Lord Liaden Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 6 hours ago, Ragitsu said: Ahmed Best contemplated committing suicide. As I said: overblown. I know. But the reprehensible part was fans taking their upset with the character out on the actor who portrayed him. It's not like he chose to play someone glorifying rape or genocide, for God's sake. It's just a damn movie. If they absolutely had to hate a real person, it should have been George Lucas for creating Jar Jar Binks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ragitsu Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 17 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: I know. But the reprehensible part was fans taking their upset with the character out on the actor who portrayed him. It's not like he chose to play someone glorifying rape or genocide, for God's sake. It's just a damn movie. If they absolutely had to hate a real person, it should have been George Lucas for creating Jar Jar Binks. Additionally, Jake Lloyd's childhood was permanently scarred. Curiously, the actor that voiced a thinly disguised Greedy Jew stereotype seemed to escape any (most definitely undue) criticism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: I know. But the reprehensible part was fans taking their upset with the character out on the actor who portrayed him. It's not like he chose to play someone glorifying rape or genocide, for God's sake. It's just a damn movie. If they absolutely had to hate a real person, it should have been George Lucas for creating Jar Jar Binks. He could have not taken the part, but he may have been deceived about the character. And he probably didn't expect a character who he probably thought would be just forgettable comic relief to become so reviled. And Jar Jar was technologically groundbreaking. But that Lucas made his the Stepin Fetchit of the series was despicable. And I'm sad Jake Lloyd's family let him take the part. It should have been played by a teenager, not a child. At the time, Lloyd and his family must have been excited to be part of Star Wars. I sometimes think George Lucas was a bit of a con man when it came to the prequels. And the racist caricatures in The Phantom Menace are inexcusable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Before Phantom Menace came out, half of Hollywood would have killed for a prominent role in a new Star Wars movie. Public excitement for the project was through the roof. Visions of fame and fortune must have danced in the eyes of everyone cast in a major role. So I can't blame anyone for taking the project and having faith in George Lucas (again, at the time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Lord Liaden said: So I can't blame anyone for taking the project and having faith in George Lucas (again, at the time). I can blame anyone who had ever seen a Star Wars film and still had faith in George Lucas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 I think the biggest problem, to me, was that George's ego refused to allow him to admit any problem with his vision. Even after ALL the criticism from episode 1, he basically blamed the fans and said they didnt get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 11:31 AM, Ragitsu said: Sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic? Volcanic, he’s from the islands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cygnia Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 I make sure the masher is in our deepest drawer, where we keep our measuring cups, funnels and ramekins. That seems to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 Not sure we have a potato masher any more. Usually we use the electric hand mixer for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 On 6/23/2020 at 6:02 AM, Cygnia said: When I teach probability, I am willing to give compensatory points to any (other) player in the HERO system who believes, based on experience, that when rolling to hit, the average roll on 3d6 is 15. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 13 minutes ago, Cancer said: Not sure we have a potato masher any more. Usually we use the electric hand mixer for that. The tricky thing is, with an electric hand mixer, it's easy to overmix and turn them into paste. The analog version, not so much and I actually don't mind little lumps here and there for texture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 34 minutes ago, Cygnia said: The tricky thing is, with an electric hand mixer, it's easy to overmix and turn them into paste. The analog version, not so much and I actually don't mind little lumps here and there for texture We use a potato ricer for smooth mashed potatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Starlord said: I read that and the first thing I thought of was the German hand grenade. I said to myself, "What, the drawer is booby trapped by the grenade? What is this?" Then it occurred to me it was the kitchen utensil. Most people find being slow on the uptake amusing--except for the person who's being slow on the uptake. BoloOfEarth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Trencher Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 On 6/23/2020 at 9:55 AM, tkdguy said: Also that screaming woman vs cat meme. The woman,Taylor Armstrong, was in one of the Real Housewives series. The origin of that scene is actually pretty disturbing. The hitler meme is from something disturbing too. Making disturbing things into jokes is a way to deal with it. On 6/23/2020 at 3:09 PM, Ragitsu said: Additionally, Jake Lloyd's childhood was permanently scarred. Curiously, the actor that voiced a thinly disguised Greedy Jew stereotype seemed to escape any (most definitely undue) criticism. The greedy merchant stereotype could fit in everywhere. In fact this is the first I heard of it as Jewish. Maybe it was because it was a such a weird alien that we did not see any human cultural traits in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Trencher said: The greedy merchant stereotype could fit in everywhere. In fact this is the first I heard of it as Jewish. Maybe it was because it was a such a weird alien that we did not see any human cultural traits in it. You haven't been around the internet enough. Watto is eerily close to how racists tend to portray the stereotypical greedy Jew out to get your money. Matt the Bruins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 7 hours ago, Cygnia said: I make sure the masher is in our deepest drawer, where we keep our measuring cups, funnels and ramekins. That seems to work. We keep ours hung with the skillets, because it is never fun to not open a drawer. 7 hours ago, Cancer said: Usually we use the electric hand mixer for that. Sacrilege! Blasphemy! 6 hours ago, Ternaugh said: smooth mashed potatoes. Even worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 9 hours ago, Starlord said: I just say a quick prayer to Anoia (Goddess of Things That Get Stuck in Drawers). Usually does the trick. Though she has gotten busy since the Post Office reopened. wcw43921, bigbywolfe, slikmar and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Ragitsu said: You haven't been around the internet enough. Watto is eerily close to how racists tend to portray the stereotypical greedy Jew out to get your money. The accent and long nose are kind of hard to overlook, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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