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Tetra

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  • Nintendo goes after Switch emulator yuzu in new lawsuit

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  • Why would anyone play your games on hardware that's ten years behind? The few Nintendo games I still buy (like Tears of the Kingdom actually) I still play on emulator, because it's objectively better in every way. Fuck off.

  • Avatar is cursed for remakes like Fantastic Four

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  • I really hated the Netflix show, but I'm very happy it's getting some people to watch or rewatch the original. Enjoy!

  • Avatar is cursed for remakes like Fantastic Four

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  • It's not so much that they changed things, if anything it's extremely faithful in the overall plot progression, it's mostly just... really shoddy.

    Characters are devoid of any personality or life, the dialogue is some of the worst expository garbage I've ever had to endure, and they just keep missing the point of critical moments and character beats.

    Like just to give an easy example, upon being told that he's the Avatar, Aang in this version does NOT run away. He just... goes on a little trip on Appa to lighten up, and it just so happens that this is exactly when the fire nation attacks, and he accidentally gets caught in a storm and gets trapped. Running away was key to his character, it's a crucial, character defining moment. It leads into his genuine feelings of guilt for abandoning the world, and his whole arc in the show is about slowly accepting the responsibility that terrified him back then.

    And that just keeps happening, super important scenes like that get butchered for no reason, completely erasing the meaning behind them. It feels like they went about the show in a very utilitarian way, believing that as long as they could get the characters from point A to point B, it didn't matter what they changed. The original is so good at that, so good at symbolism, so consistent in its characterization that you're often able to predict how a given character will react because you know them so well.

    I think that's what pissed me off the most, and combined with the goddawful dialogue (seriously I can't stress enough how bad the dialogue is), and a lot of gratuitous fanservice (lots of characters and scenes appear much earlier just to show them off lol), and you end up with a show that's extremely hard to sit through if you have any affection for the original.

  • Poilievre says 'biological males' should be banned from women's sports, change rooms and bathrooms

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  • Gross. That's all I have to say.

  • Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms. Now a bullied student is dead

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  • You'll get called dramatic for saying that but Republicans are absolutely eyeing a form of trans genocide; removing access to treatment and creating as hostile and dangerous an environment possible for trans people. They want us to disappear.

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    X suspends account of Navalny's wife

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  • We've had more than enough proof he's on team Putin, I personally don't need another.

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    I don't get the distinction between sex and gender. Your sex is determined by your chromosomes and the rest is whatever.

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  • I'm always happy to explain the distinction to people, I know it's a nebulous topic for a lot of cis folks who can't relate much. Then I see OP's first comment about "drag queen land" and realize she's just some alt right troll and isn't here to genuinely engage with the topic. Bigots gonna bigot I guess. Be a bit more subtle next time.

  • Trump suggests he’d disregard NATO treaty, urge Russian attacks on allies

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  • Won't be shocked if he tries. He's gotten away with lots of things he couldn't do, and if he's reelected the line is gonna get even blurrier. I don't know what could really happen and I'm not interested in finding out.

  • Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato countries who don’t pay ‘bills’

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  • US weapons Trump would provide, most likely.

  • Trump suggests he’d disregard NATO treaty, urge Russian attacks on allies

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  • I'm really worried he'd straight up help Russia tbh. Why wouldn't he?

  • Hey is 2001 : space oddyssey still worth watching ?

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  • Look I'll just say that I hadn't seen it until just about a year ago, had been spoiled of most of the plot and many iconic scenes, and it still became possibly my favorite movie of all time.

    That movie has held up unthinkably well in every regard, even the effects are still superb. It's a masterpiece and you very much should watch it.

  • Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin

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  • Difference is that crypto is barely even a currency, it's basically just a vehicle for speculation. Visa is actually useful.

  • Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin

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  • All crypto is essentially designed around competition for who gets to be the one mining it. Things escalate, and that's how you end up with these ridiculous crypto farms that use as much power as entire cities. No crypto currency is "green". And UNLIKE cars, lights or banking, crypto serves no purpose, it's currency that doesn't get spent, it's basically just there to fuel speculation for tech bros.

    Crypto is a complete waste of energy, it's not 'big money spinning Bitcoin as negative', it's just objectively idiotic, don't listen to that comment.

    If you haven't, I recommend watching Dan Olson's documentary "Line Goes Up" on Youtube.

  • Map reveals all the space junk we've already littered on Mars

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  • I suppose so, but I believe they always make sure not a single trace of Earth life is left on the equipement they sent to Mars, for obvious reasons. So they already control for that.

    Besides looking pretty messy, I'm not sure this does any harm.

  • Map reveals all the space junk we've already littered on Mars

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  • I'm glad the article mentions that in this case, it really doesn't matter; like, there seems to be nothing to 'pollute' on Mars (also 7 tonnes is not much at all). Bit of a strange headline to me.

  • Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel invests in controversial doped Olympics

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  • Billionaires really need to stop stealing their ideas from viral joke tweets.

  • Will Netflix FINALLY Do Avatar Justice? | TRAILER BREAKDOWN

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  • Had the movie not come out, no one would be excited for this, no one would care how "more faithful" it looks.

    At the end of the day this adaptation has no reason to exist, and I have no expectation it'll be any good.

    Hope I'm wrong, of course.

  • Anon uses a dating app

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  • That's when it hurts the most. When you feel like things are working out great, when you pour your heart and soul into it, and they suddenly lose interest, and you're not even granted an explanation as to why or what you might've done or said wrong, if anything. Just left feeling like you're simply not a lovable enough person, and never will be.

  • Video game actors speak out after union announces AI voice deal

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  • Agreed.

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