it was kind of fucked up for wall-e to be that way about fat people now that im thinking about it

actually I'm kind of curious about this because it was a huge debate among my peers in my community

Clarifications under the cut:

The poster is in a public space where it is typical for everyday people to post things. It is not someone's private property or possession. Think piece of paper taped to a telephone pole, not sign in a storefront or in someone's yard.

The poster is not protected by law; you are very unlikely to face legal consequences for vandalizing it. Caveat: some peers have argued that it risks being socially consequential because an organization or demographic that you are a part of may be judged as intolerant/oppressive/disruptive/otherwise unpleasant if people witness your actions, and thus advocated against vandalism for fear of damaging your public image.

The poster is not an expensive or personal piece of artwork; it is a mass produced print on letter paper.

You are vehemently opposed to the message displayed on the poster, but it is an opinion that people are free to have in your country.

The 4th option refers to things like intentionally putting your own poster over top of the bad poster or otherwise making the bad poster harder to view; some people argued that targeting the poster for removal is out of line, but posting your own messages is an innocent action that you are well within your right to do (in this context, posters regularly eclipse each other as new ones are posted over top of outdated ones due to limited space)

The poster is part of a campaign; it's not unique. There are many postings of it across the community.

This is all assuming that the offending poster is not old and would typically not be considered fair game for pruning for quite some time, and that it is being specifically targeted for removal because of its message (rather than petty vandalism or because it's obstructive or damaged). E.g., if a poster is advertising an event happening on April 20th, it's typical to prune it after that date but not before.

Of course the situation that prompted the real life debate did involve a specific offending message, but I'm not going to specify what it was for now because I think it'll skew the results as people will just end up voting based on whether they like or dislike that message, which isn't the point of this. For this poll we are assuming that it IS a message that you are very opposed to; you can substitute in your own opinion that you have strong feelings about.

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ATLA Texposts: Again lol

atla is rotting my brain so enjoy.. (sokka is too tbh)

if I had a nickel for every time Alicent's family has called her a lesbian simp then I would have two nickels. it is not much but it is funny that it has happened twice

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these houses in the village of shaykh hidal in syria are a few of several in the north-western middle east built in a dome shape. the walls are made of layers of mud brick stuffed with straw and built into a circle, with a hole left on the top providing light. this type of architecture provides protection for all sorts of weather from rain to heat. the first known traces of this centuries-old technique were found in jericho, and the oldest known example in the mesopotamia region comes from 3,000 years ago. some of the domes are rooms of a larger house which are connected by hallways.

many of the dome houses in syria are endangered because of the civil war, but restoration work on many of those affected is ongoing, which is especially urgent as many syrians continue to live in them today.

"i remember being a kid watching the movie, and when he stops to push 'the king' across the line to finish his last race, i [was] like 'no dude! you gotta win!!" … [then] rewatching it and being like, don't stop, because i thought i could change the plot"

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CAN YOU BACK OFF A BIT?

every time i see a transgender scott pilgrim take i love that its prefaced with "this would NOT fix her". they understand.

No but actually I love how central Crystal is to the story. She's the only reason the group ever goes to Port Townsend and therefore the only reason most of the plot even happens.

Even if you're just watching the show with shipping goggles (a lot of people let's be honest) you still can't extract Crystal from the story. She's the only reason Charles and Edwin go to Port Townsend, but also her arrival into the boys' dynamic shakes it up enough for it to start changing. She's the one who finds out about Charles' dad and then pushes Edwin to figure out what Charles has been hiding from him. She's also the one who pushes Charles to recognize his own repressed emotions and to deal with them. She's central to Charles' character arc over the show, and even though she's not as central to Edwin's character arc, she's still a catalyst. Niko, the Cat King, and Monty are more directly important to Edwin's arc, but Edwin and Charles never would have met and helped Niko if it hadn't been for Crystal (Niko likely would have just died from the sprites alone and this is deeply sad to think about), and Edwin also would never have met either the Cat King or Monty without being in Port Townsend. (Monty probably would have never become human.) Maybe if things had been different Edwin still would have been dragged back to Hell, but Charles would have had to find a different way to rescue him. The Night Nurse was only there to open the door to Hell because Charles and Edwin were stuck in Port Townsend long enough for her to track them down, and on top of that she was only able to track them down because of their connections to living humans (Jenny) through Crystal. And then Edwin's confession on the staircase was only really possible because of the realizations about himself that he had beforehand because of the influences of Monty and Niko and the Cat King. Crystal called Edwin and Charles a dead married couple on acid and that basically what they were: they had been together for so long with just each other, and they were so familiar with each other that their dynamic had become habit and they were taking for granted the things they thought they knew about each other...Charles is the happy one and isn't haunted by his past the way that Edwin is, Edwin isn't interested in romance and connecting with living people, etc. Crystal, and then Niko and their other friends as well, showed up and brought in a new perspective on their relationship and their lives and their problems, which allowed them to develop their relationship in new areas.

Independently of the boys' relationship though, Crystal's story is really done so satisfyingly. Her character arc of figuring out who she is is unfinished, but already it's cool how the story builds the contrast of who she is now versus who she was before her memories were stolen, where one of the biggest differences between the two versions of herself is whether she has people in her corner who truly care about her and support her, and whether she has people she cares about in return. She's also the only one able to defeat Esther in the end. The Elemental would have just swallowed Charles and Edwin without her, and summoning Lillith was something only she could do. And it's really cool how her role in the story creates a theme of connection to other people being vital. She forces Edwin and Charles (mainly Edwin) to interact more with living people, through getting them to take cases for living people and by being a way to get information from the living more easily, which ends up causing some bad things for them but also causes a lot of good things too. Like she brings in Niko, who is the reason Charles and Edwin don't get separated after returning from Hell. And even her powers rely on being able to connect with her roots and her heritage and her self. The way that ties into themes of identity are very interesting as well.

TLDR: I really like way the story used Crystal and I'm excited to see where her story goes if there's a season 2.

how the 2008 stock market crash led to jenson button's WDC

jenson was racing for honda through 2006-2008 and had been familiar with the honda engine since around 2003. when the stock market crash occurred, honda realized they did not have enough money to keep funding the F1 team in 2009 as they needed to focus on their own business. the team would cost them 300 million USD and they ended up having to layoff their staff of 700 right after the stock market crash. they pulled out LAST minute (literally at the end of the 2008 season) and at that point, they had already had a car. both the drivers for honda (barrichello and button) couldn't find a seat last minute, and here comes ross brawn.

they were eventually saved by their team principal ross brawn, who was a really amazing strategist (teams that he has worked with have won 8 constructors' championships and 8 drivers' championships) and also was the technical director behind the benetton and ferrari championship-winning teams. he was pretty much responsible/led michael schumacher to victory for his 7 wdc. honda sells him and the chief executive nick fry the team.

and–get this, the team was sold for 1 pound. ONE SINGULAR POUND. to this day, honda's boss still has the pound coin Brawn used to buy the team. although the team could've been seen as a continuation of the Honda team, the FIA considered Brawn GP a completely new entry.

going into the 2009 season, they had no engine, because honda refused to supply it for them. at the last minute, mercedes supplies them engines (at this point merc supplies mclaren with engines too) but the mercedes team kept saying that the engines were built for the mclaren car, not the honda/brawn car. brawn was like "let's have it anyways" and they bought the mercedes engines.

there was even a loophole brawn found that wasn't even against the rules (although there was a lawsuit about it and ofc a bunch of team principals were upset about it, notably christian horner, but it was completely legal)

The most obvious visual differentiator on the Brawn car was its double-decker diffuser. The new regulations had intended to strip the cars of downforce by reducing the size of the diffuser, but a loophole was left open that allowed for a second diffuser to be built into the crash structure and fed by two very controversial holes in the floor of the car. A bigger diffuser created more low pressure under the car, which created more downforce and allowed higher cornering speeds.

going into the 2009 season, no one really expected them to be fast, of course, going under massive management changes and even drivers taking massive paycuts (jenson took a 5 million pound pay cut at the beginning of the season). the drivers were even told that they couldn't crash because they didn't have enough parts:

Above all else, the team could not afford a major accident as it simply didn't have the parts to replace a wrecked chassis.

and here's something from reddit saying that even a team that was essentially created in a few months had at least 3 chassis for 2 drivers (williams is shivering their timbers rn)

also, very notably, the car was practically NAKED (next to zero stickers!)

they were sponsored by like 4 companies: virgin airlines, MIG investments, henri lloyd, and perkinelmer. so, yeah, very naked car compared to what we see today.

you can also see jenson's suit here, and notice it's very bare! there's next to zero sponsors! for some races, they would have a couple of sponsors where they would put the stickers on, and then take it off after the race.

of course, with the lack of financial stability in the team, they only had the ability to upgrade 1 car at a time because of the lack of money.

in a shocking turn of events, at pre-season testing, they were like WTF when they saw they simulation showed that they were 1-1.5 seconds quicker than the field. and EVERYONE at the factory was freaking out, saying "surely these numbers are wrong." and then they checked the numbers, and they are still faster than everybody.

in a miracle type of god-given wish, button with brawn win the first race of the 2009 season in australia! he's even .2 seconds clear of barrichello in qualifying, and to this day, brawn's first win on its debut stands out as one of F1's biggest moments. jenson wins 6/7 of the first few races, then falls off a lil (but only retires once in the entire season). he is beaten by sebastian vettel a couple times, who ends up coming 2nd in the WDC, and rubens ends third (he's upset brawn prioritizes jenson over him but he has the championship lead, so it's only really fair they prioritize him).

on their debut season, they go on to win the constructor's championship and jenson wins the driver's championship!

it's a really impressive story, and one can definitely see the causation between the stock market crash and jenson button's wdc!

when does he get the time to straighten his hair between family drama and fighting a war?

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