the rocks
Bud Lite lime-a-rita
Us not buying that pallet of Bud-A-Rita variety pack beer is my biggest regret from that weekend.
animedad.jpg
It's so easy to drink too, so everyone probably would have opened and sipped on one between cocktails. The look on your face of a huge group of people in your home drinking lime-a-rita would have been priceless.
i think id laugh and just die on the inside as I sweat and bolted between the living room and the kitchen to make more dranks.
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
How do I explain to my friend that being a 24 year old with 9 grand in the bank doesn't make her poor and that when she says she has no money to me it is insulting?
let her know that she is currently worth 13 grand more than me
shh-shh-shh, no, let's not count debt because that makes us sad
i'm not that bad off
my main concern is having minus 50e in my current account until i get paid on thursday because i can't afford nice things like food o
yeah me neither. My debt doesn't matter as long as I'm studying, anyway, so who cares.
Also, I know that feel. I'd ship you a can of beans if I had any to spare but I need mine to be fed until I get paid on friday.
so long as i can cobble together enough money to go drinking/karaoke with this girl on saturday, i'll live
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ThomamelasOnly one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered Userregular
I come in and get told I need to talk to this potential new hire, he wants to know about my job. So I'm a little confused but I sit down and talk with him. He tells me he's always dreamed of what is basically a sales engineer position. My first thought is good god why, and my second thought is maybe he needs to aim higher. It's a fine job but for one's dream job you should stretch a little more.
I talk with him and he's a smart guy but he's got no technical background at all but he's very interested in eventually doing my job. So I lay out the potential path for him. And I'm quietly pointing out some of the things he thinks will be interesting are things our sales people do already. But he's basically gonna have to walk a kind of shitty path to get there. So we'll see what happens.
But what is the deal with people gunning for my job of late? I'd be worried if I thought any of them would be a replacement for me but it's just weird.
What are the chances a higher up is trying to find out how hard it would be to replace you, or, find a way to replace you for cheap?
Pretty slim. This guy would be at least a year away from maybe doing my job assuming he busts his ass on nights and weekends. And management doesn't seem interested in him doing it but more just indulging his interest.
How do I explain to my friend that being a 24 year old with 9 grand in the bank doesn't make her poor and that when she says she has no money to me it is insulting?
Well you can say "no, I have no money. You have money."
not that I'd entirely agree that just 9 grand in the bank makes you not-poor but that's with my CoL in mind I have no idea what it's like where you are
There's no easy way to broach this topic.
Each person has a different set of problems, even if it was their own choosing.
I guess I would say 9k isn't a whole lot of money. She's one bad bone break away from being poor.
Also highly relevant is: what is she making?
without income yes 9k makes you poor
Yeah to save up 9k, you've got to be pulling down some serious dough, or, have been saving for a while.
9k as a single person is easy if you've got 50k a year and a low CoL. You could probably do 15k a year or more on that kind of income.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
My anti depressants make me go from "lying in bed sobbing because the world is too hard" to "lying in bed playing video games because the world is too hard". Other than depression, none of the issues I have been diagnosed with are being treated because doctors are afraid I will become addicted to them.
I am tired and I will gladly take addiction at this point.
It has taken me about 8 years but finally I have gathered up the will and energy to bother enough people so that I might get all the right drugs and treatment I need.
It is particularly difficult because while the depression is being managed by my antidepressants, my energy level is still through the floor 9 days out of 10, so motivating myself to do the things that need to be done is really hard.
I wrote all of this in a letter which I then distributed to my family and my doctors though, so they understand now that while doing a given thing may seem easy, it can be the hardest thing in the world for me because my brain is a jerk and so I am gonna need some help.
Hmm...yeah maybe letters would be a better avenue for me.
I have found they are really the only way I can communicate my problems constructively to my family, and a real time-saver with doctors/ mental health professionals. I can communicate clearly through my writing, whereas I have a lot of anxieties and guilt / pride issues when trying to discuss things face to face.
i found myself disagreeing with the movies ebert liked pretty often. i guess we just had different preferences. when he and gene siskel did their movie show, i generally found myself more in agreement with siskel.
i always appreciated his perspective on films, though. he had some interesting insights and he was a neat person.
I had a few here and there where I wasn't disagreeing because he liked things I did not or vice versa but because I disagreed completely with his interpretation and thought he was not watching the same movie as me
but mostly his reviews had a lot of interesting insights and where worthwhile to read (even though I do wish he'd just not write the first half where's he's just summing up the movie plot because a plot summary is never interesting)
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Us not buying that pallet of Bud-A-Rita variety pack beer is my biggest regret from that weekend.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
You can ignore the score at the end. It doesn't make all the words in front of it irrelevant. Yes scores are terrible. No they don't mean the whole review is awful.
And for fucks sake you can't review movies for as long as Ebert did without having some odd opinions every now and then. He wasn't a machine spitting out objective evaluations, he was a dude reviewing movies. Hardly 'problematic'. Whatever flaws he had were massively outweighed by his virtues as a critic. Give the dude some due.
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Fair warning, it will probably be about sports.
Aw! Thank you!
That makes me feel helpful and awesome!
i'm not that bad off
my main concern is having minus 50e in my current account until i get paid on thursday because i can't afford nice things like food o
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FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
Hmm...yeah maybe letters would be a better avenue for me.
convince her to sink it all into scratchers
then her problems will be realer
There's no easy way to broach this topic.
Each person has a different set of problems, even if it was their own choosing.
I guess I would say 9k isn't a whole lot of money. She's one bad bone break away from being poor.
Just had to carry three packages plus our department mail across campus.
the boxes were cutting into my hands so bad they started turning purple
bluhhhhhh
I talk with him and he's a smart guy but he's got no technical background at all but he's very interested in eventually doing my job. So I lay out the potential path for him. And I'm quietly pointing out some of the things he thinks will be interesting are things our sales people do already. But he's basically gonna have to walk a kind of shitty path to get there. So we'll see what happens.
But what is the deal with people gunning for my job of late? I'd be worried if I thought any of them would be a replacement for me but it's just weird.
It's so easy to drink too, so everyone probably would have opened and sipped on one between cocktails. The look on your face of a huge group of people in your home drinking lime-a-rita would have been priceless.
Man the second I was on spiro I felt so much better about everything
Best antidepressant ever
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Again, I get where you are coming from, but this is a thing that is done in both directions. It's a fundamental part of clickbait. Be contrary or outlandish to get hits.
especially with games
"7/10, mediocre game"
70% IS NOT MEDIOCRE YOU FUCKS
yeah me neither. My debt doesn't matter as long as I'm studying, anyway, so who cares.
Also, I know that feel. I'd ship you a can of beans if I had any to spare but I need mine to be fed until I get paid on friday.
I wasn't even drunk!
this is an outrage
i always appreciated his perspective on films, though. he had some interesting insights and he was a neat person.
oh god you guys are the spiro cartel too?
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What are the chances a higher up is trying to find out how hard it would be to replace you, or, find a way to replace you for cheap?
So Walmart's number one selling sku is 4011 which is bananas. Any store that will always sell the most by volume.
Store manager came in this morning and got on the radio...
"How come we don't have almost any bananas on the shelf I told you guys earlier to take care of the banana issue why didn't you guys do it?"
I chuckled mostly because I have no way to be caught in the crosshairs of that problem.
Also highly relevant is: what is she making?
without income yes 9k makes you poor
I keed. I will be amazed beyond words if I don't love every fucking minute of it. I'm certainly looking forward to a big, fun space adventure with lasers and aliens and spaceships and everything.
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Thought this was pretty cool and humbling. It's a shame they can't get easy access to chocolate where they live.
worst game ever. will literally give you cancer. 11/10 - IGN
i think id laugh and just die on the inside as I sweat and bolted between the living room and the kitchen to make more dranks.
so long as i can cobble together enough money to go drinking/karaoke with this girl on saturday, i'll live
Pretty slim. This guy would be at least a year away from maybe doing my job assuming he busts his ass on nights and weekends. And management doesn't seem interested in him doing it but more just indulging his interest.
Yeah to save up 9k, you've got to be pulling down some serious dough, or, have been saving for a while.
9k as a single person is easy if you've got 50k a year and a low CoL. You could probably do 15k a year or more on that kind of income.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealth.html
I have found they are really the only way I can communicate my problems constructively to my family, and a real time-saver with doctors/ mental health professionals. I can communicate clearly through my writing, whereas I have a lot of anxieties and guilt / pride issues when trying to discuss things face to face.
Have you considered spiro recently? Let me give you this pamphlet....
I had a few here and there where I wasn't disagreeing because he liked things I did not or vice versa but because I disagreed completely with his interpretation and thought he was not watching the same movie as me
but mostly his reviews had a lot of interesting insights and where worthwhile to read (even though I do wish he'd just not write the first half where's he's just summing up the movie plot because a plot summary is never interesting)