Astral Dog
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Now i want one! Merry Christmas
!Blessed Yule!
O.O How do you find animated ones, been looking to expand the repertoire but they never work 😟
Mayve trying other phone
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O.O How do you find animated ones, been looking to expand the repertoire but they never work 😟
Mayve trying other phone
CornBurrito
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Saw Passengers with my family. Decent movie. Not nearly as bad as critics made it sound.
Going to be a terrible box office flop though.
Chris Pratt is so dreamy.
Going to be a terrible box office flop though.
Chris Pratt is so dreamy.
They're all still cropped and from pintinterest mostly. I:
Ha, now that's cute. I like it when devs surprise the player with something like that.
I'll send you a link via PM if you really want to see his buttcrack so badly.
Ha, now that's cute. I like it when devs surprise the player with something like that.
I'll send you a link via PM if you really want to see his buttcrack so badly.
I wanna see legs as well!!!
Merry Christmas!
I saw it the other day with my cousin. I liked it, definitely felt pretty predictable at times though.
And yes... yes he is. Crazy to think how popular he's gotten. I used to watch him on that Everwood show. lol
I saw it the other day with my cousin. I liked it, definitely felt pretty predictable at times though.
And yes... yes he is. Crazy to think how popular he's gotten. I used to watch him on that Everwood show. lol
Monocle
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He's come a crazy long way from Parks & Rec.Merry Christmas!
I saw it the other day with my cousin. I liked it, definitely felt pretty predictable at times though.
And yes... yes he is. Crazy to think how popular he's gotten. I used to watch him on that Everwood show. lol
Couldn't have happened to a better hunk.
Install Greasemonkey (FF) or Tampermonkey (Chrome) and then this script: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/9498-neogaf-dota2-emoticons
Merry Christmas, LettersGAF~
I'm thinking about seeing Assassin's Creed even though it's probably as terrible as they say. Though Fences and Lion and Jackie are all out near me this weekend so maybe not.
I kind of wish I could see The Edge of Seventeen again. I really enjoyed it.
I'm thinking about seeing Assassin's Creed even though it's probably as terrible as they say. Though Fences and Lion and Jackie are all out near me this weekend so maybe not.
I kind of wish I could see The Edge of Seventeen again. I really enjoyed it.
Im just playing videogames and watching anime. It sucks tbh
Escape Goat
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Merry Christmas fellow gays. Be excellent to each other.
Prototype Viktor
Member
Never underestimate the fandoms
2 characters never met on screen? We can fix that and BlueRey is formed
2 characters never met on screen? We can fix that and BlueRey is formed
I was watching Tekkonkinkreet and i'm enjoying it. I was thinking about finally downloading Street Fighter 5 because of the Akuma release but my interest doesn't seem strong enough yet. Ugh...
DyslexicAlucard
Member
I'm trying to convince myself not to buy SFV right now. I know if I get it, I'll want to get $60 bundle with all the DLC. I just don't need it. I have enough to play, and I'd likely just get frustrated being stomped online.
...but still...
Nope! Have to stay strong!
Never underestimate the fandoms
2 characters never met on screen? We can fix that and BlueRey is formed
Cute. And I am ever astonished at the power of fandoms.
CornBurrito
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I really disliked The Edge of Seventeen for some reason. I don't think it is a bad movie, I just couldn't enjoy it. Like...
she clearly needed help. She made constant cries for help. And yet her mother and brother seem resistant to the idea of ever actually taking her to see a mental health professional. And we know she's seen one in the past because she has leftover antidepressants from when her father passed. So why isn't it ever discussed as an option.
And then she has a heart to heart with her mom/brother and seems to be working on her issues. After just a few days. But I don't think her apparent progress will be anything more than temporary. Her issues go far deeper than that. The girl needs therapy and it is just ignored entirely.
Also don't really like her relationship with...whatever his name was. The nerdy movie kid. The two had no chemistry which works very well early on and midway through when it is clear she has no real feelings for the guy and is just using him as a confidence booster and distraction. But that lack of chemistry exists even at the end, and the movie ended with me still feeling like she basically settled for someone she doesn't really have feelings for. She certainly values his friendship, but I don't think she did or ever would develop any real romantic/sexual attraction to him.
And then she has a heart to heart with her mom/brother and seems to be working on her issues. After just a few days. But I don't think her apparent progress will be anything more than temporary. Her issues go far deeper than that. The girl needs therapy and it is just ignored entirely.
Also don't really like her relationship with...whatever his name was. The nerdy movie kid. The two had no chemistry which works very well early on and midway through when it is clear she has no real feelings for the guy and is just using him as a confidence booster and distraction. But that lack of chemistry exists even at the end, and the movie ended with me still feeling like she basically settled for someone she doesn't really have feelings for. She certainly values his friendship, but I don't think she did or ever would develop any real romantic/sexual attraction to him.
Prototype Viktor
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Yea had a hour to kill til Rogue one and stumbled upon a dailydot article
To continue the celebration of image's
Love that first drawing. The rest is okay too but the first one can't be beaten in terms of cuteness.Never underestimate the fandoms
2 characters never met on screen? We can fix that and BlueRey is formed
And yeah, the power of shipping. It's fun to do and some people get really creative with it. It's nice to see.
Really? Turn me into a slut, too, if it's that easy.
Astral Dog
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Gay Christmas looks like the best kind of Christmas
thanks!Install Greasemonkey (FF) or Tampermonkey (Chrome) and then this script: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/9498-neogaf-dota2-emoticons
Never underestimate the fandoms
2 characters never met on screen? We can fix that and BlueRey is formed
At first I thought this was Tracer with her girlfriend.
DOWN
Banned
RIP George
Thequietone
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Listening to Careless Whisper now after I heard that he died. Might play his other songs too. RIP
RIP George
Damn he was fine AF. RIP
RIP George Michael :|
time to listen to last christmas on repeat
That's too bad. D:
I'm going to ramble a bit because I'm not really sure how to express my thoughts concisely~
Sorry I went on so long!
time to listen to last christmas on repeat
That's too bad. D:
I'm going to ramble a bit because I'm not really sure how to express my thoughts concisely~
Erwin! I have no comment. I thought that they were cute as friends, at least. I'm not sure if anything more will develop or not, but it's at least an opportunity (that she seems to be taking) to stop socially isolating herself. They could always just end up being friends.
And I didn't get the impression that I was supposed to read Nadine's issues during the film as depicting someone with serious mental health issues, but rather just the normal hyperbolic emotions and narcissism that almost everyone displays to at least some degree during adolescence, so I didn't feel uncomfortable about its not being depicted. I also didn't think it's supposed to portray an endpoint; just a particularly significant week in her life. I viewed her issues as self-inflicted, for the most part.
Nadine reminded me of myself when I was a bit younger than she was - maybe thirteen to fifteen years old. I never experienced bullying or intentional ostracism by peers who were themselves popular; those kids don't usually need to bother. It was only the kids who were perhaps marginally popular. And I wasn't actively disliked by more than a handful of people; I was just mostly invisible. But I was still deeply, rudely hostile to all of my peers whether they'd been unkind to me or not. In retrospect, I realize I rejected genuine attempts by people to make a connection. I refused to speak to anyone who wasn't already a friend for months, and even then my hostility was still palpable enough that kids in my eighth grade year were asking my friends whether I was going to bring a gun to school.
I was more or less a seething little ball of suppressed rage, and at that time popularity itself seemed morally compromised. I think I must have been making a virtue of my own lack of popularity. To be liked by my peers was itself evidence of moral turpitude. I probably didn't know the word turpitude back then but... I know exactly how I'd have felt if I'd had a brother like hers at that age. Some mix of jealousy and contempt. And I know exactly how I would have felt if my only friend started dating that brother, and after inviting me to a party with "us" (where I was no longer part of that "us"), that same friend had ended up ditching me to join with my brother's social group. I'd have viewed it as a deep betrayal, and as my brother taking the one thing I had that was keeping me going.
Nadine's thought process wasn't the same as thatat the beginning of the film she sets up a dichotomy between people who radiate confidence and seem to succeed at will, and the people who wish all those people would die in a big explosion, where she positions her brother as the former (and for most of the movie he seems to be) and herself as the latterbut there are at least some common threads.
I thought that the film was (mostly) about disabusing Nadine, and the audience, who starts off seeing things mostly through her eyes, of her misconceptions (most centrally that her brother didn't have his own struggles or that her brother hadn't made sacrifices for the stability of the family after their father had passed, but also about her teacher, her mother, about Nick). It's only after she has managed (in quick succession) to drive a wedge between herself and her best friend with an ill-conceived ultimatum, had an ugly blow-up with her mother, sent an embarrassing text to a boy she barely met, followed by an even more embarrassing rendezvous with the same later that day, followed by the realization that she'd misjudged her teacher ("What is a baby doing in your house?"), and it climaxes when her brother comes to pick her up and she accuses him of doing it for self-aggrandizing reasons. It's only when he loses his patience with her and actually speaks openly about his own issues that she finally has that moment later that evening when she knocks on his door to talk to him and they reconcile. You can see her making a genuine effort at seeing him differently when the next morning either Krista or Darian tell Nadine to have a good day, and she remembers a moment later to walk back and make an effort (somewhat awkwardly) to reciprocate by telling them to have a nice day as well.
I viewed it as a collection of small but significant breakthroughs (and Mona has a few herself). She still should get therapy for her issues with her self-esteem and perhaps for her social anxiety in groups where she doesn't have an anchor, but I don't think it makes this moment any less important. And perhaps also family counseling for those issues. But progress is still progress, right?
And I didn't get the impression that I was supposed to read Nadine's issues during the film as depicting someone with serious mental health issues, but rather just the normal hyperbolic emotions and narcissism that almost everyone displays to at least some degree during adolescence, so I didn't feel uncomfortable about its not being depicted. I also didn't think it's supposed to portray an endpoint; just a particularly significant week in her life. I viewed her issues as self-inflicted, for the most part.
Nadine reminded me of myself when I was a bit younger than she was - maybe thirteen to fifteen years old. I never experienced bullying or intentional ostracism by peers who were themselves popular; those kids don't usually need to bother. It was only the kids who were perhaps marginally popular. And I wasn't actively disliked by more than a handful of people; I was just mostly invisible. But I was still deeply, rudely hostile to all of my peers whether they'd been unkind to me or not. In retrospect, I realize I rejected genuine attempts by people to make a connection. I refused to speak to anyone who wasn't already a friend for months, and even then my hostility was still palpable enough that kids in my eighth grade year were asking my friends whether I was going to bring a gun to school.
I was more or less a seething little ball of suppressed rage, and at that time popularity itself seemed morally compromised. I think I must have been making a virtue of my own lack of popularity. To be liked by my peers was itself evidence of moral turpitude. I probably didn't know the word turpitude back then but... I know exactly how I'd have felt if I'd had a brother like hers at that age. Some mix of jealousy and contempt. And I know exactly how I would have felt if my only friend started dating that brother, and after inviting me to a party with "us" (where I was no longer part of that "us"), that same friend had ended up ditching me to join with my brother's social group. I'd have viewed it as a deep betrayal, and as my brother taking the one thing I had that was keeping me going.
Nadine's thought process wasn't the same as thatat the beginning of the film she sets up a dichotomy between people who radiate confidence and seem to succeed at will, and the people who wish all those people would die in a big explosion, where she positions her brother as the former (and for most of the movie he seems to be) and herself as the latterbut there are at least some common threads.
I thought that the film was (mostly) about disabusing Nadine, and the audience, who starts off seeing things mostly through her eyes, of her misconceptions (most centrally that her brother didn't have his own struggles or that her brother hadn't made sacrifices for the stability of the family after their father had passed, but also about her teacher, her mother, about Nick). It's only after she has managed (in quick succession) to drive a wedge between herself and her best friend with an ill-conceived ultimatum, had an ugly blow-up with her mother, sent an embarrassing text to a boy she barely met, followed by an even more embarrassing rendezvous with the same later that day, followed by the realization that she'd misjudged her teacher ("What is a baby doing in your house?"), and it climaxes when her brother comes to pick her up and she accuses him of doing it for self-aggrandizing reasons. It's only when he loses his patience with her and actually speaks openly about his own issues that she finally has that moment later that evening when she knocks on his door to talk to him and they reconcile. You can see her making a genuine effort at seeing him differently when the next morning either Krista or Darian tell Nadine to have a good day, and she remembers a moment later to walk back and make an effort (somewhat awkwardly) to reciprocate by telling them to have a nice day as well.
I viewed it as a collection of small but significant breakthroughs (and Mona has a few herself). She still should get therapy for her issues with her self-esteem and perhaps for her social anxiety in groups where she doesn't have an anchor, but I don't think it makes this moment any less important. And perhaps also family counseling for those issues. But progress is still progress, right?
Sorry I went on so long!
DyslexicAlucard
Member
Damn, "Faith" was one of my favourite songs growing up. I'm unfamiliar with the rest of Michael's work, unfortunately. I may have to change that.
umop_3pisdn
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DyslexicAlucard
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While I love spending time with family, it's nice to finally be alone at home again. I'm an introvert, so it takes a lot of energy to continually interact with people. I haven't had time to myself for two days straight, essentially. It's tough to explain why it's a problem to some people, so I usually just endure it so I don't look like a jerk. It's nice just sitting down and reading again in order to "charge my batteries."
*relieved sigh*
Super cute!
*relieved sigh*
I'll take a look at it soon, thanks!
Super cute!
CornBurrito
Member
Oh don't be sorry. I actually really enjoyed reading this. It's a different perspective on Nadine's character, and possibly a more correct interpretation.
Sigismundo
Member
I got approximately one billion clothes, a good teapot, gift cards and Calvin Klein aftershave which actually smells ok.
I am quite content.
I am quite content.
The India episode is the worst. Do not watch. It'll ruin Christmas.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
I got a bunch of clothes, books, BF1, $100 Starbucks Gift Card, and this VR Phone thing. I didn't even know they had phone VR's besides the Samsung Galaxy one. It looks really cool and I am really hoping Apple comes out with one next year.
Also happy XMAS!
Also happy XMAS!
Prototype Viktor
Member
No clue found on a Google image search. That one isn't FTM or MTF just your typical "soft butch"Who is she?
Aarglefarg
Member
Thanks! I don't know. It is odd that I didn't have your read in a way; I was having my own genuine issues with depression and anxiety. It's not like quotidian developmental and maturity issues don't exist side-by-side with more serious issues. You'd think I would've sympathized in that way.
CornBurrito
Member
It's only sorta related but I have a feeling you'd really enjoy Short Term 12 if you havent seen it. It's on Netflix.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
???
Yesh! White Christmas for me
I'm assuming it's like gay guys that only do oral type thing. They just don't want foreign objects in their holes.
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