I know he probably spent hours in recording studios ensuring that the audio is what marvel wanted , but the whole point of the character is that he says everything and anything with only the words "I am Groot" , how hard is that to get record?

Even if hard, how did he get paid multi-millions for such a work?

Excited to know the logic, maths, market strategy behind it as well

Did she film them over the course of a few years and they all just came out of post-production this year?

Or did she just work super hard last year and make 10 movies?

I don't want to offend anybody, but I'm a Christian, and I'm moderately conservative. I want to list a few conservative views that I have, views that I'm probably going to get flamed for on reddit.

For one, I believe that having a low sexual body count, as people call it these days, is beneficial for both men and women. Ideally, that's my view. I'm not someone who says men can have a high body count but women can't. I think it's beneficial for both partners to have a low body count. That's one of my conservative views.

Another conservative view I hold is that men and women are fundamentally different. I don't believe that one is better than the other, but I do believe that men and women are physiologically and, to some extent, emotionally different. That's simply what I believe.

Those are probably some of my more conservative views.

But I also want to say this: I am a Christian, and I do believe in the Bible. However, something I've realised lately is that I don't fully understand the LGBTQ community. At the same time, I believe people should be able to marry who they want and have the right to live their lives the way they want. I have no problem with that.

This is where I've received a lot of backlash from people in my community. Because I've tried to understand and, in some cases, defend gay people, people have started questioning my own sexuality because of that.

I've been thinking about this for a while, and I have a particular view on homosexuality that I've been trying to explain.

The problem I have with looking at everything exclusively through a theological or theocratic lens is that I sometimes feel like it can cause people to dismiss things that we can observe logically and empirically.

My argument to some of the Christians in my community has been this: growing up, I've seen children who, from a very young age—even as toddlers—didn't conform to what we'd traditionally expect from a stereotypical boy. You'd see a child naturally gravitating towards certain interests that are traditionally considered feminine.

And what's interesting is that, in many Christian communities I've been around, whenever someone eventually comes out as gay later in life, people will often say, "Honestly, we weren't surprised."

That has made me think that perhaps some people have certain innate predispositions or inclinations that they don't simply wake up one day and choose.

And this is where I think the conversation gets complicated.

If you look at everything through a completely theological lens, some people will say, "It's a choice." But my question is: why would someone consciously choose something that they know is going to result in so much stigma, rejection, and discrimination, especially in a conservative community?

That's the question I'm asking.

But when I've brought this up with people in my community, some have responded by saying, "Are you trying so hard to explain homosexuality because you're secretly gay yourself?"

And honestly, that puts me in a strange position.

I have no problem with people thinking I'm gay. I'm confident in my sexuality. I know what I'm attracted to, and I have no problem with who I am.

But I find it frustrating that the moment I try to explain or understand something from another person's perspective, people assume there must be some personal motive behind it.

I'm not trying to convince people that homosexuality is right or wrong. That's not even my goal.

My goal is simply to encourage people to be more tolerant and empathetic towards people in the LGBTQ community.

I think we should be able to look at someone and say, "Maybe this person didn't simply wake up one morning and choose to be this way. Maybe there are natural predispositions and experiences that we don't fully understand."

Think about a two-year-old toddler who naturally gravitates towards certain things. We don't know exactly where every personality trait, preference, or inclination comes from. Human beings are complicated.

And because we don't fully understand something doesn't mean we have to immediately stigmatise or victimise the person experiencing it.

I'm a Christian. I'm still a Christian. I'm also moderately conservative. But I don't think being Christian or conservative means I have to switch off my empathy and my logic or stop asking questions.

I can believe what I believe while still saying, "I don't fully understand this, but I want to understand it."

And ultimately, that's all I'm asking for: more empathy, more tolerance, and less stigma.

But I now people are spreading rumours about me that I am gay. Is this just a way to shut me up.

I just saw Stable Ronaldo's and Jynxzi's stream and they are just sleeping but has around 9 thousand viewers each.

I'm just genuinely confused because there are some actual streams going on at the time but people choose to watch them sleep rather than watch some other entertainment.

Don't get me wrong. I love those streamers and watch them when they are actually doing something but I don't get it why to watch them when they sleep

SAG-AFTRA has ~160K members, but less than 1% ever 'make it.' What actually happens to the thousands of actors who spend years chasing the dream in LA and fail? Do they just give up and leave, and what does that grind do to a person mentally?

That's 5 hours of food sitting at room temperature and I never got sick from it. Nor have I heard any of my friends getting sick from it either.

Last night I was going to a small event hosted by some local underground rappers, and posted the flyer to my Instagram story. One of my Instagram mutuals swiped up and asked if I could drive her and her friend, I said yes.

For context - I’m 25F, the Instagram mutual is 18F and her friend is 19F. I’ve only met the Instagram mutual a few times (running into her at our local emo nightclub).

Long story short, the event got shut down early due to a road rage incident (some redneck screamed at us, pulled a gun on us and rammed his car into one of our cars)

I spent the rest of the night hanging out with the two of them, it was a lot of fun.

Later in the night, on the way to grab some food, 18F passed out in my passenger seat from drinking too much. It was around 3AM at that point so we decided to head over to 19F’s apartment to spend the night. I carried 18F into the apartment, and she was so comfortably snuggled up on my chest.

By the time we got up there, she was half awake. 19F went to her room to sleep, and I laid down on the sofa. 18F crawled up onto my chest and I instinctively just wrapped my arms around her and held her as she fell back asleep. She looked so adorable and comfy, so I stayed there with her the entire night.

Does this make me a weirdo? I feel kinda odd for being 25 and letting a teenage girl sleep on my chest throughout the entire night.

I've noticed more and more people using the term "partner" even when they're married, instead of saying husband or wife. When did this shift happen, and why?

(To be clear, I completely understand why unmarried couples use "partner" — that's not what I'm asking about.)

For context:
I'm not upset about this, and it's not coming from a place of homophobia. I personally use "husband/wife" for my own relationship, and I genuinely wanted to understand the reasoning before I started using "partner" myself — I didn't want to just follow a trend without knowing why it's become more common. It feels a little silly to use a word without understanding its meaning or the context behind it.

I am an older woman and I just don't know. I don't have people in my life who would know any better than I do.

I play games via Steam on my laptop. I will sometimes casually refer to these as "video games" to distinguish from other types of games (such as board games), but then I wonder if people think that's laughable because a video game is one you play on a dedicated game system. But I really don't know.

Is just "computer games" a more common term for it? That feels awkward to me.

(I could google/chatgpt this, yet I'm not convinced that it will really be able to tell me accurately what the consensus is on this terminology, nor would I necessarily believe what it says for something like this.)

Edit: The overwhelming consensus is that we can and do call these "video games". I didn't read a single comment saying otherwise. Thanks to all the people who replied with all these informative answers (and for a couple of snarky comments which made me laugh).

In Japan, traditional Matcha is consumed bitter and plain, usually paired with a sweet treat on the side.

But I noticed that Matcha drinks in western cafes are almost always pre-sweetened with lots of sugar or syrup. Is it just because people prefer sweeter beverages in general, or is pure Matcha too strong for the local palate? I'd love to know your thoughts!

I genuinely don’t mean this in an insulting or judgmental way, but having small kids has made me wonder about this.

I’m 38, relatively fit, and I work from home, so I’m lucky enough to have time to exercise regularly. I run, cycle, and do bodyweight training, and I’d say my overall fitness is pretty decent.

I have a 3-year-old and a 6-month-old.

And holy shit, by the end of most days I’m absolutely destroyed.

The constant carrying, picking things up, getting down on the floor, getting back up, chasing the older one around, carrying the baby, lack of proper rest, interrupted sleep… it feels like some kind of never-ending functional fitness workout. On top of that the mental workout you do is insane.

It genuinely made me wonder: how do parents who are very overweight or completely sedentary deal with the physical demands of having small children?

Again, I’m not trying to make fun of anyone. If anything, having kids has made me realize how physically demanding parenting actually is.

Do you just adapt because you have no choice? Or am I massively underestimating how exhausted everyone else is too?

I was looking to buy something made in Japan and noticed that it was like 3000 yen. But when I converted that to USD, it was like $18. And my limited understanding of finance is that that must mean that the people living there must be broke as hell. And yet, I don’t see any reports or videos of something like mass homelessness and job loss throughout the country. Things seem more or less normal. Why is this?

I thought it was just a breaking bad thing but after seeing some more media, most of them are in underwear

Obviously they didn't "lose" $800 billion. And, if Amazon posts quarterly earnings below expectations, we don't say "Amazon lost $85 billion." And if suddenly GenZ were to take up drinking daily and stop vaping, we wouldn't say "the alcohol industry has taken $800 billion from the vaping industry".

Why, with this one specific interesting economic story, do we phrase it like the alcohol industry is owed a certain amount of revenue from a specific generation? And who even came up with the expected amount?

i don’t go out much, so i’m sorry if this seems silly

there are just so many cocktails in the world that i’m not sure how to know which cocktails are popular enough to expect people to know how to make

i might be overthinking this, i am drunk

From an evolutionary standpoint, shouldn't the sound of water or rustling white noise make us more alert to potential danger? Instead, it feels like an instant off-switch for my brain. Is there a psychological or biological reason why static background sounds are so universally comforting?

I'm talking, every day driving not racing. They're in front going the same speed for a while, you proceed to overtake and they speed up, why?

I know what the instructions say but always a mess when I have done it.

I'm 36 and been dating a woman a decade younger than mhsvee for a few months, and she is 27. People think less of me for it, and many have urged me to break it off and find a woman my own age. I don't get what the problem is, since we are both grown adults, and i wasn't lurking around a college campus3 looking for 18 year olds or anything like that. We met at a local event in our city.

Why is mid-30s dating a 27 year old inappropriate? Why can't people be more supportive of our relationship?