qwksndmonster
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LOL
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That's what one of my question marks was about. The other 3 still stand.I assume K = contract.
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????Of course he is; big K year for him! UFA this summer...has to actually work for a few games this year
Get rid of the guaranteed Ks; they are killing this sport.
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lol I'll come get you if I need to, no problem at allYou know what, I think that's a good idea.
and that's a definite maybe if I find the time and a vehicle.
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Start watching films. Read fiction. Dedicate some free time to activities that your active mind deserves. Don't let hockey make you sad!I don't have time to watch other hockey games though, that's the issue. I keep it perhaps any other year of my life outside of this one and next one, for that reason.
Also to be honest this team is literally sapping my love for the sport. I don't want to watch Tampa or Pittsburgh or whoever it is that's playing well now. I don't want to go outside and play. I just want the Sabres game and season to be over so I can get back to my life.
This sport has brought me to tears more than once in my life and was the only thing that kept me going for a good chunk of time. TP's Buffalo Sabres have made me resent it.
Oh, and we are so losing out this weekend again, giving us 8 straight Buffalo Sports losses over a stretch of 11 days.
And come visit me this winter and skate the pond with me you jerk
It's tough to call a coach bad so early in his tenure but what the everloving is he doing?I don’t get that either with the lines. It looks like Housley is in over his head. Plus Okposo looks like whatever affect him last year he is definitely not the same player.
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How long does the tean have to play like garbage until the lines get changed? Forever?
Why did eich-pommers-girgs get broken up when they were destroying other teams?
Why don't we try 3 balanced lines? Why don't we try anything else?
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Eeeehehehehe. I think I needed this.Your exaggerations about DLo are ridiculous. You implied they lost to Arizona because of him, which just isn't true. What has Nolan contributed? He's invisible in games, whereas DLo would play his role and forecheck. He at least had a fight for Montreal. Nolan shows no passion.
There are others that are contributing nothing, such as Larsson, Griffith, and Moulson, and the team wouldn't miss them either.
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Nolan is a bad 4th liner, but he's at least an NHL body.DLo would provide a spark when the team was sleeping with hard hits and the occasional fight. And he was faster than some of this year's player's on the forecheck. Nolan isn't delivering for the role he's supposed to be playing.
Nic Des isn't even close to an NHLer. Not that it matters.
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Maybe that injury last year did him in. That sucks :(Okposo might not be an NHL level player
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Nah I'm not watching. Did they miss a faceoff that resulted in missing a goal?Poor qwk's head just exploded.
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Good god.Yes. Yes he did.
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Wait did he really say he didn't watch tape from last year on purpose?This kid was the best transition player in the NHL last season.
Phil has provided no meaningful improvement from a guy that got fired 2 years into a lucrative 5 year contract and also managed to somehow declaw the only two weapons this team had, Jack rushes and an incredible power play. Both with things that were obvious to fans how to fix.
I'm almost positive the guy said he didn't watch any tape from last year on purpose. He's looking more and more like a complete joke.
But the team has many problems that aren't him, too.
If so... that's like, a fireable offense.
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It's really nice of her to let her husband be in a movie.^ Emily Blunt is the best.
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The podcast "You Must Remember This" by Karina Longworth is almost entirely about this. She calls it "The hidden or forgotten history of Hollywood's 20th century." It's amazing. And horribly, horribly depressing.Massive negative scandals have been a part of Hollywood since its inception in the 1910s. Murders, rapes, drugs galore. Charlie Chaplin marrying 16 year olds as an old man (and potentially being the reason for dead director William Ince), Laurel of Laurel and Hardy being an alcoholic wife beater, the Fatty Arbuckle scandal, everything ever done to Judy Garland, to name a few, and onward. It's a messed up system with 100+ years of slime grinding along. I'm very glad to see the "open secrets" truly opening up. It'll never be squeaky clean, but this is a step in the right direction.
Bring 'em down. Bring 'em all down. I won't see movies with trash like Gibson in them. I won't see movies directed by alleged pedophile Bryan Singer (soo that rules out all Xmen films).
You can ignore a stream of pointed fingers. You can't ignore a goddamn waterfall. As awful as the last year has been politically/etc, it has certainly awakened the opposition. Let's get some wayyy overdue sh!t done.
Okay I'm going back to done with this conversation.The list is growing, but is it growing with names of those who did the acts, or those who allowed it to happen?
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The list is massive and growing. I've been usuing those three names as a placeholder. Read up on this, it's staggering.How is it slipping out of their fingers though? Nobody but those 3 men suffered any consequences from this, and everyone else (besides the victims and their close ones) profited off those 3 men immensely. We know nothing about anyone who was complicit in these acts, and so there is no public outrage towards those who allowed this to continue, and will allow this to continue going forward.
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So many abusers are being outed because survivors of abuse (who are mostly women) finally feel safe to call out their abusers, whereas in the past the only thing speaking up got you was blacklisted. Control over the industry is finally slipping out of old white dudes, fingers. That is what's going to stop it.
I'm not yelling, I've just said the same thing over and over and it doesn't feel like it's sinking in.
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What's to stop it? PUBLIC OPINION. NPR literally just posted this story on twitter https://www.npr.org/2017/11/15/564393698/legal-landscape-shifts-as-more-sexual-harassment-allegations-surface-online?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2043My point is, what is to stop this from happening again? They are forced out, sure. Weinstein is still a millionaire, Spacey and C.K. are too, and, eventually, if Space and C.K. want to be adored again, it's proven to be not only possible, but really not entirely that difficult either. It's harder for Weinstein because he's not a public figure in the sense that actors, musicians, and athletes are.
It's been "known" for awhile by people in Hollywood. Other actors have mentioned it (Chappelle), and one show even had a long running jab at Kevin Spacey. Those people cared, but nothing was done. The public didn't know until recently
And people did know. Gawker did a story on Louis CK back in 2012. People all over the industry knew about it and it was reported but it didn't reach big news status because most. people didn't care and Louis CK's fans dismissed it entirely.
I don't know how to make it any more clear.
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Hah. Louis CK remorseful? Yeah right.
I don't know what point you're trying to make. These guys won't be working anymore. Weinstein desperately tried to get his board of directors to let him keep his job. Louis CK and Kevin Spacey want to be adored as geniuses.
And I've already said: overwhelming public opinion forces these monsters out. Weinstein's board would've definitely forgiven him 5 years ago. But now they were too afraid of the backlash.
Imagine how much it hurt the survivors of abuse to see their abusers continue on their successful, destructive paths.
A society where abuse survivors are actually listened to is exactly how we build toward a future where this happens way less.
And so much of this is not just "known" now. It's been known for a long time. People just care now.
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Let me Liger back in here after my fake exit to the conversation.This is not same old same old.
They erased Kevin Spacey entirely from All the Money in the World. Netflix instantly cancelled one of their biggest shows.
The premiere to Louis CK's next movie got cancelled the day the story broke.
Countless others are finally being rooted out, despite the fact that these accusations and stories have been around for years, sometimes even decades. The system was built to insulate and protect these men. Harvey Weinstein had freakin' spies following the women he abused.
These things are finally coming to light because people CARE and they're pissed as hell about it. Hit them in the wallet? That's exactly what is happening right now.
Yes, things are still bad and human monsters are still being allowed to do whatever they want. Mel Gibson just starred in a freakin' family friendly movie. That's all the more reason to care about this: There's still so much more to do. Saying "Ahhh things are all going to go back to normal." Speaks to a lack of familiarity with the stories breaking right now. It's also a self fulfilling prophecy. That's why I got so frustrated when you guys both shared that sentiment. We live in the Trump era, please don't accept this as normal.
It also speaks to a total disconnect with the actual victims. If the most privileged of women are finally being heard, maybe someday we'll listen to all women when it comes to abuse. These things don't happen in a vacuum.
Here's a heartbreaking story from Ellen Page: https://www.facebook.com/EllenPage/posts/10155212835577449
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Rian Johnson just set his great great great grandkids up for life.
I'd prefer to see him do non-star wars films but Disney signing you to do a trilogy is just about the richest you can be as a director.
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Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K., and Kevin Spacey (and so many others) don't get to work any more and they aren't in the position to abuse any more people. That's not nothing.
I'm not interested in continuing this thread of conversation further.
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???? I'm not saying Hollywood is going to be gone. I'm saying the foundation of hollywood is finally being blown up. Hollywood has been a cesspool of powerful white men taking advantage of women all 20th century long. Even actresses that from hollywood royalty like Gweneth Paltrow weren't safe. What does that say about our societal attitude towards women that even the most privaleged women aren't safe?Those are terrible things, no doubt about it, but I can't deny what he's saying. Once I see it change I'll believe it. Remember Kony? Or any other atrocity that people get upset about? Hollywood is easily going to survive this
Blazing Saddles was in 1974 and continuously made racist jokes including the n word a lot. The fact that it still stands the test of time shows that comedy is timeless
What's so controversial about Horrible Bosses anyways?
People are actually starting to give a and listen to women. This is a great thing. Saying right now that things never change and won't change is just garbage and I don't wanna hear it. Times are bad, the world is sad, it's easy to be pessimistic, I get it. But people are angrier than they've ever been before. The world is changing.
Blazing Saddles is absolutely not okay by today's standards but nobody's trying to view it that way? Also, Blazing Saddles is anti-racist satire. It also has a nothing to do with my point.
Horrible Bosses is real sexist. Pretty racist too. Here's an evisceration that the brilliant Karina Longworth wrote back in 2011.
https://www.villagevoice.com/2011/07/06/white-employed-middle-class-mans-lament-horrible-bosses/
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Drunkard, I'm not interested in your take whatsoever. If we assume things won't change, they won't. Things are actually changing because people are pissed.
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I really enjoyed Murder on the Orient Express. Daisy Ridley is a joy.
The cinematography, editing, and blocking are all incredibly well composed.