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For non-derivative movies, I'd say:
- Chicken Run
- Secondhand Lions
- Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium
- Babe
For books:
- "The Flowing Light of the Godhead" by Mechthild
- "Out of the Silent Planet" trilogy by CS Lewis
- "Holes" by Louis Sachar
- "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini
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If by "no effect on culture" we mean "derivative of other works which had a huge effect on culture, but were in themselves popular cashgrabs now forgotten":
Any Star Wars beyond the first trilogy and the prequels.
Most Marvel / DC movies
Any Disney live-action remake
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I think AI in general has a "quality" ceiling, not because it can't be improved, but because it'll hit the "good enough" cap. It costs to refine and improve, and humans are cheap.
Most Rule 34 content is free. But there will always be a market for the "artisanal" content. AI won't change that.
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Bacon is literally the worst cut of pork (pork belly), soaked far too long in salt and sugar. It is is a strange amalgamation of disgusting and delicious.
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How is that unexpected? Christ was explicitly racist. What's funny to me, is how Christians don't realize he was a Jew-supremacist. He even called a woman who came to him for help a "Dog", because she was a gentile (white).
Painting him as a Greco-Roman philosopher certainly helped.
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I know that's a dig, but objectively I think that's true. According to the Flesch-Kincaid scale, Trump speaks at a 4th grade level; and it's been surprisingly effective.
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E.M. Carroll was the master at pushing the boundaries of the webcomic format. And as much as I love her hardbound work (and Netflix adaptation), it never truly captured the beautiful essence of her web stories.
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I mean, sure. That's pretty easy to imagine. Most Christians have never captured Harper's Ferry. And most American slavers were (and still are) Christian.
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A yard stick, maybe?
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I'd wager mostly Greek, Hebrew, maybe a little Norse. Astiel, Xena, Ariamas, Brahm.
I'd figure, much of our cultural tradition comes from the Israelites, who later became Christian, who sanctified Greek and Latin, but still clung to their pagan roots.
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If you were born 100 years ago, Simone Weil would only be known as "Red". She wouldn't have to memorize the Lord's prayer in Greek, to come into contact with the "Divine"!
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Elon Musk's net worth recently went up $200 Billion on perceived capacity for corruption alone. It's more "hurting others for profit", using public funds set aside for the common good.
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I draw on the "naughty 90s" style artwork, found in Heavy Metal, CRPGS, and tabletop RPGs.
Chainmail bikini barbarian princess, wielding a huge skull-incrusted double-headed war axe, riding an ultra-dire wolf. Elf-maiden sorceress, with clothing consisting mostly of hair and leaves. That sort.