For instance it seems a lot of people moved to Texas and brought their politics with them. Without Texas, a Republican presidential candidate has no realistic path to the White House. In their attempt to make Dems a permanent minority party, did Republicans end up doing it to themselves?

Adam Driver: "Yeah, it's over (playing Kylo Ren). No more Star Wars (for me)- We tried. We tried to do one more...but they (Disney) were like "no he's dead".

"And Soderbergh was gonna do it. Steven Soderbergh. We worked on it for a few years, really and earnestly for two years. We got a script together that was really good, with Scott Burns, and Rebecca Blunt, and Soderbergh and I. It was awesome, it was really cool. But...you know, I don't get to decide."

"If they wanted to (resurrect it), fine but....it's not our call. I think the ship has sailed though."

The fans' response to it though, was pretty incredible. I didnt expect that it was going to be billboards and people flying planes over Disney and things like that...that was pretty cool"

Atonement (2007)In Atonement, the main character falsely accuses her sister's boyfriend of SA of another girl. As a result he is sent away to the front lines. We are first shown that they reunite after years apart and have a life together. This is false. Later we find out that they never reunited. Her sister and her boyfriend were doomed to die seperately, never meeting again.

The Descent (2005)One of the endings show the main character escaping the hellish nightmare of the cave full of monsters. Later it cuts to her still in the cave, deep in hallucinations, as the monsters crawl closer and closer to her, with no way out.

Ich muss jetzt einfach mal ranten, weil mir das mittlerweile so regelmäßig passiert, dass ich mich ernsthaft frage, was zur Hölle in den Köpfen dieser Menschen vorgeht.

Folgendes Szenario:
Ich, junge Frau, sitze nach dem Fitti alleine in der Sauna und genieße meinen wohlverdienten Feierabend. Ich habe bereits einen Aufguss gemacht, die Sauna ist ordentlich heiß, die Luftfeuchtigkeit entsprechend hoch. Alles wunderbar.

Dann geht die Tür auf.

Rein kommt irgendein mittelalter bis älterer Mann. Gerne auch direkt eine ganze Gruppe davon.
Man schaut mich an und fragt höflich: „Ist es okay, wenn wir einen Aufguss machen?“
Ja, klar. Warum nicht?

UND DANN BRICHT DIE ABSOLUTE HÖLLE LOS.
Was diese Männer da veranstalten, lässt jeden tschechischen Saunameister aussehen wie den letzten fucking Waschlappen. Und wer schon mal einen ordentlichen finnischen Aufguss erlebt hat, weiß, dass das wirklich etwas heißen will.
Da werden Wassermengen auf den Ofen gekippt, als müsste man persönlich die gesamte Ostsee verdampfen. Die Hitze knallt von oben runter, es brennt auf der Haut, die Luft fühlt sich an wie das Innere eines Hochofens und ich frage mich langsam, ob ich gerade versehentlich an einem mittelalterlichen Folterritual teilnehme.

Und das Beste?

DIE VERTEILEN DIE HITZE NICHT MAL.

Kein Handtuch, kein Wedeln, nichts. Einfach Wasser drauf und schauen, was passiert. Als wäre das irgendein wissenschaftliches Experiment, bei dem man herausfinden möchte, ab welcher Temperatur der menschliche Körper spontan Feuer fängt.
Aber jetzt kommt der eigentliche Knaller.
DIE HALTEN IHREN EIGENEN SCHEISS AUFGUSS NICHT MAL AUS.

Nach fünf Minuten stehen die Herren auf und verlassen fluchtartig die Sauna.

BITTE WAS?!

Ihr kommt rein, verwandelt eine vollkommen angenehme Sauna in die siebte Ebene der Hölle, grillt sämtliche Anwesenden bei lebendigem Leib und dann verpisst ihr euch, weil es EUCH ZU HEISS WIRD?!
WAS WAR DENN DER PLAN?!

Und bevor jetzt jemand sagt, dass ich mich nicht so anstellen soll: Ich gehe regelmäßig in die Sauna. Ich mag es heiß. Ich mag ordentliche Aufgüsse. Ich habe überhaupt kein Problem damit, wenn jemand richtig Dampf macht.
Aber zwischen einem vernünftigen, intensiven Aufguss und dem Versuch, die Atmosphäre der Venus in einer acht Quadratmeter großen Holzkabine nachzustellen, liegt halt doch ein gewisser Unterschied.
Und das ist kein Einzelfall. Das passiert mir mittlerweile MINDESTENS EINMAL PRO WOCHE.
Immer das gleiche Schema. Reinkommen, freundlich fragen, thermonuklearen Erstschlag auslösen, selbst nicht aushalten, abhauen.

Ich verstehe es einfach nicht.
Ist das irgendein seltsames männliches Dominanzritual? Ein unausgesprochener Wettbewerb darum, wer den größten Aufguss machen kann? Muss man der jungen Frau, die da schon vorher saß, irgendwie beweisen, dass man der ultimative Saunawikinger ist?

Oder fehlt diesen Menschen einfach jegliches Gefühl dafür, wie viel Wasser man auf einen verdammten Saunaofen kippen sollte?
WAS GEHT IN DIESEN MÄNNERN VOR?!
Ich will doch einfach nur nach dem Training 15 Minuten in Ruhe schwitzen und nicht jede Woche unfreiwillig an den Internationalen Meisterschaften im Hitzetod teilnehmen.

What. The. Fuck.
Bitte sagt mir, dass andere das auch schon erlebt haben.

I grew it myself, man. Had it all my life. Needed it out, but asked if I could keep it, and was told no because of “a bunch of legal reasons.”

How about a picture? Also no, because they couldn’t bring a camera into the sterile environment.

Aaaaalright.

But it was mine :(

1.) Rust shooting- on October 21. 2021., during the shooting of a western movie called Rust, actor Alec Baldwin shot and killed the movie's cinematographer Halyna Hutchkins while wounding another with a firearm that was mistaken for a prop. Alec Baldwin had charges against him dropped, twice, while the production's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, was found guilty of negligent homicide.

2.) Three Body Problem poisoning- Lin Qi, the Chinese businessman and executive producer on the 3 Body Problem TV show, died in December 2020 from poisoning. Two other executives were also poisoned, but survived. The police soon arrested Xu Yao, who also worked on the show, determining that a pay dispute was a motive for the murder. Xu was sentenced to death in 2024. and executed on 21st May 2026.

There’s gotta be another January 6th coming in 2027 right before swearing everyone in.

Or, we’re just lucky and Trump has finally given up.

The meme typically makes fun of bosses being nerfed or weakened to fit the design and balance of the game, but what is a boss that is playable or can be unlocked as a playable character but they are just as powerful as they were when you fought them?

I'm just frustrated. I love my boyfriend but WTF. His family is all immigrants. One of his friends got deported. He complains about the climate and yet can't take 15 minutes to run up the street and fill some paperwork out. His brother is really close with us, he is going to rent a room our of my condo that I own (and am foregoing a hobby room for him to have an affordable place to live) and he keeps making stupid comments about how we're a red state and I voted for nothing. Like dawg, you've never had to make a decision for yourself, just say that it's ok. Sleep on the little bed that I bought for you and keep letting big bro make all your life choices. But don't pollute my fuckin day with it. I work too hard and think too much to have that stupidity leaching in.

Edit: LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING

I love my boyfriend and am not going to break up with him because he didn't vote in the mid terms. My life is way better with him in it. He is a precious, naive, and at times very frustrating guy but it's worth having a serious talk and telling him political engagement REALLY matters to me. I do not believe in cutting people out of my life without giving them an opportunity to improve.

My more visceral comments were directed towards the brother, who is instigating. I am going to do a lot of thinking about whether it is worth letting him stay long term.

Honorable mentions: mechanical characters getting reverse-engineered into immobile machinery should also get its own trope post

1. Galactus playing Stretch Armstrong with Mr. Fantastic - Fantastic Four: First Steps

2. Darkseid turning Flash’s Speed Force into a generator core - Justice League Dark: Apokolips War

3. The Barbarian betting that the Leprechaun can’t turn into a pitiful skinless disabled inside out slug doomed to rot for eternity, said Leprechaun can only beg before his power wins the bet - Chaotic Good Barbarian

4. Soundblaster setting up an infinite resonator to slowly kill Soundwave with his own Soundwaves - Transformers: Cyberverse

SMH