Hotter, Badder, and Unpopularer Takes

[Mr. Smith]

John Wick 3 and Detective Pikachu will be better than Endgame.

This isn't that hot. I liked Endgame a lot more than I expected to, but it wasn't exactly Kubrick.

Kubrick is very hit-and-miss though, with only his visuals being consistently top-notch.

[Mr. Smith]

Your commitment to science is the problem, you dingus.

Well, it's either science or superstition. I'll choose science every time.

In pace recquiescat.

[Mr. Smith]

The Little Mermaid wasn't the best children's movie of 1989.

[Mr. Smith]

The word "disabled" is much worse than "handicapped" or even "retarded" and it's nuts that it has become a standard way to refer to people.

It isn't. The standard is "person with a disability".

Also The Crown is a rather humdrum affair, despite the best efforts of Matt Smith.

[Mr. Smith]

Canto Blight was the only good part of The Last Jedi.

[Mr. Smith]

Reading traditional books is overrated. If you want to learn more and be fascinated, just go online and read practical information for hours on end.

I'm far from a big reader, but reading books is good, even if you only read "practical" books. Yes, reading factual information online or taking online courses is great, but good books give you insight into someone else's way of thinking, and as such have the potential to expand your mind in different and more profound ways than amassing factual knowledge or practical skills. Books are also organized, edited, and generally specific, so instead of having to go find all the information yourself, you can just read what a professional has already collected for you.

It ought be noted that too much screen time is bad for the eyes too.

[Mr. Smith]

I kinda think some (many?) Democrats have a fetish for William Jennings Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt where they think that Woodrow Wilson was a Racist^TM and instead WJB and TR were not, so that they both are Good while Wilson is Bad.
Which of course is a gross oversimplification.
Not to mention that Bryan was a Prohibitionist, that he went the full religious crusader / opponent of evolution theory in the 20's, or that Roosevelt was imperialist and nativist.


(this is not meant as an apologia of Wilson, who did obviously some pretty overtly racist things like segregating the federal government)

These are features to me, not bugs, especially considering what the theory of evolution was used for mainly att.

#NannyStaterToTheMax, #TriggerTheLib [ertarian]s

[Mr. Smith]

Dems on this forum have removed any doubt that they are angry and jealous because they want to get away with the same thing Republicans can--not because they give a sh**t about America or democracy or anybody's rights.

Simping politicians is pure idiocy.

This take desperately needs to be more popular.

This is not a vice.

[Mr. Smith]

Democrats are no better than Republicans when it comes to worshipping political figures and emotionally handling criticism of them.

In some ways they're worse.

[Mr. Smith]

olawakandi is not life, t_host is.

[Mr. Smith]

Shrinkflation is actually a good thing. It will result in Americans eating less.

Then there should be a tax refund for those of us with healthy BMIs. Fatties can get it too if they can provide video proof of benching their weight (for men) or squatting their weight (for women).

There's nothing wrong with women benching and dudes squatting their weight for proof, if they want.