Toasticus

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[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And here we are where it has come full circle to where, we're seeing Master Chief on a freaking Playstation 5 cover case.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 44 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

"YouTube said the hike will “allow us to continue to improve Premium and support the creators and artists you watch on YouTube.”

Bullshit, bullshit and more bullshit. They say that every single time they raise the prices. It's the same dogshit excuse.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 15 points 11 hours ago

I think PeerTube should be for hobby purposes. I mean, here's where I am coming from. I am from a period of the internet, where you were not meant to be e-famous. I still at times, believe this. Look at what happened when the idea of the tiniest bit of fame and success people allow to get to their heads when they realize that they can just make videos and profit off of them.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago

My high school. I just didn't think I'd come out with a diploma and that my entire school 'career' had been nothing filled but setbacks and directionless days. Yet I somehow came through.

I didn't think I'd make it past my 20s, because at the time, I was a very overweight teen that carried it over into their 20s. I've heard stories of people who've been overweight that'd never see lengthy lives because the burden of weight would be too much.

 

I'm currently going through the junior year of my high school, that was 20 years ago exactly. It has been 22 years since my favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, had finally broken their Curse of the Bambino in 2004. The Harry Potter main book series ended 19 years ago while the film series ended 15 years ago.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I actually maybe wouldn't have minded two movies. Then again, I say it should've been one 3-hour long film and given the extended treatment the LOTR films got. It'd be one long, but eventful movie.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 4 points 14 hours ago

The question was meant to be broad.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago

Man, humans have fundamentally and irreversibly fucked up this planet. We burn coal, so we have that problem you mentioned. I learned recently how chemical companies have done decades of a poor job just dumping chemical waste wherever they want or developing things that does more harm than good at the planet's expense.

Enjoy it while it's here I guess.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 5 points 15 hours ago

I refuse to be homeless. I've always been telling myself that the day I become homeless and so many bills pile up, is the day I truly die. I'm pretty resourceful, but there's not an awful lot that I can think of as there to do if I become homeless, other than become a petty criminal, but then I'd only be wasting time in jail and being treated like a nobody in the justice system.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 10 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Metaphorically speaking, but putting the boot down on the neck that is the form of my individuality. They both did a terrible job in preparing me for life. Their idea of readying you for life is going on tireless banters about themselves and maybe a couple lessons dropped in between. There's just no recovery when parents just do not prepare for you for life, leaving you into a life full of struggle and improvision.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They jammed in a freaking elf and dwarf love interest angle somewhere in the movies.

In the entire Middle-Earth Legendarium, Elves and Dwarves were bitter rivals to eachother to the point where the idea of A elf and A dwarf would never work together in a conceivable fashion that constitutes a relationship to that extent. Legolas and Gimli I was okay with because they developed as functioning partners for the sake of the Fellowship when the call was heeded.

But what happened in the Hobbit, was once again a shining example as to how stupidly obsessed Hollywood is, with cramming romance into everything.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think that alone is what really prevents me from being a watcher of tv shows, streaming or traditional. They want you to be addicts so that you'd binge-watch episodes, get into heated debates, worship the IP and eagerly await for anything related to it to be released.

Then when the show starts to die by the slightest, it's like a crushing weight mentally as to how lead on you were about it all. It just flatout deceives you to have wasted so much time and investment into something you thought was genuine.

The only shows I maybe would consider giving chances to and have watched, were shows that just knew where they were going and eventually found a way to end.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

Where also that nobody is allowed to be nuanced or central.

Things either are the best thing or the worst piece of shit ever. Being in the gray is a huge no.

 

I still can't stop but think how stretched out the Hobbit films were, for an otherwise short book. That's a sin that stains forever with me. The Lord of the Rings films, do have their own flaws, but they're fairly contained and can be debated as to whether they were good or not. I have so much trouble excusing anything with the Hobbit though.

And I hope we never, ever see anyone tackle The Silmarillion. Simply because, there will be so much improvised fluff in that would-be film, that it'd make the Hobbit films blush.

 

Mine is evaluated based on how many of them were there for me when I was at my lowest. It'd be unfair for me to evaluate them based on communication, because then that'd mean that everyone would be gone, so that'd be unfair. I also don't think evaluating people based on what they gift you or do for you is adequate either. So, yeah, I think the clear line basis of me removing a friend is about sheer balance.

I don't like friendships that are just unrealistic. Where they want only and nothing but the best from you and for you. Friendships are about enduring someone's worst and figuring it through too. If you just push someone away all of the time and leave them in dormancy where their mind tends to wander into places it shouldn't. That's one of the worst things a friend can do and it can also include up to things like not talking to them just for a check up every now and then.

So again, if more friends have let me down or dropping the ball, then that's probably my reason.

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