Rant
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Review: Captain Marvel
Ahead of Avengers: Endgame, it’s time to introduce the population to the most powerful superhero in the MCU, Captain Marvel. This movie has to show the people why Nick Fury paged her right before he turned into fairy dust. It had to do an origin story. It had to get the audience from “who?” to “OMG, I can’t wait to see her kick Thanos’ ass” in two hours. And it’s fucking boring.
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The Political Spectrum
Many people talk about the political spectrum. I’ve been meaning to address this for months, but never got around to it. Recently Bill Maher offered his thoughts, and pointed out that the “left is the same as the right” is a false equivalency. While I agree with him for the most part, I think he (and most pundits) have left out one important fact. We are far more alike than it seems.
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Biography: Emperor Norton I
This is one of my favorite stories. It’s a rags to riches to rags to insanity story. It’s what happens when the class clown is allowed to do whatever. Or it’s the story of how mental illness affects the homeless.
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Changing Definitions to Fit your Agenda
There’s something that has bothered me for a while. It isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a societal issue. It’s the idea that words should fit a narrative, instead of the narrative being built on language.
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Review: Black Panther
I’m going to be honest. This is a great movie. Yay. The problem, is that I complain. That’s what I do. It’s hard to write jokes about something you really liked. So I’m going to have to scrape the bottom of the proverbial barrel this time, and nitpick.
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Biography: Jeanne de Clisson
I recently found out about Jeanne de Clisson, when someone on Twitter said that Taylor Swift was the most badass woman of all time. Someone else replied by mentioning Jeanne de Clisson, and some of her deeds, so I looked it up. Wow. Such a cool story. So now I shall share it with you.
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Review: Justice League
Justice League, assemble! The culmination of a couple of years worth of half brained DC movies is here, with the superhero team up movie, Justice League. Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg Vs. Steppenwolf. Oh. This is DC. So it’s Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg “V” Steppenwolf: Justice League.
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Sexual Harassment
Disclaimer: In the court of law, a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Most of the men mentioned below have not been found guilty. The court of public opinion, however, is driven by emotion, is often quick to judgement, and not always correct. That said, I’m like 90% sure these men are guilty of what they have been accused.
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Halloween Cultural Appropriation
Every year for Halloween, we in America are gifted with two guaranteed news stories. The first, is that people will be outraged over a “sexy (insert job here)” costume. My favorite is the Sexy Ebola Nurse from a few years ago. The other is that people will be outraged over a racist costume. This year’s winner is Moana.
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New Name. New Domain. Same Complaining.
As you may have noticed, I have a new domain, chrisdantes.com. Did I sell my website? Nope. I legally changed my name. I’d like to explain why.
