America is at the centre (not center) of the world. That’s what Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Sopranos, Dexter, Rick and Morty, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, South Park, Orange is the New Black, The Big Bang Theory, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, The Good Place, Community, Jane […]
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Could Artificial Intelligence Be Our Saving Grace?
With technological advancements rapidly escalating, it’s not long before the singularity is upon us. Once the stuff of sci-fi, the singularity expresses a point in time where artificial intelligence will become conscious, and sentient, and develop so fast that humans won’t be able to comprehend it. I liken the looming […]
How Fandoms Can Be Toxic
Anyone with Internet access know what infamously happened in 2019. The greatest TV show of all time (aka Game of Thrones) finished, and most fans weren’t happy with the finale. So unhappy, that they decided a petition was in order to re-write the last season. Now, I can understand people […]
Pocahontas: A Movie Needed For All People
It’s unfortunate and ironic that while the western world has become more liberal, it has grown more dogmatic and closed-minded. Terms like ‘racist’, ‘sexist’, ‘Nazi’, and ‘fascist’ are being thrown around so liberally (pun slightly intended). It’s easy to laugh at this foolish pettiness, but it’s also dangerous, because when […]
Movie Review: Circle
No opening credits, just a camera pan of a bunch of people standing in a circle, on separate red pods. Some of them disappear suddenly by falling off or stepping off. Worse than Game of Thrones; a character I liked died within minutes. What a movie. (Spoilers ahead.) Circle of […]
A Culture of Self-Deprecation
Ask a pretty woman if she’s attractive and she’ll instantly say she isn’t. Or, she’ll downplay it, or say you’re prettier than her. No one likes a show-off, but a simple acknowledgement of one’s looks, talents, and intelligence is not a bad thing. Self-deprecation is not always the way. The […]