[OFF TOPIC] General Chat

[Olympian1010 7,976]

32 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Oh man, Netflix are getting a lot of backlash now online. They released a show of little girls twerking and finding their sexuality it seems. Probably won't lead to any big subscriber loss, but it's a rare mistake for their image. They have been releasing major garbage these last 2-3 years, but this seems next level misfire. 

I know a little about this controversy because it started in the US last week. From what I’ve read, “Cuties” is a French film that explores a young girl (tween, early teen) finding herself and connecting to a different culture through hip hop. According to the Director, the film is an attack on the hyper-sexualization of young girls. It did very well at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival from what I understand.  
 

Netflix has marketed it poorly (understatement), and has been excused of trying to sexualize the young girls.
 

This article does a really good job of summarizing and explaining the controversy around the film: https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/netflix-cuties-controversy-explained

[Monzanator 4,503]

Sex always sells. Even when the 'sex' is focused on underage Muslim lolitas

 

Vladimir Nabokov would be proud of this stunt!

[Dnl 691]

14 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Sex always sells. Even when the 'sex' is focused on underage Muslim lolitas

 

Vladimir Nabokov would be proud of this stunt!

Nabokov's book aged well, i'm not so sure that those girls will too...

[Grassmarket 3,408]

On 09/09/2020 at 20:02, Olympian1010 said:

I know people will be upset about this, but our public health situation isn’t suitable to celebrating a holiday like this. I’ll just have to buy a big bag of candy for myself this year (at least now I can justify that purchase ).

 

Long past time that someone pushed by against these Satanic practices, so well done the fine Christians of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels.  .

[Grassmarket 3,408]

On 09/09/2020 at 20:24, heywoodu said:

Visited the south of the country yesterday and today, the city of Maastricht and some surroundings. So much history in Maastricht, I love seeing a basilica/church they started building around the year 1000...awesome to think a thousand years ago people were building what's still standing strong today. Impressive little walk inside as well, almost every item makes me wonder what history there is connected to it and which things it has 'seen'.

 

Also home to the Netherlands’ only vineyard.  (About 5km to the East of town on the road to Aachen.)

[dcro 10,210]

59 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Also home to the Netherlands’ only vineyard.  (About 5km to the East of town on the road to Aachen.)

Speaking of Aachen... Why not just visit Aachen intead of the whole South Holland?

[Grassmarket 3,408]

46 minutes ago, dcro said:

Speaking of Aachen... Why not just visit Aachen intead of the whole South Holland?

Aachen is one of those German towns which suffered from some over-enthusiastic urban planning attempts by the Royal Air Force during the 1939-1945 Police Action, so there is not much of it left.

 

Well, there was quite a lot left, just not many things still attached to any other things.

[Dnl 691]

6 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Aachen is one of those German towns which suffered from some over-enthusiastic urban planning attempts by the Royal Air Force during the 1939-1945 Police Action, so there is not much of it left.

 

Well, there was quite a lot left, just not many things still attached to any other things.

Aachen buildings:

[hckošice 14,831]

Yeah, well, that´s all super nice and all...but I still would change all of this for some kms of sea coast

 

Spoiler

 

 

[heywoodu 15,141]

On 11/09/2020 at 17:27, dcro said:

Speaking of Aachen... Why not just visit Aachen intead of the whole South Holland?

I much prefer the 800-1000 year old things one can easily see in Maastricht, from old defense walls to a millenium old church that was built where there already had been a church for centuries. I find that interesting  

 

Plus in Limburg one eats vlaai, not in Aachen.