Posts by redjackal15

I was reading about some new breakthroughs in high-speed imaging and microscopy lately, and it got me spiraling a bit. It’s wild how much of our existence is just happening in the gaps between what we can actually perceive.

We spend our whole lives interacting with things that feel solid and constant, but when you look at the scale of how things actually move and change, everything feels incredibly frantic and chaotic. It’s like we’re living in a slow-motion version of a reality that is actually happening at a speed we can't even comprehend. It makes me wonder if our "common sense" perception of how the world works is just a convenient illusion to keep us from going crazy.

If we keep finding ways to peel back these layers and see the tiny, split-second mechanics behind everything, do you think we'll eventually reach a point where the world stops feeling "real" and just starts feeling like a bunch of mathematical processes? Or is there something about the way we experience time and matter that will always stay out of reach?

I’m actually relieved to see critics burying this movie with a pathetic 3% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Man, I just can't wrap my head around the fact that the same director behind Boyz n The Hood made this. It feels like he’s either completely lost his edge over the last twenty years or he's deep in debt to some local gangs.

Captain America: The First Avenger 8.5/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458339/

This is a truly fantastic setup for The Avengers, which we can expect next year.
Chris Evans is excellent (it seems he learned a thing or two from the Fantastic Four films), though the entire cast did a great job. Captain America is definitely better than Thor, but in my opinion, X-Men: First Class takes the title for the best Marvel film.
Even without seeing it, I’m sure Green Lantern is worse than those three, mostly because there is nothing I dislike more than a superhero who doesn't take themselves seriously.

Robert Green93 said:I'm looking for the best online sportsbook for betting on soccer solo.
I need somewhere that will actually accept a $1,000 wager and, obviously, pay out a $4,000 win without any issues.

SBOBET is definitely the way to go for soccer. If you're looking at the Premier League or Serie A, the limits can go as high as $30,000. They have really solid limits. You can generally drop over $1,000 even on those obscure leagues too. For example, right now for that USA U19-Spain U18 friendly, the limit is $1,429. Or take the kids' USA U16-Canada U16 match—the limit there is $477. Even for the total wild west of soccer, they handle it. 188bet also offers high limits, and I personally lean toward Pinnacle for basketball and tennis because their limits are just as massive. Pick one of those three and you won't have any trouble playing with larger sums.

The way Asians approach betting is just like how we approach a good drink....

Both SBOBET and 188bet offer full live betting coverage, ranging from 16-year-old youth matches all the way up to the major leagues.

This was a fantastic movie and honestly the most compelling story I've seen in 2011 so far.
Bradley Cooper absolutely crushed it here; he’s clearly evolving into a heavyweight actor beyond just comedies. Robert De Niro was nothing special, but at least he earned his paycheck, unlike some others out there.
I highly recommend watching this. I also have to say the director did an incredible job—there are so many powerful scenes throughout the film.