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That was fucking beautiful. #makedonalddrumpfagain
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UltimateMarvel wrote:LOL! That was funny and all very true. I don't understand why people keep supporting him. Hopefully America will agree with John Oliver after watching with that video.
I don't know who I'm going to vote for or if I will at all.
I've never voted Republican or Democrat so my vote has never done shit. Besides American Presidents are selected not elected.
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It will be pretty interesting if Trump winds up winning. Congress is going to have to work overtime with the checks and balances shit to keep him in line. LOL
I just don't want Clinton to win. Why? I dunno. I just don't find her charismatic at all. I don't really care for anything she says.
I just don't want Clinton to win. Why? I dunno. I just don't find her charismatic at all. I don't really care for anything she says.
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Hell yes. According to CNN, as of 10pm (7pm PST), Trump has won five states and Cruz only two. This is good stuff. Watching Trump do his interviews now or whatever it's called. He's completely unfiltered and I fucking love it.
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joey con carne wrote:Hell yes. According to CNN, as of 10pm (7pm PST), Trump has won five states and Cruz only two. This is good stuff. Watching Trump do his interviews now or whatever it's called. He's completely unfiltered and I fucking love it.
I swear Idiocracy's prophecy never felt closer than with a threat of a Trump presidency.
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Haha yea. I know what you mean. This is looking like it will be a presidential election I will actually look forward to seeing.
I might have to move to Canada. Vancouver is someplace I always wanted to live for a while. Hey, if I go to Vancouver, we can hang out. Road trip to your place!
I might have to move to Canada. Vancouver is someplace I always wanted to live for a while. Hey, if I go to Vancouver, we can hang out. Road trip to your place!
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joey con carne wrote:Haha yea. I know what you mean. This is looking like it will be a presidential election I will actually look forward to seeing.
I might have to move to Canada. Vancouver is someplace I always wanted to live for a while. Hey, if I go to Vancouver, we can hang out. Road trip to your place!
Sure thing, we can go harass the casts of various tv shows.
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WyldeMan wrote:Try 12 reps with a 45 second rest and repeat (x2). I bet you'll hit 24 PU and still have something left in your arms.
I'm doing this daily now. My body is used to it already.
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WyldeMan wrote:joey con carne wrote:Haha yea. I know what you mean. This is looking like it will be a presidential election I will actually look forward to seeing.
I might have to move to Canada. Vancouver is someplace I always wanted to live for a while. Hey, if I go to Vancouver, we can hang out. Road trip to your place!
Sure thing, we can go harass the casts of various tv shows.
... and burn down a certain old hospital.
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UltimateMarvel wrote:WyldeMan wrote:Try 12 reps with a 45 second rest and repeat (x2). I bet you'll hit 24 PU and still have something left in your arms.
I'm doing this daily now. My body is used to it already.
See what happens when you lower the reps. You can do variances of reps and sets with shorter breaks just make sure to adapt as your body does. You could try 10 reps x 3 sets next and I bet you'll find can already do that too.
Rusty Cunt wrote:WyldeMan wrote:joey con carne wrote:Haha yea. I know what you mean. This is looking like it will be a presidential election I will actually look forward to seeing.
I might have to move to Canada. Vancouver is someplace I always wanted to live for a while. Hey, if I go to Vancouver, we can hang out. Road trip to your place!
Sure thing, we can go harass the casts of various tv shows.
... and burn down a certain old hospital.
That would shut down all of Vancouver's film and tv production LOL. I like your style.
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I forgot to mention that the hospital was also shown this week on The Magicians. lol!
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UltimateMarvel wrote:I forgot to mention that the hospital was also shows this week on The Magicians. lol!
I told you once you know about the Crease you're wondering how you ever missed it cause it is everywhere! Just goes to show you how American productions are a slave to the Canadian tax credits.
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How's this for random? Caught JDM on Colbert last night and he mentioned that he and Paul Rudd own a candy shop. Those are two guys I wouldn't even assume know each other let alone would own something like a candy store together, LOL.
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I'm not sure if that's awesome/adorable or creepy
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So, Apple won the case against the FBI. I understand where Apple is coming from. I think they might have overreached here, they should have worked with them step by step. I think the FBI changed the password of the iPhone and things got complicated.
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Tyger wrote:I'm not sure if that's awesome/adorable or creepy
That's the same reaction I had. It's so surreal it feels more like something from a Tim Burton movie than real life.
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So ... just came across an old high school party hookup on Facebook.
Back then (2 decades ago), she was a short, and very cute young blonde lady (a year older than me) ... now she is a competitive muscle bound gym freak that looks like a short 45 year old dude, with blonde cornrows.
Back then (2 decades ago), she was a short, and very cute young blonde lady (a year older than me) ... now she is a competitive muscle bound gym freak that looks like a short 45 year old dude, with blonde cornrows.
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Rusty Cunt wrote:So ... just came across an old high school party hookup on Facebook.
Back then (2 decades ago), she was a short, and very cute young blonde lady (a year older than me) ... now she is a competitive muscle bound gym freak that looks like a short 45 year old dude, with blonde cornrows.
Oh my.
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Rusty Cunt wrote:So ... just came across an old high school party hookup on Facebook.
Back then (2 decades ago), she was a short, and very cute young blonde lady (a year older than me) ... now she is a competitive muscle bound gym freak that looks like a short 45 year old dude, with blonde cornrows.
Do you have pictures? I want to see the before and after.
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Same here! I would love to see the pics.
Just read the UFC results. Looks like Holm lost that title quick (to Tate who actually lost to Rousey twice before!) and McGregor couldn't back up all the trash talk. Results look good!
Here come all the Rhonda Rousey supporters screaming Holm's win against her was a fluke. hehe It probably was.
Just read the UFC results. Looks like Holm lost that title quick (to Tate who actually lost to Rousey twice before!) and McGregor couldn't back up all the trash talk. Results look good!
Here come all the Rhonda Rousey supporters screaming Holm's win against her was a fluke. hehe It probably was.
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joey con carne wrote:Same here! I would love to see the pics.
Just read the UFC results. Looks like Holm lost that title quick (to Tate who actually lost to Rousey twice before!) and McGregor couldn't back up all the trash talk. Results look good!
Here come all the Rhonda Rousey supporters screaming Holm's win against her was a fluke. hehe It probably was.
All the supporters? I'm the only one I even know. Everybody jumped on that hate train after one loss. COWARDS!
McGregor is still a great fighter and he lost to a more experienced and very dangerous fighter. The Diaz Brothers are beasts in the cage and most fighters have a hard time answering their unorthodox styles or defending their ground game. I wasn't surprised by this outcome but McGregor will have an answer for this loss.
I'm not saying anything about Holm today that I didn't say before or after her last fight. In her very first Title defense she dropped the belt, it happens. You can't see what a fighter is made of until they've successfully defended their belt and Holm lost her in her very first defense while Ronda held it through five defenses. One of which was against Misha Tate who she made tap in :58 after she nearly broke her arm. This time Misha choked Holm out, it happens.
Now Misha and Ronda are gonna roll around together in the cage again so I'm a happy man, I love to watch these two beautiful ladies hating each other so hard.
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Will Rousey fight Holm again even though it may not be a title fight? If I was Rousey, I would want another go at Holm.
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joey con carne wrote:Will Rousey fight Holm again even though it may not be a title fight? If I was Rousey, I would want another go at Holm.
If Holm had managed to defend her belt successfully than she would have gotten Rousey next but now it will depend on the outcome of Rousey vs Tate III. Barring any serious injuries, the winner of that bout will be giving Holm a rematch. We're probably talking 8-12 months from now.
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We're going into the 70s here tomorrow FINALLY! It was warm today too, about 65 average. Winter is over, SPRING IS COMING!
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UltimateMarvel wrote:We're going into the 70s here tomorrow FINALLY! It was warm today too, about 65 average. Winter is over, SPRING IS COMING!
Been in the low 40s and pouring for three straight days, if it keeps up we're headed for more flooding.
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WyldeMan wrote:Been in the low 40s and pouring for three straight days, if it keeps up we're headed for more flooding.
Damn! Is it cloudy even when it gets warm over there?
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LOL! Step sister in Ohio. Wylde, stop searching for step mom. I know a lot of that is coming from your computer.
National Pancake today, free pancakes at your local iHop until 7PM!
National Pancake today, free pancakes at your local iHop until 7PM!
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UltimateMarvel wrote:LOL! Step sister in Ohio. Wylde, stop searching for step mom. I know a lot of that is coming from your computer.
National Pancake today, free pancakes at your local iHop until 7PM!
I will not deny or confirm those allegations but they are definitely true.
Sometime in my teens I developed a complete disliking for pancakes and haven't had them in over 15 years.
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Tyger wrote:Waffles > Pancakes
I hated Pancakes before Eli Roth made me hate them more.
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WyldeMan wrote:Sometime in my teens I developed a complete disliking for pancakes and haven't had them in over 15 years.
How does one hate pancakes? I admit, while I like them, I don't eat more than 2. I can't have too much of it, just too much sugar.
Tyger wrote:Waffles > Pancakes
You can get that too.......it just won't be free.
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UltimateMarvel wrote:WyldeMan wrote:Sometime in my teens I developed a complete disliking for pancakes and haven't had them in over 15 years.
How does one hate pancakes? I admit, while I like them, I don't eat more than 2. I can't have too much of it, just too much sugar.
It's a spongy food that isn't filling it's just loaded with carbs and calories that left me wanting actual food.
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“SEX CHANGE SHOCKER—WACHOWSKI BROTHERS NOW SISTERS!!!”
There’s the headline I’ve been waiting for this past year. Up until now with dread and/or eye rolling exasperation. The “news” has almost come out a couple of times. Each was preceded by an ominous email from my agent—reporters have been asking for statements regarding the “Andy Wachowski gender transition” story they were about to publish. In response to this threatened public outing against my will, I had a prepared a statement that was one part piss, one part vinegar and 12 parts gasoline.
It had a lot of politically relevant insights regarding the dangers of outing trans people, and the statistical horrors of transgender suicide and murder rates. Not to mention a slightly sarcastic wrap-up that “revealed” my father had injected praying mantis blood into his paternal ball-sac before conceiving each of his children to produce a brood of super women, hellbent on female domination. Okay, mega sarcastic.
But it didn’t happen. The editors of these publications didn’t print a story that was only salacious in substance and could possibly have a potentially fatal effect. And being the optimist that I am, I was happy to chalk it up to progress.
Then last night while getting ready to go out for dinner my doorbell rang. Standing on my front porch was a man I did not recognize.
“This might be a little awkward,” he said in an English accent.
I remember sighing.
Sometimes it’s really tough work to be an optimist.
He proceeded to explain he was a journalist from the Daily Mail, which was the largest news service in the UK and was most definitely not a tabloid. And that I really had to sit down with him tomorrow or the next day or next week so that I could have my picture taken and tell my story which was so inspirational! And that I really didn’t want to have someone from the National Enquirer following me around, did I? BTW—The Daily Mail is so definitely not a tabloid.
My sister Lana and I have largely avoided the press. I find talking about my art frustratingly tedious and talking about myself a wholly mortifying experience. I knew at some point I would have to come out publicly. You know, when you’re living as an out transgender person it’s … kind of difficult to hide. I just wanted—needed some time to get my head right, to feel comfortable.
But apparently I don’t get to decide this.
After he had given me his card, and I closed the door it began to dawn on me where I had heard of the Daily Mail. It was the “news” organization that had played a huge part in the national public outing of Lucy Meadows, an elementary school teacher and trans woman in the UK. An editorial in the “not-a-tabloid” demonized her as a damaging influence on the children’s delicate innocence and summarized “he’s not only trapped in the wrong body, he’s in the wrong job.” The reason I knew about her wasn’t because she was transgender it was because three months after the Daily Mail article came out, Lucy committed suicide.
And now here they were, at my front door, almost as if to say—
“There’s another one! Let’s drag ’em out in the open so we can all have a look!”
Being transgender is not easy. We live in a majority-enforced gender binary world. This means when you’re transgender you have to face the hard reality of living the rest of your life in a world that is openly hostile to you.
I am one of the lucky ones. Having the support of my family and the means to afford doctors and therapists has given me the chance to actually survive this process. Transgender people without support, means and privilege do not have this luxury. And many do not survive. In 2015, the transgender murder rate hit an all-time high in this country. A horrifying disproportionate number of the victims were trans women of color. These are only the recorded homicides so, since trans people do not all fit in the tidy gender binary statistics of murder rates, it means the actual numbers are higher.
And though we have come a long way since Silence of the Lambs, we continue to be demonized and vilified in the media where attack ads portray us as potential predators to keep us from even using the goddamn bathroom. The so-called bathroom bills that are popping up all over this country do not keep children safe, they force trans people into using bathrooms where they can be beaten and or murdered. We are not predators, we are prey.
So yeah, I’m transgender.
And yeah, I’ve transitioned.
I’m out to my friends and family. Most people at work know too. Everyone is cool with it. Yes, thanks to my fabulous sister they’ve done it before, but also because they’re fantastic people. Without the love and support of my wife and friends and family I would not be where I am today.
But these words, “transgender” and “transitioned” are hard for me because they both have lost their complexity in their assimilation into the mainstream. There is a lack of nuance of time and space. To be transgender is something largely understood as existing within the dogmatic terminus of male or female. And to “transition” imparts a sense of immediacy, a before and after from one terminus to another. But the reality, my reality is that I’ve been transitioning and will continue to transition all of my life, through the infinite that exists between male and female as it does in the infinite between the binary of zero and one. We need to elevate the dialogue beyond the simplicity of binary. Binary is a false idol.
Now, gender theory and queer theory hurt my tiny brain. The combinations of words, like freeform jazz, clang disjointed and discordant in my ears. I long for understanding of queer and gender theory but it’s a struggle as is the struggle for understanding of my own identity. I have a quote in my office though by José Muñoz given to me by a good friend. I stare at it in contemplation sometimes trying to decipher its meaning but the last sentence resonates:
“Queerness is essentially about the rejection of a here and now and an insistence on potentiality for another world.”
So I will continue to be an optimist adding my shoulder to the Sisyphean struggle of progress and in my very being, be an example of the potentiality of another world.
Lilly Wachowski
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ForeverBlu wrote:Wait, what?!
The Wachowski Brothers are no more.
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I will never understand this.
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UltimateMarvel wrote:I will never understand this.
I have seen families where more than one child is gay.
But this, is a first for me.
:shrugs shoulders:
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For a minute I thought Lana changed his ... uh... her name to Lilly after choppin' off his junk. I didn't realize they both did it.
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I installed Windows 10 on one of my laptops and it actually runs very smoothly. It really is like Windows 7 and 8 combined. I like it, it's very light and very fast. I haven't run into any bugs yet and it's been 3 weeks. Plus it's free, I recommend you guys upgrade before the deadline. Eventually, you know you will unless you buy a new PC.
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UltimateMarvel wrote:I forgot to mention that the hospital was also shown this week on The Magicians. lol!
Are you guys talking about the one Supernatural used on continual loop?
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ForeverBlu wrote:UltimateMarvel wrote:I forgot to mention that the hospital was also shown this week on The Magicians. lol!
Are you guys talking about the one Supernatural used on continual loop?
Yes, The Crease Clinic in Vancouver. We've been discussing that place a lot lately. It was in nearly every episode of The X-Files first five seasons. I'd be curious who filmed there more times, Supernatural or The X-Files.
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Probably Supernatural, since X-Files moved to California after S5.
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