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Adamsm
Do you need a new soapbox MyTie? How about a platform?
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MyTie
Do you need a new soapbox MyTie? How about a platform?
Yes please! I love soap.
I'm trying to talk my wife out of going to the county fair to see batman instead. Is it something my 4 year old would like? He likes the previous batman, and gladiator, and such.
Post by
Adamsm
I really wouldn't bring a child to the new Batman movie...or really, any of Nolan's Batman movies.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
Do you need a new soapbox MyTie? How about a platform?
Yes please! I love soap.
I'm trying to talk my wife out of going to the county fair to see batman instead. Is it something my 4 year old would like? He likes the previous batman, and gladiator, and such.
I heard that this one was particularly violent, and not really suitable for younger kids.
EDIT: But I would have said the same about Gladiator, so if you're comfortable letting him watch that then I don't know if this is too far removed.
Post by
Patty
It's 12 for a reason. I don't think four year olds should be watching people's backs getting broken on screen.
Post by
Interest
It's 12 for a reason. I don't think four year olds should be watching people's backs getting broken on screen.
This, pretty much.
Post by
Monday
It's 12 for a reason. I don't think four year olds should be watching people's backs getting broken on screen.
This, pretty much.
^
Or necks snapped.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
BTW- Because it has become such a popular reference/meme, I went to Wiki to look up what "Shades of Grey" was actually about, other than apparently being full of sex. I don't know what I expected the plot synopsis to be, but I figured from the press it's getting it would be some kind of kinky romance novel. The synopsis on Wiki paints a picture of a book about a domineering, emotionally manipulative man and a woman who is inexperienced, who is overlooking some serious warning signs because of expensive presents and isolated incidents of human decency, and eventually escapes. I am seriously disturbed that this kind of a story is what is making women "swoon."
I don't care what turns people on physically, but this sounds like a psychological drama, and women are reviewing it like it's "How Stella got her Groove Back." I'm really worried about people.
Also, it said that the series began as "Twilight" fan-fic. So apparently, dreams do come true. Or someone is messing with Wiki...
Post by
Adamsm
No, it's true; it started off as a Twilight thing....which really, explains the two characters so well. But yes, I don't get where people see this as a 'great' novel, and why they want the main characters to be together..../sigh Humans are just so repressed about sex, guess that's all anyone actually think the book is about; most of the reviews I've seen for it are pretty scathing for how horrible the book itself is.
Post by
Patty
And now the new Prince Charming (guy who every girl dreams of getting) is Christian Grey, who like you say is abusive and 50 shades of *!@#ed up. I really don't understand the appeal.
Post by
Adamsm
People are &*!@ed up.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
It has to have something to do with the suspension of disbelief. Like how in a movie you cheer for an action hero that breaks bad guys faces to get information, but in a real world setting we know he probably would break a lot of innocent people's faces too acting like that, and the criminals would get away with their crime because of the behavior.
EDIT: I should write a book where the characters are in a healthy, respectful relationship and still have lots of sex. I wonder if it would sell. I'd call it "50 Shades of Gray, but Really Whatever One You Choose to Paint the Living Room is Fine With Me Dear."
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204878
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Adamsm
I think a lot of people see characters like the Twitard and Gray moron as 'fixable' so that's why they pin their heart on them....but really, someone who's abusive and doesn't give a ^&*! about women isn't going to change.
Also, the series itself is full of %^&* even more so: First book ends with the girl smartening up and dumping the creep....and then the second book is about them getting back together cause he'll change(at least, that's what the wiki is saying; really after Twilight killed some brain cells, I'm not reading Shades of Gray ever); what's really sad is though, people will pay the 30 bucks for a hard cover version of that book, when they can just get the same thing for free on some porn sites =P.
Post by
Gone
So I learned something today. If a dentist offers you Novacane, no matter how much you hate needles, take it. If she follows up by asking "are you sure?" deffinatly take it.
That was an unpleasent two hours.
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322702
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Post by
ElhonnaDS
There is a lot of romance written about the "Fixable" male lead. They paint these characters as having all of the typical surface qualities a woman would want- good looking, intelligent, in shape, highly sexualized, etc., and then throw in some heroics, or saving kittens, or family time, or something else to make you go awww. Then, they make them emotionally distant, cynical and jaded, irrational and quick to anger, or something else that makes for HORRIBLE relationship material. And then, when the woman can't take it anymore, and is miserable, suddenly he decides to become a better or more emotionally available person, and has a list of explanations that all of the horrible things he said and stupid things he did that were hurtful were somehow because he loved her sooooo much it made him a jerk.
I think there's a 2-part appeal. I think it's a huge ego boost for a woman (or a man- I'm just using the examples I've read myself) to think she is so special that someone would be completely unable to cope with how much they loved her, or would fundamentally alter their character flaws just to keep them. I also think that a lot of people have had that relationship where the other person is all of the things they want in a significant other, except for one or two really serious deal-breakers, which end up ending the relationship but not after you've hung on way longer than you should, and torn yourself up over whether breaking up was right. There's a fantasy involved with that- that if you hang on long enough, or if they finally realize that they're hurting you, or if the realize they might lose you, it will stop and they'll fix whatever is making you miserable so you can be happy together.
IRL doesn't work that way, but almost every romance novel does. It's sad we teach women to believe that men are obnoxious because they care- lol.
Post by
Gone
You are joking right? You did not take it? I fell sorry for you.
Well it was after I had a root canal done, so they said that I wouldnt feel any pain in the tooth (not having a nerve in it anymore). They failed to mention that my gums would be getting shredded by the ^&*!ing drill while they ground my tooth down for the crown. I have really hard teeth, so it took a long time :'(
Post by
Kristopher
So I learned something today. If a dentist offers you Novacane, no matter how much you hate needles, take it. If she follows up by asking "are you sure?" deffinatly take it.
That was an unpleasent two hours.
/shudder Holy crap, I don't like needles, especially in or around my face, but that's what squeezing your eyes shut and going "It'll be worth it in a few minutes" is for.
Post by
Patty
Is novacane the really deep needle that is horrifying and then numbs your jaw to the point where you literally cannot control half your face and the slightest breeze causes agony? It's a better alternative, of course, but that's my memory of anaesthetics from the dentist.
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