Vlog Ep. 230: MCU Phase 4

For tonight's episode of #BaduyPride, we talked all about what is known so far about Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The way that Marvel Studios has done their best to keep their different movie projects tied together in a single story sitting has always been rather admirable. They haven't always been all that tightly connected, but they do make sense when put together.

The challenge of Phase 4 is that they have to do a lot to set up again given many of the actors' contracts have come to an end and they're no longer obliged to appear as the leads of future movies. Sure they still have some later Phase characters to work with as a primer, but the rest of the slate features a lot of new people coming in. And it's not just movies but also a heck of a lot of TV shows to boot, so there's a lot to look forward to.

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Vlog Ep. 229: Let's Be Cheesy!

This episode of #BaduyPride was all about CHEESE because we've really codified Tasty Tuesdays as a content bucket for our little web show thing. We're never exactly big experts on the different foods we cover on the show but we are certainly food enthusiasts who have enjoyed many meals together over the years.

It's kind of bonkers just how many types of cheese are out there. And things don't stop at the varieties of the stuff but even the many ways they are enjoyed whether on their own or added to other food or subjected to additional cooking methods like frying, baking or even an open flame. There's a reason why cheese has become something akin to "chocolate for adults", as Tobie put it. And it was fun to talk about all that cheesy goodness today.

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Vlog Ep. 228: Deep Sea Adventure

This episode of #BaduyPride focused on the tabletop game Deep Sea Adventure, created by Jun Sasaki and Goro Sasaki and published by Oink Games. This calling card box-sized game supports 2-6 players and is one of the rare Oink Games releases that don't require a minimum of 3 players. And while it's not our favorite game, it does make for a fun addition to any game night that doesn't involve overly complex rules.

I will never get over at the level of complexity these Oink Games hide in such small boxes. We own games that come in bigger boxes because of way more components that end up being simpler or less enjoyable. And this is just one of many delightful Oink Games experiences we look forward to celebrating on the show.

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Vlog Ep. 227: About Personality Tests

This episode of #BaduyPride was all about different personality tests and indirectly other measures for categorizing or classifying people. As much as archetypes are very much a thing, the way tests have been developed to try to identify such personality quirks can be a little suspect, especially when no longer administered and interpreted by trained professionals but instead regurgitated as internet content. 

To reiterate our conclusions in the video, we're not against the notion of personality types and archetypes. We're also not entirely against tests that try to help people figure out their personality types. What we are against is how people treat test results as a one-time, one-size-fits-all assessment of who you're supposed to be and you use that data point to define your life or rationalize (good or bad) behavior. There's a reason why we say we have free will. We just have to use it. 

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Vlog Ep. 226: The 4-Day Workweek

This episode of #BaduyPride was also based on a viewer suggestion and one that brought us back to talking about work. In this case, the subject of the episode was all about the possibility of a 4-day workweek, something that continues to get debated across the internet in different ways. And even how the 4-days break out in terms of these being the same number of working hours in a shorter period of time or actually reducing the total number of working hours in the week, either option has its pros and cons. 

Given the ongoing pandemic, figuring out the values of alternate working arrangements like this certainly made for an interesting discussion. I was surprised that we managed to get past an hour and a half hashing this out and even considering other situations like what our working from home options are going to be like in the future when we have the option to go back to work. There is certainly a lot to think about. 

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