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Monday, November 18, 2024

Elon Musk roasted by Elden Ring players for “worst build ever” - Dexerto

https://www.dexerto.com/elden-ring/elon-musk-roasted-by-elden-ring-players-for-worst-build-ever-1832533/

Elon Musk has been in the news recently for his attempts to acquire Twitter for a reported $44 billion.

Since that deal might be on hold for now, he’s found the time to finally dig his teeth into 2022’s most beloved open-world game Elden Ring.

Now, after finally sharing details about his character, he’s received a massive amount of criticism on the very website he’s aiming to purchase.

The 50-year-old billionaire tweeted out his character’s build on May 24, showing off his “power mage” build.

The tweet revealed his level 111 character with a focus on high Mind and Intelligence stats.

Many Elden Ring players were quick to point out just how bad his gear is paired together, focusing on the fact he was wielding two shields at once and opting for a heavy roll.

One user said, “Wtf is this build? I thought this guy was supposed to be a genius?”

Another user mocked his use of a cell phone photo instead of an actual screenshot and said, “Elon Musk posting phone photos of the least efficient Elden Ring build I’ve ever seen proves meritocracy is fake.”

Although Elon Musk might become the owner of Twitter someday, that won’t shield him from its users roasting him when they see fit.

Especially went it comes to something as serious and meticulously thought-out as Elden Ring builds.

The Importance of Being Earnest (2/12) Movie CLIP - A Metaphysical Speculation (2002) HD

When Gwendolen (Frances O'Connor) professes her love to Earnest (Colin Firth), he begins to probe into how she would feel if his name weren't Earnest.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
A superb cast brings Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners to life in the third big-screen adaptation of this hilarious look at fun, games, and dubious ethics among the British upper crust. Algernon Moncrieff (Rupert Everett) is a slightly shady, but charming gentlemen from a wealthy family who has a bad habit of throwing his money away. Algernon has a close friend named Jack Worthing (Colin Firth), a self-made man who acts as a ward to his cousin, a beautiful young lady named Cecily (Reese Witherspoon). Algernon has created an alter ego to help him get out of tight spots brought on by his financial improprieties, and when he learns that Jack has created a false identity of his own — Earnest, a brother living in London whose exploits have earned him no small amount of notoriety — Algernon arrives for a weekend visit in the country posing as the mysterious Earnest. Having heard of Earnest's misadventures many times over the years, Cecily had developed something of an infatuation with the lovable rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works no small degree of magic on Cecily. Meanwhile, Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn (Frances O'Connor), arrives for the weekend, and is startled to discover Jack is also there — except that she knows him as bad-boy Earnest. So just who is in love with who? How will Lady Bracknell (Judi Dench) handle the matter of her daughter Gwendolyn's suitors? And what's the truth about Jack's mysterious heritage? The Importance of Being Earnest was director Oliver Parker's second film adaptation of an Oscar Wilde comedy; he previously helmed An Ideal Husband, which also starred Rupert Everett. Everett and Colin Firth also co-starred in the 1984 drama Another Country.

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Now listening to String Quartet No. 14 by Ludwig van Beethoven and Little Queen by Heart...

In Davie Village in Downtown Vancouver. Autumn of 2018.

Davie Village (also known as Davie District or simply Davie Street) is a neighbourhood in the West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the home of the city's gay subculture, and, as such, is often considered a gay village, or gaybourhood. Davie Village is centred on Davie Street and roughly includes the area between Burrard and Jervis streets. Davie Street—and, by extension, the Village—is named in honour of A.E.B. Davie, eighth Premier of British Columbia from 1887 to 1889; A.E.B's brother Theodore was also Premier, from 1892 to 1895.

Along Davie Street are a variety of shops, restaurants, services, and hotels catering to a variety of customers, in addition to private residences. The business with the most notoriety is Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium ("Little Sister's"), a gay and lesbian bookstore, because of its ongoing legal battles with Canada Customs that have received extensive national media coverage. Many businesses and residents along Davie Street and in the West End generally also fly rainbow flags as a symbol of gay pride, and many of the covered bus stop benches and garbage cans along Davie Street are painted bright pink.

The Village hosts a variety of events during the year, including the Davie Street Pride Festival which runs in conjunction with Vancouver's annual Gay Pride Parade, during which sections of the street are closed to motor traffic.

Davie Day is also held each year in early September, to celebrate local businesses and the community itself. This Day is designed to build awareness and promote the surrounding businesses, and is focused around Jervis to Burrard Street.

The Davie Street Business Association coined the name "Davie Village" in 1999 and also commissioned banners from local artist Joe Average, which fly from lampposts in the district. The two-sided banners depict a rainbow flag on one side and a sun design by Average on the other.

Davie Village is also home to the offices of Xtra! West, a biweekly LGBT newspaper, Qmunity (formerly the Gay and Lesbian Centre) which provides a variety of services for the city's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender residents, and the Vancouver Pride Society, which puts on the annual Pride Parade and Festival.