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For me, the act of watching The Batman was less fun than watching Multiverse of Madness. The Batman felt overly long. Not in a boring way, but in an "Oh god, I thought it was over..." kind of way. If The Batman was a mini-series on HBO Max, I would've enjoyed it a lot more. But also, I grew up on Marvel comics, and X-Men specifically, so those characters do more for me on a pure nostalgia / emotional heart-tug level. Plus, right now I'm very into bonkers b-movies, and that's the vibe of the second half of Dr. Strange 2. So yeah, I'll give it to the MCU, but with all due respect to The Bat.

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May 19, 2022Liked by Geoffrey Golden

I wanted the ogre to rebrand and I'm really excited to get my cut of the dildogre's sales!!!!

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Eeek, time to check my privilege. Recommending the ogre to become a villain really highlighted an inherent bias that I will need to reflect on.

My career in life coaching feels superfluous now, how am I to coach others’ lives... if I can’t coach my own?

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I told the ogre to stop crying and clean up his room (in much nicer terms). I have to admit, we ended up having a pretty lighthearted chat.

As a result of our conversation, I’m happy to report that our ogre pal is now a fitness instructor, a vegan, and he even hosts a podcast titled “Get Ogre It.” He had me on the other day and we talked about Lord of the Rings. Apparently he has a huge crush on Arwen. I told him he’d have to fight past a king to have her (get ogre it, essentially), and he laughed so hard he spat out his avocado mid-bite...it got all over his equipment.

I’m glad to know he is in a much happier state! 🤣

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May 19, 2022Liked by Geoffrey Golden

I told the ogre to become a villain, mostly because I thought it'd be funny. Boy howdy, did I learn my lesson! A true learning experience. I will never mess up like that again, no siree! (Please don't cancel me, Ogre Twitter!)

If I was a superhero, my arch-nemesis would be the nefarious Dr. Insomnio—with the power to induce anxious states in people who otherwise would be getting much-needed rest—and his sniveling sidekick. Early Bird, the brains behind the genius idea that workdays should start at dawn, just to torment night owls like me.

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I can’t believe I’ve seen more than 10 Marvel movies. I really need to diversify…

But yes, I was definitely up for a rebrand. I know he was down and out about his lack of uhh.. penetration into the other groups but now he’s got his own crevice to explore. I’m happy for him, I mean, he really should clean his room and put ye olde Hulk Smashing behind him, but baby steps.

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i advised him to go solo (it's what i would have done ;-) and things seem to have turned around for the big lug... i even got a shout out on his podcast, Get Ogre It! haven't seen the films, but my arch nemesis would be 'the numerator' or really anything to do with numbers or math. give me something to calculate and my head will explode :-O

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I was tempted to send him down a dark, villainous path, but then I realized I'm not a god, I'm a superhero life coach, which means I have no business messing with villain shit. Anyway, I heard a lot of negativity, self-criticism, and defeatism, so I suggested that he work on his self-esteem. Well, I should've checked my rate card before giving that advice, because I haven't seen nearly enough Marvel movies to command those kinds of fees. Still, I'm happy things worked out for The Mighty Ogre, and I especially enjoyed the hors d'oeuvres at his house-warming party. I didn't think bacon wrapped Lucky Charms would work, but THEY DID!

As for the arch enemy to my super hero identity, it's more like ENEMIES, as in The Printer Jam Band. Those guys are always causing paper jams and office drama, but not I my watch!

Sadly, I haven't seen The Batman or Dr. Strange 2. I've been too busy playing Adventure Snack!

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