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[–] 196 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Good on her for owning upto it and him for not making it awkward.

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  • [–] 93 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I still think her response is a bit shitty…

    Why do you need to be “qualified” to talk about a character arc??

    Like, it’s not some obscure term that only film critics know or something only they get to have an opinion on… Seems like some unnecessary gatekeeping.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    She may just be pointing out how buzzwords seem to explode throughout the internet, like when someone mentioned boiling a frog in a pot and now someone shares that exact metaphor in every 1 in 4 threads.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Actually the bootstraps one is a good example of the general public missing the point entirely. Originally, the phrase was used to describe something impossible, and was repeatedly used sarcastically to describe an inherently unjust economic system that makes upward mobility impossible.

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    A frog will jump out of a pot of water before its hot enough to kill it.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think maybe you're not understanding the concept of a metaphor.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    You're only allowed to discuss topics you have PhD on.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I mean if we're talking about vaccines that could be considered a legitimate point. But we're talking about art.

    I know you're being sarcastic but still

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Fair point, though I hated how that extended into political questions of vaccines from purely technical ones too often.

    My personal view on the internet is that anyone writing in internet is potentially a lobotomized honey melon and not take shit as facts the instant reading it

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I'd go much further, unless you're citing yourself as a primary source for a fact, citing your credentials isnt very impressive to me.

    Ideas matter - the dumbest SOB can come up with great ideas, and the smartest one can come up with dumb ones. And job experience most definitely doesn't make your opinion valuable - I've seen way too many people bad at their jobs for that

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  • [–] 65 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Admitting you're wrong on the internet is so rare. And that's sad to me.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Just admit you're wrong then.

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  • [–] 31 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Oh yeah, I know someone who named her kid Khaleesi. Oh dear.

    But let's be honest if you're going to call your kid Khaleesi that kid was always going to grow to be a stripper. Poor kid. She is going to be in high school before she learns how to lean to spell it.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Just to be nit picky: Khaleesi was a title, like queen or chieftess. The character was named Daenerys Targaryen. So they would technically have not named their child after a character.

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    < puts on geek hat and glasses >

    Daenerys met several former khaleesi's when she was brought before the Doth Khaleen. While at this point, their husbands had been killed and they had given up the title of Khaleesi and adopted the new title of Khaleen, they were at one point each a khaleesi.

    The only one I can remember by name is, Ornela, the one that befriended Daenerys.

    < removes geek hat and glasses >

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago

    It’s always fascinating to me how people use twitter like a social media platform instead of alerting/breaking news/flash messages system.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago

    I was taught what a character arc was in 9th grade english class. It's not a thing that exclusive to people who write for a living.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago*

    The concept of character arcs is also pretty well known, so it's not exactly an intellectual flex

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Wait, what happened with Dr Zoid?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    yeah kind of a dumb response to begin with so it's good she realized

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Yeah I am okay with Twatter dying.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Ah whoob whoob whoob indeed sir a whoob whoob indeed.

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