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by Challenger007
Forum: World Affairs & Philosophy
Topic: Obligatory Climate Change Thread or Are We Fucked?
Replies: 88
Views: 38668

Re: Obligatory Climate Change Thread or Are We Fucked?

'The worst is yet to come': Draft UN climate report warns of drastic changes over 30 years Species extinction, more widespread disease, unliveable heat, ecosystem collapse, cities menaced by rising seas -- these and other devastating climate impacts are accelerating and bound to become painfully ob...
by Challenger007
Forum: Fun & Misc
Topic: Diary: A NolanFans Story
Replies: 8795
Views: 915289

Re: Diary: A NolanFans Story

I've heard I need to see Bo Burnham's new special, but I haven't been a fan of anything Burnham has done prior. I tried a bit of "Welcome to the Internet" on Youtube and found it grating. Just not for me?? I would say that this is not so much unpleasant as resonant. I cannot formulate a clear attit...
by Challenger007
Forum: Movies & TV
Topic: The Suicide Squad (2021)
Replies: 308
Views: 49729

Re: The Suicide Squad (2021)

I'm really looking forward to the release of the second part. I really like the first film and remember it. A little bit of phantasmagoria and trash - it turns out to be a cool film.
by Challenger007
Forum: Music & Games
Topic: General Music Thread
Replies: 2694
Views: 218476

Re: General Music Thread

Three friends and me formed a vocal quartet around six months ago, and we are eagerly rehearsing for our first "biggish" performance due to happen on May 16... So, this just went down and it's available now on our YouTube :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uH7EZLeH5I Sounds pretty good. You did a ...
by Challenger007
Forum: World Affairs & Philosophy
Topic: Biden of America: The Return of the Democracy
Replies: 336
Views: 199752

Re: Biden of America: The Return of the Democracy

Looks like Biden will not be fighting for a public option, lowering the Medicare eligibility age, prescription drugs reform, student debt forgiveness and increasing the estate tax. All of these are excluded from the White House budget lol. No surprise there, given how right-wing corporate Dems like...
by Challenger007
Forum: Batman Begins
Topic: Cillian Murphy's screen test
Replies: 7
Views: 7616

Re: Cillian Murphy's screen test

“I don’t believe I was close to landing that role,” Murphy shares. “The only actor who was right for that part at that time, in my estimation, was Christian Bale, and he absolutely smashed it. So, for me, it was just an experience, and then it turned into something else. It turned into that charact...
by Challenger007
Forum: Movies & TV
Topic: Last Film You Watched? VI
Replies: 4322
Views: 615877

Re: Last Film You Watched? VI

I watched the cartoon "Soul" today. I liked it very much. Sufficiently deep plot, there is something to think about.
by Challenger007
Forum: World Affairs & Philosophy
Topic: Racial Injustice
Replies: 33
Views: 8640

Re: Racial Injustice

https://twitter.com/mpamer/status/1381455497698537473 They can't even stop themselves from killing people when a court case about them killing people is getting worldwide attention. There are such things as demonstrative behavior. In some people, it is expressed in a pathological form. They commit ...
by Challenger007
Forum: World Affairs & Philosophy
Topic: Coronavirus Pandemic
Replies: 560
Views: 46238

Re: Coronavirus Pandemic

CNBC - Dr. Fauci: ‘We very well may need to get booster shots’ for Covid — here’s when The CDC told CNN on Thursday that there have been 5,800 breakthrough Covid cases, which represents only 0.007% of people who have been vaccinated. CNBC - Pfizer CEO says third Covid vaccine dose likely needed wit...
by Challenger007
Forum: Fun & Misc
Topic: Photography...
Replies: 275
Views: 40139

Re: Photography...

Hi everyone, just wanna share some pics taken by me. From Jakarta, Indonesia :) https://i.imgur.com/OZ7F76c.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5FFYu78.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ifUhlfc.jpg Photos are just wonderful! Tell me, what camera did you shoot with? I'm considering buying my first DSLR, but I'm not sure ...