vistagoldfish
*knock knock*
Checking in, how are you?
*goldfish blub noises*
-Aurele
-Aurele
{ controversial take, but it's not healthy how you guys couldn't go 12 hours without TikTok. }
-Cecelia
『 @-Aurele , 』 Right. No company is completely safe from failing. Social media and being an influencer is no exception. Just as other business owners do, you need a backup plan and you have to prepare for these things. Does it suck if you lose your job? Absolutely. Sometimes you feel you have stability, then you don't. It is stressful and tiring. But they walked into a job they knew was controversial and has been talked about being banned since when, 2020?
-Aurele
@yazminari I agree. I don't agree with why it was banned entierly because I know it was mainly to censor things and (to me) it seemed like just a stunt. The "goodbye" message was so weird and not professional at all. I just don't think people should be so obsessed with an app like they are with TikTok. I don't think it's healthy for anybody to be obsessed with any app to the point you cannot go 12 hours without it. Any app, really. Not just TikTok.
vistagoldfish
@-Aurele valid take tbh, although, the main issue i had was that it was just to censor info related to palestine and whatnot
Stvrrq_retro
Bonsoir Mademoiselle :3
-Aurele
@Stvrrq_retro Ughh work has been kicking me down all year so far lol But seriously, you're too sweet, thank you <333 I'm pretty plain Jane lol. I'm a pretty stereotypical Irish. My dad's parents were from Ireland and he had the pretty stereotypical Irish look (like red hair, pale skin, green eyes) and he gave that to my sisters and I lolll. He didn't get any curls though and neither did we. I actually dyed my hair a light-brown colour though so my twin and I wouldn't be identical! (It was blond but that colour wouldn't stick very well so I went with a darker one!)
Stvrrq_retro
@-Aurele AAAA TYTYTYTYTY, I'LL TRY TO DO JUSTICE TO YOUR SA'S MAJESTIC DESIGN >:DD May I also have a description on how you look like? :3
-Aurele
How did Wicked beat Inside Out 2 for Box office achievement...?
-Cecelia
『 @-Aurele , 』 Literally, I thought about that too. People argue all the time "it's the highest grossing musical to movie adaptation" but do you not consider the fact inflation is a thing and that prices on movies just go up...? And even if you just pretend inflation just isn't a thing and go off of numbers alone, do you not consider $1 billion internationally as an achievement? Or how its the highest grossing disney sequel? Or how its the highest grossing animated film? Disney has been achieving numbers like this, I get it. But it doesn't change the fact Inside Out 2 was big, had the biggest box office achievement of 2024, and had more internally viewers and fans. I've said it before but I'll say it again, the amount of money made isn't bad. It's a good number. But let's not pretend Deadpool and Wolverine, Dune pt. 2, and Inside out 2 accomplished nothing.
-Aurele
@FutureDiaryAyano , No, it didn't. Not saying it was a bad movie (I haven't even seen it so I can't say whether it was good or bad), but at the time the Golden Globes happened, it was (and still is, as of right now) no where near the Box Office amount Inside Out 2 made. It is a Box Office achievement. DCP stated themselves that the award went to the highest earning film and one that got the largest international audience. That simply is just not Wicked. @WeirdestArrow , Just because it was a sequel doesn't mean it shouldn't be rewarded for the things it achieved.
-Aurele
{ If I were to publish something in my Countryhumans but it's all Africa book (or in general, any book), would you rather headcanons or oneshots? }
-Aurele
@Bigboy4000 , @yasminari , @Stvrrq_retro , Alright, cool! I just wanted to see if there was anything/what I needed to prioritise!
Stvrrq_retro
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Stvrrq_retro
@-Aurele :0 Oooh, sharp!! Ehhh, not really, sadly- I just have these very important exams in february so I'm not really looking "forward" for the next year :pensive: Ooh, I hope you enjoy the next year!! I see :0 I'm sure whatever you're writing is awesome!! You're really talented!!
-Aurele
@Stvrrq_retro I'm hoping to actually write stuff since I've got nothing else going on, and I have a few WIPs but none that I'm totally in love with yet!
-Aurele
@Stvrrq_retro Yes, yes, I had a feeling! I looked at the bio and recodnized your writing and bio aesthetic ^^ Have any plans for the new years? For the most part, we're not doing anything lol, just hanging out
-Aurele
{ When articles use the term "highest grossing movie", do they look at inflation or just the numbers as is? }
-Aurele
@Bramblestar257 I think about it all the time lol. Anytime I see a headline that's like "[insert movie] has the highest box office..." I just wonder if that includes inflation or no. Because, like Cecelia said above, yeah Moana 2 (I'm just taking her example) is making a whole ton of money, but so has other movies. And I wonder all the time how the numbers and data would look different if inflation was calculated and stuff. You know?
Bramblestar257
@-Aurele That's an interesting question actually, all I know is that it's how much it made in the box office.
-Aurele
{ Latin America ate with the cultural costumes this year at Miss Universe lol
Miss Bolivia, Miss Costa Rica, Miss Mexico, Miss Ecuador; they were all fantastic and had amazing outfits, I loved them.
Miss Samoa and Miss Zimbabwe always does amazing too, I loved her outfit this year. }
-Aurele
@-Cecelia I agree! I don't think the outfit was bad but it didn't scream "Brazil" which is like the whole point of the cultural costumes. The outfit Miss Perú got should've been the outfit Miss Uruguay got. Europe in general sucked ass. The only one I found myself actually saying "ooh" to in a positive way was Miss Malta because it was really cute and I loved the fit. Maybe Miss Italy but it still wasn't great compared to Miss Mongolia or Miss Jamaica. I knowwwww. Miss Slovakia would've been so cute if they didn't crop her shirt and just let her wear a cultural outfit! I don't think it was a bad fit but it was just odd to me they would do that.
-Aurele
{ Israel has just banned a UN (who previously helped Palestinian refugees) from helping Palestinian refugees.
Since the 1960s, UNRWA had provided services for Palestinian refugees. This morning, Israel's parilment banned that. Israel banned itself from having any contact with the UNRWA, alongside banning any of its occupied territory from having contact with the UNRWA.
Boaz Bismuth claimed "Anyone that behaves like a terrorist has no rights in Israel…. UNRWA equals Hamas, period.”
Even the United States has expressed concerns about this ban as it could impact the education, food, and healcare of millions of Palestinians.
Israel claims the UNRWA was teaching Palestinian kids to hate Israel and how to be antisemitic. Israel lawmaker, Yulia Malinovsky, also claimed UNRWA told Palatinian children they would be able to come back to Israel, following that statement with "This will bot happen" }
-Aurele
Source[s];
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/28/israeli-lawmakers-pass-bill-that-could-halt-unwra-relief-work-in-gaza
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148821
[Those were the only two I could find at the moment regarding the ban and the accusations made towards UNWRA, but it's very new so more will probably be out about the situations.]
[And I say "this morning" because it's almost midnight where I am lol-]
-Aurele
{ ONE OF THE ONE DIRECTION BOYS DIED?!?!?!?!
I'M IN SHOCK. LIKE ACTUALLY. }
