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@Leucrotta They were both invented by legendary mobster Dutch "Don't Steal My Fursona" Schultz.

@LexYeen @Leucrotta I think this quote from its Wiki page sold me:

"Brendan Steere wants to do a sequel to the movie as he believes the world of VelociPastor is "so permissible and fun"."

There's just something about that phrase "so permissible and fun" I find really appealing. Those are good goals for a director. It sounds like this movie was actually made with a pretty low cynicism level, which is a REAL good sign obviously...

@LexYeen Hmm, it's right in that sweet spot of 50-70% approval rating where a LOT of interesting films reside... I might have to check this one out. I could see it being either good gonzo or bad gonzo very easily.

Some people (Peggy for one) have expressed good-natured bewilderment at my weakness for "bad" media.

Sitting here watching Neil Breen's godawful Fateful Findings, I think I might have figured out part of it.

I lose myself in films a little too easily. I go into suspension of disbelief so easily, and grant a film so much artistic license, that I'll leave critical mode all together and let huge plot holes go sailing over my head.

Worse, I'll let myself be 100% vulnerable to any sentimentality or emotional manipulation in a film, and that can HURT if I'm not in the right mood. (Sometimes it's both very good AND very bad, like Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea. Those both stung a lot in ways that I guess are probably healthy.)

But watching a film like Fateful Findings, I can actually have some distance and watch it as a film. It's... it's kinda NICE for a soft sell like me watch a film like Fateful Findings or The Room that's just so fucking ARTIFICIAL in its emotions and construciton that I don't have to go through the emotional labor of letting go. I can just watch a damn film and see it as a film.

@Leucrotta Oh, and for Mexican in general: posole. All the way. I'm crazy for it. Love the texture of hominy.

@Leucrotta I really should hit the Mexican grocery again. Their bakery section is rather good and so cheap it should be against FDA regulations. Also if you go by "number of differently named cuts of meat" it's got the most impressive butcher I've ever seen.

nothing derails a thread like kittens :D

(I should really do some readings for you critters next time I'm feeling bored, restless, and useless...)

Today's advice from my stepdaughter, [the Silicon] Dawn [tarot deck]:

"Take a deep breath. Think about all the beautiful things that remain. Resume making worlds, as many as possible, pronto. This will have a greater role in your longing for social justice than you ever thought: see Tumblr. You will have to be VERY patient."

i fear NOTHING :D

Dammit, it's too late now, but next time I should really pull the Obfuscating Stupidity trick and pretend I had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA "alpha" and "beta" referred to anything but Greek Letters.

"Huh? Alpha? Beta? Is this a Brave New World reference? I don't get it."

If you make a fashie spend more than five minutes patiently explaining something to you just in the hopes of landing an insult... you win.

you're in my serengeti now motherfucker

zebra don't play games

@Phorm obligatory media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cngtKI-2xzs

@Phorm thanks, harv XD

@mawr FOR CRYING OUT LOUD DON'T DO IT!

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https://imgur.com/gallery/bvQm93N

I should get a little dead bird tattoo every time I get tossed in Twitter Jail for something I'm very proud of. XD

@monsterblue Sure! I am not in a regular Discord habit but at this point I'm willing to adopt it for some #%!$!@# social contact. :D

@anthracite @Soreth True, but the Laundry novels are not *explicitly centered* around the sacrifice of financial executives to demons, nor to carnivorous beasts kept and raised explicitly for the purpose. ^____^ I'm angling for something less Charlie Stross and more Belko Experiment. >:D

@Phorm I've been fending off those same kind of feelings for a couple of days. *hug*

@Soreth @anthracite Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. But you've put me very much in the mood to read an urban fantasy-thriller where that's PRECISELY what it means. :D