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Just looking for some second opinions, and when I say kids I means 1 kid, 1 toddler and 3 babies. 2 families.

Yes, it will still be a vacation. We are pretty good at traveling, just want to know some general recs.

Underrated food spots? We'll each get a date night as well.

Best things to see? We are considering a Granada day trip. Im not a fan of that idea just for the added complexity of a day of travel. But I could be out voted.

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Feminism sold us the lie that being a well-rounded, articulate, and successful woman would up the value of our stock;

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Not exactly.

A woman, a person in general, can be well-rounded, articulate, and successful. As a mom who married earlier in life, nothing is stopping you from those things. What feminism did, is define those things for you, made you discount other forms of "success," and said there is only one version. Then you believed it.

You can, and should, be those things. Every person should, the difference is in the definition of those things.

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Most men couldn’t care less if you're successful or incredible intelligent, or have any amount of self-knowledge you might have gleaned on your therapy journey.

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Wrong.

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Men, even when they say they want someone they can ‘talk to on their level,’ are kind of kidding themselves

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Wrong.

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they look mostly for biological markers of fertility and high estrogen (waist-to-hip ratio, full lips, heart-shaped face)

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Yes, they want someone relatively attractive, so do you.

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and as far as talking goes… they just want someone to listen. It’s women who want someone to tak to on their level—another gross mis-assessment of feminism.

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Unfortunately, doesn't sound like you've learned anything.

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American Pie

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More universal in my opinion. It had something for everyone, and it was able to cover all of the different types of relationships for 90s kids in like one film. Sort of brilliant in that respect. More relatable to a wider group of people.

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Superbad

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Tighter, better overall humor. Better script.

Blue Jean Committee

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Im sure you'll all be around to eat crow when theres nothing political in the movie.

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Why are you so convinced of this? Because he "loves" LOTR? Is that why?

What about Rian Johnson and his love of Star Wars? Gerwig and her love of Narnia? the Rings of Power folks who really wanted to make "their" version of Lord of the Rings? Starfleet Academy? All of the Star Wars Abominations?

He wants to make his version of some Trump takedown, guaranteed. He spent the last decade or more doing nothing more than shitting on conservatives, but now he's going to leave his politics behind? No.

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Because everyone complaining about the show is citing the race of the developer and races of the actors as the problems?

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iId say a couple of things here:

Certain common trends then happen when you have minorities in major roles.

1.First, as said previously the black woman heroes character has to have carefully constructed interactions with white dudes. it becomes less natural and more structured to "not offend. Things like this must be embedded in the subtext of the show. This is the same thing as the white girl "Mary Sue" amazing hero - it's not just about race. Female heroes also have benefits when they are cast.

2. White guys can no longer be any sort of hero here, and most likely, will comprise most of the villains. The Shadow group will still exist here, it will still be all white dudes. Which is now, unnatural, if you are casting minorities as "part of society."

3. You MUST have at least some episodes, or a strand, on minority injustice or immigrant relations because these people are minorities, and it Must happen, because that's their "worldview" or whatever.

The general result right now, is that by casting minorities into roles in well beloved franchises - creators automatically bring along with them all of these "rules," and requirements, while also usually seeking to also subvert your expectations. These two things combine to create terrible stories that feel disjointed. Out of sync with the original, etc.

And the fan reaction is that where they want more of what they love, they get -- whatever this is. Now could they avoid all of this? Of course. They could even do it with this cast. But they never do.

They could cast Hamish as just a 3rd generation normal American guy, went to public school served as a Marine, etc. who's grandparents happen to be from India or something. But they won't do that. They never do.

What I'm trying to articulate, and what most people see in these sorts of productions, is that by casting minorities, which in theory people wouldn't have a problem with, you automatically get a whole bunch of other things that people see coming. And I'm not even mentioning series, like the Watchmen thing, which upend the entire point of the original to hammer into your head social justice ideas.

Mike Tyson the Sage.

Who would have ever had that on their bingo card?

Plllleeexxxxxx

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Last week tonight is and has been the absolute best for well over a decade.

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The first season or 2 were good.

After that - Oliver became incredibly arrogant, set his sights on one side and it's been downhill ever since.

He used to be a funny British-moderate view on politics, fish out of water style. Then he became a one-sided berater of anything not in line with Liberal thinking.

Occasionally he takes a small jab at the Left - but it's small, and it's often overshadowed by massive swings at conservative thought, Christianity, and anyone with a slight bend towards tradionalism.

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horror,

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Monster Squad or gremlins

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Sci fi

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Flight of the Navigator or The Last Starfighter

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fantasy

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Star Wars or Willow