there's a thread for that
― kraudive, Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:37 (five years ago) link
There's a board for that
― unexplained drinking injuries (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:42 (five years ago) link
With an ironic title
its quite easy to separate eg Michael Jackson's music from his persona from his crimes against children
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Saturday, 26 January 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
cut him some bloody slack, it's not like he hung out with Spiked/Living Marxism writers:p
― calzino, Saturday, 26 January 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
do you think the same about r. kelly? (srs q)
― groovemaaan, Saturday, 26 January 2019 20:18 (five years ago) link
the well-developed argument (available on ilx threads on the topic) on r. kelly is the fact he revels in the accusations and behaviours in much of his later stuff, so theres a clearer line there between transgression and product
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Saturday, 26 January 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
Ted Bundy was not good-looking
― omar little, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:26 (five years ago) link
nobody was then
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:39 (five years ago) link
he's no Richard Ramirez for sure
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/38/59/e4/3859e4144ae2fd112a8c66b8c77a1801.jpg
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:48 (five years ago) link
― omar little, Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:26 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he was "good looking for a serial killer".
having him played by "good looking for a movie star" Zac Efron in a movie is beyond ridic
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:50 (five years ago) link
being really into true crime is a character flaw
xps looks like if Freddie Mercury took a pic of himself for a dating app
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:51 (five years ago) link
xp it would seem important to cast someone handsome, wasn't that his honeytrap?
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link
Zac efron is totally creepy looking - I’ve never understood his appeal
― just1n3, Thursday, 31 January 2019 01:02 (five years ago) link
The Wolf of Wall Street > Casino >>>>> Goodfellas
― flappy bird, Saturday, 2 February 2019 04:36 (five years ago) link
It's kind of predictable, I guess, that the genuinely controversial opinions itt are also inconsequential.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 2 February 2019 04:43 (five years ago) link
yeah, come on, I like Casino, but it's the opposite
― Dan S, Saturday, 2 February 2019 04:51 (five years ago) link
I can’t abide The Wolf of Wall Street’s glorification of big money rapiers. It’s almost as bad as an Adam McKay movie. it’s the worst film Scorcese ever made in my opinion
― Dan S, Saturday, 2 February 2019 05:50 (five years ago) link
ok that's hyperbole, not worse than The Aviator or Shutter Island for sure, but it did bother me
― Dan S, Saturday, 2 February 2019 06:41 (five years ago) link
National holidays are disruptive and annoying. Everyone out on the streets in their stupid cars, sucking up all the oxygen when they should be at work or school. Holiday hours when I wanna buy liquor at 10pm. Mail not coming on time because we just gotta have Christmus and NYE so close together. Just give people more pto, you cheap bastids.
― Cousin Slappy, Saturday, 2 February 2019 06:44 (five years ago) link
psychopathic epic isn't my favorite scorsese mode either but i think his willingness to give the devil his due as glamorously as possible comes precisely from committed faith in the opposite; reminds me of nabokov saying that his "pretty beastly" characters are "like the mournful monsters of a cathedral facade-- demons placed there merely to show they have been booted out"
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 2 February 2019 07:33 (five years ago) link
― Cousin Slappy, Saturday, February 2, 2019 1:44 AM (fifteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
100% otfm
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 2 February 2019 22:45 (five years ago) link
Gilda Radner is way overrated.
― Yerac, Saturday, 2 February 2019 23:04 (five years ago) link
Gilda wasn't so much funny as she was beloved. Her characters all skewed adorable.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 2 February 2019 23:56 (five years ago) link
The use of any font other than Times New Roman is an affectation
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 2 February 2019 23:59 (five years ago) link
man i love me some serifs but even i think that's going a little far
i do still miss the days when all fonts were monospaced though
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Sunday, 3 February 2019 00:06 (five years ago) link
You're gonna need to provide context. Use for what? Submitting a manuscript to an editor? I use Georgia when I want serifs, and Arial when I don't. And screenplays are always in Courier New.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 3 February 2019 00:15 (five years ago) link
take a boring opinion, add some judging, get controversy
― brimstead, Sunday, 3 February 2019 00:23 (five years ago) link
My controp is loving typefaces that are out of fashion (Palatino, Goudy, Optima).
I also don't use the word "font" to mean "typeface" but that's a losing battle
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 3 February 2019 00:56 (five years ago) link
I should clarify: when submitting a manuscript to an editor or to anyone else who will most likely change the font anyway
TNR is neutral, readable, and classic. I get that people don't want to use it for resumes because it's basic or whatever, but I think that's silly
and cosign on the monospacing
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 3 February 2019 01:00 (five years ago) link
Ugh YMP Rachel cusk’s books are set in Optima and it makes me not want to read them, defend Optima
― Norm’s Superego (silby), Sunday, 3 February 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
Optima, with its sculptural variation in line weight, is the cuddliest of the sans serifs. The most humanist of the sans serifs, IMO. And one of the most readable when used for body text.
No one wants to read an entire novel set in Arial (I think/hope?).
Of course I am pretty much always going to go with a serif as a text face. Sans serifs are mainly display faces, for me. But if you are going to use a sans serif for body text, Optima is one of the more readable choices.
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 3 February 2019 01:45 (five years ago) link
last year i started using some writing software that defaulted to palatino for some reason. can't imagine i've thought of using it since 1994, but it seems fine, so i let it be.
― j., Sunday, 3 February 2019 01:54 (five years ago) link
Every font that isn’t comic sans is pretentious
― Trϵϵship, Sunday, 3 February 2019 02:13 (five years ago) link
I can’t take writing seriously if if’s in anything else
Word has been defaulting to Calibri for me lately for some reason and I HATE IT LIKE POISON
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 3 February 2019 14:11 (five years ago) link
Garamond is a nice less used alternative to Times New Roman
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 3 February 2019 14:35 (five years ago) link
here for garamond and goudy support
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 3 February 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
I was listening to a podcast about a case in which a district attorney and a couple of judges were attacked, and some dark part of me felt that, if it's your 9-5 job to lock people in cases for years, sometimes for their whole life, maybe a little blowback should be expected and almost feels like fair play.
That said I do not condone violence ever JUST FOR THE RECORD
― calumy (rip van wanko), Sunday, 3 February 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link
cases=cages
They most definitely expect it because it's a thing that happens. But the threat isn't highlighted in most media in order to discourage people from copying that kind of behavior. Powerful targets of crime are protected, while the rest of us are fodder for the wolves.
― Cousin Slappy, Sunday, 3 February 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
prob not really controversial but downhill skiing/snowboarding as a leisure activity should be considered a dumb wasteful indulgence and worthy of ridicule. it's dangerous, frivolous, and expensive - all that dumb technical gear, lift tickets, cost of meals at a ski resort, the work required to maintain and patrol a ski mountain, lodging if you aren't a local. what a waste. there are other ways to get outside in the winter that are cheaper, safer, and more enjoyable.
― marcos, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
Cosign
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
it's the golfing of mountains
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
lol otm
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
golfing possibly worse on the wasted resources/ecological destruction front
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:37 (five years ago) link
they're both such a to do
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
Skiing is the only justification for human bodies to continue to exist imo, truly the greatest pleasure in the world and I hope that I die while doing it
― froggles! (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
what about snowboarding
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link