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Chains of Mephistopheles

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"Be gone vile worthless brute! I'm busy languishing in my own divine splendour on a frequency you couldn't ever, possibly, fathom."

"The ways in which she is cynical and the things that she's scared of are really relatable, you know. And life is scary at times, life hurts, things can be painful, and everyone has moments of like, "Ugh, it's too much. I'd rather opt out." I like the phrase JOMO, which is the opposite of FOMO. The Joy Of Missing Out. That's kind of where 22 is residing at the beginning. Lot of JOMO."

— Tina Fey on her character 22 in the Disney Pixar film Soul (2020), "Pretty Deep for a Cartoon" featurette

— so with sadness in my heart 

             i feel the best thing i could do 

                           is end it all and leave forever.

Love and Leashes Review

This may end up being less of a review and more of a rave. The plot was interesting though a little thin. However, I can easily over look that in a romcom with characters this charming and with BDSM this accurate.

For those that aren't familiar with this movie, let me update you. It's an office romance featuring a baby sub who mistakenly thinks his co-worker is a Dom and asks her to be his Master (master isn't really accurate but we'll let it slide as likely a cultural difference?). She is not but she is intrigued and willing to give it a try. So enters baby Dom!

Going into this movie I naturally had some concerns. While at the same time excited because I’d heard such good things. I knew from the trailer it was a male submissive and a female Dom, which as most of you know, is my favorite combination. It’s rarely portrayed. Which leads me to my fear, because BDSM is already inaccurately portrayed in mainstream with a male being a Dom, how was this going to go? Were they going to make a joke out of BDSM or portray the male submissive as weak as they generally do with female submissives? I had trepidations but was still hopeful and then they blew my expectations out of the water. I have not seen a more accurate portrayal. I honestly haven’t. This was funny, real, sensual, and raw all at the same time.

They did an incredible job of portraying Ji Hoo's submissiveness as something that is simply his preference and there's nothing wrong with it, even when others may judge him. I loved that they show cased the judgment that male submissives are often subjected to. I appreciated that they covered this not only from the aspect of how he is judged by other men but also an ex. We then get to see him blossom and truly enjoy being himself because of the acceptance of his Dom. He doesn’t suddenly realize he is actually a “Dom” which you sometimes see happen in movies. No, he thrives under the attention of his Dom and their open communication. That while he might listen to commands, he’s free to verbalize his likes and dislikes all while maintain a sub status.

Ji Woo… My gosh. I adored her character so much. She is the inexperienced Dom who didn’t realize she was missing something until she started reading what a Dom was and became intrigued. Her quick ease into the Dom role, even if she is unsure about it, clearly shows the fact that this has always been who she is. She had just never been exposed to it to have a chance to explore it. Her willingness to dive in and read, to make mistakes, added a realistic touch while also giving her persona added charm. She made mistakes but the were ones that I've personally made myself, like don't use duck tape and picking the wrong location to try new things. She practiced roping on a stuffy!! Which yes, we do!! They made her real and relatable instead of some bad-ass who makes men cry.

I would recommend this movie to anyone wanting an introduction to the BDSM world. This was a very accurate depiction of an established contracted D/s relationship. I loved that you can clearly see that couples are not "on" all the time like people fantasize and yet it can still be apart of every day life. That people really do live these lives, where we work and then come home to a imbalanced power relationship.

A little too much faith in mathematics back then! At least theology gave him a beyond with which to engage in critical intercourse

“The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.”

— Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays

i have a lot more to say but you can rest assured that Love and Leashes was good

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Gizmodo

Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether.

The Amazon grocery stores which touted an AI system that tracked what you put in your cart so you didn't have to go through checkout were actually powered by underpaid workers in India.

Just over half of Amazon Fresh stores are equipped with Just Walk Out. The technology allows customers to skip checkout altogether by scanning a QR code when they enter the store. Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped. According to The Information, 700 out of 1,000 Just Walk Out sales required human reviewers as of 2022. This widely missed Amazon’s internal goals of reaching less than 50 reviews per 1,000 sales

A great many AI products are just schemes to shift labor costs to more exploitable workers. There may indeed be a neural net involved in the data processing pipeline, but most products need a vast and underpaid labor force to handle its nearly innumerable errors.

enjoyable colors to me. Do not know the show/character

Spedran this for the anniversary! Can't believe Danny Phantom is 20 years old.

It's been very cathartic to me to be honest to see a show about a character who can't keep up with everything in his life, but he keeps trying anyway. It helps with that neat autistic burnout.

Happy anniversary Danny. You did good. I hope you got to visit the moon.