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  1. Orlion Blight
    You were there, Delightful, it's what is currently going on in the Pet Peeves thread!
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    White-Anglo-Saxon-Protestant
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    That is probably the biggest issue with merely switching a character's race: making superman, say, black does not necessarily make him a relatable black character. This does not solve the problem of the lack of diverse characters in movies, but rather just gives the white audience a "feel good"sense of "accomplishment". That's why in the comics, an all ready black character takes up the mantle of Captain America, an all ready Latino takes up the mantle of Spider-Man, an all ready woman takes up the mantle of Thor. It is made quite clear these are not the original characters... They also tend to have abilities unique to them! That allows a major superhero to be diverse while also resonating with a diverse audience, not just a WASP one.
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    Yeah, my main complaint is that it seems that the Vision was floating around doing nothing until it was his turn to zap War Machine. They could have shown him and Scarlet Witch kinda occupy each other for a while, effectively removing them both out of combat for a bit.
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    Or, you know, he could lose the election and not be President of anything
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    That's why you tell them, say you'll see TwiSister real soon, laugh maniacally and hang up.Then you don't answer the phone unless you yell Aramaic phrases and hang up.
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    Coverage of the Game of Thrones show. Seriously, bloggers, news folks, and Facebook jerks can not wait even ten minutes after the episode ends before they have to endlessly analyze what happened.
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    I imagine grumble, since there is not much else one CAN do other than that.
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    They also can't survive in Cleveland, Ohio! Zing!
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    Short on flat out poisoning it, this is the "best" way.
  11. Orlion Blight
    Agreed. Besides, if Tony's plan was followed to begin with, a good portion of the movie would not have happened.
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    That movie was a lot better than I thought it would be. Way better than it should have been!
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    I haven't seen Ant-Man either
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    About to root for Iron Man! Woo! Take out Captain America's nebulous ideology! There's no God but the Sun God! Ra! Ra! Ra!
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    That's pretty much the message of the musical. It pretty much says that yes, religious belief can be outlandish and silly but the value of it is not its reason or believability, but the positive effects it has on its adherents.I, at least, think those are two lessons everyone should keep in mind: 1) Your beliefs will appear to be outlandish and silly to many. 2) That doesn't really matter so long as those beliefs have a positive impact. To be sure, I'm not going to blare it or share any part of it here if people do not care to have anything to do with it, but it really is much more than "oh, those silly Mormons"
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    Hey, at least you two are musicians! I just generally do not like musicals
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    Less awkward than when you don't want to be a ninja and you are.
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    You mean aspic?
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    That's why they take the new workers under their wing: No warning for the new recruit
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    It was very fun, definitely worth the watch.
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    I think that's more a "show don't tell problem"
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    Doesn't sound like you were requesting anything with sensitive data, so I don't see what IT had an issue with. And even if there was, just SQL that shiz to exclude the sensitive columns, excel that hitch and send it over!
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    Well, there's also history of racism as well, which very much continues to this day (one minor but relevant example is casting white people for a movie about Egyptians and Hebrews).Also, you do yourself a disservice if you assume all online "SJW" are the same immature adolescent white kids who just found out about racism and that Santa isn't real. They don't know what they are talking about because they still don't know what racism is and how it affects the racist and the people being discriminated against. That's why their ideas are so laughably simplistic as "include a black guy!" Anyway, pet peeve...um, when someone says something to the effect of "I can't be racist, I get along with black people/have a black friend!" Here's a hint: if you hear anyone say that, they have racist views and are trying to justify them. You might even hear them refer to their black friends as "the good ones".
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    The NFL draft.
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    All this talk of Hamilton
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