Unhealthy Opera Puns

From her moveset, to her animations faithfully capturing the traditional Chinese opera movements in dancing and fighting, now to hiring an extra VA to actually perform the singing, MHY really outdid themselves when it comes to character design. Chinese opera isn't for everyone, and that's okay, but regardless of whether you like this art form, we should all give MHY massive props for how they treated Yun Jin.

This is especially considering that THEY PUT IN THIS MUCH EFFORT KNOWING THAT THEY WILL GIVE ONE FOR FREE DURING LANTERN RITE. This was NOT a cash grab move since they won't reap significant economic benefits like they would had Yun Jin been a limited 5*. We can only speculate that they gave Yun Jin this amount of care and attention to faithfully represent Chinese opera, not just as a cash grab. I hope we continue to see this level of dedication towards future character designs, especially as we move towards other regions with which Chinese developers may not be as familiar!

Edit: I respect those who disagree with my take, but those of you who are using the logic of "they don't deserve praise for doing something right because they did XYZ wrong in the past, e.g. Aloy," I hope you are able to let go of whatever mistake you made in the past that still haunts you today, because that's a pretty toxic and unhealthy mindset.

I just wanted to express how much I feel that Pacino's performance in this film is underappreciated. His 1990s Michael Corleone is very different from the iconic 1970s Michael Corleone and it's often chalked up to Pacino not caring or "getting stuck" in Tony Montana mode. I don't believe this to be the case. I think the performance was entirely calculated.

There's an interview with Al Pacino in which he describes his original concept of an older Michael Corleone. He saw Michael as becoming like Howard Hughes - unhealthy, probably isolated and paranoid. This is obviously much closer to the kind of character he was becoming towards the end of Godfather Part II (as seen in the ending, and in the deleted footage of him dining alone with Connie in the 1960s). So I think it's disingenuous to suggest that Pacino hadn't paid attention. He obviously had no full idea of what Michael would become, but his first instinct was to follow Part II.

And it's possible that this is exactly what would have happened if Robert Duvall had agreed to participate and we'd gotten the "Michael vs Tom" storyline. Presumably, the original Godfather III would have seen Tom Hagen as more of a protagonist, dealing with the mistakes of his past and finally taking the initiative to confront Michael and try to make things right.

Once Duvall was out, the entire film had to center around Michael's character and that's when Francis Ford Coppola got the idea to play with his age and develop a redemption arc for him instead. If Michael had simply gotten worse and worse, then the Godfather III would have been even more of an afterthought than it's considered now. What gives it its gravitas is the question of whether Michael can ultimately escape and fulfil his dead father's wish. It's not a perfect film, but I think there's so many good things to consider about the character and more importantly the way Pacino performed it.

Michael is loud and overemotional. Where is the icy introvert? - I think Michael is very aware of his loss of self-control. There is a scene in the film towards the middle, right after Joey Zasa's death, in which Michael berates Vincent for killing Zasa. He shouts: "Right or wrong... it was not what I wanted!" and visibly cringes right after, like he's embarrassed at his own behaviour.

Michael also spends the film giving Vincent les

Hello, everyone! I know that there are so many debates about how good or not good idols supposedly are as singers; LOONA are not exempt from those debates. I was fortunate enough to talk to two classically trained singers and ask about a few of our girls. Sadly, I couldn't ask them about ALL the members of LOONA because I didn't have a lot of time.

I opted to show them LIVE AND RECENT (mostly from 2021, a few from 2020) clips of Heejin, Haseul, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, Yves, and Chuu singing because they're the ones people talk about the most when it comes to vocals. Due to my lack of time in showing them clips and asking them for opinions, this won't be super comprehensive with the finest details about technique or whatever. But it's still a lot of interesting professional opinions.

Edit: I'll answer questions in replies when I'm less tired but I just wanted to say that ofc pop is very different from classical! But I know people appreciate classically trained singers' opinions. For what it's worth, Singer #1 very much has this mindset and mostly assessed them as pop singers. Singer #2 is more traditional and offered comments from her POV as an operatic.

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FIRST SINGER

I will keep her anonymous, but she's a classically trained vocal teacher.

General opinions

Me, talking about K-Pop vocal analysts online: It's very common for those kinds of accounts to say "These two singers are closely matched in skill but Singer A can support up to B4 and Singer B can support up to B#4 so Singer B is so much better." or something like that.

Her: Yes, this is just incorrect. Vocal range is just a product of genetics. Most people are comfortable singing in lower registers, which are our natural speaking range, but anyone can be trained to sing high/low. That being said, everyone has a maximum high note and a maximum low note that they can reach — so saying one singer can support to one while the other can't seems dumb to me.

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Her: Singing is different from other instruments in that you have to understand biology. Actually, there's not agreement in the scientific or professional voice community on where vibrato comes from. I know that I personally can manipulate it in my voice, but I don't know how, and the scientific community is not sure all the combinations of muscles that work to do it. It also develops at different times for different individuals. Your vocal chords grow/expand until around age 30, so idols are working through that change. It can affe

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

So, you've got Alex Kurtzman, and writer/showrunner (as of S03) Michelle Paradise.

• Kurtzman was responsible for writing the scripts to the Transformers movies.

• Paradise's main credits are a film called "The Ten Rules: The Lesbian Survival Guide", some improv comedy stuff, and "The Originals", which was a fantasy teen drama TV show.

Put all of that experience into a blender and fire it into space...you've got STD.

More can be drawn from this quote by Paradise:

>Representation matters. It matters to see a version of yourself on screen. It matters there are non-binary and transgender characters. It matters that there is a Black woman in the captain's chair. It matters that there is a gay couple on our show. We will continue to do that for the show, and the world we live in, but also, to honor the Star Trek legacy. And to be super clear, we will pay that moment off in Season 4. Gray will be seen. That promise will be paid off.

(Putting aside the subtle implication that if you don't see a version of yourself on screen, then it's because you don't matter...)

Yes it's important to see diverse characters on screen, but it's clear she fails to understand the setting of Trek. It's supposed to be the future where all these people are already accepted - so do we really need all the emotive after-school-specials and soap opera melodramatics?

But as for having an interracial gay couple, with an adopted non-binary kid, who has an Asian transgender boyfriend - I mean are these even characters anymore, or a shit writer's attempt at winning diversity bingo??

The show basically features minority characters interacting exclusively with other minorities - which not only feels insultingly contrived and unrealistic - but actually serves to foster entrenchment, by reinforcing an unhealthy "it's us minorities having to stick together against the world"-type mentality. An attitude that seems to be gaining prevalence among younger people.

Finally, who is all this ham-fisted diversity-pushing even for?? I would guess the vast majority of Trek fans, myself included, are already part of the liberal-minded choir...and do not need to be given preachy condescending lessons in dewy-eyed acceptance by a long-established sci-fi franchise.

Can we just get back to a crew of trained professionals exploring the galaxy please?

My dad passed unexpectedly back in June. I miss him so much every day, and my heart literally aches when I think how I'll never be able to hug him again, hear his voice, listen to him laugh, hell even get angry or argue with him if the situation arose. When I think of these moments, and the things I miss, they bring his memory back. I feel happy, I feel sad, I feel a bittersweet longing and shock over the unexpected timing of his passing. Yes, my heart still hurts, but after actively engaging in the grief process, it also feels soothed.. kind of like that good ache you get when rubbing a sore muscle, and the sadness is replaced by a little more peace. There is acceptance, reconciliation, and catharsis.

What I've come to realize is that this is not the case when it comes to grieving the loss of my pwBPD. I go about my days, I feel strong, I feel better, I feel like I've got this... then it hits me... This dark, devastating longing... a withdrawal-inducing sense of anger, admiration, sadness, and passion. He literally could and would stop me in a crowd with his presence, despite me not knowing beforehand he would be there. It was a strange and confusing Phantom of the Opera-esque melee. Since NC, I've spent many days fluctuating from empathy to rage, to confusion, to depression, then back again. Slowly, I know I'm building myself back up, but when I go back to visit/grieve/mourn the loss of our relationship, I'm realizing how much it sets me back.

When I revisit our experiences I do not feel good, I do not feel peace, I do not feel a catharsis. What I do feel is an emotional hangover, like drinking too much from a bottle I should have never touched to begin with. It's like getting drunk/high on (insert your appropriate/inappropriate drug), knowing it will feel good, but like a "dirty" good, and the hangover will hurt more than any high you could possibly experience. I never really understood what it meant to be a "dry drunk," but I think when it comes to grieving my exwBPD it triggers a lot of unhealthy feelings and behaviors and feelings. Can't say I have a solution to this yet, I'm just making an observation.

Do your worst!

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

A play on words.

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

Pilot on me!!

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Or would that be too forward thinking?

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

Hindus, on the other hand, never had any beef.

I won't be doing that today!

What do you think when you catch someone lying, nail them to the wall with proof, they admit it - and then they continue right on with the lying without a hiccup? Knowing that you know it's all fake?

That's really unhealthy behavior, isn't it?

It's like when the dog is taking a big dump right in the middle of the carpet while STARING AT YOU or dragging its ass across the rug right in front of you. "Don't mind me..."

It's like what someone was describing to me once:

>But at certain point all of it just reminds me all of my friend with meth-induced mania spinning yarns about how he bio-hacked healing a partially collapsed lung, cracked rib and broken back while drinking heavily he cured his type 2 diabetes.

Yeah, #ThatHappened

>Or maybe it's not meth induced, it's just something else. I don't know but when you see it you see it and there is no mistaking it as something else when you see or hear something isn't right.

It's not your JOB to figure out what someone else's malfunction is; it's enough to recognize when they've got a serious malfunction - because then you need to decide whether interacting with that person is a healthy choice for you or not.

>Or mistaking might be wrong word I am looking for but its that something when someone is communicating something that doesn't sound or seem right, seems off almost illogical or not quite right in the telling of it but sometimes it's hard to completely be for sure about at same time.

I'm not accustomed to this kind of behavior - I'm used to dealing with rational people whose grip on reality is solid and who find their presence in it adequate, who are content with who they are and the facts of their lives - there is no reason to make shit up just to try and make themselves feel different. When you haven't been around this kind of foundational dishonesty and manipulation (it's always about making THEM sound more impressive), it can be an unsettling experience - it's so weird that it feels like it knocks you off balance a bit.

Once you realize what's going on, you can often see the problem - yeah, that person's got a known meth problem and is having drug-induced hallucinations, perhaps. But what of someone who routinely lies - and lies lazily and sloppily so it's OBVIOUS they're lying?

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

And then shook his arm really fast.

(True story, please groan with me.)

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You take away their little brooms