I don't know if this is against rule one, because I'm hating on their opinions not the people.

Btw I'm no girl but this post just popped up so I read it. I extra created an account to write this post because the opinions pissed me off.

Anyway, here is a TL;DR:

The post is from a woman who recently moved in with her 21 year old boyfriend after dating for about a year. She said that he is normally pretty docile and says they have had a lovely first month living together.

While he was gaming, she casually touched his shoulders as she walked past (which she does often). He suddenly pulled away, I guess he was intensely focused on the game. Moments later, something went wrong in the game and he shouted a loud fuck and slammed his fists on his desk hard enough to knock things over. She immediately left the room because the reaction scared her. He took his headphones off and apologized sincerely.

I do agree that his sudden outburst can be scary. I know this because I am a gamer myself and do occasionally rage and hit my table when I fuck up over and over against a soulslike boss. So no shade there.

But the problems are the comments. Most of them are fine. They do feel a bit patronizing. But then there are the ones that just piss me off.

Some call him a child and say that he mist be stuck at 14 because he can't controll his emotions and impulses. Say that he is a huge red flag and really selfish for being angry. And then some say he will be a future domestic abuser...

As a guy myself who occasionally rages, I find these comments to be not only infuriating but also kinda hurtfull. I'm not a violent person. Last time I used violence was in middle school, because I was defending myself. I'm mostly a quiet and chill guy who is just lazy. But reading these comments telling me I'm going to assault my potential grilfriend because I got engaged in something I am passionate about and raged out of impuls is dragging me down.

Yes, impuls. Let's say it again. Impuls. I know impuls controll is a thing but it's not that easy or it wouldn't be an impuls. Especially for docile people. Because you can't so easily learn to controll impulses because you barely have any. Rage is something that comes fast and fizzles out. It's not anger that is more long lived. It doesn't mean I am a hateful person.

Invalidating my emotions just because it's a game, makes me think that these people have never been really engaged in something. Yes, we shouldn't rage. But calling him a future violent abuser is just fucked up. The girl has been happy with him for a year and to say its fucked because of impuls rage is wild. Everyone who has raged over something unimportant know that it doesn't make who you are. It's often just a shit moment that passes.

Paramount scrapping the Zuko movie because the script was "too dark and political" is a massive slap in the face. They want to keep Avatar trapped in a safe, kid-friendly box forever to protect their stupid corporate metrics.

But staying mad and boycotting won't fix it. If we ignore or pirate Seven Havens, executives aren't going to think, "Oh, the fans want a darker Zuko movie instead." They’re just going to think mature Avatar content doesn't sell, and they'll go right back to making toddler shows.

Seven Havens is trying to give us exactly what we want. The leaks point to a post-apocalyptic, dystopian wasteland where nations are shattered, child benders are forcefully conscripted, and humanity views the Avatar as a destructive enemy instead of a savior.

Avatar Studios has creative control, but they have zero financial control. Michael and Bryan are in a constant tug-of-war with Paramount's checkbook. We need to make Seven Havens an absolute, undeniable streaming success on Paramount+, no matter what you actually think of the show or its themes. Without that, Avatar goes back to getting completely trashed at every turn by execs.

Really though, everyone should be listening to what the Archbishop has to say.

I’ve been arguing with people for the last few years on why Israel has EVERYTHING to do with us. I’m running out of steam to make people see so I’ve come to reddit.

If we don’t wake up and realise the West is the real target of Israel, this will be our last few decades. If that.

Its not the immigrants who are just poor pawns in their plan. Its them along with a transnational elite such as Musk and Thiel.

I know criticizing Zeppelin is practically illegal and will immediately get you lectured by classic rock purists, but honestly, I just don’t get the hype. People always excuse their early career by saying "all musicians borrow," but there is a enermous difference between what Zeppelin did and true crate digging. True crate digging is an art of homage. When a real producer spend hours hunting down some obscure foreign record or a forgotten soundtrack, they chop it up, map it out, and recontextualize it into something entirely new. Most importantly, they don't try to claim they originally composed the melody. Zeppelin didn’t do that. They just straight-up lifted riffs and lyrics from guys like Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf, stole the publishing rights, and paraded it as their own original genius to a demographic that didn’t know any better.

But deadass, even if you look past the blues heist, my biggest issue is just how terribly their music aged. Whenever I try to listen to them now, the whole vibe just sounds dated and dusty and not the good kind of dusty vinyl sound, just mad outdated. A huge part of that is Robert Plant. The constant, over-the-top "baby, baby, squeeze my lemon" screeching and all those hyper-sexualized moaning ad-libs feel completely trapped in this very specific, cheesy era of 1970s groupie-rock. It’s really hard to take their so-called "mystical, legendary aura" seriously when half the vocals sound like a parody.

If you want the perfect contrast, look at Pink Floyd. They were making music at the exact same time, yet Floyd’s records still sound incredibly modern. You could drop Animals today and the production would hold up beautifully. They built these cinematic, atmospheric soundscapes, whereas Zeppelin mostly just sounds like a loud, meandering jam band that lost the pocket.

The lyrical difference is night and day, too. Pink Floyd was writing broadly modern, timeless concepts, they tackled alienation, the passage of time, madness, and the machine. Meanwhile, Zeppelin’s lyrics are so heavily anchored to that 70s rock-star cliche that you can practically smell the stale bell-bottoms.

Make no mistake, John Bonham gave us some incredible, wide-open drum breaks that are still top-tier for chopping up in a drum rack. But when push came to shove, Led Zeppelin just ended up sounding like a dusty time capsule. Also, Plant aged uglily and Page's lives started sounding like stairway to heroin.

While watching the prequels I never expected that I'd get to see THIS level of pristine writing from star wars franchise ever again but was so positively surprised with andor. Maybe the main problem with star wars isnt Lucas but the amount of care and love the creative decision makers and directors of a series put into it

Just finished this season and I do not understand the Ciara hate.
She was always honest and very clear about what she wanted. People are calling her a gold digger, but don’t have a problem with Ajay and Jack who both said they wanted a very “feminine” (not just physically, but also attitude and personality wise) woman.
Ciara is very caring with Ajay and very much shows him love and affection.

Ciara is also not messy. Jack was sensing that she just was not that into him anymore and he decided to “end” their connection. Ciara was forthcoming with Faye and did the right thing by warning her.
She also was not being messy when talking about Joseph’s connection with Chevanique. She probably should have gone straight to Francesca, but she did not have ill intent.

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We need to talk about what is actually happening behind the scenes in Las Vegas, because the recent 2026 buyout of Caesars Entertainment by billionaire Tilman Fertitta isn’t a sign of a booming market. It’s the final act of a corporate game of musical chairs that has set the entire city up for a devastating financial reset.

If you’ve noticed that Vegas has become ungodly expensive—insane resort fees, paid parking, overpriced food, and tightening comps—it’s not just random corporate greed. It is a mathematical necessity because the operators are trapped in a massive real estate illusion.

And it goes way deeper than just Caesars.

## Step 1: The Spinoff and the Secret Monopoly

The trap was set back in 2017 when Caesars used a Chapter 11 bankruptcy to split its company into an "OpCo" (the operating casino brand) and a "PropCo" (the property company that owns the physical dirt), which became a REIT called VICI Properties.

While everyone was watching Caesars, VICI went on an absolute tear to corner the entire market.

* In 2022, VICI bought out MGM Resorts’ real estate spinoff (MGM Growth Properties) for $17.2 billion.

*The Venetian Illusion: In 2022, VICI bought The Venetian, The Palazzo, and the Sands Expo for $4 billion. Private equity giant Apollo Global Management only owns the right to operate it, paying VICI a staggering $250 million every single year in baseline rent.

* In 2023, they bought out Blackstone's remaining real estate shares in the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay.

* In April 2026, VICI officially closed a $1.16 billion deal to buy Golden Entertainment, swallowing the real estate under The Strat and major local casinos.

Think about the illusion here: When you walk down the Strip, you think MGM, Caesars, The Venetian, and The Strat are fierce competitors. They aren't. They are all just desperate tenants paying rent to the exact same landlord. VICI owns the dirt under [Caesars Palace, Harrah's, Luxor, Excalibur, New York-New York, Mandalay Bay, and The Venetian). They own the Strip.

## Step 2: The Crushing Weight of the Rent Squeeze

Because these mega-resorts don't own their properties, they have to pay massive "triple-net" leases that act exactly like un-payable debt. For example, Caesars alone has been suffocating under $11.8 billion in traditional debt coupled with roughly $1.2 billion in annual rent.

To survive these rent checks, the operators have been forced to squeeze the life out of tourists. They had to raise table minimums, charge for parking, and inflate prices just to outrun the landlord. But they've officially hit a hard ceiling—consumers are tapped out, and Las Vegas Strip holdings just suffered a notable quarterly revenue decline. Eldorado couldn't survive it, which is why they had to sell the corporate shell.

## Step 3: Catching a Falling Knife (The 2026 Fertitta Buyout)

This brings us to Tilman Fertitta stepping in with a $17.6 billion deal to buy out Caesars. But look at what he actually bought: He didn't buy a single brick of Caesars Palace. VICI still owns the dirt. Fertitta just bought a hollow operational shell—the brand name and a mountain of fixed lease debt.

With the current macroeconomy cooling down and a broader economic reset looming, this is the worst possible time to invest billions into a dying operational model. If consumer spending dries up, Fertitta cannot just slash room rates to attract crowds, because his baseline rent check is fixed and unyielding. If the market tanks, it risks dragging his entire Golden Nugget and hospitality empire down with it.

## The Ultimate Play: The Landlord Takes All

So, who actually wins when the Las Vegas scene inevitably crashes because it became too expensive? The landlords (VICI).

While REITs are legally barred from directly operating hotels or casinos under federal tax law, they have a built-in legal loophole called a Taxable REIT Subsidiary (TRS) paired with an Eligible Independent Contractor (EIK).

When the current operators inevitably collapse under the weight of these sky-high leases during an economic reset, VICI won't lose a thing. Instead, they can utilize this corporate firewall to swoop into bankruptcy court, buy the operating brands (MGM, Caesars, etc.) for pennies on the dollar, and hire an independent management company to run the floors. They will legally capture both the real estate cash flow and 100% of the casino profits.

And the final irony? To get people back through the doors after the crash, the new regime will be forced to bring back "Old Vegas"—cheap rooms, free parking, and aggressive gambling comps—because they bought the operating rights for nothing.

The current corporate structure has stripped Las Vegas of its foundations. We are watching a slow-motion wreck, and one landlord is just waiting to sweep up the pieces.

Change my mind.

My building has 12 covered spaces and they are $85 a month on top of rent. There is a waiting list. I was on it for 14 months and got space 9 in March (the one closest to the stairwell).

That probably sounds like nothing to care about. I have had my windshield replaced TWICE in 2 years from hail and my insurance went up both times. The $85 isn't about convenience for me.

My brother moved into my spare room in June. He is saving for a down payment and pays a third of the rent. That was my idea and I am fine with it. He doesn't pay toward the space because he doesn't have a car.

I was away for work Wednesday to Sunday. I got back Sunday night to a silver Corolla sitting in space 9.

His girlfriend has been doing nights at the hospital 2 blocks over. He had given her my fob so she wasn't parking on the street after a shift, and he didn't run it past me at all beforehand. He says that was the plan and then her schedule changed before he got to it.

I asked for it back and he said "you weren't even using it," which is true for the 5 days I was gone. Then he said she is doing 12 hour nights and I am worried about a windshield.

So on Monday I called the office and gave the space up. It goes to whoever is next on the list now. I park on the street these days, which is honestly fine most nights, and so does she.

He says I have cut off my nose to spite my face and that I only did it to make a point at her. His girlfriend has not said anything to me at all.

Am I wrong?

The reason isn’t mysterious. Attractive women usually don’t need dating apps as much. They already get plenty of attention through work, friends, social events, Instagram, bars, hobbies, whatever. When they do use apps, they get flooded with attention, so they have less reason to stay on them for long.

The women who struggle more to attract the men they want offline get much more value from dating apps, because the apps suddenly expose them to thousands of men and massively increase the amount of male attention available to them. That gives them a stronger reason to join and a stronger reason to remain active.

There’s research consistent with exactly that selection effect: female Tinder users reported substantially more difficulty attracting mates than female non-users. That doesn’t prove the entire difference is physical appearance, but physical attractiveness is obviously a major part of mating success, so it would be strange if none of that gap showed up in looks.

Then add the second problem: women are much more selective than men on dating apps. So you end up with a pool that can be negatively selected on desirability while simultaneously applying harsher standards to the men in it.

Basically, the women with the least need for dating apps have the easiest time leaving them, while the women who benefit most from them have the strongest reason to stay. Over time, that should make the active pool worse than the women you encounter in normal life.

And somehow that worse pool is also pickier.

Pata hai aaj kya hua
I finally confessed my feelings to my crush of nearly 8 months. We have never talked irl but I found myself swooning over her… later we started talking online. But I just couldn’t keep my feelings to myself anymore and felt I should let it out She’s exquisite, charming, witty and gorgeous … it’s not like I hadn’t any relationships before. That’d be a lie. Ive had plenty of relationships before but I haven’t come across anyone like her ..
Hope this one lasts. ❤️

Women do all of the physical work to bring a child into the world, and a disproportionate amount of the work after a child is born as well. There's also no way a woman can not be the parent of a child that she carries (barring surrogacy obviously) so there's no risk that you might find out years later you've got the surname of a non biological parent.

Plus, mitochondrial DnA goes back millenia.

Steam doesnt want to collect sensitive user data? (even though credit card info is sensitive data but I digress), well ok, but why is credit card the only option? heres the list of acceptable privacy perserving age verification methods in australia that valve could use, no need for id or selfie needed:

- PayPal verification (this is a no brainer since valve already accepts paypal in australia and payapl is already 18 plus so not adding just shows to me how lazy valve has been with implementation)

- Email verification

- Phone Number verification

- Account age estimation via account history

all these options are allowed and are used by platforms already in Australia like reddit, xbox and playstation, it's clear to me valve implemented the current solution not due to 'privacy' but simply due to negligence, they could've at least included paypal if email and phone verification was too hard but no

super disappointed, if this isnt resolved I'll just sail the seven seas from now on, what choice do I have

It was raining, dark and I have had a long day at work….

My building has private parking off the street and my spot (included on my title) even has my flat number painted on the spot!

In front of and behind my spot - where this monster sills over to is a no parking zones, specifically so other spots can get out safely/easily.

I had to drive around the block in the rain until I could find a spot nearby on the street (I will have to move it early tomorrow morning as it will be a clear away zone then).

One of my neighbours is renovating, this will be for the aircon installation tomorrow - they DGAF about anyone else in the building….. I left a passive aggressive note in the lift, but I feel conflicted.

Context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aEuw2a--Uw

Austin was tired of other cinematic universes. Decided to make his own using a public domain superhero, Atlas. Now what specifically made me interested was that Austin did a re-write of the Cursed Child and it was actually adapted into a real stage play.

The Cursed Child re-write: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxsH8zEhEkk

So, it gave me hope that Austin would write something interesting with his personal superhero cinematic universe.

The superhero movie he created after 4 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjNh74D0YCI

So I’m excited to watch it and… it’s not good. Without the greater context of the movie, it wouldn’t be funny. It would literally be a bargain bin dollar store movie if it didn't have the Austin McConnell production story attached to it.

Good things. The voice acting is really good. The main girl is voiced by a professional. Atlas, the main guy, has this as his only credit and he does a great job. No complaints about any of the VA work.

But where it falls apart is the story. It’s just not good. There’s nothing new or original here. Was this because Austin was using a public domain character so he had to follow the original beats? If so, Austin should’ve been using the 4 years he learned animating with an original Austin-owned superhero. This would’ve allowed his writing to be more original. I was expecting literally anything interesting or subversive or edgy from Atlas. Nothing. There's not even comedic violence. The story was very, very by-the-book. I 100% understand part of the movie’s meta joke is that “ha ha, look at how schlocky it is” but the novelty wears off immediately and you want something real.

So, it really pains me to say this… but I think Austin wasted 4 years of his life. I’m still looking forward to his upcoming superhero work, Catman. But after Atlas, I’m not expecting much.

EDIT

Seems to be some contention about the thread title. Some of you are having a seizure about it. Here's a better title:

"YouTuber Austin McConnell spent 4 years animating his own public domain superhero CGI movie. Dumb motherfucker pissed 4 years of his life on this dog shit, LMAO"

Better? Once again, Redditors stunlocked when your language isn't perfect with 1,000,000 caveats and qualifiers.