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Cancel Culture

November 15, 2023

Drama Alert: Ben Shapiro Calls Out Daily Wire Employee Candace Owens for Her “Ridiculous” Opinions on Israel – Ace of Spades HQ

Ace on the impulse behind Cancel Culture:

it feels too damn good to rush out to destroy a stranger’s life, and so we ought to be very suspicious about cruelty that comes in the guise of sanctimony.
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Ukraine

November 13, 2023

Mapped: The Migration of the World’s Millionaires in 2023 – Avery Koop (VisualCapitalist.com)

Migration of millionaires in 2023
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Genre Criticism

November 13, 2023

As Expected, The Marvels Bombs at the Box Office, with the Worst Opening Yet of Any Marvel Movie – Ace of Spades HQ

I think Hallmark Christmas romance movies are pretty silly, but I understand why they are so appealing to women, and I would never demand that Hallmark put in guns and karate to appeal to the male audience. And maybe instead of finding true love, maybe the male lead finds a really great Christmas Three-Way.

Now that would be stupid. That is destroying any entertainment value of the movie to its actual audience — women — in order to appeal to a very tiny segment of a possible audience, men.

And yet Hollywood will not stop making this insane trade-off in men’s entertainment properties.

James Bond movies used to insert fourth-wall self-parodying non-jokes all the time, and insert “We know this is stupid” self-parody moments. I always hated that. I wanted to take the Bond movies at least somewhat seriously — well, as seriously as an Indiana Jones movie, for example — but when James Bond gives a Tarzan yell as he swings on a vine, or when a pigeon double-takes at his hovercraft gondola, that is taking me out of the movie to tell me “This is stupid and you’re stupid for enjoying this and this is so stupid that we’re not going to let you forget this is stupid.”

And if that’s how you feel about this material — why the hell are you making it? Let someone who is more invested in the material make it.
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Asia

November 13, 2023

Xi is PANICKING. China’s Wealthy Are FLEEING – China Uncensored

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Genre Criticism

November 13, 2023

Why Aragorn is the Epitome of Masculinity – Pilgrims Pass

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The Comics Industry

November 13, 2023

As Steven E. Landsburg once said, the science of economics can be summed up in two words: incentives matter. All else is commentary.

GOOD IDEAS NOT WELCOME- Mark Millar Can Save The Comic Book Industry (From Itself)…But SHOULD He? – Comics MATTER w/Ya Boi Zack

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Middle East

November 12, 2023

A View Of The War In Gaza [Diogenes]: Israel’s War and Tactics – Ace of Spades HQ

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The Classical World

November 12, 2023

Were there Doomsday Preppers during the Fall of Rome? – Toldinstone Footnotes

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Asia

November 12, 2023

The grab-hags of Communist China:

China’s Unstoppable Corn Raiders – Crop Stealing Army! – serpentza

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Music

November 10, 2023

“Fan” Star Trek Original Series Clip to “Common People” by William Shatner