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Cake day: December 26th, 2023

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  • “Joker” was released at boon times for comic book tentpoles, when the mere idea of superhero fatigue seemed laughable.

    This seems way off base, too, as from my recollection, it was successful because it was the polar opposite of the typical DC or Marvel movie. It was super dark, wasn’t full of CGI portals, and didn’t have Mary Sue characters that were always perfect.

    People were already tired of Marvel-esque superhero movies by this point. It was the same year Endgame came out, which was AFAIK, the last successful Marvel movie and the culmination of an 11 year story. Without that, it probably wouldn’t have done so well as even the actors were tired of their characters.




  • My cynical view is that this is a campaign promise that even if passed, won’t lead to anything of benefit for the average citizen. My solidly blue state has price gouging laws and yet businesses were permitted to price gouge water, charging as much as $60 for a 12 pack of bottles, when we had a toxic algae bloom in our water supply and couldn’t drink it a few years ago. Hundreds of complaints were filed and the governor went on the news said they couldn’t substantiate any of it, even with photo evidence, and none of the companies were punished or at most were sent a letter to “knock it off” even though residents were still having to pay these insane prices if they weren’t able to drive hours away to find normally priced bottled water.

    I think if we had an actual left-wing party, I’d have a different view, but instead, we have right-wing and diet-right-wing