As someone who has lived in California their entire life, I tell people to call me only if it’s a 6.0 or above.

There is a sequence in New Moon that is a time jump of multiple seasons. There a literal like four blank pages that indicate the character, Bella, is in a catatonic-like state. She literally can’t form a response to what was occurring around her. Many readers assume this is a cheap way of doing a time jump but even the movie depicts Bella a catatonic state.

I recall we get a sense of internal monologue but everything coming from Edward’s POV is lacking any depth or emotion. When Bella speaks, it is monotone. If you’ve seen the movies you’d think Kristen Stewart was giving a deflected performance that might suggest some disinterest in the role. Not saying I enjoy the movies or the books (as an adult), but this performance to me is spot on for how Bella is depicted.

EDIT: Unrelated, the cars in the movies are not a product placement. Mayers wrote Edward driving a Volvo.

I don’t recall any suggestion of their intelligence. Just that whenever Edward attempted to “read” her mind, he could never glean a single thought. It was a blank void.

Not just a minor but person who might have a mental disorder/illness. In case you never read Twilight, the vampires have unique abilities, Edward’s being telepathy. When he meets Bella, he is unable to detect any thoughts from her. The entire book Bella is literally described as having no subconscious thoughts.

I literally don’t get to see them otherwise. Plus that is how we met.

I get to see my friends at a Star Trek convention in Las Vegas.

Again, I don’t pay attention to that stuff.

Look, Corgan is my favorite musician, Pumpkins my favorite band.

I just look past things like this.

And I implore everyone to get their screenshots right. The color-mismatch is annoying.

I am reminded of Sarah Lynn from BoJack Horseman.

Did they time travel? Whoever wrote this mistakenly stated it was Wednesday. It was January 6, Tuesday.

So they count being morally dead as a disqualifying factor too?

you said she beat him

Lord Zedd is Chrome?

And I assert my right to say “fuck you.”

I think I remember seeing this sketch on television.

He compared the attack to WWII. He clearly has no idea what he is doing.

At least Bush had the decency to announce he was attacking Iraq before it occured.

From Wikipedia.

Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin would take issue with that title.

I had a sociology teacher that is Muslim rant about (circa 2010) prejudices relating to how violent the text in the Quran is. Argued that the book should be re-written. However this was also a person who argued that schools should swap teachers and force them to grade each other’s test.

Then I took a class on religions in North America and learned that teacher had a history of getting Muslim students who they claimed learned more about their own faith practices in that class than before they had been enrolled.