SPOILER WARNING.

Sorry, my comment will sound acidic, but I would watch a “gender swapped” version AS LONG AS IT’S GOOD, unlike what Supernatural became after season 04 (not a fan, the IP got milked until it was so meaningless that OF COURSE IT COULD ONLY END UP LIKE A “let’s battle god” SHŌNEN).

To me (speaking from a european point of view and as a writer), Supernatural is the perfect example of a particular problem with american IPs in general : as long as the IP is juicy in revenue, it’ll get milked dryier than sand, even if it means degrading the IP in the process. A gender swap, or simply a change in protagonists (with some back and forth between teams or smthg) should have occured waaaaay earlier in the show. Some deaths and tragedies should have been permanent, simply to have meaning and depth, etc. OR : the show should have ended earlier, when it had good momentum to be definitive.

I think the people behind Supernatural made a way better writing and pacing job with The Boys, even if the ending of s03 was really weak. They did the good thing with Gen V, though. Diversifying the protagonists, and the novelty it brings while finding its way into the main story is great narrative management.

Another perfect example of a good genderswap is Fiona & Cake. Supernatural could benefit from that, it could even borrow some stuff from Buffy. It would just have to be good.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

Oh god, I’m in the hidden Manjaro slums

Nah, it’s just bullying, and probably the dangling of sensitive files on his allies, plus the fact that european leaders are stupid AF. This one is clearly bending the knee. Greenland is lost.

No source, no details, no feedback from the uncle even though he is the one who introduced the husband to the wife, the article mentions that the man has a child with another woman but never develops that story… Seems like wedding is quite a blind process in China. Was this article created by an AI or is it just bad journalism? Is this outlet the chinese equivalent of MSN.com or something?

Writer having toyed with AI, here : yeah, AI writing sucks. It is consensual and bland, never goes into unexpected territory, or completely fails to understand human nature.

So, we’d better stop calling AI “intelligence”. It’s text-prediction machine learning on steroïds, nothing more, and the fact that we’re still calling that “intelligence” says how gullible we all are.

It’s just another speculative bubble from the tech bros, as cryptos were, except this time the tech bros have made their nazi coming out.

Exercising, taking a walk, 8h of sleep per night, destroying capitalism.

First accurate reading of that IP I’ve ever seen.

“Natural sexy”

I agree with OP, and it really became blatant when Starfield got out. Their design patterns and game engine have not evolved with the industry standards, and they don’t seem to have understood that. Fortunately, there are alternatives, like the Outer Worlds, Tainted Grail, etc. I guess the alternatives will become more and more interesting with time, as those game have showed that it was possible to do Bethesda-ish games without the shortcomings (and lies) of Bethesda.

Unfortunately I don’t know, as I’ve never used banking apps (I manage sensitive informations from my computer, which feels safer to me), but I hope somebody else will be able to answer that question!

Waking up from the Nightmare.

I’d say about every 7 years, or older. Using custom roms, it’s possible to keep a phone up-to-date for a while, or even to escape google services (on android, of course) using MicroG. Personally, I use /e/os, which has all that built in (including a tracker blocker). It is very neat.

https://e.foundation/e-os/

[Screaming in linux]

Build the biggest soft power possible to make allies (video games, movies, medicine, etc), send spies everywhere to identify potential attacker/warmongers, assassinate them.

If nothing works, make the island a fiscal paradise. Predators don’t shit where they eat.

Unfortunately, nothing will happen, as nobody has done anything despite the Epstein files, the deportations and externalized concentration camps, the Capitol, the international bullying and racket, etc. Trump serves the interest of the filthy rich, is backed by tech nazies and other kind of moguls (and p3d0s) and commands the most powerful army in the world. His attack on Venezuela is even approved by libs. And even if Trump himself was somehow unalived, the entire system that allowed his rise to power would still be there. The nazies trumpists and parasitic dominant classes would still be there.

Better just declare the American hegemony dead and disengage from any form of partnership with the USA. At least, Trump has the merit of exposing the USA for what they truly are : an alienating, morally bankrupt nation and fascist empire.

World changer, definitely

“if the sum of your possessions exceeds 100 M dollars/euros/whatever, your shall lose your civil rights, including the right to have your -shady- death investigated.”

You’re welcome. Invest in schools and hospitals. You have one week.

Yeah, Bazzite seems user-friendlier, like Manjaro was for Arch

For me, it’s been Manjaro for ten years, but I’m eyeing atomic distros more and more, like Bazzite.

My gay soul died reading it. Great LinkdIn-ish post, very souless.