houseoftolstoy @[email protected]
Looks like this will be my new home. Warning: I (probably) have Asperger's, so my be prepared for my autism to show through.
I don't think I am a right wing extremist, but I am sure anyone with low testosterone might think otherwise.
Joined Sep 2022
houseoftolstoy
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When your target audience is Hollywood…..
That stinker sold so few tickets, it’s clear that not even that many gay men went to see it.
And they spent $22M to make it. It’s generally thought that it takes 2-3x the production budget to make money (think distribution, marketing, etc.). Opening weekend was at best $5M.
Now while opening weekend is your best shot at making money, sometimes you can make it up in other places like foreign box office (think Asia). Except those big markets really don’t like gay content. So much so that the production companies generally cut out such scenes before shipping it overseas. Can’t really do that here.
So, yeah, this is a true bomb. The only good thing to come out of it is that the odds of getting a big budget gay romcom green lighted just plummeted. If this is what you want to push this isn’t the way to do it. You do a low-budget film and show it at festivals, art houses, etc. and see if you can generate buzz from there. Only if that happens do you do a full distribution and if it becomes a hit, you can get a big budget project. They did it backwards
When your target audience is Hollywood…..
That stinker sold so few tickets, it’s clear that not even that many gay men went to see it.
And they spent $22M to make it. It’s generally thought that it takes 2-3x the production budget to make money (think distribution, marketing, etc.). Opening weekend was at best $5M.
Now while opening weekend is your best shot at making money, sometimes you can make it up in other places like foreign box office (think Asia). Except those big markets really don’t like gay content. So much so that the production companies generally cut out such scenes before shipping it overseas. Can’t really do that here.
So, yeah, this is a true bomb. The only good thing to come out of it is that the odds of getting a big budget gay romcom green lighted just plummeted. If this is what you want to push this isn’t the way to do it. You do a low-budget film and show it at festivals, art houses, etc. and see if you can generate buzz from there. Only if that happens do you do a full distribution and if it becomes a hit, you can get a big budget project. They did it backwards
@Aether Not familiar with Bros other than what is posted on fedi. A gay romcom? Did anyone have any thought process on any of the steps there? First, I don't even think romcoms as a genre is even viable anymore (could be wrong). Second, do they understand the target audience of romcoms? Women. Specifically, women who can insert themselves as the female character. Where is her self insert? A gay man?
Gee, I wonder why it failed.
Perhaps I it was not that I could not sense that it was "popular" to like certain things or that the herd was going in that direction. But rather that my autism would not allow me to just say something that I knew was not true.
I realize now that I indeed was able to be an independent thinker well before there was ever an NPC meme. I would frequently see myself not just going along and saying I liked the latest popular music or other trends. I would not necessarily be outspoken, but if asked I would certainly not be afraid to say I did not like [insert current popular thing]. This was not me just being a contrarian, but rather that my autism kept me from sensing the same social pressures.
@coolboymew I love steak because it is delicious. Only those with low T would come up with the theory that men are choosing to eat steaks to keep up with appearances. That is such an effeminate mindset.
@DW2 This is a monumentally retarded plan. Even if the "vaccines" they deliver are safe (hard to trust that with the clot shots being considered "safe and effective"), how do they account for factors such as dosage? Some people will get none, while others may get too much. At least, that is what I am thinking, considering that they are wanting to use mosquitos as the delivery system.
@Tfmonkey Also, I had to look up the year over year data, because the article states that it was still "more than last year."
https://www.indexmundi.com/agriculture/?country=us&commodity=wheat&graph=production
This does not look like it will be breaking any records this year.
You are such a conspiracy theorist @Tfmonkey because you doubt the reports that we are having a bumper crop this fall. Why would anyone trust a talking monkey online over the word of the experts who know better?
Oh. Oh wait. It looks like we are not having a bumper crop this year. Oh. It is smaller than expected. NO ONE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING!
@furgar Yes, the telephone game is a great way to keep track of historical accounts. There is no way any details could be incorrect over the years.
Though I am betting this historical "fact" was concocted rather recently instead of being 100s of years old.
@spectre I cannot sign off on this, since they will probably enjoy it. After all, they are Germans.
@LouisConde Or maybe oral history is one of the least reliable forms of recording history, given how unreliable the human memory is even if there is no intent to slant the information. But no, playing the telephone game over 100s of years is just as valid and reliable as written records that are able to remain unchanged and allows historians to make evaluations with the exact same set of data.
And this does not account for Twitter faggotry where people just make up "facts."
houseoftolstoy
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I’m already pre-let-down about how unfulfilling the “I told you so” will be when the false faggot order melts away before reality. I already know how it’ll go when the formerly ultrafeminist women in your community hark to you to fix their problems, pointing to a dead body, violence in the streets, or starving niggerbands while imploring you to “fix it!!!!”
I know how it’ll go, they’ll all breeze over decades of behavior and mockery as they sit on your porch comfortable in the concept that you’ll grant them safe harbor and passage while the “temporary” apocalypse is in effect. As soon as things return to normal they’ll go right back to spitting on you for all the very same preparations and skills they condemned before they felt true fear.
I can’t wait to hear the super “strong, empowered woman” down the lane come to my front door and try to shove past me to hide with me because “there’s people outside my home and they keep telling me to give them any food I have, I can’t give it to them though, you’re scary, you can scare them off though!!!!“ I won’t be able to get a word out about this sudden about-face before she “yeah yeah, I know, I was wrong or whatever, here they come! ohhhhhh no!!! don’t shoot them, just shoot in the air so they go away or something…..“ (And if things are truly lost, it’d be followed by “ah no no wait what are you doing NoooooooOO!!!!!!! when you start returning fire)
If Germans start having to ration power and heating, we should all agree these faggots should be the first on the list to have no electricity and heat in their homes. Don't worry, their chuckles and smugness will keep them nice and warm.
@dave "Other people should live the exact same way I live! I like living in a large city, so it must be the ideal way for everyone else to live!"
People live in remote areas for a variety of reasons, whether it be for making the food this bugman eats, procures the resources this bugman directly or indirectly uses. Or in some cases, they live there because they want to avoid people exactly like Adam.
Perfect example of how "living paycheck to paycheck" can be the result of idiotic decisions. I am sure that they "needed" to have a new car. In this case 2 of them that were electric. While I am sure they thought that their purchase of a vehicle that requires strip mining for rare earth metals was "good for the environment," I bet they also thought they would save money by not having to buy gas.
I do not have sympathy for those who make such poor decisions.
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I think I posted this one when it was fresh, but it’s just such an astoundingly dumb tweet I’m posting it again anyways.
@WashedOutGundamPilot Weird speculation on my part, but it works as a sort of "revenge" fantasy, only instead of besting some guys in sports after years of toil and perseverance, you get a girl (or girls) who you can easily domineer due to the natural physical advantage men get after puberty.
I have no idea what this source material is, but my guess is all the former bullies are into this guy now, so he gets a harem. That also works for a triumphant comeback story, perhaps.
Looks like this will be my new home. Warning: I (probably) have Asperger's, so my be prepared for my autism to show through.
I don't think I am a right wing extremist, but I am sure anyone with low testosterone might think otherwise.
Joined Sep 2022
