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#21

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Syt - November 08, 2025, 11:50:49 PM

What about recognizing the outcome? Let's say the Dems take the House or Senate - what if Trump/Vance says those elections were fraudulent and refuses to have them sworn in (or swears in GOP candidates instead) ?

[seizing voting machines]

#22

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Tonitrus - November 08, 2025, 08:26:17 PM

That's the bigger question. I could easily see FBI agents seizing voting machines due to "suspicions of fraud." The backlash would be ferocious, but the MAGAts wouldn't care so long as the Republicans retained control of the House.

The ones that aren't Dominion Liberty Vote anyway... 

#23

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Tonitrus - November 08, 2025, 08:21:27 PM

You don't often make good points, but when you finally do, you hit it right on the nose.

This post does not seem to live up to the standard of discourse you like to hold other posters to.

I mean, it was kind of funny but it was also the kind of personal attack you frame as bullying when directed at posters you agree with.

Languish is no place for that kind of self reflection

Most Languish threads be like:

#24

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Josephus - November 08, 2025, 06:20:18 PM

The Midnight Club, S1. I liked it, I think it's very well made.

Frankenstein. Not a good movie, I might finish it later but it wasn't interesting enough to finish in one sitting. Apart from severe general blandness, my biggest objection is that they make Frankenstein a simple Reanimator who assembles pre-owned body parts. The whole point of the book is that Frankenstein creates life, and that the Creature confronts his Creator. Book Frankenstein uses body parts in his R&D to understand how the body works, but he doesn't use them for production.

saw Frankenstein last night; and found it pretty slow.

I also thought the Midnight Club was boring.

#25

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by mongers - November 08, 2025, 06:19:49 PM

Battleship era firing control computers are cool.

Indeed, and they came early.  Ford (not that Ford) fire control computers came out in 1917. The British had a complete system (directors, rangefinders, computers, gun laying instructions) by war's end.

Yes, us digital folk forget there were once analogue computers.

IIRC the last time I was on HMS Belfast, I saw a rather nifty one.

edit:
found a photo of it:

#26

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Zoupa - November 08, 2025, 05:53:08 PM

You don't often make good points, but when you finally do, you hit it right on the nose.

This post does not seem to live up to the standard of discourse you like to hold other posters to.

I mean, it was kind of funny but it was also the kind of personal attack you frame as bullying when directed at posters you agree with.

I don't have Yi's patience to turn the other cheek perpetually.  Zoupa has cussed me out unprovoked repeatedly, to the point that I don't engage in any kind of discourse with him anymore, but I indulged to respond in kind just this one time.  I don't consider it bullying, because for one it was a single post by a single poster, not a campaign of harassment by a clique.

You know what would help, though?  If you directed these kinds of posts at the posters you agree with.  You've had a few opportunities just in the last day in this thread, but it was only my post where you decided to talk about the tone.  Or is your stance that cussing out people is fine, as long as it's done by people who don't speak out against it?

Someone got their feefee hurt 

#27

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by grumbler - November 08, 2025, 05:48:16 PM

Gerrymandering is one thing - it's kind of how the US has been rolling for a while I think. Unless the current attempts are of a new magnitude?

I don't think that we have had between-census gerrymandering (bar a few cases forced by lawsuits) before. No president of the US has ever before demanded that members of his party redistrict their states because the president was terrified of the potential results of a midterm. Trump absolutely will be impeached if the Democrats regain control of the House.

The thing I'm concerned about is systematic voter disenfranchisement, messing with voting machines, and brazen fraud. Will the Trumpists attempt something obvious? Will the US stand for it?

That's the bigger question. I could easily see FBI agents seizing voting machines due to "suspicions of fraud." The backlash would be ferocious, but the MAGAts wouldn't care so long as the Republicans retained control of the House.

#28

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by grumbler - November 08, 2025, 05:41:21 PM

Battleship era firing control computers are cool.

Indeed, and they came early.  Ford (not that Ford) fire control computers came out in 1917. The British had a complete system (directors, rangefinders, computers, gun laying instructions) by war's end.

#29

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Josquius - November 08, 2025, 05:13:13 PM

Fantastic Four First Steps.

Decent.
The big thing that shines through is that it's interesting it has so many vibes in common with the new superman film.
From different studios but both going against norms for superhero films and going back to the proper vintage "that won't work on film" silliness.
I wonder what's with this. Was one in production first and the other followed or is it just where our culture has got?
Either way big vibes of the old thing where you commonly used to get 2 films on the same topic at the same time.

Anyway.
This one.... Yeah. Not perfect. Lacks development in many places. Lots of places it could have, should have, done better. The silver surfer, especially the human torch relationship.... It feels heavily cut.
Speaking of the torch. Man does this film show he's the main guy of the team. And just how useless Reed is in terms of powers.

I like how the film just jumps straight into these guys being superstars and goes from there. Vintage 60s feel is good too.

I was kind of spoiled before seeing the film.... But differently. And spoilers. Thought they would fail to save the world and end up in the prime universe.
Again wonder if this was intentional misdirection.

I do think the film really highlights thoughts ive had for a while that the marvel cinematic universe sucks.
Avengers should be a special one off once in a blue moon bit of fan service. Not a tent pole, central to how the universe works

#30

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by grumbler - November 08, 2025, 05:08:12 PM

I don't have Yi's patience to turn the other cheek perpetually.  Zoupa has cussed me out unprovoked repeatedly, to the point that I don't engage in any kind of discourse with him anymore, but I indulged to respond in kind just this one time.  I don't consider it bullying, because for one it was a single post by a single poster, not a campaign of harassment by a clique.

You know what would help, though?  If you directed these kinds of posts at the posters you agree with.  You've had a few opportunities just in the last day in this thread, but it was only my post where you decided to talk about the tone.  Or is your stance that cussing out people is fine, as long as it's done by people who don't speak out against it?

There's always the issue that we have different expectations of different posters. We expect the emo kids to be emo, so their emo posts don't surprise or seem worthy of constant condemnation for being constantly emo.

For what it's worth, I thought that you made an excellent jab that obviously hit the bullseye.  We don't agree on a lot, but we agree on that.