Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

The thing is the same problem with all super human media.

Superman adjacent homolander should've killed all of the boys in episode 1 of season 1. There's no hiding from superman.

It's going to have pacing issues no matter what. It kinda works in the comics because the boys are all supes too.

It lasted a season too long, at the very least. Its becoming more and more common to squeeze every last dollar out of a hit show, because who cares about legacy? All about the Benjamin's baby.

What world do you live on where morons are a minority? I want to move there.

Fair. There are a lot of morons, but I'd call those who like the villain in the show a minority. That's a special, unique type of moron

Hmm, there's appreciating the character and the acting, then there's going along with what the character does.

Those are different things. You don't have to agree with what the character does to like their part in the story. A big part of what makes the show good *is* Homelander, specifically how Homelander is portrayed and acted. That's more a compliment to the actor and the story than the character.

Last thing a story like that needs is to change the character in a misguided attempt to make them less likeable. Which is what is happening to Sydney Sweeney in Euphoria, case in point.

There is no criticism of the acting. The guy portraying Homelander has done a great job considering he was an absolute nobody before this show. I'm sure he has gotten a nice fat raise during the run and he deserves it. Obviously Karl Urban and Jack Quaid are top billing, but the show wouldn't go without Homelander's performance. It has just gone on for too long.

Today was my vibe code day before my weekly reset.

But at same time, Ive decided to start a new editing project.

Ive decided to make this a better edited one, I wrote a huge script.

And Im taking 1h to edit 1 minute of video.

The video is 24 minutes long so this will be a very busy weekend to use all my vibe coding tokens...

But that doesnt mean I didnt do any vibe coding during the week.

Au contrarie, this was a very busy vibe coding week.

I asked to do 3 artifacts for a new web app project and gave for the outsource team to fix it. I gave the vibe coded BFF to another outsourced employee to review it, I asked Copilot to write a huge clients documentation blob, and feed it to company's chatGPT instance so they can ask specific question instead of asking documentation, finally I started to review the last vibe code project, and this one I cant delegate to an outsource employee.

Throwing anything "AI" wrote in the garbage would be a more productive use of time.

I guess I should've defined what "like" was in this case. Antony Starr has done an amazing job of playing Homelander. His facial expressions speak louder than words and he really brought the character to life in an amazing way, the same is true of a lot of the cast.

What I'm referring to are people who idolize Homelander or act like he isn't the villain. It's to the point both Antony Starr and Kripke addressed it publicly and how these folks were missing the point.

https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv/antony-starr-homelander-the-boys-tv-858138-20230630

So yea, I see no fault in admiring the manner Anthony Starr plays him at all and I think you can put him in the category of Jack Gleeson (Joffrey), Bruno Ganz (Hitler in Downfall), Rufus Sewell (John Smith), Denise Gough (Dedra) and many other actors who played evil people exceptionally well. The issue is when you start to admire, idolize, or associate with the villains in these stories.

Pick a lane pls

Why is that an issue. In a certain light, to his character, he is being true to himself despite what anyone else thinks. There is something to admire there.

The point of a story is not to tell the audience how they should feel, it is to tell a story and trust the audience's intelligence in understanding its nuances.

No one, no one, likes being told how they should feel or that what they feel is wrong.

Only narcissists believe that. This is because they confuse rationale with their ego so they can't accept criticism or fault. Integrous people can own their mistakes. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I'll get out the way and let someone else lead. The problem is when other people are wrong, but can't own up to it.

Your feelings can certainly be misguided or misplaced. Some people lack the emotional intelligence for proper self-reflection. Sometimes you have to take a step back and ask if my feelings are appropriate given the circumstances. Emotional control and regulation. In terms of traditional masculinity it was referred to as stoicism.

If I'm crying over some nonsense is it really that big of a deal or am I in a hormonal flux?

Make sense?

"If you don't feel how I feel you are X".

Also didn't you get banned on another account?

This is more likely to be a bigger hit.



P.S: Entirely made with AI

That's deliberately obtuse. It's more like, when Manchester United win a football game and the fans wreck the town. Were they right? Were their feelings justified? I mean. It's ok to get excited, but don't go overboard, right?

You're argument is other people shouldn't tell you how to feel.
My argument is sometimes you mismanage your own emotions.

If someone is telling you to calm down, is it easy to calm down? No. Sometimes that just gaslights them. They feel their issue was minimized or unheard. The reality is sometimes the issue isn't that big of a deal.

Do you think Chud the Builder was in the right? He was going around provoking people. By your logic those people are entitled to their feelings, which is fair. The reason it got to the point it's at is because someone failed at emotional regulation. Not everyone is perfect.

What about a pregnant woman? If she's having an emotional breakdown because the Starbucks is out of pumpkin spice, are her feelings valid? She's crashing out over pumpkin spice. Is that appropriate behavior?

No.

PUMPKIN SPICE? No. For chocolate it would be it would be valid and perhaps understated.

Nothing is justifying bad behaviour. People are going to behave badly, and it's up to everyone else to hold them accountable for their actions.

Tricky when they're almost a literal god, which is the entire point of the character.

Drugs and alcohol.

Maybe I'm not making myself clear for you to understand so I'll give you another example.

Say you see two men kiss and it causes you to feel disgusted. Are you a homophobe? Yes. 100%. Don't tell me because you have gay friends that you're absolved of your homophobia. Being a more tolerant homophobe doesn't make you any less homophobic. That gutteral response defines you as homophobic. Having gay friends doesn't make you less homophobic. It makes you more stoic. It's stoic because you don't allow that feeling of disgust to dictate your actions or relationships. Meaning you can still be friends with gay people so long as they aren't sucking face right next to you.

Stoicism is an aspect of traditional masculinity that has been lost in modernity. Another is integrity. If your response to the prompt was the one depicted (I'm not homophobic because I have gay friends even though the sight of two men kissing causes you to feel disgust), then you're wholely unintegrous. Integrity is being able to acknowledge those faults for what they are. Man is flawed. It's ok if you're homophobic. Narcissists wouldn't be able to accept that. They double down in their assertion that they're not homophobic.

So next time your girlfriend asks you to sit down to watch Heated Rivalry, maybe try sucking it up and taking one for the team like a real man.

Liking professional sports.

Alright, hands up guys. How many of you have girlfriends who disrespect you enough to ask you to watch a gay romance with them?

I don't really disagree with your point, but you don't have to do everything with your partner. I'm glad mine isn't into that sort of thing, but if she was, she'd watch it by herself and pick something we can both enjoy to watch together.

How is it disrespect to ask a guy to watch a film about the most violent sport this side Buzkashi?

Only chick flick I have drug guys off to watch is also a war film. They didn't mind at all. But they probably didn't notice it was a chick flick either despite scenes of naked men playing in the surf with their horses.

I think we should let men decide what being a man means.

Wild, I know.

90%+ of the human population are ok with leaving decisions to the others.

For many, having the option to decide isnt more than a burden they never asked for.

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