She’s a billionaire. I doubt she even cares, but who knows. I think there’s more a psychological thing at play here. It’s clear a lot of people loved her work and feel hurt and betrayed that she became who she is. If she was just some other billionaire that was vocally anti-trans it wouldn’t be so painful. As a ‘cis male’ who was never into her books I can’t really relate, but there’ a clearly a large community of former fans who it has affected.
What do you mean by “her media”? If you mean HP stuff, then just torrent it or whatever. Plenty of ways to circumvent her getting royalties.
If someone desperately needs to have branded HP merch, despite the key person behind it all being anathema to their values, then maybe they should pause for thought.
She’s basically Hitler to you guys. Which is fine, and i get why you hate her. But to me, the part I struggle with is why you all loved her stuff in the first place.
I remember when he released the track ‘New’. I was surprised at how good it was. A bittersweet, nostalgic love song that was catchy.
I love the Beatles but only know a handful of Wings tracks. I recently discovered the song ‘Nineteen Hundred and Eight Five’. Definitely worth a listen if you want to hear him at his post-beatles peak.
I can smell that leather jacket in my mind.
That’s worrying - I use split tunnelling on the express VPN and haven’t seen an add in months.
ahem VPN Albania. Sorted.
Fireflies by Owl City
Anything by Pitbull
Also, unpopular opinion, but I’m oddly adverse to anything by Ed Sheeran.
The arc of that song is interesting. It was briefly niche/hipster, then massive and well-liked and now insanely derided and seen as a talisman for an entries genre of cringe, ‘stomp-clap’ bullshit. I expect in a decade or so it’ll get a renaissance.
Where I live in Scotland about 73% of electricity generated come from renewables (mostly wind and hydro). I’m hugely in favour of this, but the bills keep rising.
I firmly believe the utility companies should be nationalised. I’m not against capitalism per se, but the current setup is a racket.
I only use the platform to manage my dodgy IPTV subscription. Presumably they’ll be ditching Discord as well once they realise that they need to provide ID.
Pretty much. It’s great as I get an alert when she’s 5 mins from home so I can peel myself off the sofa before she’s back and look productive.
Alien 3 hate is curious to me. I had it on VHS, back when you could only watch what you had on tape, so like all kids with limited movies they would get re- watched a lot, regardless of quality.
As a result, I can quote nearly as much of that movie as I can the first two (which, of course, are infinitely better).
So what I’m saying is I’ve got a soft spot for it. I’ll also defend the characters, who were well acted and portrayed. The overall atmosphere of a hostile planet was also pretty well executed.
Killing off Hicks, Newt & Bishop was a terrible start, but if you overlook that massive narrative fuck up, what else do people really hate about it?
They don’t compare… RATS!
Edge. It’s called Edge now. I have no idea why.
This rumour control, here are the facts: I had Alien 3 on VHS. It remains my 3rd fave alien movie, just because I watched it so often. I appreciate that it’s far, far from perfect, but back in the day we had so few vids that it’s etched into my mind!
I get it. I have zero tattoos and plan on keeping it that way. For my generation that actually makes me more unique! Never understood the idea of having something permanently embedded, as you say, which is a good way of putting it. I can certainly appreciate the art, but I’d rather hang it on my wall that wear it forever.
Maybe it’s like some local guy in SE Asia that got it? Like their equivalent to the westerner who comes back home thinking he has some profound statement in Thai tattooed on him, but it’s really just gibberish from a takeout menu.
Honestly, family crest feels like a solid choice.
We don’t have one so that’s out for me, and although my kids are my world, I don’t feel the inclination to get 'em tattooed on me.
Is the crest a classy design? If so I’d say go for it.
His booklickers are locked in, no matter what. It’s basically mental illness. I expect they’d frame it as him saving us, as an Iranian nuclear attack was imminent.