I really like movies! There are a lot of great ones I recognize in this thread, a lot I have yet to watch. Scott Pilgrim, Inglorious Basterds and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly are some of my favorites too. I still need to see Neon Genesis Evangelion and Ghost in the Shell, though I don’t watch a lot of anime so my anime backlog fills up fast haha. Here are some of my favorites:

• Everything, Everywhere, All At Once: I know this is such a basic choice but I can’t help it, this movie hits me like nothing else. It’s been a year and a couple rewatches yet it can still make me cry if I think about it too hard.
• Xanadu: Modern-day Greek muses in neon and legwarmers, an animated sequence by Don Bluth, absolutely baffling interactions, Gene Kelly in roller skates, a guy jumping into a mural and arguing with Zeus, dated but visually great special effects, outrageous costumes, a soundtrack by Electric Light Orchestra… Just pure fun. Also I don’t think there’s ever been a movie this easy to pinpoint the exact year it came out.
• Summit of the Gods: Strikingly unique and gorgeous atmosphere, with subtle but powerful plot and dialogue that make it feel whole. I don’t know how it manages to wrap so much awe and intensity (with a touch of intrigue) together in a way that makes it feel as meditative as it does, but it strikes that balance perfectly and ends up as one of those movies I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of watching.
• Dial M for Murder: It’s a pretty simple Hitchcock thriller, what makes it stand out is the perfect execution. Not one to watch more than once or twice but I still remember how gripping it was the first time I saw it - it’s just totally engrossing.
• Tron: Legacy: Plot and characters are iffy but as a feature-length Daft Punk music video it’s amazing. The world feels so internally consistent in its otherworldliness, it completely transports you if you let it. Nothing quite like it.

Ooh, this movie looks like fun, adding it to my to-watch list!

Body-wise I’m pretty good. I haven’t been exercising as much as I’d like, been smoking and drinking a bit too much, and I haven’t been eating very healthy; but my threshold for physical discomfort is low and I’m very sensitive to feeling off, so I generally don’t take anything unhealthy too far before I start feeling too yucky to keep on that track.

Mental health is another story. It’s been a rough few years, months, weeks, days. Genetically I’m kind of fucked in that respect, but I’ll also probably be physically healthy into my 80s and 90s, so at least there’s that.

I think their point is that it’s hypocritical how people often mean that (‘people should be intolerant of things I think are bad’) when saying the opposite (‘intolerance is bad’). For those who do care about intolerance and do think it’s bad - certainly not no one - it’s confusing and frustrating and sad.

The discussion there makes me sad. On a practical level defederation is a reasonable inevitability, but the level of vitriol in there is neither productive nor healthy, for anyone.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Five Guys has great burgers, and being able to get exactly the toppings you want is nice. Great fries too. But of the more standard fast food places I’d also say Wendy’s.

Man, I’m right there with you WRT beauty. Mainstream beauty standards are just so far removed from what I actually find attractive, I can’t even tell when someone’s supposed to be hot. Also

Government scales poorly.

I couldn’t agree more, that’s a great way of putting it.

Looks like I’m on the same page with a lot of people here.

• How pedophilia is treated in (US) society leads to repressed, unstable people who are more likely to harm children than if it didn’t have as much stigma. Harming real kids is a hard line that should not be crossed, but as long as people can enjoy violent gory horror without becoming a serial killer, people should be able to get off on whatever fantasies they like. Same applies to any alt-sex stuff, really: incest, zoophilia.
• Reality is subjective, the only way objectivity can exist is under subjectively defined parameters. And the really controversial part of this; I think those who can’t see how made-up everything is are egotistical and/or lacking in empathy; you can’t go through life and think everything you don’t understand or don’t believe is incorrect without a very narrow view of the world.
• Sugary things are gross.
• Military service should be mandatory. Every individual needs to understand that wartime deaths aren’t numbers from a news article, that you, your friends, and your family’s lives aren’t any more special than theirs. It would also improve both military and civilian culture if every able-bodied adult from all walks of life had to learn how to coexist and work together for a year or two.
• Basically every third person AAA game made in the past decade is ruined by squishy and unresponsive controls - including games that supposedly handle well like Dark Souls. I want direct, mechanical controls, not strung-together QTEs. (MHW < MH4U)
• Mid-late 2000s/early 2010s pop is as dumb and fun as 80s pop.
• The concept of identity is extremely harmful and a detriment to society. Gender, race, and sexuality are the obvious hot-button manifestations, but also any beliefs along the lines of ‘I am a person who is x’. Be multifaceted person you are, treat others as the complex individuals who they are, don’t try to shove everything into these boxes so you can make judgements (and then complain about the subsequent cognitive dissonance). I don’t particularly agree with the communist parts, but this article does a great job at putting into words my issues with identity.