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rb if you are a gimmick so I may follow you

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Do people realize that Israel is so unrestrained that it’s now launching attacks in Lebanon and Syria as well. Do people realize how little Arab people mean to these genocidal maniacs that they are now killing people in three Arab countries. Can genocide apologists pause their pure hatred for Arabs to at the very least admit this. Or are we going to pretend that Israel has a reason to be intensifying attacks in Damascus right now

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"uhmm actually vegetables dont exist-"

Um, actually,

vegetables dont exist from a purely scientific categorization standpoint (i.e. tomatoes are fruits, cucumbers are berries, ect.), but if you're even a little educated you'd know that science isn't the only way to organize things. In culinary terms, vegetables do exist, and that is how people are usually talking when thinking about vegetables.

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"Fuck CGI all my homies hate CGI here we love practical effects" ok ok ok alright I know I KNOW that I'm being pedantic and nitpicky (which is why I'm making my own post and not adding this to one of those I've seen floating around) but you don't hate CGI you just hate capitalism

CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) is a very broad term, but in the context of films it is an 60 year old technique used in a variety of contexts for a variety of reasons. It is not only excessive green screens and bad mocap.

CGI is actually a central part of why practical effects look so much better now than they did in the 60s - I can guarantee that you have not seen one practical effect without the addition of CGI in a film after the 90s and maybe even earlier (excepting micro budget films, and even then). Every squib of fake blood that pops on under the actor's costume is cleaned up in post. And to be clear - this is a good thing! It looks better when it's well done!

What you hate is the overreliance on underpaid, overworked contract workers who are ground into the dirt by big studios with crunch times and wildly unreasonable expectations, that results in catastrophic looking messes. Yes, I also subscribe to "a bad practical effect is better than a bad CGI effect because at least it's there", but there are hundreds of people being exploited for their labor who are honest to god artists and dismissing their entire field is missing the point. A backlash against CGI as a concept could lead to a devaluation of the artists' work - less support from the public isn't exactly what they need. That's exactly what happened after Cats, when two of the actors dared mock the effects on stage during the Academy Awards while the companies which had been crushed by the film were going bankrupt - through no fault of their own.

Pitting those two disciplines against each other isn't only useless it's also just plain wrong - they have been working hand in hand for over 60 years. Know how to recognize the qualities and flaws of both and defend workers in all fields.

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There vs their vs they're:

there: a place

"I put it over there."

their: possessive pronoun

"Look at their shoes."

they're: conjunction of "they are"

"They're going to the store."

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The laws of physics

fireball fireball have fireball

Thanks I'll be saving these for later *grabs them out of midair and pockets them*

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The difference between "my brother and I" and "my brother and me" is which part of the sentence the words are.

My brother and I went to the store.

My mom took my brother and me to the store.

In the first sentence, they are the subject, so you would use "I."

In the second sentence, they are the object, so you would use "me."

A handy trick to use is remove "brother" and see if the sentence would make sense with just the personal pronoun of either "I" or "me."

My brother and I went to the store.

My mom took my brother and me to the store.

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I admire your attempt.

Unfortunately, you're incorrect. Saying "you didn't die already" implies that I will eventually die; also, it is improper grammar.

Search query: when did Google vs Bing get murderous

bing result: during conception

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They Might Be Giants' song "Why Does the Sun Shine?" has a lyric that goes as follows:

"It is so hot that everything on it is a gas!"

This is false, in fact, most things on the sun are actually plasma. They do correct this in a later song, though.

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Let me set another record straight.

A witch is someone who uses herbs and plants for their magic, they are not inherently women.

A wizard is someone who bases their magic in books and studies, they are not inherently men.

J.K. Rowling does not define magical gender, because it doesn't exist. Boys can practice witchcraft, and girls can practice wizardry.

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Contrary to popular belief, Apollo doesn't actually pull the sun chariot.

Helios has a chariot that he pulls across the sky, he's the god of the literal sun.

Apollo, among other things, is the god of the sun in a spiritual and intellectual sense.

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Katanas' blades have a curve, do you hear me?

A katana is curved.

The reason katanas' are curved is because the curve makes it cut more efficiently, and makes the sword easier to draw from its scabbard.

I've seen people draw their characters with katanas' but then not give the katanas a curved blade. It's not a katana if the blade is not curved.

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LISTEN UP AGAIN KIDS STOP REBLOGGING THIS FUCKING GARBAGE POST. IT IS 100% FUCKING BULLSHIT AND CAN AND MOST DEFINITELY WILL LITERALLY KILL. DO YOU NOT SEE WARNING LABELS THAT SAY “DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING”? THEY AREN’T FUCKING AROUND. YOU CAN FUCKING BURN THEIR ESOPHAGUS BY CAUSING VOMITING, CAUSE CHOKING, DROWNING, OR MAKE IT WORSE! AGAIN DO NOT FORCE ANYTHING DOWN ANYONE’S THROAT. THEY. CAN. DROWN. IF SOMEONE IS LOSING CONCIOUSNESS ALL THE CHIT CHAT IN THE WORLD WILL NOT PREVENT IT AT THAT POINT THEY ARE IN SERIOUS DANGER. “Buuut i don’t wanna take them to the hospital!!!” WELL SUNSHINE GLAD YOU’D RATHER HAVE A DEAD FRIEND THAN A LIVING ONE BUT YOU’RE IN LUCK CALL FUCKING POISON CONTROL. THEY ARE NOT THE COPS. THEY WILL HELP YOU. AND IF THEY SAY GO TO THE FUCKING HOSPITAL YOU GO TO THE FUCKING HOSPITAL. NO EXCUSES. 0. NONE. I have seen this shit cross my dash SO MANY TIMES so PLEASE fucking reblog this and prevent some well meaning idiot from accidentally killing someone they love!

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Friendly reminder that "venomous" and "poisonous" are not synonyms. Poison is ingested, venom is injected. A snake that bites you has injected venom into your blood. If you bite a brightly colored frog, you have ingested poison.

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You can't put fireballs in your pocket.

fireball fireball have fireball

Thanks I'll be saving these for later *grabs them out of midair and pockets them*

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Errors made: 5

god monkeys are so funny. They like climb and stuff

"God" is not capitalized, there is no comma after "God," there are no commas after "they" and "like," and you have no period at the end of your second sentence.

Here's the corrected sentence:

God, monkeys are so funny. They, like, climb and stuff.

god monkeys are so funny. They like climb and stuff

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Errors made: 2

you're easily confused

You didn't capitalize "you're," and there is no period.

Here's the corrected sentence:

You're easily confused.

Search query: when did Google vs Bing get murderous

bing result: during conception