papalonian

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[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not gonna lie, you've got me rethinking my position pointing out the right side of it. I do think though, that if it were at the top and resting on the one step, that the corner of the mattress resting on the step would be bowed in a bit more.

It is quite tricky.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

How does the single mattress in half bit make you think it's at the top? If it were at the top, the force of the mattress trying to straighten itself out would push it down the stairs. Much more likely the mattress was pushed/ tossed/ fell down the stairs and got folded in that position, imo.

Edit: the shadows are also indicative of it being at the bottom: light source from above and and from the sides at the base of the stairs, either from an open door or window. Shadow cast from the door light source being cancelled by the light source from above the stairs.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Yeah I see people complaining about AI but this just looks like every shit post I made in 2015 paint.net

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Ahhhh. That makes sense. Thanks

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

And everyone knows it's impossible to mistake one sound for another!

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I don't see what you're talking about, zip tie or poorly parked SUV

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't have an exact answer for your question, but I will say that when it comes to shows like these you have to remember that they're very much TV shows and are heavily edited to present a specific narrative. I'm not saying that's necessarily bad or nefarious, but you just have to take the events and the way in which they happen with a large serving of salt.

A family member was approached by their team (Holme's) to do the cabinets for a home that was being redone in our area. They literally wanted to pay him in exposure. I wouldn't be surprised if that's how a majority of their contracts work; hire a bunch of people to do the actual labor, tell them their payment is in advertising, then stand in front of the camera the whole time and take all the credit when the family shows up.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 36 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I hate that I'm writing this because I'm gonna sound like the *"to be fair * copy pasta but, the fact that it's so lame and stupid is kind of the whole point of the bit.

He gives his big "I'm pickle Riiiiick!" presentation like it's supposed to be some big huge awesome thing, and it's presented like a punchline that you're supposed to laugh at and find funny... Then it's a hard cut to Morty's disappointed, slightly concerned face for a solid 10 seconds. Morty is you, the viewer, painfully unimpressed by what is presented as, well, "the funniest shit ever".

Remember in an earlier episode when Rick makes a reference to the non-existent Redgren Grumblholdt, and the kids laugh because they think it's supposed to be funny and just want to fit in? Those are the people that the "funniest shit ever" meme is about. People that are fed an intentionally bad joke, don't understand the irony behind the bad joke, but sees that everyone else is laughing at the bad joke, so they pretend the joke is funny. Two people laughing at the same thing for entirely different reasons.

The whole Pickle Rick plotline is just background events anyways. The meat and potatoes of the episode is with Dr Wong.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 50 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (7 children)

I feel like they're more likely talking about Jeff Roiland's (edit: creator, one of the main writers, and voice actor for most male characters (including both Rick and Morty)) abuse allegations, after which they canned him as writer/ voice actor and the show kind of lost it's flair.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Hate to be a naysayer, but I can't really think of any examples of this 🤷🏾‍♂️ there'd be the random hyper realistic shots but I don't remember any weird ones like that, and they were always animated

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Some rich asshole isn't taking ~~half~~ a quarter of your pay in taxes.

Some rich asshole is not paying his taxes and we have to pay more as a result.

That being said, 25% is comparatively low to other countries.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Close, I DM'ed a short-lived DnD campaign a year ago.

 
 

Last night, I accidentally ordered a pair of pants while trying to get an estimate on shipping speed. Not only is the shipping going to take much longer than I'd hoped, I realized afterwards that I had the wrong size as well. No big deal, I thought, I'll cancel the order.

Well, you can't on their website. So I had to wait until this morning to call. I called them up as soon as they opened, hoping to get someone before the pants shipped out. And I did! Only, they still can't cancel the order. They have to ship the pants across the country to me, and then I have to ship them back across the country to return them. The person I talked to even offered to print out the return label, and ship it with the pants!

Such a wasteful, broken system. I can only imagine it works the way it does to make people who have second thoughts on a purchase have to jump through additional hoops to cancel it.

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