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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · Aug 2

It's HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE COMICS, so we reviewed a film, AGAIN. Don't worry there's also comics in there but like, the big headline is I saw a film and I talked about it because it was kinda related to comics. SORRY! buttondown.com/humbleyourse...

The FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS (2025) Take

A Fantastic Four film? What will they think of next? A Fantastic FIVE film? The HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE COMICS take, PLUS: fancy premium comics, and the week's hottest stragglers!

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 6h

but in good news, it still generated my epic video of sam altman sat on a mcdonald's toilet opening a canister of sarin gas and quietly crying in religious rapture

Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 8h

the only thing people want to do on Sora, it seems, is generate images of copyrighted characters. now that they can't, they're crashing the fuck out www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...

People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails

OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 7h

luckily this is a situation that would never happen with my other favorite band, The Black Eyed Peas

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 7h

great bassline! killer moog riff! THAT WORD SHOULD NOT BE USED BY ANYONE IN POLITE SOCIETY EVER AGAIN

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 7h

the problem about being into DEVO is that their best song is the one about an outdated and inaccurate medical term which has roots in scientific racism

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 23h

#THETWEN2IE5 DAY EIGHT

Kendrick Lamar
Not Like Us (2024)
Single
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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 11h

Finally got around to buying book 2 of the Beltorchika's Children adaptation and that shit is fucking Godard With Mechs, Quess is absolutely at the picket lines at the Sorbonne, Gundam RULES

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 15h

I'm thinking Franklin Gothic Bold, in italics; something like that would make for a kickass t-shirt design TEN THOUSAND EUROS AND IT'S YOURS

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 15h

COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT I came up with the slogan "Pornography jerked off my penis" and you can't print it on t-shirts without paying me TEN THOUSAND EUROS

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 16h

What an In A World-ass intro

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 21h

I will say something bold and unexpected: none of the songs on "The Life of a Showgirl" are worse than "You Need to Calm Down"

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 21h

I don't know man, this shit is supposed to be for fun, can't we have fun making fun of the song that's about a man's cock

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 21h

maybe it's just a slickly produced record of good-enough tunes with embarrassing lyrics that don't read as sincere enough to be endearing; maybe it doesn't say anything about society, maybe it's not made to say anything about society

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 23h

"Another National Anthem", the total obliteration of one Aubrey Drake Graham, the biggest moment in pop of the decade, and you can dance to it too; it is exactly as good as you think it is, one of the list's most obvious picks, which means I don't even have to make that hard of a case

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 23h

#THETWEN2IE5 DAY EIGHT

Kendrick Lamar
Not Like Us (2024)
Single
No Additional point

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 1d

I posted this as a joke but looking at the VMAs as a "State of Pop" thing is gonna be super useful to compile #TheTenX5 and #TheN0ughtie5 so it helped me in my life

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 1d

MTV VMAs 2006, who ya got?????

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 1d

tonight for dinner my mom had honey bbq peanuts and soup, which raises questions re: some brain shit of mine that could be hereditary

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 1d

MTV VMAs 2006, who ya got?????

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 1d

#THETWEN2IE5 DAY SEVEN

Dua Lipa
Houdini (2023)
from Radical Optimism (2024)
No additional point

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 1d

I was mostly unimpressed by Radical Optimism, except for this number, where Dua Lipa breaks out the classic synth and electric piano disco drama in the great ABBA tradition; Dua Lipa is never as good as she is when she's playing the diva, and this is all fucking diva

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 1d

#THETWEN2IE5 DAY SEVEN

Dua Lipa
Houdini (2023)
from Radical Optimism (2024)
No additional point

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 2d

that's grown-up sluggo

Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍁 @thatretro.bsky.social · 2d

This 2K25 Kane render's making me laugh my ass off.

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 2d

it's become indicative of the direction of Magic i because Wizards have announced 7 sets, with 3 of them UB, and this is not a pace at which high quality is maintained

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 2d

anyway no one would have a problem with Universes Beyond if Wizards had demonstrated it could maintain the level of quality of Final Fantasy; we're only having this discussion because Marvel's Spider-Man fucking sucks; if the set had been good we'd be talking about that

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 2d

take the pledge! become jesse singal today and peddle anything you want free of consequence!

The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 2d

if you don't like my posts remember I'm a well-connected cis white man in journalism (posting under a pseudonym) so you can't do anything to me you can't ban me you can't do SHIT and so are all my friends and so are all users of this website

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The Whole 'Being ElNarez' Thing, Pt. 2 @elnarez.bsky.social · 2d

#THETWEN2IE5 DAY SIX

Doja Cat
Boss Bitch (2020)
from Birds of Prey: The Album (2020)
No additional point

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