The Random Thought Thread (RTT)

Feel free to discuss debate news, current events, and other entertaining topics here. Civility is a requirement.
User avatar
abdcskins
Posts: 90
Joined: Mon Dec 16, 2024 10:20 pm
Reactions score: 56
Location: Torrance, CA
Watching Michael McCarthy get emotional in that post-race interview got me, particularly when he said, "this is for Altadena."

I used to go to the Preakness as a young lad getting wrecked on the infield. Too bad it won't be at Pimlico anymore.
Renegade7
Posts: 230
Joined: Sun Dec 15, 2024 3:28 am
Reactions score: 159
Chew wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 6:59 pm
Jumbo wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 5:50 pm
Renegade7 wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 5:25 pm
The need for comic book movies to be realistic as possible blows my mind.

It's a comic book movie.
Well, look how seriously most people want movies based on biblical stories to be portrayed.

👹
Are you meaning to tell me that bearded hippie raised a staff and DIDN'T park an entire fucking sea?!
Spoiler
Reed Sea...not Red Sea ;)
We don't know what we think...
We don't know what we know...
All we have to go on is what we say and what we show...
China
Posts: 925
Joined: Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:47 am
Reactions score: 224
Renegade7 wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 5:25 pm
The need for comic book movies to be realistic as possible blows my mind.

It's a comic book movie.
There's a difference between "realistic as possible" and overcoming the "willing suspension of disbelief." Clearly your disbelief is more easily suspended.
Image
Renegade7
Posts: 230
Joined: Sun Dec 15, 2024 3:28 am
Reactions score: 159
China wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 11:02 pm
Renegade7 wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 5:25 pm
The need for comic book movies to be realistic as possible blows my mind.

It's a comic book movie.
There's a difference between "realistic as possible" and overcoming the "willing suspension of disbelief." Clearly your disbelief is more easily suspended.
I love Sharnado because I enjoy how ridiculous it is.

I hate most hacker movies because I do cybersecurity for a living.

It's not that simple (my parents and sister complain on me about the opposite of what you clearly see).

Think about this for a second...if we really did make this realistic enough to overcome unwilligness to suspend belief, the flash would still disintegrate from friction, so would quicksilver.

I mean, at some point the more grounded you make it, the closer you get to the realization you kinda have to suspend disbelief sometimes or it's impossible to enjoy.

Sometimes you need to bend the rules of what's possible to help digest what's not from time to time.

I love Gravity...that's not how it would go despite their best efforts to make it plausible.

If I want to watch a documentary I'll turn on Youtube (which I do a lot).
We don't know what we think...
We don't know what we know...
All we have to go on is what we say and what we show...
User avatar
The Evil Genius
Posts: 613
Joined: Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:03 pm
Reactions score: 315
Location: Gallifery
China
Posts: 925
Joined: Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:47 am
Reactions score: 224
WHAT THE HELL ARE PPL DOING?

Live-ish estimates based on global population dynamics & simulated day/night cycles

Click on the link for details

Looks like about 30 million people are having sex right now. 4 billion are sleeping.
Image
PleaseBlitz
Posts: 88
Joined: Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:54 pm
Reactions score: 68
Ugh, are they doing Rolling Thunder again? Fuck those people.
User avatar
The Evil Genius
Posts: 613
Joined: Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:03 pm
Reactions score: 315
Location: Gallifery
Image

Probably in to the one that has the Berenstein Bears and a cornucopia in the Fruit of the Loom logo.
Last edited by The Evil Genius on Fri May 23, 2025 3:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Chew
Posts: 206
Joined: Thu Dec 12, 2024 11:35 pm
Reactions score: 102
Random picture of Hampton Homecoming 35 years ago.

Bro in the back was killin' em 💪🏽


Image
User avatar
The Evil Genius
Posts: 613
Joined: Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:03 pm
Reactions score: 315
Location: Gallifery
Too bad that beret isn't raspberry, chew.
Post Reply