Wow, the cognitive dissonance of calling your daughter selfish…

Je trouvais ta question intéressante et je me demandais comment je pouvais y répondre. Tu m’as servi ça sur un plateau : j’ai tellement lu de Stephen King en me disant “un moment donné je vais tomber sur un livre qui va me surprendre et qui va justifier tout le hype”.

C’est jamais arrivé. Le dernier livre j’ai essayé était Le Fléau (The Stand) que je n’ai même pas fini et depuis je n’ai plus redonné de chances à ses livres.

Sinon dans un autre ordre d’idée, en grandissant il y a tellement d’artistes musicaux que je me “forçais” à aimer. Maintenant mon critère est “est-ce que j’aime ça ?” C’est tout ce qui compte. J’ai terminé de me forcer à aimer des groupes, souvent qui sont populaires et en réalité mediocres. De toute façon je connais une quantité de bands tellement grande que ça ne me manque pas de ne pas écouter ceux que tout le monde s’enfonce dans le fond de la gorge sans réfléchir.

Je trouvais ta question intéressante et je me demandais comment je pouvais y répondre. Tu m’as servi ça sur un plateau : j’ai tellement lu de Stephen King en me disant “un moment donné je vais tomber sur un livre qui va me surprendre et qui va justifier tout le hype”.

C’est jamais arrivé. Le dernier livre j’ai essayé était Le Fléau (The Stand) que je n’ai même pas fini et depuis je n’ai plus redonné de chances à ses livres.

Oh totally not, but that’s my point. If you are going to exploit those people, at least treat them with dignity before they go in front of the camera. Even Jerry Springer had at least the decency to pay for the flight, the hotel, the limo… before treating his guests like monkeys for his show. Not that it would excuse it, but it would appear a tad more humane.

That’s the thing, I totally get why people say he’s a sociopath cause even though he’s fucking rich, he can’t even pay for an hotel room for the participants. I have a feeling their belongings were taken so they would not have to deal with people stealing each other’s stuff, which would have been wayyy less likely if people got their own room. I highly doubt it’s that much cheaper to rent a fucking stadium, buying 2000 sleeping bags, paying for portable toilets, etc. than to rent a whole cheap hotel or motel.

He really wanted those participants to be desperate for that money. “At least if I get to the end, all that crap before will be worth it”. It’s disgusting… He’s not considering those people as humans but as cattle.

This reads like another Fyre Festival. Just when I thought my opinion of him could not get lower.

Well not really. And this is not to defend this company, I hate them so much, but I just want to highlight the difference.

When you go on Ticketmaster the price shown is what you will pay. Including the taxes and whatever bullshit fees they want to add. So you know exactly what it is going to cost you. What Cineplex was doing was showing the cost of the ticket (let’s say at 15$ or whatever), but when you go checkout, now the cost is 15$+tx, PLUS the ordering online fees as well. That is what was ruled illegal.

Thanks for that, wanted to do that little spoiler thing but was not able to do so hahaha

You should see the French title…

Also, the argument of “but what about the exploited workers in the fields ?” is one of the weakest that’s always thrown around. Do they realy think that everyone working for the meat industry are all treated fairly ? All those fields of corn/soy that are used to feed the livestock, guess what, they also need workers.

Also, this is indeed not even an unpopular opinion. Vegans/vegetarians are all around some of the most hated groups of individuals. Source : https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1368430215618253

Honnestly I was a little bit disapointed cause when I went to see it to the movie theater, I was in the mood for a scary movie. Like typical horror stuff. There is some “scary” passages, but it’s no It. So don’t expect to be full on frightened or to have big jump scares.

However I think it is a movie worth checking out. The acting is on point, the images are vibrant, overall greatly directed. Obviously the movie is a big metaphor, but I went to see it completely blind and I understood pretty easily what it was all about. I’m kind of surprised by the score on IMDB because it has a 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and I just heard nice things about this movie beforehand. It brought a tear to my eye even though I am not in the same situation as the protagonist.

Est-ce moi ou le titre est vraiment mal formulé ? Je pensais que c’était une bonne nouvelle avant de lire le contenu de l’article…

I’ve been with someone who would constantly be acting in a romantic way while constantly saying there was nothing romantic and that they were not ready to be in a relationship with me. But still always wanting to spend time together, cuddling, etc. As soon as I was acting more distant or less affectionate (basically more friendly than romantic), that’s when they would up a notch the affection display.

It kept me around them because I was always hoping at one point the door would be open for a relationship. When what we had (whatever it was) “officially” ended I was at some of the lowest I’ve been in my life. Looking back at it there was so much gaslighting, now that it’s behind me, I am glad I got out of it.

I think you should tell her it’s either you try to go back together or it’s over for good. Being in this weird Schrodinger’s couple situation never ends well, for both parties. It may hurt, but in the long run you’ll get over it and it will be easier to meet new people who don’t send mixed signals.

Really interesting concept you brought up, did not know that law and yes it makes perfect sense.

And I totally get your point, but it is still an issue to me considering that she wanted to keep the audience hooked as they aged. As someone put it in another comment, in the first book, Harry is eleven, it appeals to kids ~11 y.o, and so on. But, and I speak personnaly, by the fifth book it was already too disjointed for 15 y.o. me. Her books are like a Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure book/episode, but without all the corny humor and the self-awarness that makes it fun.

You brought up a really good example of a fantasy world with boundaries by mentionning Tolkien. It is heavily insinuated in the LOTR books that “magic” is not “endless posibilities magic”, it has more to do with special aptitudes and/or knowledge depending on the race (like elves or wizards). It’s not like Gandalf can just snap a finger and transform someone into a chicken. I know it limits what you can do with your world but in the case of HP it opens the door to endless plot holes and contradictions.

Exactly, the wording is akward but the intentions are in the right place. That kind of stuff helps normalize vegan diets for most people.

Yeah I am pretty sure this is the intention of the writers. Showing yourself naked to your subordinate is not “homoerotism”, it’s harassment.

I’ve had the 2× spicy. Honnestly the reason they should be recalled is for their quantity of salt. My mouth was burning more because of that than the spiciness.

C’est sûr que oui. Je serais en fait aucunement surpris que ça existe déjà !

Félicitations pour ton admission !

Je ne suis malheureusement plus à la Poly (gradué en 2017), mais je peux te dire que ça a été l’une des expériences les plus enrichissantes de toute ma vie. Pour répondre à ta question, je ne te cacherai pas que la marche est très haute entre le cegep et l’université, particulièrement pour la Poly 😅. (Pour te donner une idée, j’ai toujours été un étudiant très “sur la moyenne”). C’est beaucoup plus une question de rester motivé plus que d’être “une bolle”.

Ce que j’ai vraiment aimé par contre est que malgré la difficulté des cours, il y a vrainent un esprit de collaboration et d’entraide. Dans mon cas (j’étais en elec), on s’est rapidement bâti un petit groupe où on faisait souvent nos travaux et nos études ensemble. Honnêtement ça a grandement aidé à me motiver et me dépasser. Ça vaut vraiment la peine de tisser des liens avec les gens de son génie et ceux des autres aussi.

Je te suggère aussi de t’impliquer dans la vie étudiante. Sans nécessairement donner du temps à un comité, ne serait-ce que d’aller aux Pubs, aux 5@7, aux partys, etc. Dans mon cas ça m’a permis d’encore plus m’attacher à l’école et à me pousser à y rester malgré les moments plus durs. J’ai fait deux ans à l’UdeM avant et je peux te dire que j’ai senti un sentiment de communauté tellement plus fort à la Poly, ça motive énormément.

Bonne chance pour la rentrée, j’espère que tu aimeras ton expérience ! ;)