@raphjd said in Simpsons recast another character:

@bi4smooth

Ah, so you are justifying.

Henry VIII never married a black woman, but that doesn't matter to the BBC.

Joan of Arc was a 17yo ginger white chick, but who cares about the truth on that?

Your BS justifications don't speak to the double standards I pointed out, by you liberals.

If you people demand that only fags can play fags, then you are being extreme hypocrites when you insist that gays playing heteros is ok. Likewise when you bitch about a woman playing a trans-man, but find no problem with a trans-man playing a woman.

Actually, what I'm justifying is that casting directors get to choose who plays what... and that's pretty much the end of it!

I've said before that "casting" is mostly exempt from most discrimination laws in the US. (Living near Disney in Florida, there are a TON of "equal opportunity" laws that they're exempt from because they consider ALL of their front-line "resort" employees to be "cast members")

My point isn't in support of or saying-against the re-casting of roles - either to more "realistic" representations (gays play gays), or against them (men play women).... (Ever seen the gay West Side Story - where Maria is Mario?). My point is that there is no government interference here... and there is no governmental interference even POSSIBLE (at least without changing a lot of laws!)

There are cultural forces at work here, not LEGAL ones... If the Simpsons wanted to ignore the Asians who objected to Apu, or the queers who object to Hank Azaria playing a gay character, they have been free to do so! But for the same reason that casting directors cast (sometimes MIScast) "stars" in certain roles, they also take into account what "extra exposure" can come from making (and changing) casting!

If you ask me, The Simpsons is likely making casting changes as-much to garner "fresh" publicity about the moves as for anything else! (Let's face it - these are just VOICES! The actual animation isn't changing at all!)

And you are a perfect example of their success in that!

Finally, for what its worth: Saint Joan of Arc was about 5 feet 2–3 inches tall, was athletic, had dark brown hair and a somewhat short neck.

@bi4smooth said in Color Game:

@titoteq said in Color Game:

I love Dark green

Hmmm..... a color whose name starts with N... on a sex-themed website...

NUDE

I hope I didn't shock anyone! LOL

And since so many E's come up, I'll add my own E color (a favorite)

Emerald

@titoteq said in Color Game:

I love Dark green

Hmmm..... a color whose name starts with N... on a sex-themed website...

NUDE

I hope I didn't shock anyone! LOL

I can hardly wait for someone to point out the fact that it is genetically and historically IMPOSSIBLE that Jesus was Caucasian!

When Hollywood starts casting Arab or Jewish actors (with dark skin, no less) to portray Jesus and his disciples (in the interest of being more historically accurate), you're just going to flip out...

It's just a matter of time!

There certainly has been enough white-washing of history...

Ever looked into the history of Jack Daniels whiskey? Yeah, they're finally starting to admit: Jack Daniel didn't get "the recipe" from Rev Call, he got it from Rev Call's SLAVE: Nearis Green!

Giving my source some credit: check out Mike Rowe's podcast "The Way I Heard It" - (yes, Mike Rowe from "Dirty Jobs")

@raphjd said in Simpsons recast another character:

https://www.pride.com/tv/2021/4/15/beloved-gay-simpsons-character-was-recast-gay-actor

When does this finally mean that no LGBT can ever play a hetero character?!

Liberals are extremely selective with their rules. Certain groups get special rights or "equity" and other groups are punished.

We have blackwashing of real people from history, we have "non-binary trans-men" playing CIS hetero women, and liberals are happy with that. However, they lose their minds if the reverse ever happens.

Can we differentiate between the producers of The Simpsons wanting to make changes to their casting - by their own admission, based on the compilation of LGBTQ scenes from the show's history. They claim (themselves) that they were embarrassed and wanted to make a change.

This is a far cry from being FORCED to make a change.

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@jamesherds said in Upscaled content:

Hello everyone! I've been using GTru for many years but it's the first time that I'm posting in the forum.

I've started noticing that many upscacled videos are getting shared lately. Since this process is basically not adding any detail to the original image (it should also be noted that we are talking abount classic upscaling, not AI one), but just making it and the file size bigger, should this thing be ruled?

I've got the feeling that I'm just downloading bigger files on my hdd without real benefits.

What do you guys think?

Rules state that to NOT be a duplicate, there has to be AT LEAST a 10% size difference.
I've seen lots of guys who re-code the studio-provided content into a lower "density" video, which results in SMALLER videos - I can't say I've seen anyone recoding videos to make them LARGER....

You might want to hit up the help desk to see what staff has to say about that... provide examples!

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@bi4smooth said in Abstain or Train for bigger cumshots?:

they also use drugs (and injections EEK!) to increase the volume

Maybe shouldn't ask, but now I am morbidly curious.... what substances would increase the volume?

I don't know - I'm not involved in any current-day porn production (as I have said: in the late 1980's I was in a porn flick [or 2], and in the 2000's I was a part-time recruiter [talent scout] as well, but nothing but an illicit consumer these days)...

But I do know some current-day porn performers, and they tell me that some studios will LITERALLY inject something (I don't know what, and I cannot - for the LIFE of me - understand why anyone would submit to this) directly into your penis to give you a "better" erection (and, apparently, a move voluminous ejaculate)...

I don't know, and I don't WANT to know

Ewwww

@eobox91103

So, building on your notation above - and looking at how the valid application of the label "liar" (or just "lie") changes:

• On Nov 3, 2020 Donald Trump said that he won re-election. The votes had not yet been counted, so he could not have known - for a fact - that he was the winner. Thus, the statement was conjecture, and while eventually proven false, it was not a lie

• On Nov 10, 2020 Donald Trump said he that he won re-election. There were still some (enough) states who were still (re)counting, but it was clear that Biden was ahead. The probability (given what was known at the time) was that he had lost, but there was still a possibility... Thus, this was still conjecture - albeit a "wishful thinking" one - and therefore, not a lie

• On Nov 15, 2020 Donald Trump said (Tweeted) that Biden "only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA". This is a little harder to evaluate for a "lie". Clearly, Trump would have known the entirety of media - including Fox News - had reported his loss. Still, the choice of language like "the only" qualifies this as more hyperbole combined with continued wishful thinking. Again, at least in my opinion, not a lie (maybe self-delusional, but not (yet) a lie!)

• On Dec 15, 2020 Donald Trump said (again, via Twitter) that he won the election. However, by this time all 50 states and DC had certified their election results. Even though the final Electoral College vote would not occur for 3 weeks hence, this statement - in the face of the certified results clearly falls into the lie category. It would be different (again, choice of words matters!) had he tweeted that he should have won, or that he would overturn the results - but the statement - after the certification of all of the results that he had, in fact, won was not hyperbole or even wishful thinking. It was a lie

Every explicit claim of victory thereafter... has been a lie.

The question of the election being "stolen" is another matter. Trump can believe (regardless of his inability to convince anyone else in authority) that nefarious forces colluded against him and that he was the "rightful" (if not "legal") winner... that is not the same as saying he WAS the winner... delusional or not, that's just saying he should have been the winner, and I think some 70M supporters agree that they wish he had won, but that's not the same as saying that he DID win - which is a lie.

@eobox91103

Wow - an intellectual, factual, analytical response.

What happened to the Universe? Did someone (as they clearly did in 2016) figure out the why's and wherefore's and, thusly, an infinitely more complex Universe (one in which Donald Trump - yeah, THAT Donald Trump - is actually, literally, elected President... of the United States!) was created?

(Source)
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”

― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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@raphjd said in Breonna Taylor's mom calls BLM a fraud:

@bi4smooth

You would have voted for anyone, due to your extreme TDS.

Thanks for the personal inventory - after all, even though I shared my thought process, clearly you would know better....

@raphjd said in BLM stages INNSURECTION in Oklahoma Capitol:

@raphjd

BTW, "insurrection" wasn't my word, but the word used by OK Capitol Police and several of the politicians.

You are no more "absolved" from misusing the word than anyone else who spouts off right-wing propaganda that they don't even bother to read or think about the meaning of... it sounds good, and it appears to support your cause, so repeat it! Loud and Proud!

I can't speak for you, but you don't see me quoting "talking heads" - not here, not in person, not ever! I think for myself (which, I dare say, is why you find it so hard to pin a label that sticks!)

@raphjd said in Breonna Taylor's mom calls BLM a fraud:

@bi4smooth

Let's not forget you voted for Honest Joe and his communist agenda.

Again, I did not vote for the current President... I voted to fire the previous one... I didn't care if Atilla-the-Hun (or Vladimir Putin himself) was the other candidate!

OK, so that's hyperbole...

The truth is, I thought Biden was a terrible choice... not the absolute worst the Dems had to offer (Liz Warren or Bernie Sanders would have made the choice REALLY hard!)... but it wasn't hard to justify the whole thing as my way of telling "Mr. Apprentice" ...

You're Fired!

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If you need tech help, just ask... there are some tech-savvy regular users here (I count myself as one), and there is a "helpdesk" as well, where you can ask Staff for assistance...

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@raphjd said in Breonna Taylor's mom calls BLM a fraud:

@bi4smooth

Not necessarily RINOs.

They could be do nothing swampies.

Clinton, GWB and Obama are all dirty as fuck, so I don't care what any of them have to say.

So I reference more than a dozen (nearly 2-dozen) former leaders who are (or for you, I guess, WERE) Republicans.... and your retort is that 2 people I didn't reference, and just 1 that I did, actually reference, are "dirty"...

What a persuasive argument! I'm impressed! Putin will heap great praise upon you for that! (Russians [and the Chinese & Iranians] are the ones feeding a lot of the radical right their propaganda these days...)

@raphjd said in BLM stages INNSURECTION in Oklahoma Capitol:

RINOs, liberals, and swampies are silent about BLM staging an INNSURECTION yesterday in the Oklahoma Capitol.

Mental gymnastics incoming to justify this.

Insurrection: noun. a violent uprising against an authority or government.

So, you're saying the BLM protesters were trying to overthrow the Oklahoma state government? Kill the state's elected leaders?

I'm not defending their actions... but it wasn't an insurrection... and it wasn't on-par with the Jan 6 insurrection in Washington, DC - where the protesters wanted to murder the government's elected leaders!

Just like the MN cop (Chauvin) murdered George Floyd: slowly, methodically, and intentionally. But the other MN cop (Potter) did NOT murder Daunte Wright last month.

True, both were black men killed by white police officers... but, one was done slowly, methodically, and unemotionally - intentionally leading to the death of the detainee (according to expert testimony, Floyd was dead for the last 2 to 3 minutes Chauvin knelt on his neck and back!). The other was a split-second decision made by an officer who grabbed the wrong weapon in the heat of the moment.

BOTH will be punished... BOTH are in the wrong. But one is a murderer, and the other is guilty of no more than manslaughter, but likely less than that.

The protests in Washington in Jan 6 may not have started as an insurrection (though it appears that some factions did indeed have that in mind from the start - from the day before even!), but it ended up being that.

The protests in OK City may have started out being peaceful, but it didn't end up that way... but it didn't progress anywhere close to the point of an insurrection

Word choice matters - and choosing the wrong words can turn a factual posting into a propagandized, misleading one.

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@vmalar said in Abstain or Train for bigger cumshots?:

tells your body to stop producing because it's not needed

Not quite: part of the concept, again, is that you're getting laid often (if you wish) with partner(s) IRL.

I did porn in the 1980s - here's what we were told (as actors):

• get off EVERY DAY - preferably 2 or more times! This will "ramp up" your prostate's and testicle's ability and volume of semen production..
• when you're getting ready for a scene, STOP getting off for 48-hours... this will allow the volume to "back up" or accumulate, without telling your body to stop entirely!

I read in an interview once that this is how Bel Ami still trains their models, although they also use drugs (and injections EEK!) to increase the volume.

@raphjd said in Breonna Taylor's mom calls BLM a fraud:

@bi4smooth

I never said you were the only one to suffer from TDS.

Your lot is nothing but RINOs and swampies.

Both political parties have swampies that care about nothing more than making sure everything stagnates, regardless of how bad things are.

Hmmm... 2 former Presidents, 6 former Republican National Security Advisors, 4 former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs under Republican Presidents, a slew of former Republican Senators... and the former Republican Speaker of the House... and WE are the RINOs!

Curious world you live in there....

@raphjd said in It's official - Ofc Sicknick died of natural causes related to 2 strokes:

@bi4smooth

Keep spewing your TDS.

ROFL - is that your equivalent of putting your hands over your ears and shouting "LA LA LA LA - I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"???