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That TikTok hearing was pretty messed up, right?
Yesterday continued Congress’s recent history of calling tech executives into a hearing to berate them about their excessive collection of users’ private data for financial means. But where Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai suffered through the hearings only to face little to no repercussions for their potentially egregious collection of data and anti-competitive practices, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was met with something far more defined — and the users of his platform immediately picked up on it.
“Your platform should be banned,” was one of the first things Chew heard when the hearing started. That was from Chair Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R-WA) in her opening statement. Her mind seemed made up, as did many of the members of Congress on the…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe Has Already Messed Up Kang the Conqueror’s Story
Did you know that Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania villain Kang, played by Jonathan Majors, is the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s next main villain after Thanos? You almost certainly did, but not from watching that movie or anything else in the MCU. You know that because you know about Kang the Conqueror from the comics or because you watched a YouTube video or read an article about him, like this one. There’s not much chance you could glean how important this guy is just from watching this movie.
So it’s kind of hilarious when Janet and the residents of the Quantum Realm spend most of the movie cryptically referring to Kang as “he” and “him” instead of saying his name. Because when they do finally say it, it means nothing, as all we know about him is he’s angry and wants to kill everybody–we have absolutely no further sense of him as a person or as a cosmic being. And without any setup or development, he doesn’t feel like anything more than the baddie from this movie, who will return in the future.
That’s partially the fault of Quantumania itself. This film is Marvel Mad Libs, having recognizably Marvel proper nouns do recognizably Marvel verbs in recognizably Marvel situations and hoping for the best. They pulled out all the old Marvel tricks for this one–introducing a generic new fantastical world with generic fantastical locals in a generic resistance movement fighting against a generic fantastical bad guy who shoots generic energy projectiles out of his hands. And a good guy whose defining trait is that he loves his daughter. For what it’s worth, Jonathan Majors is doing his best with the part–and he’s extremely watchable in Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania. So he’s not the issue.
I tried to get a cute crescent moon tattoo when I was 15 – the results were so messed up, it’s bananas
A YOUNG woman has revealed her ink fail from the age of 15 years old.
She said she wanted a crescent moon, but instead she got a disappointing surprise.
Cassandra Dillon (@cassandradillon) is a digital content creator and body modification enthusiast.
She took to TikTok to share her unexpected tattoo shop blunder from back in the day.
“So I decided to get a tattoo at 15,” she shared.
“Just wanted a cute moon,” she added.
She revealed the intended look — a solid black crescent moon placed behind the ear.
Next, she revealed the actual tattoo work she received, which resembled a fruit more so than the moon.
The crescent was empty in the middle with shading at both ends of the design, making it look like a plantain or banana.
“Enjoy my messed up banana tattoo,” she added in the caption.
Like most people, Dillon’s desires evolved with age, and luckily she was able to rectify the botched tattoo.
A viewer asked her why she doesn’t “shade” the crescent in, to which Dillon replied “I did eventually.”
Viewers empathized with Dillon’s tattoo blunder and shared their two cents in the comment section.
“It’s not the worst, at least,” one wrote.
“Got mine at 15 too,” another added. “At least you can cover yours easier. mine is in my forearm almost my wrist.”
“I actually love it,” a third commented.
She asked for a small crescent moon tattoo[/caption]
She received a tattoo that resembled more of a banana than a moon[/caption]
Weird Windows 11 bug that messed up Task Manager gets a fix
Constantine’s Gabriel Messed With Gender and Expectations
When we first meet Gabriel (Tilda Swinton) in Constantine, it’s not the kind of introduction you expect for an archangel. Constantine (Keanu Reeves) approaches carefully, like he knows better, but he’s going to do so anyway. It’s uncomfortable to watch because Constantine is uncomfortable. Gabriel is an angel of God.…