Post Graduate Squirrel

The old classic well-designed cars just had better taste. I agree with you, I’ve been saying the same thing for years! Design some of these hybrids or electric cars with the same good classic taste - they’d be great! Unfortunately the trend of today (not just with cars but with many objects) is poor taste.

I personally think it isn’t wise to use an actor of any race in substitute of another, if that character’s race is part of the story. The only reason I could think of to change the character’s race, gender, status, etc. would perhaps be to tell a different story, but then it should be renamed and be a different story. But if a character’s race, gender, status, etc. is tied to that character’s story, then it shouldn’t be discarded frivolously.

From what I see, I feel that a lot of the disconnect is based on whether people find an attribute (in this case, race) important or not as part of the character’s story.

With her no one could compete.

Yes, and I loved that they wrote the black samurai character into that game to tell that story! I don’t get your point?

But magic doesn’t have any grounding or association with the world as we know it. Neither does aliens. We can only use the world as we know it as a frame of reference for a story.

I’d argue in lbaudia’s example that it is confusing if in 12th century Mongolia, there was some Nordic guy walking around. I’d imagine there to be a backstory of some kind. If there wasn’t, then that would definitely be an example where I’d be annoyed at white people in fiction.

I thought a great example of casting was the TV show “The Expanse”. To be able to cast someone as specific as Bobbie Draper so well - these studios have no excuse to whitewash as they do except laziness.

But pants also always cover all the legs.

It’s pay to even play, pay way more to win.

ah, same vibe as “I’m not locked in here with you, you’re locked in here with me”

Let’s just say that the dude is rich.

No, no, no! Don’t go back to just saying that! Then we’re back at square one, really underestimating just how rich Elon Musk and other billionaires are!

Just because that’s what you got out of it, doesn’t mean that it was the intended joke.

Yeah this isn’t really an argument between you guys as much as one saying “the worst of the worst is bad!” and another saying “yeah, they are! But most people aren’t the worst of the worst”.

I’d say, based on most of the answers here, that the reasons behind the sports scenario (people who are spectators) and the reasons behind the video game scenario (personal failure) are very different.

Apples to oranges.

If only your third was a 4 letter acronym too. 🙃

Wow I’ve not heard of a single one of these! I’ll have to look into them.

Death Note was a great anime! And also one of the earlier anime I came across - but I was just older than “youth” when I saw it.

100 brands? One hundred ??

The Sphinx would be proud.