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40 years old
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November 27, 1985
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Upstate NY
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  1. In Topic: Whats making you happy right now

    11 August 2026 - 03:27 PM

    Congratulations, Maccy and family!

    We did a large pool party (about 40 people) for most of the day Saturday and then my best friends did a pool party for about 25 people the next day for much of the day. I felt throughout that it was genuinely relaxing and good to connect with everyone.

  2. In Topic: Ye Big TV Thread

    31 July 2026 - 03:13 AM

    View PostMacros, on 28 July 2026 - 12:12 PM, said:

    Suits,

    Halfway through.

    I enjoy it, but man why would you ever work with any of the people at that firm.

    Why would you stay in such an industry if this was any true reflection of the real world, that's what bugs me about the show.

    No-one in their right mind would stick with that level of shit

    Three things: 1) this is a show that was originally intended to be a private equity show that was morphed into the legal world by network executives, so it doesn't make much sense; 2) the salary/money is why people stay with seniors and partners like Louis (first years are making close to $250k right now) and the lifestyle scales up to match very quickly; and 3) the show abandons realism very, very quickly to go for "is this fun?"

    Yet at the same time all this is happening, it influenced the Big Law world to a point where young folks entering Big Law think they need to act like this. It has changed reality to fit itself by how big a hit it is.

  3. In Topic: Ye Big Movie thread

    28 July 2026 - 03:08 PM

    I am quite enthusiastic for movie/TV versions that decide to do their own thing with myths or old stories.

    Clueless is an all timer of a movie and that's Emma with a modern approach. O Brother Where Art Thou is also an all timer that swerves into Jim Crow and feminism in a movie that could easily not have done those things.

    What I want is something interesting and I don't think vague lamentations of an era dying get there for me. There's other elements of the 2026 Odyssey movie that are much more interesting and I've highlighted them, while wishing there was more.

    I also do think that there's gotta be a viewing of the movie to seriously discuss it. I was wrong to say negative things about the Joker movie for being co-opted by right wing nuts without seeing it years ago.

    Edit: Didn't see the end discussion post above until now. Happily dropping this.

  4. In Topic: Ye Big Movie thread

    27 July 2026 - 06:33 PM

    I'm not a mod, yet you need to stop saying things like this to me, to Azath, and to others here.

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    It wasn't all over the place, but then you were ready to go into this with problems before you saw it and I'm not sure I've ever seen you move from a pre-entrenched position on a movie, so that's to be expected. We disagree.


    It is possible to disagree without doing a generalized crack at the entire post history or personality of the person who is responding to you. Find that way.

  5. In Topic: What's messing with your groove?

    27 July 2026 - 03:26 PM

    The practice of jokingly threatening young men over romantic relationships with daughters is a velvet glove method of enacting violent control over women. It's popular among exactly the population who wants to learn or deepen the practice of controlling women at all times. It's usually paired with financial control and keeping the family in debt/having young children to make leaving much, much harder to do. A big chunk of the Midwest/evangelical crowd really leans into it on social media.

    It's also a depressing view of what young men are socialized to do with women and does not do a single thing to empower the women or retrain the men into non controlling/non violent interactions.

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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2025 - 20:07
    happy #40 dude, have a good one.
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    Tsundoku 

    27 Nov 2024 - 12:03
    happy #39, wow
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    Tsundoku 

    27 Nov 2023 - 09:14
    happy #38
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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2022 - 20:52
    Happy another one, hope things are looking up for you.
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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2021 - 22:43
    happy birthday
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    EmperorMagus 

    13 Apr 2015 - 21:01
    I love how well you write in discussions. It's like a far more articulate version of me saying things I want to say.
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    Terez 

    26 Nov 2014 - 09:15
    I needed an excuse to change my profile status so I used it to respond to your incredulity that I am still alive.
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    QuickTidal 

    29 Nov 2012 - 20:46
    Um, the NEW SANDMAN trades have the Absolute -recolouring-...but the older trades don't. You can see a comparison here at the link below and personally I think it's staggeringly different for tonal value of the panels. http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/09/23/absolute-sandman-recoloring/
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    Illuyankas 

    17 Aug 2012 - 16:02
    Oh, and cheers for calling me out on the pics on the election thread, I have a bad habit of not registering if a thread's in Discussion or not but I will cut down on the no content posts there.
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    Terez 

    05 May 2012 - 04:34
    heh, sorry, didn't mean to make it look like you were resentful of my presence or anything. I just felt most comfortable approaching you about it. As QT mentioned there are others who feel the same as him. I'll still be around, but I'm just saying I wouldn't be offended. :p
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    Terez 

    05 May 2012 - 04:11
    By the way, if you guys want to have a Terez-free WoT thread, I wouldn't object to that. To be honest, I probably won't be discussing WoT online much longer anyway. It's not good for me. ;) I'm told some people feel like they have to defend a dissertation to discuss WoT with me. Not true, really, but I get it.
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    Greyfrog32 

    11 Jan 2012 - 20:26
    and dont be rude you little bastard
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    LinearPhilosopher 

    09 Nov 2011 - 03:48
    You doubled back for GOTM and DG? tell me did you read them in the correct order?personally i read DG b4 GOTM
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    Guest 

    06 Jul 2011 - 14:53
    I will look into getting my hands on it :) By myself.
    Have you seen Valhalla Rising?
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    Guest 

    06 Jul 2011 - 14:46
    I saw you said something about Winter's Bone, I recently watched it :D I liked it :D
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