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  • After 23 years he finally admits it

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  • I think what they mean is that music has a wider range where it's still "functional" for most people. Basically, more liberties can be taken with music than with storytelling mediums without people rejecting it.

  • TIL Disney's Star Wars Hotel was a massive waste of time

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  • I heard about her video on fucking NPR. Seriously.

    All Things Considered did a little piece talking about how long form video essays are becoming more popular, but they concluded by saying that she did a bang-up job and had some good insights.

    It's not a standing ovation, but having NPR run a story on your video and compliment your coverage is pretty damn skippy.

  • Charlie and the Marvelous Turnip Factory [Hark A Vagrant]

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  • Here's a joke for you: A man is ROWING down a RIVER. He gets to the waterfall, and when the goes over the edge he yells "RADIO!!!"

    So did I just disrespect you and waste your time, or do I get a pass because it's so random and it subverts your expectations of how a joke could be structured?

    Being weird, or quirky, or SuBveRtInG eXpEcTatiONs doesn't give anybody a pass for their creations not working on a basic level.

  • Charlie and the Marvelous Turnip Factory [Hark A Vagrant]

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  • Yeah, and there would have been a bunch of punchlines throughout.

    Storytelling of any kind is about setups and payoffs. The comic has two actual, decent setups and zero payoffs. In fact all of the praise for the comic comes from people (including you) who explicitly said what made them laugh was what they "imagined*.

    It's the creator's job to actually provide a good payoff at the end. Yes, threads can be left hanging. Yes, things can be left to the imagination. But in this case specifically both of those strategies are abused to the point that the only way this comic is even passable is if readers are extremely charitable and provide their own ending.

  • Charlie and the Marvelous Turnip Factory [Hark A Vagrant]

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  • Yeah, I've seen all of Flying Circus and all of their movies.

    Monty Python did absurdist stuff, but they didn't violate core principles of timing and surprise. Jokes recurred or dragged at times without overstaying their welcome.

    A piece of absurdist humor still needs to be humorous. Being weird doesn't absolve something from being boring or pointless.

  • Charlie and the Marvelous Turnip Factory [Hark A Vagrant]

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  • Yep, it's definitely that and not the fact that this is a dogshit comic.

    Nosiree.

  • Charlie and the Marvelous Turnip Factory [Hark A Vagrant]

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  • The core of humor is doing something unexpected. "Willy Wonka makes turnips" is unexpected. The same is true with "Charlie doesn't like what Willy Wonka makes".

    The problem is that both of those things are telegraphed really early, thus defusing any surprise they could have delivered. By the last frame we expect Charlie to have a bad time at Willy Wonka's factory, and he does.

    This comic is making animal noises into a microphone and Chuck Berry wants to slap the shit out of it.

  • Charlie and the Marvelous Turnip Factory [Hark A Vagrant]

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  • "Subverting expectations" is like jazz.

    A good jazz musician knows the rules of music. They choose which ones to bend and which ones to break. When a couple of rules are broken here and there it's pleasurable and exciting.

    When too many rules are broken, it's Yoko Ono.

  • Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated in 10 years, cleanup organization says

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  • Sure, but I'd rather have it relocated to a landfill where it'll be kept out of the water supply and will eventually get covered with dirt and turned into a park or forest preserve.

    Landfills aren't just a hole in the ground people throw shit into. They're complex, managed systems that efficiently store garbage and keep it sequestered while it breaks down over long periods of time.

  • Afghanistan: Babies dying as malnutrition disaster unfolds

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  • No, fuck that! We spent twenty years nation building there and the first time they needed to stand up on their own the ANA folded up and ran.

    They weren't willing to do the bare minimum to avoid Taliban rule. It's not our fault they were too stupid to see the consequences when they rolled over and let the fucking cavemen take over.

  • MI6 and CIA warn of 'reckless campaign of sabotage across Europe' being waged by Russia

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  • Standing at attention is supposed to keep you a little off balance - not that much, but a little. Some people lock their knees when they stand, which will ultimately make you faint. Standing "gut in, chest out" makes you to lean forward slightly, forcing your knees unlock.

    Because these guys are ceremonial guards they crank the whole thing up to eleven and it tends to look ridiculous at times.

  • MI6 and CIA warn of 'reckless campaign of sabotage across Europe' being waged by Russia

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  • The position of attention is usually heels together, gut in, chest out, etc.

    The raised chin is kind of old fashioned and only used for ceremonial purposes by some countries. Russia is one of those countries.

    That being said, dude on the left looks like he put a little meth in his cereal that morning.

  • Former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney to vote for Democrat Harris, Liz Cheney says

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  • Ironically, the amount of damage done makes it almost fixable. Trump going so far off the deep end will eventually allow whatever conservative political body forms after he's out of public life to disavow Trumpism.

    Compare the Trump movement to the Tea Party movement and you'll see what I mean. The Tea Party wasn't too far away from the existing Republican platform, and the movement was comparatively tame. Because of that, the Republican party would not be able to separate itself from the Tea Party movement if they tried.

  • Me too

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  • Same here, but for fiction writing.

    If I get stuck in something or need to figure out a character motivation I'm like "dang, I need to take a shower about this".

  • TIL The man that shot Ronald Reagan is a YouTube musician who claims he's the victim of "cancel culture"

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  • It's technically possible to do that after committing any crime, but under super specific circumstances and it's a far cry from a "get out of jail free" card.

    If you're legitimately, actually insane when you commit a crime you'll get sent to a mental hospital instead of prison. The catch is that the hospital will only release you if you're mentally healthy. That can mean that a person who uses the insanity plea may spend more time in the hospital than they would have in prison.

  • Scandal-hit Fyre festival is back with tickets at nearly $8,000

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  • What a relief! For a minute there I thought there was going to be a post where someone didn't drag politics into it.

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  • Removed

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  • Get the (werewolf in) London look.

  • The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending

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  • Hot on the heels of this one, I'd imagine.

  • Oof ouch owie

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  • I was told that ooh heaven is a place on Earth.