Honestly, I’m Still So Confused Why D3 Suddenly Made It So That The Villains As Well Suddenly Deserved

I don’t usually make posts like this, but I’ve been seeing a lot of anti-intellectual junk lately, and I really think we need to put the word “pretentious” up on a shelf until people learn what it actually means.

It doesn’t describe someone who likes artsy-fartsy deep meaning media. People who are pretentious are fake. They’re posers trying to be sophisticated and unique, not like other girls. They pretend to only like stuff they think will make them sound cool when they talk about it. They want to act like they know something you don’t, and they want attention for it.

By definition, if you genuinely enjoy something, you can’t be pretentious. If it resonates with you, and you analyze it, and you don’t care what people think, that’s the polar opposite, actually. If you love obscure experimental prog music, if you watch underground high concept indie films through English teacher eyes, if you spend hours in a modern art museum reading each piece as a vessel for storytelling, if your backpack’s full of poetry books that inspire you, if you play underrated games that were someone’s passion project, if you have an interest in studying the classics or the masters, you are not pretentious.

Of course, some people just don’t like some stuff, and that’s fine, but that’s not what this is about. Don’t let anti-intellectuals shame you for enjoying things just because your interests are inaccessible to them, because they refuse to be brave and put effort into critical thinking. You’re not stuck up for refusing to overlook the craft of artists.

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This is a quick post since this subject caught me by surprise and I don't know how to react now, but I need to talk about it since it is extremely important. The person responsible for creating Disa from "Frozen Podcast: Forces of Nature" went to ElsaMaren's reddit in a post about the podcast and decided to talk openly about a lot of things about the production, the insinuation of romance between Elsa and Disa, the origin of the flood in Sankerhus, an idea of ​​a probable sequel and one of the most important parts: about the way the Northuldras were treated in the podcast and the plans for the insinuation of a love triangle between Elsa with Disa and Honeymaren.

@greatqueenanna If you like analyzing things, this is a good topic.

IK she is very interesting. A lot of drama in her stories tho.

Natalie been on 90 day fiance shows for years and we just now in 2024 learn that she had two husbands before she was on the show? Tried to have a kid via IVF? Joined a convent after her second husband??? Excuse me what??

Feliz cumpleaños, Mirabel!

Controversial Post

Good morning, afternoon, or evening to those reading this.

This will be a controversial post, so please grab your pitchforks and hold on to your keyboards.

Many people like to point out fictional characters that many viewers idolize, despite the creators pointing out that said characters are not good role models. The most mentioned characters are Don Draper from Mad Men, Walter White from Breaking Bad, and The Joker from Joker.

However, movies and TV shows about middle-aged men are not the only sources of media that feature characters who are poor role models but receive a lot of worship from fandoms.(please excuse my use of passive voice). Many Disney films and TV shows, which are typically about high school and college-aged girls, feature main or supporting characters who are poor role models but are idolized by their fandoms. These are broad statements, so I will not name names. I am solely generalizing.

This was inspired by @dani-luminae 's post comparing Mal Bertha and Elsa of Arendelle. I recently re-blogged the post.

The majority of the featured characters are from films, but a few are from TV shows and TV movies. If you would like to add any more, please do so by replying or re-blogging.

At the top of my head, I have listed Mal and Audrey from the Descendants franchise.

Next, jumping to the Encanto fandom is Isabela Madrigal and maybe(emphasizing maybe) Dolores Madrigal.

So much collateral damage. Thankfully this scene takes place in a small town(nothing against small towns. I am from a small town myself), and if it took place in an urban area, the scene would look like the aftermath of an Avengers movie.

Lastly, since this post is getting too long, is another magical big sister, Elsa of Arendelle from Frozen(Same w/ the girlies from Encanto above: being a bad sister, plus, and mainly, collateral damage).

Yes, all of the ladies I mentioned above are b*d*ss*s, and do display some positive personality traits and engage in prosocial behaviors. However, despite that, they are not good role models in universe, as IRL, they would be felons, and their family members and friends may limit contact with them.

There is nothing wrong with sympathizing with any of the characters above. There is nothing wrong with relating to the characters above. There is nothing wrong with liking the characters above. However, you can sympathize with, relate to, or even like the characters above while simultaneously recognizing them as poor role models in universe and IRL.

Thank you for taking the time out of your day or night to read my very controversial post, and please be kind and polite in your replies and re-blogs.

To anyone who read my entire blog post, and have a great day or night.

Okay it ends with us.

WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK IS GOING ON.

I have never been more disappointed in Blake lively, ever. She’s so desperate to make this film into her barbie moment, like girl what. A movie about DV is the one you chose to only talk about your outfit choices in interviews. This topic is incredibly sensitive and she’s not treating it as such. The only person who has done interviews that solely focus on the film is Justin. And he’s the one who Blake and Ryan are trying to paint as some sort of villain. Also Justin saying that he won’t be back for the sequel speaks VOLUMES. Another thing all her “artistic” choices are shit. She’s so proudly going on and on about how her outfits and Gigi’s outfits were worn in the film. Lilly is has a flower shop, how is that girl able to afford red bottoms and such can’t luxurious gowns BEFORE she meets Ryle?! She knows that people love her style so that’s the only thing she’s choosing to focus on. Which is incredibly messed up.

Good News Network

Century of Tree Planting Stalls the Warming Effects in the Eastern United States, Says Study

By the 1930s, forest cover loss in the eastern states like the Carolinas and Mississippi had stopped, and massive reforestation took place.

"A century of gradual reforestation across the American East and Southeast has kept the region cooler than it otherwise would have become, a new study shows.

The pioneering study of progress shows how the last 25 years of accelerated reforestation around the world might significantly pay off in the second half of the 21st century.

Using a variety of calculative methods and estimations based on satellite and temperature data from weather stations, the authors determined that forests in the eastern United States cool the land surface by 1.8 – 3.6°F annually compared to nearby grasslands and croplands, with the strongest effect seen in summer, when cooling amounts to 3.6 – 9°F.

The younger the forest, the more this cooling effect was detected, with forest trees between 20 and 40 years old offering the coolest temperatures underneath.

“The reforestation has been remarkable and we have shown this has translated into the surrounding air temperature,” Mallory Barnes, an environmental scientist at Indiana University who led the research, told The Guardian.

“Moving forward, we need to think about tree planting not just as a way to absorb carbon dioxide but also the cooling effects in adapting for climate change, to help cities be resilient against these very hot temperatures.”

The cooling of the land surface affected the air near ground level as well, with a stepwise reduction in heat linked to reductions in near-surface air temps.

“Analyses of historical land cover and air temperature trends showed that the cooling benefits of reforestation extend across the landscape,” the authors write. “Locations surrounded by reforestation were up to 1.8°F cooler than neighboring locations that did not undergo land cover change, and areas dominated by regrowing forests were associated with cooling temperature trends in much of the Eastern United States.”

By the 1930s, forest cover loss in the eastern states like the Carolinas and Mississippi had stopped, as the descendants of European settlers moved in greater and greater numbers into cities and marginal agricultural land was abandoned.

The Civilian Conservation Corps undertook large replanting efforts of forests that had been cleared, and this is believed to be what is causing the lower average temperatures observed in the study data.

However, the authors note that other causes, like more sophisticated crop irrigation and increases in airborne pollutants that block incoming sunlight, may have also contributed to the lowering of temperatures over time. They also note that tree planting might not always produce this effect, such as in the boreal zone where increases in trees are linked with increases in humidity that way raise average temperatures."

-via Good News Network, February 20, 2024

Angel Eau de Parfum: Part 1

Good morning, afternoon, or evening to anyone reading my post! Thank you for taking the time out of your day or night to read my post.

I am very sorry for posting such long posts this past month. To change that, and make my content more digestible, I have decided to break up posts in multiple parts.

As such, to quote Lana Del Rey, "Question for the Culture": What is your opinion on Angel Eau de Parfum by Mugler?

Personally, I greatly enjoy the smell, and regularly use a dupe of it. I got the dupe from CVS, and it is vegan, cruelty-free, paraben-free, and phytate-free. However, some people do not enjoy the smell, citing the combination of sweets and patchouli to be offensive.

What do you think? Do you enjoy the smell, finding the combination of dessert and patchouli to be pleasant, or do you detest the smell, finding the combination of sweet and earthy notes to be offensive to your olfactory sense? Please let me know.

Thank you for taking the time out of your day or night to read my post, and have a good day or night!