Eh personally I don't put much stock into the suggestion that the absence of extremely inefficient megascale technologies means that aliens don't exist, or that there's a "great filter" which everyone deterministically fails to work around. The attitude of people like him encouraging focus on the creation of complex garbage is certainly drawing interest away from space, you got that right. But at that point it becomes a more generic question than specifically biological thermodynamics.
Careercow Robert Chipman / Bob / Moviebob / "Movieblob" - Middle-Aged Consoomer, CWC with a Thesaurus, Ardent Male Feminist and Superior Futurist, the Twice-Fired, the Mario-Worshipper, publicly dismantled by Hot Dog Girl, coping poorly
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Am I the only one who thinks Bob would be more attractive if he just owned the "greaseball Leisure Suit Larry " look and walked around with open shirt and chest medallion? He's got to know he looks like a lizard in a polyester sausage casing whenever he dresses up, why not just say "f--k it" and go whole hog? There's a chance that women might think he's doing a bit and start laughing with him instead of at him... There have been ugly men who've been able to pull this off. The only thing that might sink it is Bob's thirst/ white knight-ism, which would tip the women off that he's actually a simp instead of a Kavorka Man.
His ego won't allow him to laugh at himself. He can't abandon his signature Nintendo T-shirts because these are the regalia of his superior intellect.
Well, the whole Scott Pilgrim story seems to be a bit of a light parody of the mid 2000's young adult hipster live style. They definitely acknowledged the self absorved nature of that generation, but I don't think the author had any intention of making any real bitting commentary on that.
The Scott Pilgrim books are interesting to me, because when they came out, I was at the right time and place to love them, and so I did, I loved those books and thought the setting and the idea behind it were genius...
And then, a few years ago, I revisited those books and I found myself despising the books. I still think the setting and the videogame gimmick is quite clever, and O'malley can write a natural dialogue, if a bit Joss Whedon-y, and the art style does have a charm of it's own.
But the main characters fucking kill everything else. I hate both Scott and Ramona. And while the big idea of the book was to bring a growth character arc to both of them, it comes in the very last book over a relationship that never gave the reader any reason to be besides the two people in it being self-absorved assholes.
It's okay to have assholes main characters if the point is to redeem them, but at one point in the story, you gotta give the reader a fucking reason to care about these people and the trials they are going through, and I couldn't bring myself to care, and the end just falls flat, because you don't believe these two were ever in love to begin with. Scott was just attracted to the mysterious cooler and above all pixie charm of Ramona and his own childish desire for romance... and Ramona was just killing time when it was time for her to disappear into the ether and leave yet another broken heart because the thing she values the most is her perceived image of being the eccentric aloof cool girl, ever searching for herself.
For very few things I have such a 180 turn like this, and that is why I find Scott Pilgrim fascinating and a drag at the same time.
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Your move, Chief.
The movie though, could’ve been more successful commercially had they not over-budgeted the film. Maybe a $40 million budget with cheap, but decent effects would’ve been the way to go. That movie looked way overproduced as hell. And maybe casting a more bankable and more charismatic actor than Michael Cera would make the character more believe
But like I said, Universal overspent on this movie, like they had with other quirky indie-style movies during the time they were being bought out by Comcast between 2009-2011-and it was foolish to have it open against a movie featuring 80s action stars. Had it open in September 2010, it might have done better.
Y'know, I felt bad for Knives Chau initially, since she's easily the far more interesting and likable girl with an actual personality beyond being a spiteful, aloof cunt who's entire personality depends on how other people see her (the way knives reacts to Scott's "puck man" anecdote vs Ramona) and she got discarded like rubbish because Scott wanted to fuck a cancerous "manic pixie dream girl" bitch.
But then I realized Knives got a happy ending after all, and she's probably one of the luckiest characters in the book: she was saved from having to be in a relationship with Scott Pilgrim. The girl didn't just dodge a bullet, she dodged a massive .308 hollow point covered in ebola goo.
But then I realized Knives got a happy ending after all, and she's probably one of the luckiest characters in the book: she was saved from having to be in a relationship with Scott Pilgrim. The girl didn't just dodge a bullet, she dodged a massive .308 hollow point covered in ebola goo.
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I finally realized who Moviebob's avatar reminds me of
Bonus flag of the superior future
Bonus flag of the superior future
The resemblance is uncanny.
I will live a thousand lives and never understand this idiot.
First, what in the fuck is "a metro/urban-centric, post-manual-labor globally-integrated knowledge-economy"? If we are talking economy sectors, I think he would be talking third sector, services and entertainment, which the US has the largest third sector in the planet... since the fucking 60's.
But if he is talking about the bulk of the economy... then no, the primary and secondary sectors (basicaly farming and industry) are still the ones who make most money due the need to consume... think like this, not everybody likes to watch movies, but everybody needs to wipe their asses.
But still, if you are talking classes, or at least the background of the people who command the profits of the primary and secondary sectors, we are talking college educated urban people... fucking Billy Bob from the assembly line won't moonlight as a executive Robert.
So, what the fuck is this "inversion" Robert is talking about? The rural flight happened over 70 years, personal sucess now values white collar jobs, artist, celebrities and the intellectuals do have a larger range of communication and influence than anyone else... i just don't get where in the fuck does Robert get the notion that the red-neck from the factory holds all the social capital... Because Hillary lost? The same Hillary that he own party turned their backs on and let the guy who had less votes than Romney win?
I don't like the debate bros, but fuck me, I would love to see someone confront Robert on these stupid tweets he makes.. at least someone with half a brain, not the retards that keep replying to him weak shit...
But at least I understand the "change" Robert wants... you guys remember tht Tranny that was crying about being called out a while ago? Yeah, Robert wants her to be CEO. Galaxy brain here...
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There are two reasons Bob doesn't get called out for debates that crush him into the earth.
1) Most importantly, Bob carefully protects himself from ever being called out. He blocks any thoughtful conservative who would bother, and does a quick fade after a mealymouthed demurral any time he gets called out from the left by someone who disagrees with him and is smarter than he is or higher on the progressive stack (which is most anyone who isn't also a fat white straight-in-theory soyboy). He simply will not engage in a meaningful way if he can't sneer or grovel. There is no debate because Bob is not capable of debate.
2) Less importantly, but still significant, any serious thinker who comes across Bob's tweets will see a phrase like "a metro/urban-centric, post-manual-labor globally-integrated knowledge-economy" and immediately realize this is a total moron spewing polysyllabic gibberish that he doesn't actually understand just to sound intelligent, and will laugh and move on.
It's a dysphemism for the internet being the only business that matters.
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This is Bob providing premium service right here: saying out loud what his side really thinks that they don't want other people to know. Social justice isn't about equality, it's about revenge. This right here shows loud and clear what Bob is really about (and by extension, what his side is really about), no how matter how much he may try to hide and obfuscate it. That's why it's important to archive, because Bob is likely to try to delete and deny.
Man Bob is a Huge fucking faggot who definitely has not let go of shit that happened in Highschool.
How can he fucking hold down a job if he gets a bad boss? I've had bad bosses before but it's fucking stupid to hold a grudge against them after you're done with the company. This is like talking about your exes with your wife, it's not something that you do.
And I think this is why Bob will never have a girlfriend or any serious relationship, if a woman slighted him he would try ruining her life 24/7.
More evidence that Robert's worldviews are largely influenced by the people who bullied him during highschool and other parts of his miserable life.
Bob is (mentally) stuck in the mid 2000s. When "Republican" and "Anti-science" were joined at the hip because Evolution/Intelligent Design shitflinging and W's "Teach the controversy" line. If Republicans=anti-science, then Democrats must=pro-science. As established earlier, Bob is probably one of the people who reads "Grants cut for X research program" to mean that that program no longer exists and The Science™ is now at a standstill until a new president decides to fund it with their totally real totalitarian power.
Its simple, really. Obama made him feel like he was on the winning team by being progressive. Meanwhile those meanie trucker hat wearing
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Justin Bieber shit's like a cat!
then they'd be shocked to learn that the vast majority of advancements in medicine and pharmaceutical science have not been dependent on any government (assuming they could comprehend such an idea in the first place without just blanking out, rebooting and ignoring it entirely)
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>Be Robert
>Year is 2030 jetpacks are a thing now
>Order one
>It comes
>It's too small
>TFW there aren't any affordable jetpacks that come in Robert's waist size
After seeing MovieBob basically blurt out loud that social justice is entirely about revenge, it's got me thinking how much longer will it be before he pisses off the wrong leftist and ends up on the wrong end of cancel culture.
He's already on BreadTube's shit list thanks to his feud with Peter Coffin, but he does go out of the way to avoid getting into any fights he can't win, to some degree of success.
If he does get called out, he'll either give a half-assed clarification if they're left-wing and higher on the progressive stack or he'll give the usual "who are you?/you have the wrong avatar" canned response then summarily block them if they're not.
But all it takes for him to go on another Twitter rant on the wrong day and the wrong person to see it, and organize a cancel campaign. Or maybe some of his detractors organize some gay ops against him, which given how disliked he is on multiple sides, I'm surprised hasn't happened by now.
Right now, Bob's lucky that he's too pathetic for most people to waste time on and that the Farms has a strict rule against trolling campaigns. But SJW's are notoriously fickle and prone to purity spirals, and they often turn on their own, especially the ones who have a Y chromosome and the wrong complexion.
Even Dobson is smarter than Bob when it comes to knowing his place on the Progressive Stack and goes above and beyond to avoid being cancelled or saying potential wrongthink nowadays.
He's already on BreadTube's shit list thanks to his feud with Peter Coffin, but he does go out of the way to avoid getting into any fights he can't win, to some degree of success.
If he does get called out, he'll either give a half-assed clarification if they're left-wing and higher on the progressive stack or he'll give the usual "who are you?/you have the wrong avatar" canned response then summarily block them if they're not.
But all it takes for him to go on another Twitter rant on the wrong day and the wrong person to see it, and organize a cancel campaign. Or maybe some of his detractors organize some gay ops against him, which given how disliked he is on multiple sides, I'm surprised hasn't happened by now.
Right now, Bob's lucky that he's too pathetic for most people to waste time on and that the Farms has a strict rule against trolling campaigns. But SJW's are notoriously fickle and prone to purity spirals, and they often turn on their own, especially the ones who have a Y chromosome and the wrong complexion.
Even Dobson is smarter than Bob when it comes to knowing his place on the Progressive Stack and goes above and beyond to avoid being cancelled or saying potential wrongthink nowadays.
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“The kingdom from heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing to pay the workers one denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing in the marketplace without work. 4 He told them, ‘You go into the vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5 So off they went. He went out again about noon and about three o’clock and did the same thing. 6 About five o’clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why are you standing here all day long without work?’ 7 They told him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He told them, ‘You go into the vineyard as well.’
8 “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, ‘Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.’ 9 Those who were hired at five o’clock came, and each received a denarius.
10 “When the first came, they thought they would receive more, but each received a denarius as well. 11 When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner, 12 ‘These last fellows worked only one hour, but you paid them the same as us, and we’ve been working all day, enduring the scorching heat!’
13 “But he told one of them, ‘Friend, I’m not treating you unfairly. You did agree with me for a denarius, didn’t you? 14 Take what is yours and go. I want to give this last man as much as I gave you. 15 I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or are you envious because I’m generous?’
16 “In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen.”
8 “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, ‘Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.’ 9 Those who were hired at five o’clock came, and each received a denarius.
10 “When the first came, they thought they would receive more, but each received a denarius as well. 11 When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner, 12 ‘These last fellows worked only one hour, but you paid them the same as us, and we’ve been working all day, enduring the scorching heat!’
13 “But he told one of them, ‘Friend, I’m not treating you unfairly. You did agree with me for a denarius, didn’t you? 14 Take what is yours and go. I want to give this last man as much as I gave you. 15 I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or are you envious because I’m generous?’
16 “In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen.”