Magusoflight
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Funny. I’m a regular /r/MawInstallation participant, and I’ve mostly heard good things about the High Republic.
Yeah, Redditors don’t really reflect the true fan base for, well, anything anymore. surprised someone still thinks that, especially in this space.
The follow-up to this condemnation of the rollout is…an argument that the first book was actually successful.
Successful? It merely is the best selling of the bunch, which is….not high praise given the pathetic numbers on display:
Maybe 2021 wasn’t the best time to release half a dozen books.
Yeah, why would the middle of a pandemic when everyone is stuck at home be a bad time to sell books?
According to the fans, yes, Zahn “did it right”. Money talks. Shit walks.
- If the tits aren’t out, she can’t be a good Jedi, hmm?
Judging by the fact no one knows who this character is, yes. Correct.
Er, third-rate talent operating on a budget.
Lol, Disney is operating “on a budget”. Yeah, a billion dollar marketing budget.
This article has made you really angry. Why? Did you enjoy the new Star Wars and it’s abject commercial and cultural failure feel invalidating to you?
Magusoflight
1yr ago
Great post
Don’t forget the man who invented “gender” was a pedophillic child molester. German sexologist societies honoured him for his work in forcible castration of little boys and molesting them soon afterwards.
nothing new under the sun eh?
Magusoflight
10mo ago
You’re wasting your time, people on the motte are very blackpilled and demoralized to the point they can’t see a win as a win.
Magusoflight
1yr ago
Parent influence isn’t limited. Just take the phone and unplug the internet.
Boom, dysphoria cured
Magusoflight
1yr ago
What makes Russia such a bad influence on the world is not it’s “Russianness”, it’s the fact it’s a post communist state. All communist states are quite frankly very evil in their behaviour towards their own citizens and others. It is therefore communism that clearly must be crushed worldwide if what we seek it a more peaceful world
Magusoflight
9mo ago
Sales figures are pretty good evidence of quality of product, but go off I guess
Magusoflight
1yr ago
Trump waved a rainbow flag. Shapiro has never denied climate change, just that it isn’t an emergency. Mexican caravans do exist and come across the border and are worse than ever, why is that upsetting to find out for a millennial? Do millennials think borders are oppression?
Magusoflight
1yr ago
Abortion is still legal in the majority of states
You think the GOP hates black principals? Wha
Gays can’t work for charities either?
I’m not sure what your arguing here. Do most millennials think republicans are the worst version MSNBC portrays them as? That’s depressing but would explain a lot
Magusoflight
1yr ago
Isn’t there an entire documentary under discussion that explicitly does hold that opinion?
Magusoflight
1yr ago
I’m not - using base rates alone this seems obviously tied to some kind of paraphilia. I’m using statistics and probability which admittedly doesn’t come intuitively to most people
Magusoflight
1yr ago
In 1945 90 percent of the British were opposed to immigration. Now a slight majority support it. It’s possible for attitudes to change
Magusoflight
1yr ago
Thanks for going through the data, I thought something smelled fishy about doglatines post.
Boomers and gen x males suicide rates are dropping and that’s also interesting. I guess when your economic status has never been higher, and you’re thriving and flush with cash looking forward to retirement, life feels pretty good, even if you left society a burning wreck for the youngins
Magusoflight
10mo ago
You clearly don’t read Scott’s own writings I guess
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/criticism-of-criticism-of-criticism
Take a look at what the best and brightest of psychiatrists conference write about for their conferences. Endless woke activist slop. And it’s like this at every single social sciencey conference too, including economics.
I don’t feel like doing research for someone who isn’t interested in asking honest questions though so go ahead and find your own sources
Magusoflight
1yr ago
Not yet
Magusoflight
1yr ago
Patriot act isn’t about aesthetics or speech codes, but yeah like I said they might change some schooling practices (though I highly doubt they would do so in a place like California). A lot of what your mentioning though is 2000s era Deep South republicans, and the party isn’t a monolith
Magusoflight
1yr ago
Yup all the conservative teens i know go by they/them, very common
Magusoflight
1yr ago
Why would anyone go through circumcision as an adult? There's no fucking way I'm having elective penis surgery, even if there were a couple of women who wouldn't go down on me for it.
So you’d rather force it on unconsenting babies? Seems kind of a strange contradiction. At least with adults you can get anesthesia, unlike infants.
It’s not a sensitive subject for me personally I just had to point out how skewed your perspective is.
Magusoflight
1yr ago
I’m sure some already do but good luck enforcing mandatory internet and smartphones for everyone. They cant even keep potholes filled in my city
Magusoflight
10mo ago
Ah I see, I don’t really see why the rest of the office needed to get involved though
Magusoflight
10mo ago
If you can’t see what’s blindingly obvious I see this “umm source please?” as nothing more than rhetorical
Magusoflight
11mo ago
Didn’t see that, got a source?
Magusoflight
1yr ago
Sorry I thought I checked thoroughly but I missed it
Magusoflight
9mo ago
I’ve sometimes heard that the left wing takeover of corporate America is a hollow one - they don’t REALLY cars about minorities, just look at umm their Middle East twitter accounts! They care about $$$ and aren’t true believers
I found an interesting counter point recently.
https://upstreamreviews.substack.com/p/high-republic-low-sales
This is what a corporation that has no idea what their audience is about, but does in fact know clearly what it’s ideology is about.
I’ll summarize the link but you really should read it for yourself, it’s astounding how bad Disney gets the Star Wars franchise: for instance, the books need to be (in addition to all the old touchstones of diversity etc) ANTI WAR. And then there’s the characters, who are somehow all androgynous.
The sales figures reflect an enormous lack of interest of enthusiasm. But it doesn’t matter for Disney - they get to spread the Good Word of gender ideology and anti fascism/anti traditionalism.
I’m long past expecting consistency from blue tribe. If their power is threatened they will lash out with considerable force
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