I’d be tempted to argue that it hits what it was aiming for. It’s meant to be a cheap raunchy Porky’s rip-off, and it succeeds. I suspect Cruise does a good job in it - the year before he did Taps, and the year after he did All the Right Moves.

Losin’ It is a 1982 comedy film directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Tom Cruise, Shelley Long, Jackie Earle Haley and John Stockwell. The film follows four teenagers trying to lose their virginity. It was filmed largely in Calexico, California.

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The film received negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 18% of 11 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.3/10.[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 51 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating “mixed or average” reviews.

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert criticized the film on their TV program At the Movies. Siskel called it “dreadful” and “predictable.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losin'_It

Subbed! gl hf

Well, I was saying you don’t have to be a mod. If we look at examples beyond “alt” communities, [email protected] 's main poster isn’t a mod. Likewise, [email protected] 's most frequent poster isn’t a mod either.

It doesn’t have to be hard work. Just pick a couple communities and start engaging at the level you’re comfortable with.

I’ve noticed it goes in phases:

• dormant community. maybe occasional posts.
• one person posting regularly. maybe they’re a mod, maybe not. some upvotes, occasional discussion.
• 2-3 people posting regularly. others post occasionally. some upvotes, occasional discussion.
• several regular posters, several others post occasionally. regularly upvoted posts, frequent discussions

[email protected] is currently in phase 3 but it was in phases 1 and 2 for a while. [email protected] is bouncing between phases 1 and 2. [email protected] is in phase 3. Punk is interesting bc it has both [email protected] and [email protected]. Ideally they’d join forces on [email protected] and then they’d be in phase 2 or 3. [email protected] is pretty much at phase 4, tho it’s sometimes lacking in discussions.

Anyway, I recommend picking one of those communities and posting/discussing, you don’t have to be a mod to help grow them.

[email protected] just relaunched recently, previously it was only music-focused but now we welcome any related discussion. though we’re still mostly just posting music links, lel.

OK, new reality show: Drunken Sleepwalk Dorm.

Yo, same!

• Breakfast = leftovers, something hearty
• cereal and milk = dessert any time of day

Obviously fake, no mullet.

We have the same bowls. I was like: hey whatcha doing with our bowls.

On what basis comes the conclusion that there is no architect behind it?

That’s a great point - if there are divine beings, they wouldn’t necessarily build the universe using a bunch of elves or something – better to spark a Big Bang with the right starting conditions and let everything develop from there. I think it’s more correct to say that evolution and modern physical cosmology provide an explanation of how and why the universe exists without necessarily needing divine intervention.

I’ll go farther and say that its wrong.

Well, it’s debatable but I think it comes down to defining your terms.

• “Evolution is blind” suggests no guidance at all, and as you say there is randomness, but an important part of the evolutionary process is survival and propagation which are guided by the environment. so arguably evolution is NOT blind.
• However the evolutionary process is reactive and does not involve long-term planning so you could argue that “blind” means “looking ahead, considering more than what you can immediately sense.” so arguably evolution IS blind.

Either perspective agrees that there is no “Grand Architect” and/or “God’s Plan” which I think is the general point being made. But it’s just a little distracting.

lolz Sarge explains it better than Clausewitz. Heinlein representing his US Naval Academy knowledge.

the movie Starship Troopers, which I maintain is a dumb movie with aspirations of being a smart movie, pretending to be a dumb movie.

Agreed, he tried to make a satire but only made a b-movie.

Romans are assholes.

First time I’ve heard this. People in Rome are like people in NYC: busy with their own lives, unwilling to take any BS, but generally helpful if you really need it.

Also, I think mainstream Americans expect people to be bouncy and grinning all the time or else they say you have resting bitch face and a case of the Mondays. In a lot of cultures, grinning at a complete stranger is condescending and makes you look foolish.

“Evolution is blind” is debatable. Arguably, we evolved to fit an environment. We are survivors.

Spez would be very disappointed to hear you say that. He would immediately shoot another DM to Elon telling him he’s trying real hard to be just like him.

Lemme guess… dad’s favorite pokemon is Vaporeon.

How could you say such a thing, and NOT give his age as 69?

My husband said it was embarrassing that I fell for it and he’s ashamed. Thanks.

Tell him you tend to fall for obvious, shameful things. Then look at him meaningfully.