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How was I wrong though? I really don't get it. This is exactly what I argued and how did you do more than a quick google search that's exactly the same wikipedia I read as well. Definitions of in- and outgroups or othering are essential to all forms of discrimination, racism as you define it as well as sexism or homophobia. This wikipedia definition is pretty broad and would also include discrimination against poc, wich is not surprising since xenophobia is sometimes used as an umbrella term. I recognize that racism is systemic. I would never claim anything contrary to that. That's not at all what I am trying to argue. I am not even saying that racism is the best term bc I recognize that discrimination against poc takes different forms and has whole other levels of vileness, but xenophobia just does not cut it or rather the strong differentiation between racism and xenophobia is flawed.

ykw im actually extremely tired of europeans butting in to conversations about race to say 'actually there is racism against white people in europe :/' cuz no there isnt, yall need to cut it out. there is rampant xenophobia in europe, that is true and its a major problem, but the fact is it would be worse if you werent white. its extremely tone deaf of all of you to make the claim that white people experience racism anywhere when we both know damn well being discriminated against for not being from western europe would be worse if you arent white. as a caribbean native i know this because of the way our diaspora in europe is treated (since theyre both foreigners and nonwhite) and the state of territories like martinique (literally european, still experience discrimination). what you experience isnt fucking racism, and its not comparable to the racism europeans of colour face. just because you experience some discrimination doesnt mean you dont benefit from whiteness and you should all shut the fuck up and realise your hands arent as clean as you seem to think.

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I just had a lecture about gift economies. I thought the gift exchange was highly ritualised and did come with very strong expectations of reciprocity?

the funniest thing in arguments about economics is when someone tries to convince you cavemen were actually mini-capitalists and trading items was the free market or something so capitalism is human nature

I just saw Dune and while I enjoyed the ride this movie just doesn't even come close to what I expected from such a highly praised book series. The political scheming was pretty upfront, simple and painfully spelled out to the audience. I could neither feel the invasion looming, nor was I surprised or shocked when it finally happened. A lot of the emotional moments just fell completely flat and the dialogue was for the most part terrible. The characters motivations and emotions were pretty muddied (not in a good way). Instead of a sense of mystery I felt that the movie didn't know how it wanted to portray its own characters.

I think a lot of these problems have to do with pacing, compared to the astonishing amount of events and characters that are introduced to us, there is shockingly little setup or building to any of them. Instead the film is littered with scenes that just feel unnecessary and say nothing or at least not something we didn't already know.

And yes the movie was humorless, but that's fine with me. They should have committed and cut out the scene with Jason Momoa as well. Not a single person in the packed theater laughed at that cheap 'joke'.

Furthermore Dune wasn't that weird, sure it has some unique ideas, gotta love the sandworms, the fremen and the gene besserit. The inherent evils of colonization and fucked up eugenics are unusual, yet very relevant themes. Aside from that nothing we haven't seen before, but I am open to be surprised by the sequels.

There were some things I really enjoyed about the movie. First and foremost it looked beautiful. I don't regret spending 12 bucks to go see it in theater at all. And although it didn't really spark any special passions in my heart it had me on the edge of my seat for a good amount of the runtime. All in all enjoyable, but nothing special with very little rewatch value

reviews that complain about Dune being bleak and humorless make me want to throw myself against a brick wall.

listen.

Dune is not for everybody. there are many people who won't enjoy it, many who will think it's weird and strange, and whatever. and that's fine. there plenty of valid criticisms of the movie out there, but sweetheart, this ain't one of them.

hollywood's obsession with making mass profits off of movies that passively amuse and entertain people has brainwashed most of the movie-going population into thinking that all good sci-fi/action/adventure movies must have comedic overtones, and that humor is the only way to engage with a movie and its characters (looking at you marvel). i laughed maybe TWICE during the entirety of Dune and i was more invested in the characters and the story than i was with the last three star wars movies.

Dune is a political-thriller space opera. it's an EPIC. it's bleak because jihad and exploitation are its central themes. inserting comedy into the film would have been an enormous disservice to the story and its themes.

we finally got a blockbuster movie that's refreshingly innovative and unique and y'all are whining because it doesn't fit your expectations based on years and years of consuming formulaic, action = humor media. i am going to scream.