The Isolated Blurt Thread XL : This Shit Is Pointless

[butters]

over the last couple of nights i've been watching the back-to-back running of THE STATE. really interesting, hard to watch in places. complex emotional content/characters' p.o.v's.

The State begins in 2015, near the height of the group’s success following its capture of Mosul. Recruits are flocking to Syria to join the Black Flag. The series follows four British characters, Shakira, a doctor and single motherwho has brought her nine-year-old son Isaac along with her. Jalal, who has come, along with his friend Ziyad, to join after his brother became a martyr for the group, and finally, Ushna a teenager dreaming of being a Jihadi wife.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170919-how-new-drama-the-state-captures-the-essence-of-is

the final comments in this article says it 'fails at the human level'. not sure i agree with that as it had me connecting all over the place, finding sympathy for characters in situations they've only themselves to blame for but as they become disillusioned with what they first believed in. one character, in particular, as aghast at the violence against other muslims he witnesses - but then he and others are shown 2 rooms - one, they are told, is filled with men who stayed behind to protect the women but have all been shot in the head, and the second hosts the bodies of the raped and murdered women. his expression hardens and he's understanding why the people he just saw being killed were being killed. whether or not what he was told is true is never answered, and makes it even more a mess if it is true. he also is shocked by the female slaves and the fact that children can be purchased for stuff illegal in most countries today - so he buys a mother and daughter to protect them from abuse.

 

[lickitandstickit]

I'm substantially older than you and I still look forward to the snow.

I know many people that feel that way, I always say, whatever floats your boat. I just dont really care for winters anymore.

 

[thør]

I know many people that feel that way, I always say, whatever floats your boat. I just dont really care for winters anymore.

No hay fever in winter.

 

[TwinkleStars]

I've been watching The Strain. That boy is so fucking stupid. If my father looked like those vampires, I'd be running. I wouldn't be whining about mommy the whole time. What a big baby.

 

[lickitandstickit]

No hay fever in winter.

Sick people with the flu everywhere though..

I've been watching The Strain. That boy is so fucking stupid. If my father looked like those vampires, I'd be running. I wouldn't be whining about mommy the whole time. What a big baby.

I bailed on that after the first season..

 

[chillywilly2]

No hay fever in winter.

or skeeters

 

[chillywilly2]

Sick people with the flu everywhere though..



.

not where they have real winters

 

[Aquagal]

No hay fever in winter.

Or tourists.

 

[thør]

Sick people with the flu everywhere though..

They die off, like the bugs.

or skeeters

Yup.

Or tourists.

Getting to be more and more of them in winter. Might have to bring some polar bears south.

 

[Aglaopheme]

Apparently, over emoter.

You seem to have picked up a stray that just won't stop following you around.

 

[lickitandstickit]

They die off, like the bugs.

HAHAHA...

 

[Aglaopheme]

The confusing thing about this sort of thing is they often accuse the person they follow of wanting attention. Yet they are the ones giving it.

Yes. They are both giving it and seeking it for themselves.

 

[NHKitty]

I've been watching The Strain. That boy is so fucking stupid. If my father looked like those vampires, I'd be running. I wouldn't be whining about mommy the whole time. What a big baby.

I got tired of the plot line and stopped watching...essentially for that reason.

 

[phantom4533]

I'm hoping there's still sugar cane left in the Caribbean, you know, because rum.

 

[adrina]

You seem to have picked up a stray that just won't stop following you around.

The confusing thing about this sort of thing is they often accuse the person they follow of wanting attention. Yet they are the ones giving it.

Yes. They are both giving it and seeking it for themselves.

I seem to have a gift with this. I'd like to return it please.

 

[TwinkleStars]

I got tired of the plot line and stopped watching...essentially for that reason.

It does drag on but it has it's moments.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I seem to have a gift with this. I'd like to return it please.

Can't do it. That's your special X-Ability.

You'll have to go to Professor Xavier's to learn how to control it and wield it properly for the good of humanity.

http://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20151024/rs_469x311-151124102007-Lazy_Food_Ordering_GIF2.gif

 

[adrina]

Can't do it. That's your special X-Ability.

You'll have to go to Professor Xavier's to learn how to control it and wield it properly for the good of humanity.

http://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20151024/rs_469x311-151124102007-Lazy_Food_Ordering_GIF2.gif

I think I'd rather have the cheese pizza thanks.

 

[pointless]

just be glad you're not an inhuman because those fucking suck.

 

[Fata Morgana]

I tried that.

I dreamed that a tornado picked up the house, and when it landed it smushed hashtag. I was in a strange land. A bunch of little trolls were dancing around singing "We represent the mansplainer's guild, the mansplainer's guild."

I had to find Laurel, and it was a long trip, but I had help.

You were there, Zumi, but you were a lion! And St Peter was made out of tin! He said he welded the suit himself. And Radiohead was a scarecrow that looked like David Bowie. Well, I suppose all scarecrows look sort of like David Bowie, but whatever.

And then Fata Morgana flew down on little wings and I told her that I wanted to go home. She said "Quit whinging and go home, you cunt."

And that's when I woke up.

 

[adrina]

just be glad you're not an inhuman because those fucking suck.

I see that. I had to look them up. I'd not heard of them before.

 

[juttjaw]

What's the max dosage of ambian a person can take? 10mg isn't doing shit!

 

[juttjaw]

And how many four lokos can I drink with them???

 

[neci]

i would pm smoot.

 

[Hypoxia]

Pointless shit emerges more smoothly than does pointed shit.