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⌈ Secret Post #6444 ⌋

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Cute animals pls

[(Anonymous)]

Inspired by a thread from last week (?) - requesting pet photos! Any furry, scaly, feathery or otherwise baby you have!

I would post some but I don't have a pet. :(

Re: Cute animals pls

[philstar22]

I think I posted most of the good ones I have. My girl is honestly hard to photo because she loves to run. I think these three are the only other ones I have (other than duplicates).

https://i.imgur.com/y2d9yEp.jpeg- bird-watching from the windowsill
https://i.imgur.com/SAylOnN.jpeg- in her patented pose with one paw stretched out
https://i.imgur.com/22Tbklr.jpeg- playing with her human

Re: Cute animals pls

[(Anonymous)]

Great pics! She's gorgeous.

Re: Cute animals pls

[(Anonymous)]

so cute çç

Favourite fun action-adventure movies

[(Anonymous)]

I love this type of movie, but I feel like I haven't seen that many, so hit me with your faves!

Any era, any setting. Bonus points if you mention what you like about them.

Re: Favourite fun action-adventure movies

[philstar22]

Top Tier: Mummy 1 and 2, Jumanji remake 1 and 2, Dungeons and Dragons, all the Indiana Jones movies, all the Jurassic Movies, How to Train Your Dragon movies,

Others that I enjoy: Willow, Pompeii, Peter Pan (live action from early 2000s), Night at the Museum movies, first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Princess Bride, Mask of Zorro, National Treasure.


Also, I'm not quite sure where the line is and what qualifies. If LOTR and Star Wars count, obviously those are the top of my list. And some of the MCU movies probably count, particularly Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor movies, and the first Avengers movie. And probably at least 1 or two of the X-Men Movies.

Honestly, I just like fun movies. I like a sense of joy, a sense of hope.

Re: Favourite fun action-adventure movies

[(Anonymous)]

"A sense of joy, a sense of hope"... Yes! I think this is what I really need from my films, especially these days.

You've listed some that I saw and enjoyed and some that I haven't seen, so they're a great addition to my watchlist!

Re: Favourite fun action-adventure movies

[(Anonymous)]

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was terrific, and beautifully animated.

Re: Favourite fun action-adventure movies

[(Anonymous)]

It really was. Haven't seen the sequel yet, I think I need to adjust my expectations slightly, but I really enjoyed the first film!

Re: Favourite fun action-adventure movies

[(Anonymous)]

I like the Ocean's 11/12/13 movies, because I love big heist plots where there's a team of friends working together. Ocean's 8 is okay, but definitely less well plotted and cohesive, IMO.

AYRT

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, pretty much my attitude towards the franchise. I thought some of the character dynamics were great in Ocean's 8, but they couldn't quite marry it to a solid heist plot.

Re: Favourite fun action-adventure movies

[(Anonymous)]

I already listed the ones for after 1999 in the first secret thread (https://fandomsecrets.dreamwidth.org/3065964.html?thread=1127549804#cmt1127549804), except for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves because the secret OP already made their opinion know on that one. Here are the ones from 1999 back to 1980:

The Mummy, of course.

The Man in the Iron Mask has Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, and Gérard Depardieu hamming it up as the older Musketeers and Leonardo DiCaprio in dual roles.

The first Jumanji is good, even if the CGI animals are a little naff.

Cutthroat Island is a fun movie, though it was savaged by critics.

Jurassic Park is still amazing.

Okay, I still like Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, non-existent accent and all. Alan Rickman is wickedly funny.

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is excellent.

Willow is kind of magic.

The Princess Bride is one of my faves.

SpaceCamp is based on a ludicrous premise and has some very 80s stuff, but it is enjoyable.

The Goonies is awesome.

Romancing the Stone has some things that make me look at it a little sideways these days, but it still has its good points.

I don't care if it isn't like the book, I do really like The NeverEnding Story.

The Last Starfighter is weird and interesting and a good time.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, Last Crusade all are great, but Last Crusade may be my favorite.


Now, there are some I didn't include because I consider them more straight action, more action-thriller, more fantasy, or more serious.

AYRT

[(Anonymous)]

I'll have to give some of these a try!

Re: Favourite fun action-adventure movies

[(Anonymous)]

The original Stargate movie (the one that started the whole TV franchise) is extremely fun. I remember being very impressed by the special effects the first time that I saw it.

The Fifth Element is really kickass. (Not for young children, because of extremely strange sexual situations.) The visual effects alone make this one a must see.

Also, both of these movies have some ancient Egyptian mythology in them!

Vent

[(Anonymous)]

(put yours here)

Boomer dad BS.

[(Anonymous)]

My dad has an annoying habit of quizzing me about totally mundane things I do around the house, and then arguing or nitpicking my answer. Like this:

Me: [gathering up the household trash because tomorrow is garbage day]
Dad: Why are you bringing the office trash can to the kitchen?
Me: Because tomorrow's garbage day.
Dad: Oh. But why are you taking the big office trash can and collecting from the smaller trashcans and then bringing it to the kitchen?
Me: Because it's easier that way. [thinking, "Duh?"]
Dad: Wouldn't it be easier to take the kitchen trash can and go around the house collecting trash instead?
Me: No.

I could explain to him that no, the kitchen trash is larger, heavier and full of smelly kitchen trash so of course I don't want to drag it around the house. Meanwhile, the smaller trash cans in the office, bathroom, living room, etc. are generally small, light and full of stuff like paper, tissues, etc. so I take the office trash can and collect from all the small ones, then carry the garbage to add to the kitchen trash before bagging everything up to take to the curb. But honestly? It pisses me off that he feels the need to interrogate me about stuff like this. The trash gets taken out, he never has to do it, so what does he care? Why can't he just leave me in peace and recognize that I'm doing a perfectly fine job without his supervision?

It's not just about the trash, he does this with a LOT of everyday household stuff. I dread his, "Why are you doing X like Y?" questions because it doesn't matter what I say or how I explain it, he always thinks that whatever I'm doing is WRONG and there's a better way to do it that he'll explain to me like I'm a dimwit. This is particularly maddening because he does very little in the way of household chores. He never has. I do most of it, he'd be living in filth if I didn't. But that doesn't stop him from sincerely believing that I'm not washing dishes in the best way, or that I'm not packaging leftovers properly, or whatever. He CANNOT wrap his head around the possibility that hey, your grown ass adult daughter has done [insert mundane, low level task here] exclusively for years, of course she's figured out how to do it in the best way FOR HER, so stop asking questions about it or acting like it's a huge problem you need to solve for her, ESPECIALLY when you've never done [insert mundane, low level task here] in your whole goddamn adult life.

He's not trying to be an asshole, but I'm so tired of him acting like he's the expert on everything and I don't know shit.

Re: Boomer dad BS.

[(Anonymous)]

I have had to deal with something similar, I think. My strategy is generally to say that "this is the way that's easier for me to do it".

I don't think that convinces him, but it makes me feel like it's an acceptable point at which to end the conversation.

Re: Boomer dad BS.

[(Anonymous)]

This poost reminded me I was supposed to put the trash out.

Re: Boomer dad BS.

[(Anonymous)]

Super personal question but is it because you aren’t doing things the way your mother or another woman who lived there did them?

Re: Boomer dad BS.

[(Anonymous)]

Next time he starts, counter by asking if he's offering to help. Then just keep asking if he's offering to help every time he nitpicks, even if it's multiple times in a row.

"Why are you doing it that way?"
"It's how it's easy for me! Do you want to help?"
"I just think it'd be smarter if you did something else."
"Oh. Are you offering to help?"
"I'm giving you advice."
"Are you offering to help do it though?"

Force him to outright say "no, I am not offering to help" so you can say "okay, then I'm doing it the way that's comfortable for me. Let me know if you want to help and we can try it your way together."

He probably won't keep asking.

Annoying Ethical Dilemma

[(Anonymous)]

So obviously. OBVIOUSLY there's ethical issues with AI art generation. I'm an artist. I should hate everything to do with it.
And i do mostly

But
I want to publish books far removed from my main name and persona.

Make a penname , actually hire artists for the book cover design and that jazz or make my own designs. But. Because i want to write filthy dark erotica nobody will link to me. I thought about using a realistic ai gen to make a fake persona for the penname picture name and everything. Or just find some way to realistically fake an author picture and just using an ai person pic is the only way i can think of

But yeah I'm conflicted

This is so dumb

Re: Vent

[(Anonymous)]

I wish I didn't struggle with bonnets. So far I've tried three different styles, and all of them shift around when I sleep. It would be great if that nonsense would stop.

Re: Vent

[(Anonymous)]

getting older suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks

uuuuuggggghhhhhhhhhhh my bones

Re: Vent

[(Anonymous)]

I caved and took a job from my usual client despite having no time. But I need money and I am pretty easily manipulated into "save us we need you" shit.
Of course it wasn't as fast and easy as they said it was.
Anyway. Today they decided to ask again.
Me: as I said before I have no time, sorry, I just physically isn't able to take more work right now. I can provide you with all the files.
Client, on a phone: but aanooooooon take thiiiiiiiisssss jooooob. Pleeeease
I would like to say that I am being hyperbolic, but they had this cadence and sounds of petulant child.
Ngl at this point I said that they fucking out of their mind if they think that I am loosing time spent with my family for this garbage and muted the fuck out of them. Not my finest hour as always, but whatever