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- Comment on Seth MacFarlane Says The Orville Isn't Canceled Yet 10 months ago:
I’d be so damned happy if this came back. Until Strange New Worlds, it was the optimistic, bright and generally happy Trek successor I didn’t know I needed.
- Comment on Do really large people need special bathtubs/showers to keep water from getting everywhere? 11 months ago:
That seems insane! But anything is possible.
- Comment on Do really large people need special bathtubs/showers to keep water from getting everywhere? 11 months ago:
Really? … Can you poop while showering? Because that sounds a little odd but a lot magnificent…
- Comment on Do really large people need special bathtubs/showers to keep water from getting everywhere? 11 months ago:
That makes sense, thanks! Admittedly, I’m not sure I’d be wiping down the floor everytime I showered if I splashed a bunch of water each and every time.
Wet bathroom sounds amazing, I now want one when I buy a place.
- Submitted 11 months ago to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world | 11 comments
- Comment on Meg Ryan Defends Son Jack Quaid Of ‘Nepo Baby’ Label: “That Nepo Stuff Is So Dismissive Of His Work Ethic” 11 months ago:
This is just getting silly. Again, re-read the definition of nepotism:
Nepotism, the unfair practice of granting jobs and other favours to relatives, whether by blood or marriage.
Passing along Jack’s name to producers, casting agents etc is a **favour **which is being granted simply because of who his **parents **are. Which is **exactly **the definition of nepotism.
Secondly, someone having opportunities that others don’t based off of wealth isn’t nepotism.
Sure, if Meg Ryan paid for extra acting classes etc, that’s a different type of privilege. But, her passing along his name to folks on the basis that she’s his mom, that is nepotism.
Look at literally the first example of definition of nepotism:
In education, nepotism occurs when the children or relatives of wealthy or influential people are admitted to elite schools (known as “legacy admissions”). It can also occur when they receive better grades and more opportunities primarily on the basis of their family connections.
If his mom is passing along his name and giving him more opportunities primarily based on being family, that is nepotism. I’m not sure how to break it down for you any further. You can insist that Britannica is wrong but that just seems silly.
- Comment on Meg Ryan Defends Son Jack Quaid Of ‘Nepo Baby’ Label: “That Nepo Stuff Is So Dismissive Of His Work Ethic” 11 months ago:
The first part you say was guaranteed to happen no matter what. That also happens with rich people who aren’t actors.
Nepotism is still nepotism whether it happens for actors or rich people with connections.
The 2nd part is far less likely as the types of films and shows Jack works on have very little overlap with the type of work Meg Ryan does.
It only takes one or two to get the ball rolling.
If my view of Hollywood is innocent then what’s yours, considering that I work in the industry?
Less rose tinted and more objective. Also, you mean to use “than” when comparing things, not 'then." Another simple misunderstanding, also pretty common though!
- Comment on Meg Ryan Defends Son Jack Quaid Of ‘Nepo Baby’ Label: “That Nepo Stuff Is So Dismissive Of His Work Ethic” 11 months ago:
To he clear, you think Jack Quaid’s name was never passed along to producers, casting agents and the like because his parents were iconic actors? Sure, capable actor but the reason his name is passed, in your mind, was never because of Ryan or Quaid?
Or, that he wasn’t as good as the next best choice but given the role as a favour to Meg who banked how many reliable hits? Like casting agents and producers just forgot who Meg Ryan is?
Frankly, that’s such an adorably innocent view of Hollywood I’d rather just let it be.
- Comment on Meg Ryan Defends Son Jack Quaid Of ‘Nepo Baby’ Label: “That Nepo Stuff Is So Dismissive Of His Work Ethic” 11 months ago:
Here’s the entire text of that example:
“In education, nepotism occurs when the children or relatives of wealthy or influential people are admitted to elite schools (known as “legacy admissions”). **It can also occur **when they receive better grades and more opportunities primarily on the basis of their family connections.”
Again, you are misunderstanding. Yes, nepotism can be made without any merit at all but that’s a rare case. More often they have merit but not as much as their peers. Look into legacy admissions, it doesn’t mean you can barely read and write and still go to Harvard, more that your grades don’t have to be at the same level.
It’s a classic “all” sort of error and totally understandable. Nepotism is advancing/promoting etc someone because of their connections rather than their merit but while someone can be advanced without any merit that’s not a requisite condition for nepotism. Does that make more sense?
- Comment on Meg Ryan Defends Son Jack Quaid Of ‘Nepo Baby’ Label: “That Nepo Stuff Is So Dismissive Of His Work Ethic” 11 months ago:
I think you’re slightly misunderstanding.
Yes, the opposite of nepotism is reward based entirely on merit. But nepotism doesn’t mean that someone is entirely without merit. Consider the first example they give, legacy admissions. Nepotism can get you further than a better applicant but you still had to have some degree of merit to get into the school. Or the example of Murdoch’s daughter, who was overpaid for a tv channel but still had to have one etc.
- Comment on Meg Ryan Defends Son Jack Quaid Of ‘Nepo Baby’ Label: “That Nepo Stuff Is So Dismissive Of His Work Ethic” 11 months ago:
Nepotism, the unfair practice of granting jobs and other favours to relatives, whether by blood or marriage. Nepotism occurs in all kinds of workplaces and fields, but it is often associated with favouritism in business and politics.
- Britannica.
Where have you found a definition that has “without merit” ?
- Comment on Also, it's over 2 1/2 hours long. 11 months ago:
I absolutely listened to that song on the way home after.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
I’m happy to have a moderator do it so I don’t have to encounter all the unpleasantness and block folks myself.
Modlogs are public so I can see if they’re being unfair.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
It’s a solution for the rest of us.
Why should we be forced to repeatedly deal with someone who makes Lemmy worse?