Ditto. Hush was good but The Body broke me and very few other episodes of any TV have come close to touching it. (Angel’s Hole in the World got close.)

It also helps move your page to the top of searches. AKA, SEO or “Search Engine Optimization”. Now, why it does that I have no clue, but Google algorithms decided it was important for insert reason… ???

The problem is what you’re linking is something you personally disagree with, but that doesn’t mean it’s “bait” in the first place. (I probably should’ve avoided a political example as I think some are getting carried away with that, but it could be anything.)

Different example: I could link something about peanut butter though I hate peanut butter with all my heart and hope it ceases to exist. Yet you’d never call “peanut butter cookies recipe” engagement bait. (Well, probably never…)

The term or phrase has to encompass more than just political sides or something like it. It’s the act of spreading something you personally don’t want to spread. But what you’re helping spread could be benign from most people’s perspectives.

Watch a movie/show you’re very familiar with, the kind of movie you know line for line in some (or many) parts.
Watch it in insert language and you’ll have an exact comparison for those lines already stuck.

The Grand Apparatus from Brandon Sanderson’s “Cosmere” springs to mind.

Light Cosmere spoiler ↓

(Source, The Coppermind)

Good sex can keep a relationship going for longer than it should, but it won’t be indefinite no matter how orgasmic.

Definitely not exact, but sort of a variation. Hoping for something that hits it specific but for all I know there might not be a precise term for it yet. (Besides “outrage porn” but even that doesn’t hit the nail on the head, just a descriptor.)

I remember 'cause I was anxiously awaiting it. (I love me some Severance. One of the few shows I think is better upon rewatch.)

Severance S2 is 2025.
Jan 17/2025 for 2e1.

/agree, probably the closest answer to my mindset so far. (And I do love me some old school forums. RIP Portent and Waryammer.)

Heuse & Anica: Going Insane

Kuoga: Coquette

Rok Nardin: Her Gaze

Sevdaliza: Soul Syncable

The Princess Bride is one of my favourites, and most recommended movies.

Probably the best “has something for everyone Date movie” ever in my experience.

There are certainly times I’d rather have 50 comments and 5 upvotes than 50 upvotes and 5 comments.

I think the female versions of my name sound terrible, so, no on that front.

In general not a thought I’ve had aside from that. I’ve always felt comfortable with my gender/sexual orientation.

You’d have to advertise an anti-advertisement campaign. 🥲

But seriously, I think most of this concern would fall under a subsection of a comprehensive Privacy Act.

Depending on how serious you are (but maybe not “police” serious) and also your financial situation, this is the kind of stuff a Private Investigator can do.

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Dave the Diver
• Another Crab’s Treasure
• Cataclismo
• Black Myth: Wukong

(*note some of these were Let’s Play’s I watched instead of played as combat mechanics like Clair/Wukong don’t interest me.)

I also spent a lot of time with an old friend, Heroes of Might and Magic V, Tribes of the East.

Edit/PS: Have to include Tactical Breach Wizards. Hilarious and very different take on the “Xcom-esque” genre. Great characterization and story. Requires a very different style of thinking to master it.

Pretty good series, pretty sure the author’s an “acolyte” of Brandon Sanderson, so if anyone reading this likes the Cosmere you might like this series as well.

Been on my “reread” list for a while but the list keeps growing…

Here’s what I just got. (Brought to you by the wonders of mspaint!)

This is what I came to say if it wasn’t already.

Replace both leads with a couple that has chemistry but retains that slightly antagonistic spark and it would’ve made a good movie. I don’t even have an alternate casting, just, “not them.”