#wonderwallmp3

[markrosewater]

I think something people are missing with Kaladesh is just because it was set in an Indian inspired plane doesn't mean it has to be focused on that, western is the default setting in most media we consume so when something's set elsewhere it's usually for plot purposes, I think it's great to see mtg using other settings as just settings rather than just as a plot point. It's important to remember that western culture shouldn't be the default.

Good point.

[tvwolfsnake]

Baby Driver ain't out here for two weeks but I was concerned with how they'd portray the tinnitus and stuff because deaf/hoh representation ain't great and Ansel Elgort has a track record of badly playing characters with disabilities he doesn't have, can you spoiler-free as possible put my mind at ease and say how they approach that aspect of it?

no, I totally get that. I’m out of my depth here, but it didn’t particularly seem awful to me. but I wasn’t specifically looking. (no spoilers under the cut, this is just a long response.)

avoiding spoilers, baby interacts several times with a deaf man (played by a deaf actor) that he has a close relationship with. their interactions are treated seriously/with respect but the character is largely comic relief, which could stray too close to tokenism for some. baby himself…tinnitus is a relatively small part of his character, as shown, though it’s the only thing they explicitly mention is going on with him. there are characters who are assholes about it and about his particular coping mechanism—which to me seems somewhat “inaccurate but understandable as a premise”, which can be good or bad depending on the film (see prachya pinkaew’s Chocolate, which is extremely divisive along these lines)—but the movie firmly comes down on the side of “this character antagonizing him is being shitty” without straying into “this disabled person is So Brave” territory. basically: to my recollection, the movie has no jokes at his expense. asshole characters, yes. movie, no.I can say that one thing that stood out for me, as someone who’s never taken ASL, is that both characters signed without mouthing. I can’t make a judgement on that, the absence was just noticeable to me.what I will say is, I really like how baby is handled in the areas that I’m personally invested in (yeah, he has ambiguous disorder, yeah he’s a bit savantish, but baby’s pretty obvious autism is really identifiable to me in a way that a lot of “less problematic” art has never gotten close to.) one of the things that I love about baby driver is that it’s unapologetically pulpy while still making efforts to avoid being exploitative. I hope that mostly extends to its treatment of tinnitus et. al. but I’d have to watch the film again with this in mind to be able to say.what I will say is that baby is a character who is never pitied for who he is and how he engages with the world. you are invited to identify directly with him at his least normative. this obviously doesn’t have a huge bearing on uses of specific problematic tropes, but I just bring it up because it’s a nice change of pace to see someone understanding that in an actually good film

[tvwolfsnake]

wonderwallmp3 replied to your post “at this point everyone’s asked how’s waldo”

who's waldo

to what extent is waldo

[dulcian]

wonderwallmp3 replied to your post: A reply to flat earthers that I never considered...

People tend to either side with “the disk is moving upwards” or “things just fall because they do”

Yeah, that’s one I’ve heard. As I say, logic and reason are useless with some people. Personally, I’ve been to the southern hemisphere and seen how the moon all all the constellations look upside down there. There’s nothing like empirical evidence if you’re wiling to accept it.

[bugn]

@wonderwallmp3 replied to your post: “what are ur guilty pleasures mine is when no one is around i chew with...”:

i watch vine compilations on youtube often not wearing pants. not for like an nsfw reason, my electric blanket just feels warmer on my skin than on clothes.

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same

[futurefantastic]

wonderwallmp3 replied to your post: does anyone remember a few weeks ago when it was...

kris marshall is literally the safest person they could’ve gone for and i am so glad Chibnall picked Jodie Whittaker she looks so at home in that trailer

she’s going to absolutely kill it and i think chibnall knows what he’s doing

[tvwolfsnake]

wonderwallmp3 replied to your post

I just updated right before seeing this post and I am so glad someone feels the same the whole ui just feels heavier now and there's still blue bars up the top for menus like replying and stuff so it's just an incoherent decision to put it down the bottom I dislike it.

yeah exactly. all the other top menus are still on the top. and even more heinous, now the notification bar’s orphaned. it used to be seamlessly connected to the bar (like...every android app) and now it’s just this isolated line of menu blue on top of the dash, which absolutely does not help the weighting issue tbh if they really wanted to pull this ludicrous move they should’ve gone whole hog, put every menu on the bottom. you have to scroll upwards on yr dash to look at older posts. complete anarchy

[extremelycursedimages]

When I was much younger my brother put ketchup and water on my cereal instead of milk and now I'm like repulsed at the thought of ketchup on anything and haven't willingly eaten it since and it's been like... 20 years. He literally cursed ketchup for me.

im so sorry................. i used to get cereals for lucnh and a small thing of ketchup and then dip the individual pieces of cereal into the ketchup like the gross goblin man i am - xol