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Hard-Blue Democrat with distaste for genocide, climate realist (a.k.a. doomer), COVID realist (a.k.a. mask-wearer), Trump realist (expect the worst), daily practice: gratitude, forgiveness, acceptance.
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We need a Blue Sky for Facebook.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

#Film 9. Childbirth/ Old man dying in bed. Giving birth is a whirlwind of pain and joy; and it's sad when grandpa dies in bed - he likely has wisdom to share - but naturally occurring birth and death is too fundamental to the life experience to rise to profundity. Not enough for a story.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

#Film 8. Grating on the nerves. If it's annoying in real life, it's annoying on screen. Crying babies, barking dogs, car alarms, ringing phones, traffic noise, excessive gabbing/ screaming/ crying - don't annoy your audience.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Politics Pro-Tip: Don't look for meaning, strategy, or rationale with this new administration. It's just madness. Think cuckoo clock.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

#Film 7. Smoking. - Cigarette companies profit from death, and nicotine is more addictive than heroin. Cig advertising (branding and also normalization of) equals cig sales. Period. Filmmakers who take tobacco $ (Ron Howard a big offender) are vile. Period pieces included. Lose the GD smokes.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

#Film 6. Sh*t. - Leave sh*t out of it. Again, a biological process that we experience in life but don't need to see on the screen. It's a hallmark of bad writing. Even gross-out comedies should leave it out. And unless your gag is as funny as Blazing Saddles or Barfly, leave farts out too.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

#Film 5. Eating. - Unless absolutely vital to the film (Home for the Holidays) STOP with all the eating. Mastication is a necessary biological process that feels good but it's disgusting to watch actors shove food in their faces and it's lazy business.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

#Film 4. Killing animals. Again, unless it's vital to the story, STOP showing animals getting killed. No one wants to see it. It's bleak, upsetting, and unnecessary. If your movie starts with a deer or dog getting shot in the head, I am out. STOP IT.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

#Film 3. Stand up fuc*ing. - What the hell is up with all the stand up fuc*ing? It's supposed to show passion? No. It's cliched, unrealistic, overused, and gross. There are very few exceptions (Jackie Brown) that MIGHT serve the character or story, but absent solid reasoning, STOP IT!

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

#Film 2. Throwing up. - Every single movie - I mean EVERY SINGLE MOVIE shows someone throwing up. STOP showing people throwing up! It's overused ("oh, the character is so upset!") and disgusting. STOP IT!

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

#Film A plea to ALL Filmmakers 2025 (thread). I've hit my limit with these cliche's. I will STOP watching if I see any of the following: 1. Opening sequence followed by waking from a dream. - this is beyond overdone and those who use it are creatively bankrupt. STOP it!

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Did everyone forget about Putin? Putin very likely worked with Elon to purchase Twitter to help elect Trump. No one gives a rip. Even "intelligent" liberal/ progressives divorced themselves from Trump's Russia scandals after Barr kneecapped Mueller. Putin is the puppeteer. Not Musk. Get oriented.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

2025 Political Resolutions. - Don't point out Republican "hypocrisy" (they were never credible to begin with). - Don't claim Trump will suffer embarrassment or political consequence from missteps (he won't. MAGA base doesn't care). - Don't rate one minion over another - they're all horrible.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

There is no ideological bent behind destroying the U.S. federal government by lack of funding other than to do Putin‘s bidding. The disaster we are all expecting will not wait until Election Day. Nope. It’ll hit us by Christmas. #maga #elon #beelzebub #byebyeAmerica #byebyefood

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Robot Dreams 🙂😊🥰🤨😒😯😢😭👍

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Evil clowns are driving the bus. One has claws, the other sharp teeth. The distinctions do not matter. There is nothing to analyze or understand. Every last one belongs in the puke bucket and I see zero sense in stirring it looking for meaning because it's all wretched bile.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments