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Have you seen the movies? I have to wonder when people say things like this. This argument is based purely upon my interpretation of the media, but so are those articles.

I have always seen Borat as an extreme parody of what westerners (more specifically Americans) think the outside world is like based on nothing but pure ignorance and maybe some propaganda mixed in too. I really don't see how they could be interpreted as racist, maybe xenophobic at worst. And I definitely don't see how they could be interpreted as islamophobic. That is just a massive stretch. These articles honestly just read as really tone-deaf if you ask me. People who think the movie was just making stereotypical jokes for the fun of it I feel like aren't seeing the full picture.

I see those jokes being used to directly make fun of the people that actually say racist / xenophobic things like that in real life, because when you see them coming out of the mouth of this ridiculously played up fictional character it makes it even more obvious how stupid the things being said are and how stupid the people saying them are. It is used as part of the setup because sometimes the people being filmed just flat out agree with the crazy shit he is saying and go along with it, you see a more authentic look at these types of people than you would otherwise because these people only talk about the craziest shit they believe when they feel like they're in an echo chamber. You don't get those kinds of genuine reactions from people normally and I think that is also part of the purpose, to shed a light on the side of society that is normally kept in the shadows.

For instance, The majority of Americans live in big cities and never see deep-south rednecks so can only picture them how they have seen them in movies and TV. These people are ignorant to how a huge part of the rural country thinks and acts, but we have seen how those people and their views can be powerful enough to get an orange dumbass elected in to office. Crazy views need to be put out in the sun to for everyone to see, no matter who is saying them. People need to be shown that their stereotypes are often mis-informed or wrong and I feel like these movies do that if you can watch with an open mind. They're just movies, the first time I watched Texas Chain Saw Massacre I didn't assume that all deep woods rednecks are crazy cult-like murdering cannibals. That's up to the viewer to interpret, if people are interpreting Borat as a character who is supposed to accurately depict a modern Kazakh citizen they're incredibly dense and probably have never left their house. Every character Sacha Baton Cohen plays is an incredibly over-the-top and often really stupid or ignorant person, so ridiculous that you can't even see that type of person actually existing in any real capacity. I don't personally see how anyone could interpret his characters as any kind of representation of reality, they're designed that way to highlight the absurdity of the given subject matter.

I think there is a lot of nuance to the Borat movies that is missed on people who wanna just scream about a movie they've never watched just so everyone can see how progressive they are. Borat movis arent documentaries, they are comedies.

Whatever Sacha's personal views are, I couldn't really care less because that's not what the movies are about, I can separate the art from the artist and see the movies for what they are.

Probably vim. It works fine out of the box but it took me way too long to figure out things like why my terminal colors were never quite right out of the box (had to set it to 256 color mode or what have you). And once I wanted to use some a few plugins the configuration started getting a bit convoluted/confusing. Hoping I have time some day/remember to figure out how to disable that annoying visual paste mode or whatever it is called that sometimes makes using it over SSH a nightmare.

As in a camera that catches people for speeding? Sounds like some bootlicker behavior if you ask me

I'd picture him as the kinda guy that would just make his wife do the shopping. Then if he had to he would make her set up a Walmart grocery pickup and berate the worker while the poor soul loads his groceries in the back of his pickup truck or whstever.

Putting the whole judging games based on graphics out there feels dishonest. I personally don't give a rip how games look on the switch or can at the very least get over it pretty quick as long as they aren't plgsued with performance issues . We shouldn't be in a spot where playing modern console games on emulator is often a better experience than the real thing.

The switch architecture is very dated and the only ones who really know their way around to hack things together and make it kinda work is Nintendo. Still amazed that TOTK is playable on Switch with everything going on, but for a third-party dev to do the same would probably take an insane amount of effort. Its not worth it. Just update the standard and everyone will benefit.

I only pay made-up fake bills, no real ones

Honestly, Google Keep notes. Trilium server runs as a UWA on Android but it's pretty ass. And things like Obsidian are way too much for something me and my (non-technical) SO use to share notes

You won't be saying that after a group of them invades your house, they are so annoying and smell downright awful. Where I live we also have the invasive Japanese ladybugs or whatever and they're hard to tell apart

Did not expect the ethoslab shout out, I fell off a while back but I followed his videos pretty religiously for many years back in the 2010s; even when I was going through times where I burned myself out on playing MC.

Dude is super wholesome and I loved how his videos kinda just felt like hanging out with a friend. Ive checked on him since and I respect that he has not changed at all, love him dearly. But it just doesnt hit the same for me as it did back then. I hope he keeps doing what he loves as long as that's still the case!

Steve is a great guy, super down-to-earth and just pleasant to follow in whatever he is doing.

Any Austin. Super chill, slightly autistic & fairly unique gaming content, just what I need on any given day https://youtube.com/@any_austin?si=ZKlpL3k8YvWZEfoZ

The problem is though is who tf would wanna do that (eat it)