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I mean, she WAS starving in the book sooo
http://ew.com/article/2012/11/09/jennifer-lawrence-weight/
fuckin awesome color shit
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3058058/the-harvard-vault-that-protects-the-worlds-rarest-colors
Louis is a total dick
http://www.veryimportantpotheads.com/armstrong.htm
Fuckin. Aliens. Bro
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/frbs-mystery-repeating-radio-signals-discovered-emanating-unknown-cosmic-source-1547133
She's blue da ba de da ba di
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x_XmazfCEc
Manliest Leslie ever
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Coffelt
hahahahhahahahahahahaha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang (#Development)
and a partridge in a pear tree
http://thehustle.co/shaq-is-a-heck-of-an-investor
Now you don't have to feel so dumb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Smarter_than_a_5th_Grader%3F_
A queen has power, who knew?
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/15/queen-veto-war-powers_n_2477422.html
Maybe a little too much dedication
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stetson_Kennedy
Playboy mansion somehow manages to be more gross
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/playboy-mansion-hot-tub-bacteria-spawned-legionnaires-disease-outbreak-back-february-article-1.113423
So yeah, sorry for my lack of comp yesterday. Kickass Fact comp 11 was removed because there was a link to nudity in one of my sources. This is the 4th time I've gotten something removed for quite absurd reasons and it' got on my nerves so I didn't feel like posting.
I guess every fact will be 100% sexuality free from now on to prevent this from happening again. If this account (my second account) gets removed, I sadly don't think I'll come back.
whatseventhepointt
I'm pretty sure the tequila is what caused her to throw up....
squirreltactics
BunnyKing95
I really enjoy reading these
trizzles
Jennifer Lawrence isn't fat at all, she's just a bad actress
Fragiledog
Louis is a total dick? Sounds like a total G to me :D
HanShotFirst39
Keep up the good fight OP. Imgur mods seem to target good OC while softcore porn is allowed all over FP.
idownvoteplottwist
"OC" and "kickassfacts;" pick one.
kiddub
The Queen's powers are now constitutional conventions. They are not expected to be acted upon. Her role is symbolic and administrative.
twfeline
Her role is symbolic, ceremonial and representative.
iFavoriteNSWFstuffButtAlsoOtherStuff
Imgur has officially become a shithole. everything is reported and you get banned for stupid shit. you guys are fucking idiots.
deltajesus
It's just a couple retards fucking it up for the rest of us.
Flyndaran
My most down voted posts were against murder, theft, and child abuse.
DidItForScience
Technically that all counts as social justice. And well... the Internet is at least 3 times as much of an asshole as the outside world.
Flyndaran
My most down voted posts were against murder, theft, and child abuse.
kingsnake1989
I got down voted 20 times about 6 months ago for saying that rape was a heinous crime basically.
IEATASS69
LOUIS IS A FUCKIN G!
hippiteehoppitee
Super legit-sounding website cited as a source, too. veryimportantpotheads dot com lol
Coolasslife
Yea, I just spent 20 minutes trying to find something legitimate. It seems like a load of bullshit, sadly
Counterfit
Louis was legit treated like a white person, allowed into clubs and restaurants that were segregated because everyone loved the F outta him
Counterfit
And I don't mean to perform, I mean to eat and be a member and shit.
Formworker
And I though the queens only job was to wave at everyone looking fresh as fuck
ran93r
Well, except for the last three weeks where she has been riding out a "cold" and hoping to make it out of 2016 alive.
Formworker
She'll outlive Gen Y don't worry about her
MrSisterFister
Lemaitre was also an astrophysicist, aside from being a priest.
neoritter
He was pen pals with Einstein too I think.
MrSisterFister
Ah cool.
Dangerainger
Welcome back OP. I for one enjoy these.
IguanasEveryday
<3 thanks for the support!
Bulwarknutter
Me too! Don't ban OP you cockwombles
Dangerainger
Lol @ cockwombles! May I have your permission to use it in polite conversation?
Bulwarknutter
Help yourself :-)
Dangerainger
Thank you, most generous :)
dyc3r
#7 Fun fact: Officially, the Catholic Church sees nothing wrong with the big bang or evolution. Opposing them is more of a protestant thing.
FckyourselfSarah
That British thing is one of those unspoken agreements. They aren't made officially powerless, as long as they never attempt to use power.
TheClayKnight
What the hell is up with imgur? Your post got removed for linking to nudity? Was it sexually explicit?
IguanasEveryday
I didn't even link to nudity. The source l linked to just so happen to link to the animated nudity.
babybirdhome
I actually think the reality most of the time is more that trolls and antisocial people will weaponize anything against anyone. :(
marmaladeontoast
2 degrees of separation?!
babybirdhome
Shit. Nobody post a link to http://www.google.com/!
FOULPLAYGAMES
The secret service used to be a counterfeiting agency. Only after two assassinations of presidents were the Secret Service bodyguards.
FuzzyBwalls
Lame, what happened to this place?
sherlockbones12
Rampant progressive liberalism is a disease. Go look at reactionary right wing sites. It's all humor and sex
Anica891
#1 is actually annoying bc if you actually read the books, the reason Katniss had such an advantage in the games was bc of her hunting 1/2
effypom
I feel like it was more controversial that they cast a white blond american actress rather than an olive skinned one that looked mixed race
Anica891
1/2 It gave her the skills needed for hunting in the arena. BUT it also meant she was well feed and WASN'T starving like the others from 12.
JimJonesKoolAidSurvivor
everyone had great teeth in those movies. they are on the brink of starvation but Donald Sutherland makde sure they had a great dental plan
MyNameisHousey
Read the books. It says she sells most her kills to the peacemakers and struggles to feed herself. She puts her sister and mother first 1/2
MyNameisHousey
Leaving only a little for her. She IS supposed to be starving when Peta throws the bread and by then, she was already an experienced hunter
LawFiveGuy
Except in the book it says after dad's death (and before the wet bread) she, her mom, and sister were starving. Not well fed, but starving.
Anica891
For a brief time. That's what the scene w/ the bread is about. When she is given hope and starts hunting and gathering. 1/2
Anica891
At the time of her first trial she had been hunting for several years, at that point she was much healthier than most in her district. 2/2
blinkdoll
Maybe she was 300 lbs to begin with.
dicksorcatsthepicsarethesame
Yeah she definitely could have passed on the muddy bread and just gone out for a squirrel. As someone who read the books did you ignore(1/2)
dicksorcatsthepicsarethesame
all of the descriptions about her appearance and how she was ravenously hungry on the train but where she nibbles on the feast in the movie
Anica891
But how can you ignore the part of the book where it describes Katniss considering the other tributes in the training room. 1/2?
Anica891
"You can see it in their bones, their skin, the hollow look in their eyes. I may be smaller naturally, but overall my family's 2/3
JChilly
Soooooooooooo, Shaq is doing some serious money laundering?
kiddub
He IPO'd google at $85. He's very smart with his money.
SnookerSylph
I dunno, stories from the internet make it seem he's a very genuine man despite his fame. Could be he's just a very smart guy with his money
ladyfilet
SonderingStrike
The repeating radio waves are pulsars, they're regular as pulsars spin at a very specific rate, only slowing EXTREMELY slowly.
BillyBaloney976
Pfff, whatever Mr. Sagan. I say aliens.
SonderingStrike
*Hand gesture* Alien#
Woestkonijn
So you know this and the best scientists not. Hooray!
SonderingStrike
No, they know it, this guy does not.
burgerandy
TheAdventuresofStealy
Actually no. These FRBs don't have a discernible periodicity. And the source was recently found, a very distant dwarf galaxy, but (1/2)
germerica
Can confirm, they don't think these are formed by the normal means
TheAdventuresofStealy
what we're still very unsure of what kind of phenomenon is causing it - whatever it is appears to be something novel. (2/2)
TheAdventuresofStealy
The dwarf galaxy source was literally announced like a week ago. If you want more information you can look up FRB 121102
TheAdventuresofStealy
The best guess is it could be activity from a magnetar but it's far from certain.
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imgurnaregretthis
Agree that it looks like a magnetar, but this also agrees that it's a pulsar since that's what magnetars are!
FranticCosmonaut
That's what they want you to think
germerica
Can confirm, they don't think these are caused by the normal means
PaperCranePain
My favorite part is always the little descriptions alongside the link after each picture
Secretlypsycho
Don't fuck with the queen
GasBandit
Shaq owns fitness clubs AND fast food restaurants. He's making money at both ends of the cycle!
Koga73
He just bought the Krispy Kreme in Atlanta
Wonfis
Now all he needs is Armitage Shanks and he's got the perfect triangle.
adddy94
But nothing will make up for Shaq Fu..
Goglinko
Hey bodybuilders love Five Guys. Double beef patties for days.
QuetzalcoatI
What he really bought trough that is real estate
ShogunWarhammer40k
He also owns a krispy kreme. Partial owner of nrg esports and part owner of eleague
gmccollum
Like owning a fireworks stand and a vet clinic. You win twice, brother!
CartmanForPresident
like funding both sides of the war
IAmAGoodPerson
All jokes aside. He his smart with his money and creating jobs with it. Awesome guy.
fishfishcro
You could say he cycles his way around the money.
inilix
He also renovated and owns a movie theater in my city (his old town). And is now coming out with "Shaq Tower" apartments
Juddyouclown
That's called vertical integration
NoIamDad
never understood why its vertical even though you move horizontally along your chain of process
Giraffeeatingabanana
No it's not lol
Vhiyur
Technically it is. The fast food chains are the supply to the fitness buildings. They supply overweight people that want to lose weight.
Giraffeeatingabanana
In the analogy sense i understand
AdamTheAmateur
Fact: nobody has ever seen Queen Elizabeth and Teddy Roosevelt in the same room
justorderalargefarva
Get you someone who looks at you the way this dude looks at the queen holding his gun.
TheDudeThatIsMo
At least someone understands the awesomeness of Teddy Roosevelt (He is also the reason teddy bears exist)
LostLogic12
Everyone on imgur basically worships Teddy Roosevelt lmao
SilverSpades
What about Teddy Westside?
RaptorCav
I swear she looked at those Tommies and wanted to say, "I can hold my own rifle, thank you..."
Redandpurpleunicorns
Well considering she was a war time mechanic and her family hunts, yeah
boxersandbluesbrothers
Highlander8795
Unfortunately people have seen me and the Queen in the same room. Most people were looking at her though, so I could possibly blag it.
BC2k2
http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/06/I-dont-believe-you.gif
thatwoodguy
She used to drive herself and guests around on the private grounds with foreign dignitaries in the car
DerperDerperBoBerperBananaFanaFoFerper
AdamTheAmateur
this makes me so uncomfortable
TheCuntACrossTheStreet
So queen elizabeth is teddy ?
MadAsAFrickenHatter
No one has ever seen me and the queen in the same room either
roscowheeler
That's because she ate him whole.
MaryTylerDintyMoore
ButterfaceTaintClown
The look on the umbrella officer's face. *Best. Day. Ever. Siiiigh*
VindictiveRidge
"I must never tell her that I love her violence, but oh, I love it so."
MadAsAFrickenHatter
Nobody has ever seen me and the queen in the same room either
DominicBrash
Half-life 3 confirmed
charlietrundlethegreat
Are you...are you...Teddy?
MadAsAFrickenHatter
Am I? O.o
Opportunist
*checks ears* Can confirm, cute fuzzy ears.
valomorn
#1 And a few years later, they gave Star Wars shit for casting a thin person in the role of Rey, who also lives in near constant starvation.
StrawberryHitler4224
A person isnt fat af must be near death fuck off autist
VBot
Those SAME people?
SOGGHD
Those goddamn Hunger Games fans need to stick to their own movies!
skelitor120
I only heard backlash that she looked so pretty (clean skin, makeup, nice hair) despite literally crawling about in the deserve
potatoesmakemeveryhappy
People complained about that? I've never heard it.
bluefacepaint
I don't remember any shitstorm over Rey being thin. I remember a minor shitstorm over Finn being black but even that was negligible.
showmanic
YOU CAN'T JUST CALL THEM... oh, you said negligible. Carry on, then.
FernandoRumdebum
There wasn't a shitstorm, there was a little bitching over it on the internet. Unfortunately that counts as news nowadays
valomorn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35770654/daisy-ridley-will-not-apologise-for-her-body-size-after-instagram-criticism
bluefacepaint
One instagram post doesn't really qualify as "they gave Star Wars shit" in my books. Any other examples?
kermie92
3) frustratingly dumb. Also how can one woman represent all women if there is "no ideal type and everyone is beautiful"? Ugh, Internet.
kermie92
1) I don't have links because it was over a year ago but I remember coming across a few fb forums about how her size wasn't representative
kermie92
2) of all women, which is so dumb since she wasn't representing "all women" she was representing a scavenger on a desert planet. People are
valomorn
One instagram post, plus the countless morons who shared and whatever to the point it got into the news and Ridley had to respond.
bluefacepaint
By the looks of that article, the only reason it got into the news was because Daisy Ridley responded, and she didn't really have to.
awildcharmander
"We have noticed you're using an ad-blocker!" Haha ok I guess I'm not reading any of these articles
CthulhusGreasyBallsack
I love the websites that found a loophole, they make the video not work and say "using ad-blocker MAY interfere with the video" BULLSHIT
CthulhusGreasyBallsack
you cheap slimy fuckers just want more fucking money well fuck you you're not getting shit
awildcharmander
"Using an adblocking may inhibit your ability to use our website (because we made it that way)"
skipweasel
True, the Queen has power, but she (and her predecessors) have also understood that they can never wield it without being chucked out.
njullpointer
the queen acts as the vital step in devolution of power to prevent an autocratic nightmare government.
highinthehills
I'm pretty sure the queen declared war on Giant Country. I saw it in a movie and my daughter confirmed by reading up on it.
raknor88
The monarchs wouldn't be chucked out if they had the support of the majority of the common people .
skipweasel
I wouldn't be so sure - at least if not chucked out then having their remaining power curtailed. If it happened no long after an election...
themilkmancometh
When you join the Army you swear an oath of allegiance to the queen her successors. By all accounts the armed forces belong to her.
magicad
Bwaaahahaahahaha. Haahahaahaahahaahahaa! Oh, wait, you were serious? Let me laugh harder!
Sealy300
Edward VIII disagrees.
malachitedragon
Edward's screws weren't also quite tightened
powerbottom713
She dissolved Australia's parliament for being fucktards once. Don't mess with QE2.
NoZaku
To be fair they were a pack of cunts
ImAFoxButNotReally
With great power comes a great responsibility.
Sarahsmomhasgotitgoingon
I believe Shaq also owns a Duncan donuts
joeynew
They control the masses in a far more effective and subversive way now. They have massive amounts of assets.
njullpointer
the queen acts as the vital step in devolution of power to prevent an autocratic nightmare government.
NoMarkDaye
It's like all that talk of the electoral college a few weeks ago. They technically have that power but would cease to exist once they use it
ChrisOvenden
Actually, the Fixed Term Parliament Act 2016 removed the Queen's power to dissolve parliament.
l009
2011 was the date of the act and yes The Queen is a mascot/tourist attraction due to her loss of powers.
mikenco
She does a lot for UK business PR. She's still worth a few quid to our nation for now.
SomeCoolName123
Bees do more for the British economy than their royalty
SendMeYourScience
I beleave you have the year wrong as the fixed term parliament act was a thing durring the coalition of 2010-2015
l009
You're correct, it was 2011.
ChrisOvenden
Sorry you are quite right: 2011!
Anononononon
Man I love seeing two brits argue.
ChrisOvenden
I love that you think that's an argument :P
Fourthletter58
The Royals have used their right to block a range of laws https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/14/secret-papers-royals-veto-bills
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
*Gasp* .. a ... link? To actual evidence? Without even a personally abusive comment at other 'gurians to ease us into it?
Naiirita
British ppl are so boring to argue with. all those fact and sources and manners.
Fourthletter58
Technically I'm Irish.
Naiirita
Are you sure, you sound way to sober?
LordoftheDance
You say that now. But someday you'll have a monarch with populist support and they'll have a hard time getting rid of them.
REV076
Erdogan disliked this post *Angry Facebook smilie here*
NotNotDeadpool
Recent predecessors.
mikeatike
They can ask the French about how well it goes for monarchy when they use their power.
RopeJokesAreKnotFunny
Ask Louis XVI what happens if you don't use your power
sharpasabanana
Iunno. Some people got free cake out of it
Counterfit
But then they ran out, and everybody else had to choose death
AstroFizX
I don't think you're remembering it right.\
Smayds
I thought it was brioche?
jesusedgarhoover
You do know that the English cut their king's head off 150 years before the French did it, right?
mikeatike
Damn regicide hipsters.
pirateninjaunicornattacksquad
The power they now wield is essentially a safeguard against an elected dictatorship, like say Hitler, but put in place well before.
impulsenine
As an American: Huh that would have seemed silly a few months ago :\
Romale
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/14/secret-papers-royals-veto-bills , she does use those powers
lyneeth
I'd stand behind the queen before parliament any day of the year. She's more trustworthy imo.
Applefaces
Hahahahahaha
Pullout69
Yeah that speech about austerity while wearing the crown jewels atop a gilded throne really cemented trust in the royal family.
lyneeth
Who cares; I'd wager some of our senior MPs have a higher net worth than her. How much they earn has no bearing on how trustworthy they are.
lyneeth
eg Most of the brexit MPs lied through their teeth and the remainers put up a half arsed campaign.The queen however has yet to disappoint us
Anthemius
Must have, the monarchy has scarcely ever been more popular here.
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SalmonTheWise
That's because a monarch has unlimited executive words on paper and not power if they don't have people willing to listen to their orders.
skipweasel
I wait with bated breath for you to expand within the character limit.
anonnona887
Sadly it's because people are sheep and stupid. Even if a lot of people side with the queen, there will be retards who don't and believe
SaltCollector
Parliament may be scum, but they're elected scum. I'll take that over birthright anyday.
lyneeth
The house of lords aren't elected and they've proven themselves more loyal to the common people than the democratically elected MPs.
anonnona887
The corrupt assholes and sadly they're more stupid/sheep people then actual people who know what's what.
Applefaces
The fuck are you on about
colinardo
Watch The Crown. It's about the queen. The best thing for the queen to do is nothing at all.
LisaMegatron
Spoiler(?).... Why didn't she let her sister get married?
1classybadger
its less doing nothing, and more, Dynamically doing nothing, to quote the late Sir Terry Pratchett
Highlander8795
It is good to be the Queen.
skipweasel
Which she has been studiously doing for decades.
GodelEscherBach
Kinda pointless for a head of state, no?
SnugglesaurusRex
It's all about the hearts and minds. Social power is also political power.
GodelEscherBach
A very fine point. Perhaps, then, people should stop saying the queen has "no real power"?
glamdringwielder
It is actually a leader who can't become unpopular for political reasons, and remains a cohesion agent for society
GodelEscherBach
Remind me how Edward VIII, with his pro-Nazi beliefs and fecklessness, was good for a cohesive society.
GodelEscherBach
Please show me how, in the upheaval and chaos that followed and continues to follow the Brexit vote, the Royals have aided cohesion.
Voidhawk42
There are many good reasons. Eg: no-one else gets to be HoState. However power-mad a politician is, the top spot is unavailable.
GodelEscherBach
That's... crazy. The top spot is either powerful, and should be kept away from a family as it is kept away from power-mad politicians...
GerhardRammelhausen
But english folk loves the queen. Even if you had a vote to ditch the royal family, i guess they wouldnt want it.
GodelEscherBach
...or it is not powerful, in which case there is no point in it going to one family.
GoIIum
No. Source: European history.
GodelEscherBach
Not quite sure which bits of European history you're talking about. Plenty of HoS do things but are functioning perfectly well.
GoIIum
Well most EU countries have a division between government leader and president / king now because of bad experience with power hungry leader
theloneponderer
That and owning corgis.
sciencebasedlifeform
Crowning orgies?
paperclipsandyarn
Crowding porgies?
ImmaNeedBoutTreeFiddy
Yes
sciencebasedlifeform
LawFiveGuy
#1 is interesting. She's far from fat, but doesn't look like she's starving. The burnt bread in the puddle scene didn't make too much sense
samsonguy920
She is definitely fat in the head.
dagg3r
I dont think anyone would have said fat but wven so, the point was she was well fed
TheGeneralAlarm
No one thought hemsworth was too built and yet he's huge for a hungry/starving kid
NerdN1
Wouldn't most of the other children have to be similarly malnourished? Haven't read the books, but conditions didn't seem good.
Meloncov
Their family was worse off than average, even by District 12 standards.
tanadarko
People TORMENTED Kate Winslet for being "too fat" in Titanic and she played a rich girl.
LawFiveGuy
i don't think she was "too fat", she could have shared the door/raft, as he was tiny. (damn, now I just opened a whole new can of worms)
Gherkincensed
Yo nobody knew who tf she was, they weren't complaining about casting, what a load of shit...
shuya82
She used to be a little chubbier. But actors add/drop weight all the time. Never should have been an issue.
jk115
The article said her 21year old "womanly figure" didn't fit the role of "starving child". I don't think anybody said she was too fat exactly
shuya82
Ah I see, I didn't read it but I thought the post was implying it. Good to know!
Tanishh
Yep. I mean Christian Bale lost tons of weight for the Machinist - he was near skin and bones. Should've been feasible here too.
Counterfit
Then he bulked up for Batman Begins, plus some other movies, dropped again for The Fighter, then back up again for The Dark Knight Rises
Tanishh
Maybe not super healthy, but dedication is dedication.
yeezusmight
the puddle and bread scene is literally an establishment of a relationship between katniss and peeta
LawFiveGuy
yes, and necessary. but, she didn't appear to be starving enough to eat overcooked soggy bread. they could have used makeup to appear gaunt
yeezusmight
that is then the directors fault is it not? never the less this movie was technically adapted for screen not imitated explicitly and (1/2)
LawFiveGuy
I enjoy the books and movies quite a bit, and think it was adapted pretty well. yes it's petty, and it's the director's fault, but it exists
yeezusmight
that's true
yeezusmight
the movie was genuinely well made so i think this is a petty thing to complain about, and many viewers haven't read the book either (2/2)
Riyakou
Ironically, she didn't receive nearly as much criticism for her role being a whitewash of Katniss, who is actually Native American.
polluxxy
Uhhh what??
Belaco
I don't think that was said in the book
Meloncov
Katniss's race is never stated, and her sister is explicitly stated as being blond.
coffeedog
Katniss also gains and loses weight pretty dramatically throughout the books. I think they had to kind of commit to one weight in the movies
ha09du
Thank you! Within the first book alone after being at the training center for the time before the games it says she gained a number of 1/2
ha09du
2/2 pounds and then lost it within a few days of being in the arena. Wouldn't be doable for real life weightloss
FactChecker101
Another thing was why was there even a bakery where they made decroative cake?! That made no sense.
dagg3r
They were better off
CapitalizingOnTheAbsenseOfAReasonableUsernameCharacterLimit
[2] that's realistic. People who assemble iPhones, for example, aren't paid fat stacks.
CapitalizingOnTheAbsenseOfAReasonableUsernameCharacterLimit
[1] District 12 isn't exclusively poor people. There are richer areas. Peeta's family is actually too poor to afford their own cakes, but
Nomulus
Didnt they explain that? I think they bring up how ridiculous that is but I'm not sure.
ecodude
Oh, I got this one. Many people in the outlying districts are imports from the capitol, so they are rich enough to own mansions and make 1
ecodude
a killing off of exploiting the poor. There were also jewelry makers and tailors in the same area.
CapitalizingOnTheAbsenseOfAReasonableUsernameCharacterLimit
Eh, District 12 does have a rich neighbourhood. It's probably too much effort to import it all the way to the capital.
ThePizzaCook
So peetas family is wealthy?
CapitalizingOnTheAbsenseOfAReasonableUsernameCharacterLimit
No, they're not. Well, they're better-off than Katniss' or Gale's, but they still can't even afford the cakes they make.
ecodude
I'm talking about the people being imported to the district from the capitol. They're all rich people who move for business opportunities.
CapitalizingOnTheAbsenseOfAReasonableUsernameCharacterLimit
Ah, alrighty. Fair enough.
infiniteflux
The whole book didn't make much sense. Chasing a chick into a tree and then falling asleep under it during a death match? Really??
LawFiveGuy
Agreed, but in boot camp they said most would die of natural causes. Why waste the effort? They could have shot an arrow at the hive, too.
Zahnradfee
They didn't see it from the ground I guess.
Starcatcher1986
I think they could've cgi'd those early scenes. Once she learns to hunt, she would've returned to a healthy weight.
PilotG2pensarethebest
She knew how to hunt almost her entire life, she would give the food to her sister and mom before herself, and also there's a meat shortage
Starcatcher1986
She was literally starving to death during the bread scene. She learned to hunt/trap after that. The film needed some sort of contrast.
LawFiveGuy
Hell yes. If it was good enough for 15-20 minutes of effort for Chris Evans/Steve Rogers/Captain America, then it's good enough for them.
SmokinBirdie425
I actually think it's odd that the biggest criticism was size but it does make a little sense... She was supposed to look like she had...
SmokinBirdie425
Barely eaten for ages, basically almost dying... But my initial criticism is that she was too fair skinned. Katniss in the book is...
SmokinBirdie425
Described as olive skinned, supposed to look like she was tan from hunting all the time... not pale like JLaw is naturally
Efreeti
My issue with the movie is how it expects you to already know everything. It's the worst case of lacking exposition I've ever seen in a film
Zahnradfee
I've seen the movie before I read the books and I was fine with it.
Efreeti
I wrote a "review", just consisting of nonsensical discrepancies I found watching it http://letterboxd.com/efreeti/film/the-hunger-games/
LawFiveGuy
quality writing, but I'm not sure we saw the same movie. quite a bit of what you wrote about was explained.
Zahnradfee
"I guessed that he was a former survivor of the games, but no such thing was mentioned." Uhh - it WAS mentioned. Peeta said it in the train.
NotTodayNotYesterday
That's true but putting it to extremes would've been discomforting to look at. Think Nina (Portman) in Black Swan. Her body looked too small
puppiesarepoopers
that's how an obsessed schizophrenic ballerina would look, though
ZoidbergIsGreat
True but it was supposed to be disturbing. A government allowing children to starve and fight to the death for sport should disturb us.
NotTodayNotYesterday
Agreed, but as opposed to Black Swan, it has a demographic of young teens. Publicists may have been worried itd encourage EDs in those who
NotTodayNotYesterday
want to 'look' like Katniss for the 'cool heroine' she's shown as.
NotTodayNotYesterday
Though, it was fitting in that case because the movie itself is disturbing. + Maybe they thought it'd encourage girls to restrict in H.G
LawFiveGuy
*Natalie, but I knew who you meant.
HereticWilson
You laugh at the big bang theory but the idea that the universe has a defined beginning is a feature of the Kalam cosmological argument 1/2
Trickstan
Hey! Solid apologetics in Imgur comments. Never thought I'd see the day.
IguanasEveryday
Bruh In not laughing at the theory, Im laughing @ the irony of it originating from a priest when normally religion and bbt r polar opposites
unpopularopinionlord
The Catholic Church is a HUGE proponent of the sciences and has made some the largest contributions to date.
imgurnaregretthis
Astronomy and the church have had a historically rocky relationship, though granted it is more dynamic than generally assumed
unpopularopinionlord
That's not really true. Don't listen to popular media about Galileo. The true history is far more simple and understandable.
imgurnaregretthis
He was convicted of heresy by the inquisition, forced to recant, and died under house arrest
TheLingoBingo
I feel like that has certainly been the case in history, but the Church has taken a rather anti-science stance in more recent years.
unpopularopinionlord
In what way? The Church has always been very pro science. Do you mean with LGBT and abortion issues or something else?
YourMumKnowsMe
Doesn't it deny evolution though? I'm just asking, idk anything about them, I'm atheist.
Vat1canCame0s
(2/2) as a thousand unto man. Plus the idea that god was measuring days and nights before he created the things which define days and nights
neoritter
The catholic church has never officially denied evolution. And it is officially endorsed by the church, with exception to the soul.
SenorLoadenstein
Comprehensive article on the subject: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05654a.htm
japh
Nope. In fact, several developments to relevant theories originated within the church.
Vat1canCame0s
There are several interpretations of the genesis story. When viewed alongside other verses that state things like "a day to the lord is (1/2
SenorLoadenstein
Nope! You're thinking of some evangelicals and fundamentalists.
HereticWilson
No, the ones who deny evolution, propose a young earth, etc. are generally from Protestant churches.
Mitchz95
The church has officially endorsed evolution, the Big Bang, etc. It's just a few vocal loudmouths who still dispute them.
cesarnero
church did not deny any theory of science. They demand proves before they accept it.(1)
cesarnero
Maybe because church have been dealing with misleading priest in that time so they treat science in same manner.(2)
YourMumKnowsMe
Shit. I'm glad the church has done this, it might shut up those backwards idiots.
Vat1canCame0s
3/2) have lead many theologians to believe the creation story is metaphorical and each day represents long periods of time.
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
Yeah but nah : http://time.com/3545844/pope-francis-evolution-creationism/
HereticWilson
which is a strong philosophical argument in favor of intelligent design.
somekindafuckingidiot
please do not bring up philosophy on imgur. i have come to understand that they dont understand and hate it here. #triggerwarning
HereticWilson
I mean, I'm not going to get in a philosophical debate, was just pointing it out.