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... because i only had one radiation suit.

Better. Weird definition of 'functional'. But yeah, that is also subjective, but not what I was speaking to. Of course it is. You bias it by deciding what you are judging makes it 'functional'. Granted. But it doesn't make your original statement any more accurate. Everyone will have a...

The Mistophecy; which if I recall correctly was: "You will all play 4e and enjoy it." Not only will you become a better gamer, but you will likely discover a much better system and abandon D&D for the terrible game it is. That's subjective sir.

You, not me. But I don't play D&D much. No of course not, deciding to radically attempt a direction change mid-course is nothing like sabotaging the expedition... But if we want to talk active sabotage, we're remiss if no one mentions Skip Williams 3e Sage Advice columns.

I got the word from you Dad! No really, all funny aside, it's right there in what I quoted from you. You can hardly expect me to think you'd get upset when I was using your own words. :P Rhetoricals aren't meant to be answered. But you could answer how you'd feel. How long do you think he...

Ahhhh.... mmmm... Let me break this into its two constituent parts: Agreed. And I disagree. Clearly the movement has made coming forward easier. Let me say that again: Clearly the movement has made coming forward easier. That is an unconditional good on its own. Will it stop or slow...

Clearly. This attempt at discussion chilling is noted. Not actually concerned with one guy who probably did deserve it, we all saw how he posted.... /looks at what was just written, recognizes the social currency forever spent... :| [musical notes and sing-song voice] One of these things is...

He probably was very well trained, in the Duluth Model. This is true. And it's great when one side consistently gets to decide that disagreement is bad behavior. It has a real chilling effect on the disagreers... Very good point, it's why I decided to stop being silent here today.

I'm sorry... in what way is it better? Both are 'lazy writing' or cinematic shortcuts. One simply accepts it and moves on, the other tries to paint it 'this is great', but it's no better. This bit of the discussion has (almost) nothing to do with Rey's Mary Suedom. That's a separate issue...

It certainly does now. But keep in mind, before Snokes outright declares it (and it explains Rey's immediate mastery of the Force, so arguing against this is futile), all of it could pretty much be handwaved as 'mystic mumbo-jumbo'. Okay, not all of it, but many of us were ignoring Shmi's...

That is definitely on the list of things I dislike about TLJ.

The first one I'll grant. But you must grant that this setback is immediately mitigated by her reversal of it. She rescues herself. She 'copies' Force Persuade from Kylo. She resists a trained dark jedi's Force Persuade. She got a lot going her way in this sequence despite being captured...

Aside from not knowing how to use a blaster pistol and not turning Ben to the light side, name one failure or setback in the movies. Just one.

I can see the comparison. Note however, I hate everything* JJAbrams has made except the Cloverfield movies (which he only produced, no writing, no directing). 10 Cloverfield Lane wasn't shaky cam. You're thinking of Cloverfield. (The Cloverfield Paradox also wasn't shaky cam, just shaky...

I dunno mate... Lucas still has the Prequels and the rereleases to be raked over all the coals for... I think the first three movies just had enough people telling Lucas "NO! Bad George, you can do it that way!"... and no SW movie since has had that.

Clearly I don't consider Luke to be a Mary Sue*, and my counter-point is that Rey isn't the worst Mary Sue in SW... * Get's his hand chopped off, has to be rescued repeatedly, takes three movies to become a master lightsaberer, doesn't get the hot girl, has to eat swamp gruel...

Allow me to point to something you perhaps (no doubt in your Anakin lust fueled haze) have missed:

How about her line of: Finn: You ever fly this thing? Rey: No, this ship hasn't flown in years. Granted she did, just 30 seconds earlier, claim to be a pilot... however... again. On one hand we have Luke, who barely fends off the TIEs and needs saving from Vader in his climactic scene and...

In this aspect? Maybe? Personally I think boardgames have replaced poker. At least in my circles it was poker† as the pick-up game, then it was M:tG, now it's boardgames. † As in 'card games', like poker variants, spade, hearts, etc. That's all you. I for one have been paid to run games†...

Nitpick: Slightly less than half the time. Slightly less. Nitpick: "random farmboy with piloting skills* go from..." "...and trusting in the Force to guide his shot with minimal training†..." * This is lampshaded in his "I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home" thus explaining...