Ultimates #24 and Ultimate Endgame #5, and maybe Ultimate Finale.
Are these three issues the end of the Ultimate universe? Is that really how the Ultimate Universe ends?
Damn, I knew it was rushed, but I didn't know it was this bad.
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There is often a conversation about Avatar not being culturally relevant to American audiences. But considering how massive the international box office of the Avatar series is, I was wondering how big Avatar is in Asia.
China, in particular, really loves the series, and I think I might know why. A lot of Chinese movies have a sci-fi creature element to them, and there might be parallels to the RDA and how they see America; some action movies in China have Americans as villains.
I was wondering if that was the same across Asia and South Asia as well. So if you are an Asian Avatar fan, tell me what you think, and do you think Asians see it as culturally relevant?
A few years ago, I sold my PS3, and I found my box of Blu-rays this week. I would love to know what player to get.
I was thinking of getting the Sony S1700/K, What would you recommend? I don't own a lot of 4K Blu-rays.
I feel like music is the only way I can visualize my story. It is always a specific piece of music that makes me imagine the scene or even influences my writing. For my fantasy book, I was listening to the Game of Thrones Soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi and Folklore music by a band called Daj Ognia.
For other genres, I listen to different kinds of music.
Oftentimes, an idea pops into my head when I listen to music. There was one time when I put on sad music for a particular scene, and it completely changed the moment for me.
Let me start by saying I'm pro-choice and acknowledge bodily autonomy. I don't think people should be forced to have a kid if they don't want one. However, I have been noticing that birth rates are declining, and that there has been a rise of conservatism, which leads me to the conclusion that anti-natalists shot themselves in the foot (figuratively speaking). By the way, don't take this personally. THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON ANYONE.
Birthrate can be good or bad, depending on how you look at it. Urbanization and economic prosperity are often tied to a low birth rate. While high birth rate could be a factor in agrarian, underdeveloped societies. But the birthrate is approaching WAY below the replacement rate. I have noticed that there has been a sentiment that some modern liberal women prefer not to have kids at all, and live childfree.
This trend has led to conservative families having more children, and in turn led to more conservative politics. A huge chunk of young men are turning toward Red Pill and right-wing influencers. And recently, there was a study that showed roughly 28% of Gen Z have been aborted.
So this made me wonder if anti-natalism has been a net-negative for the feminist movement. They are unable to counter this political trend toward the right because they don't have any children to leverage. The republicans call them childless cat ladies because immigrants typically have strong conservative family-oriented values. And if these feminists had raised children instead of being child-free, they could have countered young people from going down the alt-right pipeline.
People need to realize that family values are not strictly a right-wing thing. In soviet russia, they had banned abortion, made divorce harder, taxed childless couples, and affirmed the idea that women have dual roles as mothers and as workers.
On a personal note, I've been living in a smaller town, and all the malls are turning into ghostyards. What used to be populated with the laughter of children at toy stores and teenagers at ice cream parlours is empty. It seems like we are heading closer to the future of the movie, Children of Men.
I'm in college right now, and I want to lose myself in a mystery or thriller book. It has to be a complete page-turner.
I'm a fan of Gillian Flynn, SA Cosby and Stephen King. I would like some ambience in the book as well. As well as being a bit modern, so no Agatha Christie.
I've strolled past my local bookstore and liked the covers of Lucy Foley's books.
I've been looking for an easy part-time summer job this month, and I came across many job listings that asked for my consent to have AI look over my application. I had this thought that I should add a cover letter to each application made by Gemini.
Honestly, I don't feel anything is wrong with this; I'm not lying about any of the qualifications or experience. If a human is not reading it, then what is the point? Also, I find it ironic that a company that uses AI agents might frown upon me using AI.
I applied at a TJX store, where I had worked twice before at a different branch. I checked the application status, and it said: "Application no longer considered."
Why is that? Did they just find a person immediately after it was posted?
It seemed like last year, the PlayStation 5 Slim was going around for $650; the price of the console has jumped +$170 because of the RAM shortage.
The PS4 Slim was around $380 to $420; this is truly unaffordable.
How does Sony sleep knowing they have made a console no one can buy? With taxes, this console comes to around $940. This is insane.
What is going on with Professors? I had my exam on April 6th and did my assignment on March 27, but both have still not been graded.
Also, I received my final grade for a different class, but the professor didn't post it on the portal.
