Titles elude me yet again...
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shadowkat1. Twitter
* People are weird on the bird app. I got unfollowed and kicked out by the Canadian woman that I met on Soap Twitter - and I really have no clue why. It could be anything really. If I were to hazard a guess - it's because...
Canadian Tweeter: Here's how you can decline your ballot in Canada. Americans don't get that we are completely different than you are.
Me: Yeah, you vote for different platforms right? While we're personalities and candidates.
Canadian Tweeter: No, we vote for candidates and personalities. We just have one race with five different candidates.
Me: Okay, I can't quite wrap my head around this. The US is the same - we have five parties believe it or not. And five candidates. So is it you don't like A&B or C&D and might as well decline?
She got pissed off, apparently, and unfollowed and blocked me. And I still have no clue how Ontario handles elections. Also, weirder still? She has separate accounts on Twitter - one for politics, one for personal stuff, one for soap twitter, and for some bizarre reason is tweeting personal stuff and political stuff on soap twitter account.
It's either that, or she's not as liberal as she claims? And got pissed with my brief tweets on politics? God knows. I'm annoyed, because I wanted to understand what she was talking about regarding the whole "decline a ballot thing" and why she was against voting. But I guess I wasn't diplomatic enough in how I asked the question? Understandable - Twitter isn't exactly conducive for diplomacy as it is, and I was irritable. And she's well... Anywho...if there are any Canadians following along who'd like to take a crack at explaining your political system, and what "decline a ballot" means and what it signifies, I'd be grateful. I'm curious.
[Note: I'm not missing Canadian Tweeter - she was somewhat annoying and I'd been debating unfollowing. Apparently the Universe decided to give her a nudge and remove her from my feed for me.]
* Lesson: Soap Twitter doesn't like to be argued with. Also they only like people who have 1000 followers. No discussions on Soap Twitter. And there are a few divas, who are a touch cliquish, although I'm not sure if they view themselves in that regard. I wouldn't go so far to call them bullies. Just divas. (It is Soap Twitter - after all, I don't know what I expected.)
And boy do they like to whine, and want attention.
* Twitter went nuts over the leaked Roe vs. Wade news. Unsurprisingly nuts.
Liberal Poet: If you aren't livid you aren't paying attention.
Me: I've been too livid for 7 + years (2016-2022), I've had to back away for my continued mental and emotional health. Not to mention physical.
2. Speaking of..The Alito leak that Roe vs. Wade was being overturned and same-sex marriage was up next..
Well, the proverbial shit hit the fan this week with the Supreme Court leak - which basically made five of the Justices look like partisan liars, who would do anything for their agendas or others agendas. Don't give a fig about the law or anyone's rights but their own views. I don't know where the fall out will lead - right now, it's mainly protests.
Let's face it - it was bound to be sooner or later. They'd been chipping away at it for years. It's weak case law.
Ironically, more women and children died prior to Roe vs. Wade than after. Why? Ah. Because of pregnancies that had to be terminated or both would be lost. Because of poverty. Because of lethal malformations and birth defects putting both in danger. Because the mother had too many kids and couldn't provide. Because of botched abortions by either the woman herself or a backstreet alley doctor.
I found this out in a History course I took in high school in 1985. We were assigned a debate on Abortion. I had to research it for my team. And found the statistics. Never forgot it.
Then later, in the 1990s, I wrote a paper on the Abortion Decisions by Sandra Day O'Connor and Rhenquist, and read all the case all dating back to the 1960s.
To be proactive - Wales is volunteering to help poor mothers get abortions. And the Democratic party.
Twitter: Maybe now Constitutional Law Scholars will realize these Justice's just make shit up?
ME: They kind of always knew that?
3. The Batman
Neither Chidi nor Kidbro liked the movie all that much. Chidi appreciated the cinematography at least.
It surprised me - I went in with low expectations. Robert Pattinson was actually a lot better in the role than expected. He gets across reclusiverock star billionaire well. Also he looks like he stepped out of the comics or a graphic novel. The camera loves him. The man has sad eyes, and seems to get Batman on some level.
I liked the casting better than Chidi did. (Chidi saw it in the movie theater - I saw it on HBO MAX.) We both agreed it was too long. (Chidi's favorite Catwoman is...Michelle Pfieffer (I kid you not). I rather liked Zoe Kravitiz in the role - she fit the comics. Actually she's the closest to Selina Kyle in the comics.
Colin Farrel is unrecognizable as the penguin. (I honestly didn't recognize him. I'd never have guessed it was him.) And Jeffrey Wright was among the better Jim Gordon's. Anthony Serkis was an interesting take on a younger Alfred. Paul Dano was a bit of a surprise as The Riddler, and genuinely creepy in the role. John Turtchtu was charming as Falcon.
My only quibbles - it was too long and too dark. I'd have cut out the last half hour or so. The director/writers felt this need to wrap everything up in a neat bow, and I'd have left it hanging a little. It's noir - it shouldn't be too neat.
Felt a lot like the comics - a lot of it - was directly taken from the comics. And the cinematography reminded me a great deal of Miller's take on the Batman mythos.
But it was a bit dark. And as Chidi put it - constantly raining. I felt like I was watching the Crow. I don't think it stopped raining until the end.
That said, it was suspenseful, and I cared about the main characters and for the most part it held my interest - that is until the very end.
4. That's not What I Would Do ...
I hate that phrase. I thought I'd be up front about that. It irritates me. I've lost friends over that phrase..
ME: Well, I told my brother about Loki television show, and Tom Hiddleston came up and I asked him why he hated Hiddleston. He told me that Hiddleston had sexually harrassed a good friend of his and ruined her career. I got a bit flustered, asked him who, and said I was horrified and now I hated him too. But you really can't know these things - like no one knew about Bill Cosby. And he said, clearly everyone did - and went off in a huff.
Wales: I wouldn't have said any of that. I would have said I was so sorry -
ME: I'm sorry, you have no clue what you would have said. You are not me, you weren't in the house at the time, and not in the situation - any more than I have any idea what I would do with your family.
Wales: I'm sorry, you are absolutely right. I don't know what I would have done. I have no idea. Sorry I reacted that way. I get it. We don't know.
I give her kudos for realizing that. Twelve years ago, we would have fought and blown up at each other.
The thing of it is - we don't know what we would have done in any given situation. We can guess. We can hope. But we don't know. We judge others behavior based on pure speculation. It's absurd. I had a law professor once who told me - "there but for the grace of god go I" and I never forgot it.
We are lucky we're not in that situation, but we don't know what we would do. And we certainly don't know what we do if we were in another person's body or shoes. We don't have their background, their experience, their dreams, their fears, their anxieties, their baggage...any more than they have ours or can realistically guess what they would do in our shoes.
It's arrogant to think otherwise. Arrogant and ill-advised.
[And yes, welcome to my Ted Talk.]
* People are weird on the bird app. I got unfollowed and kicked out by the Canadian woman that I met on Soap Twitter - and I really have no clue why. It could be anything really. If I were to hazard a guess - it's because...
Canadian Tweeter: Here's how you can decline your ballot in Canada. Americans don't get that we are completely different than you are.
Me: Yeah, you vote for different platforms right? While we're personalities and candidates.
Canadian Tweeter: No, we vote for candidates and personalities. We just have one race with five different candidates.
Me: Okay, I can't quite wrap my head around this. The US is the same - we have five parties believe it or not. And five candidates. So is it you don't like A&B or C&D and might as well decline?
She got pissed off, apparently, and unfollowed and blocked me. And I still have no clue how Ontario handles elections. Also, weirder still? She has separate accounts on Twitter - one for politics, one for personal stuff, one for soap twitter, and for some bizarre reason is tweeting personal stuff and political stuff on soap twitter account.
It's either that, or she's not as liberal as she claims? And got pissed with my brief tweets on politics? God knows. I'm annoyed, because I wanted to understand what she was talking about regarding the whole "decline a ballot thing" and why she was against voting. But I guess I wasn't diplomatic enough in how I asked the question? Understandable - Twitter isn't exactly conducive for diplomacy as it is, and I was irritable. And she's well... Anywho...if there are any Canadians following along who'd like to take a crack at explaining your political system, and what "decline a ballot" means and what it signifies, I'd be grateful. I'm curious.
[Note: I'm not missing Canadian Tweeter - she was somewhat annoying and I'd been debating unfollowing. Apparently the Universe decided to give her a nudge and remove her from my feed for me.]
* Lesson: Soap Twitter doesn't like to be argued with. Also they only like people who have 1000 followers. No discussions on Soap Twitter. And there are a few divas, who are a touch cliquish, although I'm not sure if they view themselves in that regard. I wouldn't go so far to call them bullies. Just divas. (It is Soap Twitter - after all, I don't know what I expected.)
And boy do they like to whine, and want attention.
* Twitter went nuts over the leaked Roe vs. Wade news. Unsurprisingly nuts.
Liberal Poet: If you aren't livid you aren't paying attention.
Me: I've been too livid for 7 + years (2016-2022), I've had to back away for my continued mental and emotional health. Not to mention physical.
2. Speaking of..The Alito leak that Roe vs. Wade was being overturned and same-sex marriage was up next..
Well, the proverbial shit hit the fan this week with the Supreme Court leak - which basically made five of the Justices look like partisan liars, who would do anything for their agendas or others agendas. Don't give a fig about the law or anyone's rights but their own views. I don't know where the fall out will lead - right now, it's mainly protests.
Let's face it - it was bound to be sooner or later. They'd been chipping away at it for years. It's weak case law.
Ironically, more women and children died prior to Roe vs. Wade than after. Why? Ah. Because of pregnancies that had to be terminated or both would be lost. Because of poverty. Because of lethal malformations and birth defects putting both in danger. Because the mother had too many kids and couldn't provide. Because of botched abortions by either the woman herself or a backstreet alley doctor.
I found this out in a History course I took in high school in 1985. We were assigned a debate on Abortion. I had to research it for my team. And found the statistics. Never forgot it.
Then later, in the 1990s, I wrote a paper on the Abortion Decisions by Sandra Day O'Connor and Rhenquist, and read all the case all dating back to the 1960s.
To be proactive - Wales is volunteering to help poor mothers get abortions. And the Democratic party.
Twitter: Maybe now Constitutional Law Scholars will realize these Justice's just make shit up?
ME: They kind of always knew that?
3. The Batman
Neither Chidi nor Kidbro liked the movie all that much. Chidi appreciated the cinematography at least.
It surprised me - I went in with low expectations. Robert Pattinson was actually a lot better in the role than expected. He gets across reclusive
I liked the casting better than Chidi did. (Chidi saw it in the movie theater - I saw it on HBO MAX.) We both agreed it was too long. (Chidi's favorite Catwoman is...Michelle Pfieffer (I kid you not). I rather liked Zoe Kravitiz in the role - she fit the comics. Actually she's the closest to Selina Kyle in the comics.
Colin Farrel is unrecognizable as the penguin. (I honestly didn't recognize him. I'd never have guessed it was him.) And Jeffrey Wright was among the better Jim Gordon's. Anthony Serkis was an interesting take on a younger Alfred. Paul Dano was a bit of a surprise as The Riddler, and genuinely creepy in the role. John Turtchtu was charming as Falcon.
My only quibbles - it was too long and too dark. I'd have cut out the last half hour or so. The director/writers felt this need to wrap everything up in a neat bow, and I'd have left it hanging a little. It's noir - it shouldn't be too neat.
Felt a lot like the comics - a lot of it - was directly taken from the comics. And the cinematography reminded me a great deal of Miller's take on the Batman mythos.
But it was a bit dark. And as Chidi put it - constantly raining. I felt like I was watching the Crow. I don't think it stopped raining until the end.
That said, it was suspenseful, and I cared about the main characters and for the most part it held my interest - that is until the very end.
4. That's not What I Would Do ...
I hate that phrase. I thought I'd be up front about that. It irritates me. I've lost friends over that phrase..
ME: Well, I told my brother about Loki television show, and Tom Hiddleston came up and I asked him why he hated Hiddleston. He told me that Hiddleston had sexually harrassed a good friend of his and ruined her career. I got a bit flustered, asked him who, and said I was horrified and now I hated him too. But you really can't know these things - like no one knew about Bill Cosby. And he said, clearly everyone did - and went off in a huff.
Wales: I wouldn't have said any of that. I would have said I was so sorry -
ME: I'm sorry, you have no clue what you would have said. You are not me, you weren't in the house at the time, and not in the situation - any more than I have any idea what I would do with your family.
Wales: I'm sorry, you are absolutely right. I don't know what I would have done. I have no idea. Sorry I reacted that way. I get it. We don't know.
I give her kudos for realizing that. Twelve years ago, we would have fought and blown up at each other.
The thing of it is - we don't know what we would have done in any given situation. We can guess. We can hope. But we don't know. We judge others behavior based on pure speculation. It's absurd. I had a law professor once who told me - "there but for the grace of god go I" and I never forgot it.
We are lucky we're not in that situation, but we don't know what we would do. And we certainly don't know what we do if we were in another person's body or shoes. We don't have their background, their experience, their dreams, their fears, their anxieties, their baggage...any more than they have ours or can realistically guess what they would do in our shoes.
It's arrogant to think otherwise. Arrogant and ill-advised.
[And yes, welcome to my Ted Talk.]