Men, mind your business. Women, a gym/public space is not your private possession. (Shane Gillis chronicles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKm3uvblyE4

25:30 She’s a lil too quirky for me, but she’s right, just mind ya business & don’t look. So simple.

• Her problem is just seconds before that fact drop, she claimed she gassed up some chic dripped a certain say from a distance. 

So attention is good as long as it’s positive & from the right ppl. 

But the negative, the consequences, is not okay. That’s not how that works, that’s that ‘entitlement to domain’ I see often from people in comment threads. 

Either mind your business is the law, or feedback actually is okay. 

Pick one. Society is not your private possession.

At that point, literally, just workout at home. Or fund a women’s only gym in most states. You want to have a cause? There you go. ♀ And if that’s already been in the pipeline, speed it up. And if there’s plenty already, well mass-produce.  

Otherwise, you are not entitled to a public space, then dictate the rules of encounter when you’re not being threatened, or forbid any contact when YOU choose to be in a space that is by extension going to place you around other social creatures.

No one invited you, you chose to be there.

The price of dressing how you want as a right is you’re not god of everyone else’s autonomy and thus you can’t police everyone else in the same exact breath. 

Self-awareness, accountability and consideration from EVERYONE, then there’s no conversation. 

But she’s right, don’t look, yet she’s missing an important caveat.

 You’re not entitled to a public shared space then pretend you’re the only one who deserves to be there, at that point just stay home. 

As for the joke, it’s funny. 

For Shane Gillis, someone I never listen to, his delivery worked for me despite the “whore” usage being too much, it was. I think just maybe how uncommon that word is used, was the point. Cause I definitely wasn’t ready for it, which is why it was funny. If he said “thot”, i would’ve cringed. But whore has a punch to it. Again, low taste, but I figure that was the point. And that face he made was hilarious.

Does Shane deserve to be canceled? No, obviously. 

And keep in mind, it’s a joke. Imagine how often academia runs it’s collective mouth on men, gross misrepresentation, misinformation and they’re not held accountable for it. But they’re the experts. 

(ex. Mankeeping, meanwhile when lesbians suffer the exact same issues, that isn’t mentioned in many of these articles. Zero accountability.)

Compared to that, and how common that is? I think a joke is just fine, the choice of word was just gaudy. But again, I presume the risque was part of the point.

Should tiktok women Avengers assemble to shut down this disobedient welp via cancellation for daring to defy the established rigid social norms? No, save that energy for a crisis.

But it’s humanizing to see women being so…. aggressive, patriarchal & counter-oppressive the minute they get challenged on anything. 

They’re not underdogs apparently like the first wavers, because this lot know the mountains will move if they scream loud enough at the same time. They have power, they have systemic advantage, they know exactly what to do to destroy someone’s life for offending them. And have ZERO qualms making visual documentations of themselves exploiting it. Our resident victims ready to destroy.

I love that self tell, again, it’s humanizing. 

If the joke didn’t work for you, then it didn’t work. Fine. Breathe in deep mother nature’s ether, and move on with father time. If the critique itself was the punch in the chest, we agree & diverge there, for all reasons provided; but if “whore” was the deal breaker, agreed, I agree it was too much. You’re okay.

(7:28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFBl0EBD-8o )

TL;DR Women can dress however, its not always invitation for pursuit, true.

 Just because she appeals to your mating sensibilities, is not jurisdiction to engage because YOU are ready for the ritual to begin. Truth.

But women are in a shared space, carry a sign with you or something (“Here to pump, not talk”) / (“Unavailable”)

 or you could… idk, he or she approaches, she or he says no, and you both move on.

But you live in the timeline where social tension is the norm, men aren’t mind readers, everything’s a risk, talking is an act of war. 

It’s safer for you as the man to treat women like they’re radioactive (regardless of “signs” & “signals” she gives or you thought she gave, just forget all of that. That time is done.)

And it’s better for women’s peace of mind not to be on guard for a pursuit every 5 seconds. 

• Women are independent and over it, accept it. 
• They’re not something to look forward to anymore, you have to be cautious now or just keep your distance, keep match making within tight-knit, very small circles. 
• Who you date is someone who your friend or extendeds should know, even that’s not a guarantee of safety but it’s better than hitting up random Janes. 
• It’s not worth it, just mind your business, this is society now. This is women now. And it’s the gym, just do what you’re there to do and keep pushing on.

If the women who want encounters, want them, let them step forward. If they don’t, too passive to step up, that’s their problem. This is the legacy their movement handed them.

Men shouldn’t be creeps in the gym, but don’t blame men for taking the hint amidst the cultural shift. 

The risk is effectively killing any sense of community because people don’t have any social skills, self-awareness, control over libido and way too much self-importance, & zero accountability for how they present themselves. 

“Entire social fabric of the room becomes tense and hyper-policed, draining the casual, community energy out of a public space.”

• It’s unfortunate, but this is what you got. If you work out a middle ground, try, don’t give up on people or even society. But don’t force it either. 

However one dresses is not incrimination because of someone else’s poor impulse control. 

But looking is not a crime, and you don’t want a society where it is. But if you’re staring, you’re not being considerate. 

The best part about topics like this is both sides catch the shots.

 It’s best to just to mind- your- business and there is ZERO risk of being called creepy, legitimately anyway; you can still be lied on.

The compulsion is involuntary, I get it. But it’s not worth it. You choose, not your hormones.

📌There’s over a billion women on the planet, at some point you have to override the formula. Be considerate to them, exercise some self-awareness that being looked at is not inherently flattering. 

And to be fair? Stop handing out your attention for absolutely nothing.

AT MINIMUM, be self-aware. That’s just basic survival instinct, man or woman.

If the joke didn’t work for you, then it didn’t work. Fine. Breathe in deep mother nature’s ether, and move on with father time. If the critique itself was the punch in the chest, we diverge there but if “whore” was the deal breaker, agreed, I agree it was too much. You’re okay.

Yes, some do want to look cute for self & optics, more women should be more honest about that, it’s okay to care about how you’re seen, it comes with the SOC-eity.  

The point is simply: If there’s more self-awareness, consideration, accountability from both the seen & seers. Less actual creeping: and there shouldn’t be a conversation.

Batman Knightfall: Part 1 (Recommended) - Good message, good pacing, the mortality of Batman

 The music was surprisingly good, excellent shots & use of colors to direct the scene's tones.

But the overall focus of the film is the strongest element: avoidance, isolation, the danger's of hyper-independence and burnout. Relevant.

(This visual with a spine prop in between them, subtle)

Gotham's over-reliance on his presence specifically was an excellent point. Cause some of the decisions Gordon made had me like: "But you have guns tho."

Batman is really overqualified but he's still one guy, he can't be everywhere. The Sons of Batman (TDKR) filled the gap, but at base he doesn't have the organization of the cops.

The flaws, the mortality of Batman.

It's not even 1hr 30 minutes, well paced, solid action, solid writing. It doesn't waste your time. The cliffhanger actually pissed me off cause I wanted more. Allegedly two more parts are in the works.

WB still got it, they just need to lean into the DC Animated scene, where their strengths have always been.

MCU formula been overrated.

[REACT] Masters of the Universe (2026) Reaction Mashup | The Message works

 

goated, the manhood messaging is more nuanced here than ppl give it credit for. It's both listening, compassion, stepping up and knowing when to kick some ass when talking don't work or don't even risk your well being trying to talk with people who don't deserve grace. Cause when shit hit the fan, it ain't the academics who tear masculinity apart in their little articles & peer studies, they're not the ones that step up when people need protecting, when things need to be built. Duncan is spitting straight facts there. Adam is right too about compassion, they're both right. Both aspects are valid parts of the spectrum of manhood. Not a "version" of masculinity.

Along with Skeletor's archetypical hard style masculinity: radical conquest, violation, domination, insecurity with a sprinkle of no fucks given.

The works.

Duncan saying that one thing added a crucial level of nuance that most media completely miss when it comes to this topic, despite how many people that have something to say about masculinity, and it's usually just a deconstructive attack: not a solution, not an analysis, a grudge match.

Adam is the modern talking point, his father wishing he'd let Adam be himself is also a crucial element not to lean too far into the hard style of masculinity. You can overlook the reality that part of raising a boy is letting them be a child, vulnerable, silly, an individual, not a molding.

The fact that Adam's mistake was linked to his insistence on leaning too far into the brute hard style is also valid.

• But Duncan is why the message works, the reminder that a coddled civilization that actually wants a future, shouldn't forget why it survived this long in the first place, the patriarchal foundation that affords these privileges/ that ALLOWS people to even have these talks.

• It wasn't just fighting, it wasn't just talking. Damn sure wasn't socio-ideological intersectional politics that got humanity this far--- AND that ISN'T STATED ENOUGH, by the way.

It was talking and fighting, it was conquest, warmth and protecting. It's not this homogenous glob of toxicity we're so used to perceiving masculinity & patriarchy as.

Because the people that love to talk about it the most, almost always negative, more than likely don't know what they're talking about.

It was a Masters of The Universe film that got the closest to a balanced take. A movie about He-Man, The Incredibles is a good one too.

• And even He-Man had to concede that the time for talking after a certain point was over with Skeletor.

Compassion, empathy and humanity in Adam: which is true because before he fought Trap-jaw, he tried dialogue. Before he fought Skeletor the last time, he tried dialogue. 

And in-between, realistically, talking wasn't an option. He was consistent to his background as an HR agent, to his beliefs.

But the irony is: what got results, was not talking, it was kicking ass, but for the right reasons and right state of mind.  

We can't all be coddled by the narrative like Deku. Skeletor straight owned his issues, and they are serious issues. There is a person in Skeletor, but he still has to hold these hands.

And what got them out of that prison was cooperation, & Adam dropping the  HR schtick, and simply talking to the group from a more grounded place, not a performative one.

Because the HR soft style/modern ways can be equally performative and counter-intuitive.

The nuance is this film is pretty well baked because it's self-aware, Duncan & his arc was the key. 

 

A dash of modern revisionism, & a dash of old school practicality. A good mix. We need more of that, badly.

Godzilla: BLOODBATH OST - Reckless | the TOHO problem

What i'd add, is be careful with how far they take this project, if they decide to expand, cause the fact they have a OST  is insane. 

Don't know if they got a deal, or if the indie status is a gray area or what,  but TOHO doesn't play with this particular namesake.  So take care not to be.... Reckless. Lol. 

That came to mind the minute i saw the album. So far so good i guess, the album's still here after a year. 👍Good work on the mixing btw.

Otherwise into the artistic meat of the matter--- RECKLESS, "HEART" & maybe "Convulsion" sound the most Bloodbath Godzilla-esque of the album, majority of them read like experiments, not even remotely related to the creature. But at the same time it's good they didn't put the motif in a box, what they went with adds range to the creature.

King Ghidorah: corrupt king, the actual god, the beef machine

 

 I like the nuance this movie possesess. Ghidorah was just superior, deadass. Weren't nothing false about That King, igaf what narrative those human characters fed the audience. Invasive element being false is like saying humans own invasive imposition on wildlife as if alien makes humankind fraudulent as a presence, nonsense. Ghidorah was a corrupt king, but he was as real as it got. Regen, bio-electrokinetic abilities, flight, global mimicry, extraterrestrial origins, immense tri-intelligence, serious combat IQ, survived the OXYGEN destroyer. And a will so strong it returned through a cybernetic prison. Ghidorah was named king when he is the actual god, a fallen god from the stars. And despite Gojiras given namesake which more accurately fits Ghidorah, Gojira took a rank (king) from Ghidorah thats actually lesser than a god. Ironically. Only through Mothra' own borderline supernatural nature was he able to survive Ghidorah, & with Kong was he able to survive Ghidorah's vengeance, this movie specifically is goated for making the spiteful, colorfully characterized god King Ghidorah the ultimate beef-machine.

It's fitting that Godzilla needed help to rez after the oxygen destroyer, Mothra's help and the humans help. It raises the stakes of Ghidorah's threat level, bastard was invoking storms with just his presence. 🐲🐲🐲

ThatAnimeSnob summer 2026 season anime | Tanya the evil Season 2

  Tanya the evil Season 2 is more bureaucrat heavy and less explosions per episode and fortunately less Tanya vs God banter scenes. Thank Bob.

The season premiere has plenty of pretty colors, & a some skirmishes but Season 2 is slightly less cinematic and more slow paced, especially after that movie. But that lowkey vibe is precisely what Season 1 was outside the fight scenes anyway.🚬 Nothing has changed really.

I presume the action for most was something to look forward to & tolerate the political mumbo jumbo.

With the per average episode action gone ir lessened in comparison, the incentive wanes. If thats enough to drop views, I say good riddance to those departed.

I personally enjoy S2 anyway, not in a rush to get my senses assaulted any time soon. 

Especially when there is ZERO tension in the battles because Tanya wins damn near every single fight by a 95 or higher percentile. 

The most stakes the show has in reality is when shes navigating federal red tape or being subverted in conversations when her scripted responses to appease her peers actually backfires.⚖️ I realize this is the kind of show where Tanya socially miscalculating carries more weight than her taking out 3 squads or companies solo.

The actual "story" is Tanya getting to the quiet retired life & being denied exactly that. The War itself is the backdrop.

If the "fans" prefer season 1, then go watch season 1.🍷

"Tulip's Worm" - Courage the cowardly dog x Fantastic Planet (allegedly)

 OP:  "So it's a giant blue girl with red eyes named Tulip, with a weird thing over her head, a human as pet and she says "Naughty pets!".

In the french movie Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage), there's a giant blue girl with red eyes named Tiwa, with a weird thing over her head, a human as pet, and another kid says "What a mean animal!".

I think this may be loosely based on that movie."

Re: I presumed the same thing while watching the episode, & i'll do you one better, not only is the color similarity there, but she has a band-aid on her right hand just like Terr bit Tiwa on her right thumb and Courage snatches off the band-aid on Tulip's right finger, in a similar defiant fashion, the escapes etc. Very interesting easter egg, if that was intentional.

And if intentional? 

Very smart decision that the band-aid wasn't on her right thumb (Tiwa's injury) specifically so the easter egg wasn't too on the nose. 

So Team Dil allegedly fancies Fantastic Planet (good movie), among other things, even King Ghidorah (which they visually reference multiple times). I dig it.

The Special Wind Cannon (flawed movie, but I love this technique)

The Special Wind Cannon

I fancy the Delaware Smash concept but this is next level in just the fact that it can kill you, never mind how simple it is and yet only a master could do this.

Of the few nice things I have to say about the movie thats NOT about the pretty colors--- this specific move has got to be one of the most goated additions from post 'Team Ehasz era' Bryke.

I bet you the air-scooter and that random af 'air after-image' Aang did vs Zuko in Book 2 finale was their idea too.

A precision based hand cannon of pure compressed aerokinetic force: projected like a blast and the terrifying part is WE the audience can see the wind because its stylized but realistically getting hit by something like that would be damn near invisible.

The only visible evidence of the attack would be debris, leaves or any loose environmental effects conforming to the sheer force of the blast, that would be one of the only evidences you have that something's coming at you, seconds before K.O.

Debris, condensation/water droplets / external elements are the main reason why we can see tornadoes at all. But not the air itself.

🍷Kudos Bryke or Yost, Lauren, or whoevers idea that was. Holy shit.

Picolo would be proud. 

/r "this total drama relationship makes me uncomfortable" | The issue with hyperbole is proportion

 

First off, I luv that Uravity Jazmine poster. What an aesthetic fusion, unexpectedly impressed with that, excellent taste..

I agree, with caveats.

Harold's first lines about Leshawna: "I've never seen a girl like you in real life before. --- you're real big and loud."

Makes me laugh, everytime, precisely because it's stupid, inappropriate. She didn't swoon or made to look like a wild animal for reacting how she did, the scene only works because she almost flattened him for it & it took one girl and guy bigger than her to hold her back.

And yet, I give OP points for theorizing that Harold likely never saw a sistah before or one like Leshawna, because he word for word stated he did NOT. ✅ That is bar for bar the gag.

✅OPs best case being the fetishization & stereotypes, agreed. 

✅How hyper-sexualized Leshawna is/ adultified despite how young she actually is, agreed, however--- I've went to academia with ladies like her, they weren't all built like tanks, they weren't all that exaggerated (hence caricature), but they do exist, relatively. Most of them got on my last nerves and nowhere near as likeable as Leshawna.

And yet that doesn't excuse TDI sexualizing her like that. 

But taking this that far to the point of Baartman's testimony just to draw a parallel which is hyperbole at best, is doing too much, if we really think things are "kinda worse than ever" nowadays? That's just showing the privilege we have.

📌Picture it: We have it good enough to pull up Sarah's horror story on demand, talk about it, use it strategically to vindicate our feelings & opinions, feel like a hero, put her history away; and then (this is the best part) 👉move on to live a life she couldn't even dream was possible and think things are kinda 'worse' because fetishization still happens.

Without getting beside the valid points OP is actually making, still, just really think about that for a second.

Some of the most worst modern examples I've ever seen of hyper-sexualized BW anything have been from African-Americans themselves, in media and IRL. Ironically. 

Unlike Saartjie, Leshawna commands every room she's in because of her confidence, which is why I fancy her the most, her attitude & presence. And in terms of power dynamics, she has every advantage on Harold, including physical. He's not even a rich kid, she's out of his league in every way. The similarities of fetishization are there, & yet in practice, it's more of a subversion than a traditional parallel because of the era gap, ironically.

🚨TL;DR we need to keep things in proportion. You can see slavery where you perceive it if  that helps you get to the next 24 hour cycle of our lives, societal echoes of bondage still ring even in Asia's in-fighting or the Arabics' 1000+ year long slave game to America's relatively shorter one in comparison. Everyone's got a rap-sheet.

🚨That's not to trivialize Saartjie, not to dismiss USA's mistakes, but simply: Perspective

📌OP is not wrong for noticing: when you're right, you're right, but it's best to keep things in proportion. 

✅OP is rightfully uncomfortable with a caricature being exactly that: and just because satire is "the point" doesn't mean "the point" always work in execution, it doesn't, not always.

And yet, in this case, they used one of the most hideous historical examples that far exceeds what the show actually did, in poor taste, for a show where the entire cast are caricatures. Not. Just. Leshawna.

The issue is, the parallel is loose, but an overshot proportionately.

On fetishization, OP isn't saying they're the exact same, got it. So it's valid as strictly a fetishization continuity example.

Otherwise the invocation in itself? for this? Total Drama Island? Lol.  The proportion of scale of the usage of Saatjie's example, at all, specifically for this caricature in a satire show where everyone was a punchline, is an overreaction. 

We can recognize that a character trope is insensitive, poorly written, or uncomfortable aka a caricature by design: without needing to equate a cartoon gag, an intentional caricature to human trafficking or invoking 19th-century human zoos. Seeing & noticing is different from using it for emotional currency in a video to criticize a cartoon show where, I repeat, everyone was a caricature. 

If 99% of the cast were written like ATLA characters, Team Ehasz level 3-dimensional and then Leshawna was the odd one out? Then this comment would be 98% shorter.

Otherwise, it's agreed that satire doesn't have to be badly written like hyper-sexualizing a teen (agreed), but ignoring the reality that caricatures, satire, parody is inherently risque because it steps out of line to be exactly that it is. That is literally what a caricature is, a dramatic misrepresentation.

Keyword: dramatic MIS-representation = Caricature

Ironically, we might be underestimating Leshawna a bit, just because of her category. Despite the defense for the exact same reason.

Anime Fan Logic: “If it made sales, that means it’s good!”

 

📌OP (Reacting to a Doomsday Trailer): "YeahNaaahhh.... That Marvel time has run out a while ago...."

📌Re: "Then explain, Spider-Man: Brand New Day $2.220 billion at the box office in three weeks."

📌Counter Re: "​If your point is the "marvel time" hasn't run out because a spiderman film made billion+ including No Way Home & Far From home--- You're answering your own question.

• Think about it---- Your retort wasn't the success of a Marvel Phase, you specifically chose a SPIDERMAN movie, let me repeat that: a SPIDERMAN movie (which is sony & MCU, not just MCU)......again, you answered your own question.

The phases themselves weren't billion dollar factories, Phase 3 specifically was a beast in itself, no question.

But if you're reaching to the recent Brand New Day, how many movies in this specific era did Brand New Day numbers, you know? point is, overall SPIDERMAN movies tended to be more successful.

• And be careful with that anime fan logic that because something made bank or got views that means it's worth a shit, there's been a lot of "popular" things throughout history that have been actually not so great after the fact.

Just because ppl will spend for it now while it's a hot topic, don't mean it'll age well.

🚩And just because a movie did NOT make even, doesn't then mean it's not good or decent.

Be very careful with that line of thinking. "

Mainly from anime & manga-ites have I seen this deflection repeated, for almost 10 years.