The article slop realism by Adam Aleksic (The Etymology Nerd) writes about the designations for various types of “slop”, pointing out how no matter how hard people try to retain the negative connotation of the word “slop”, it worms its way out until the purveyors have commodified the protest.

“If “slop” is the precipitate of optimization, it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of slop. Suppose you want to make your interests undiscoverable, so you prioritize illegibility. Now you’ve incentivized me to... [More]”

This isn’t exactly my musical style—metal is great but scream/growl metal has yet to grow on me—but I love the commitment in this video. Like, imagine they’re spitballing what the video’s going to be like and someone says,

“Let’s dub our song to what looks like an earnest but kinda lame, four-piece, mariachi-looking band.”

“Is that us? Is the band us?”

“Yeah, of course. Who else is gonna do it?”

“OK. Cool. But what if, and bear with me, aliens start abducting and replacing band... [More]

Avatar: Fire and AshI don’t trust the Critical Drinker (link below) that much, but his review for the second Avatar movie rings absolutely true, so I can imagine that there’s a good chance that it applies to this one as well. I can’t remember anything about Avatar 2. I can’t remember a single character’s name.

I would fail a quiz on the Avatar films with a 0/10. I’ve seen both Avatars. I might have seen the first one twice. I honestly can’t remember. My notes reveal that, even for the first one, which I saw in 2012... [More]