Waching daily Aug 27 2017

Taylor Swift Under Fire: Why Is "Look What You Made Me Do" So Widely Hated?

In the three years since her last studio album was released to record-breaking sales and rapturous reviews, Taylor Swift has endured two high profile breakups and a string of increasingly ugly celebrity feuds.

For the past several months, shes kept a low profile, spacing out her social media posts and refusing to acknowledge the petty shade thrown by her detractors.

When we first learned that Taylor had new music on the way - and that she planned to address her haters in song form - the anticipation from fans couldnt have been much higher.

Unfortunately, while the single released last night delivered on the expected drama, it also met with mostly negative reactions from both actual music critics and the self-appointed variety who love to sound off on Twitter.

Taylor has become an easy target over the past year, and we all know how much the angry social media hordes love to dogpile celebs struggling with public image crises, but in this case, the attackers have a point.

Not only is Look What You Made Me Do lazy and uninspired (We wish we were joking when we say portions of the melody were lifted from Right Said Freds Im Too Sexy.

), it sends a troubling message about the importance of staying angry and settling old scores at any cost.

With lyrics like I got mine, but youll all get yours sounding like they were ripped from the manifesto of a disgruntled postal worker with an NRA membership, the song is an impassioned ode to the power of poisonous grudges.

I got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined, Taylor sing-threatens at one point, giving us a taste of what Arya Stark would sound like if she developed a taste for awkward rhyme schemes.

Sadly, the whole single is like this, and Taylor seems painfully unaware that her edgy new image feels as forced and unnatural as that British accent Madonna rocked for a while.

Naturally, the lines that have garnered the most attention are the ones that seem to be directed at specific rivals.

Taylor has beefed with Katy Perry, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Diplo, Calvin Harris, and many others in the years since 1989 marked what might be looked back on as the high point of her career.

Her forthcoming album will likely address all of those feuds, indirectly or otherwise, but fans who have painstakingly unpacked the lyrics believe that Look What You Made Me Do is aimed primarily at Kanye.

At one point, Taylor sings, I dont like your tilted stage, which could be a play on un-level playing field imagery. or a very specific reference to the lopsided floating platform West performed on during his most recent tour.

Many have pointed out that Taylors album hits stores on the tenth anniversary of the death of Kanyes mother. In all likelihood, thats nothing more an unfortunate coincidence.

Fortunately for Taylor, its not like Kanyes the type of egomaniac who thinks everything is about him. J/k, hes probably in the studio penning a diss verse over the beat of Tupacs Hit Em Up at this very moment.

But the biggest problems with Look What You Made Me Do have less to do with the mental gymnastics Taylor performs in order to position herself as the eternal victim, and more to do with the structural problems of the song itself.

Its a slapdash effort that Swift wouldve been wise to pawn off on a lesser-known artist, as its simply a poor fit for her.

The songs most embarrassing moments are saved for its final seconds, when, after crooning, I dont trust nobody and nobody trusts me several times, Taylor ratchets up the goth-y angst with a cringe-worthy spoken word snippet:.

Im sorry, but the old Taylor cant come to the phone right now, the singer breathlessly murmurs. Why? Oh, because shes dead.

Hopefully the new Taylor has access to a Ouija board, because she desperately needs to recruit her old self as a writing partner.

For more infomation >> Taylor Swift Under Fire: Why Is "Look What You Made Me Do" So Widely Hated? - Duration: 5:09.

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BREAKING British MEP lashes professor who claims 'Britain is a less attractive place' after Brexit - Duration: 2:15.

British MEP lashes professor who claims 'Britain is a less attractive place' after Brexit

Patrick O'Flynn, a UKIP MEP, ridiculed the idea that is to blame for lower net migration figures as the number has fallen to the lowest level for three years.

Speaking on , the MEP claimed argued that the main reason fewer people were coming to the UK was due to economic reasons.

He said: "I don't think this data bears any argument that there has been a kind of fear factor driving EU migrants out of Britain.  He said: "I don't think this data bears any argument that there has been a kind of fear factor driving EU migrants out of Britain.  "We have seen a concentrated fall or exodus among people from the A8 countries who tend to be in lower wage occupations. .

"And we have obviously seen a 15 per cent fall in the value of the pound against the .  "People who are concentrating on remittances back to their countries of origin will have felt the pinch.

I think it's more of an economic impetus.  "Obviously the Euro is finally having one of its short lived moments of growth… which I don't think will be sustained." Official estimates showed the overall measure – the difference between arrivals and departures – was at 246,000 in the year to the end of March.

The new numbers revealed a fall of 81,000 compared with the previous 12 months. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said more than half of the change can be accounted for by a 51,000 decrease in net migration of EU citizens.

Emigration of EU citizens from the UK increased by 33,000 year-on-year to 122,000 – the highest outflow for nearly a decade.

Professor Jonathan Portes of King's College, London, admitted that the points made by the MEP were perfectly reasonable before he insisted that "Britain is a less attractive place for EU nationals."  .

He added: "It is very difficult to see why that is good news.

We were told in the EU referendum that ending freedom of movement will let us choose the immigrants that we want.  "That is actually true to some extent after Brexit we will be able to have more flexibility on who we let in.  "That's not what is happening here.

Immigrants are not choosing us and they may be some of the people that we need."   The Government made clear in its election manifesto that it would aim to reduce net migration to below 100,000.

For more infomation >> BREAKING British MEP lashes professor who claims 'Britain is a less attractive place' after Brexit - Duration: 2:15.

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Humane Society is hosting Spay and Neuter Clinic this weekend - Duration: 1:00.

For more infomation >> Humane Society is hosting Spay and Neuter Clinic this weekend - Duration: 1:00.

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[이슈IS] '무도' 최고의1분, 워너원 하성운 '키 측정' 시청률 폭발 - Duration: 4:31.

For more infomation >> [이슈IS] '무도' 최고의1분, 워너원 하성운 '키 측정' 시청률 폭발 - Duration: 4:31.

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The Green Hell is upon us – Merc's new AMG GT R unveiled - Duration: 8:19.

The Green Hell is upon us – Merc's new AMG GT R unveiled

Honed and tested at the Nurburgring, the newly unveiled Mercedes-Benz AMG GT R even has a colour named after the famous circuit – AMG Green Hell Magno.

The world debut may have taken place at Brooklands Mercedes-Benz world in Englands leafy Surrey, but there's no doubt as to where this car's spiritual home is. .

The third member of the rapidly expanding AMG GT family, the R is Merc's most powerful production car since the SLS AMG Black Series – although Mercedes maintains the GT is a very different car.

The GT R has a Nurburgring laptime likely to dip under 7min 20sec, according to Tobias Moers, the head of Mercs AMG division. By way of contrast, the GT S laps the Nordschleife in 7min 30sec.

And that name? Nissan have no problem with the name - we havent heard from them, he told CAR. The AMG GT R has some rather big boots to fill then – what's the engine like?.

In essence, it's very similar to the 40-litre twin turbo V8 fitted to the regular 503bhp AMG GT S. Delve into the AMG engine witchcraft however, and a whole swathe of changes are afoot. .

Let's start with the turbos. Out go the old ones, in come the new.

Just like on the standard car, they're fitted inside the V configuration, in a system Mercedes refers to as 'hot inside V'. Benefits include a more compact engine design and faster responses from the turbos.

Theyve been uprated to give greater boost pressure and liberate more power – 577bhp to be precise; 74bhp more than the AMG GTS and a full 84bhp more than the Porsche 911 GT3 RS. .

Mercedes also promises re-optimised exhaust ports and a modified compression ratio, the entire combustion process retuned for track use (though this is a road car).

The dual-mass flywheel remains – Mercedes choosing not to go down the Porsche 911 R route of offering a single-mass unit – though it's 0.7kg lighter than that in the AMG GT S. A worthwhile diet, as less weight equals freer revving.

Handy then that the AMG GT R has three exhausts – a large one in the centre and two smaller ones located on either side of the rear diffuser.

Their tips sheathed in carbonfibre, each pipe benefits from two infinitely variable exhaust flaps delivering sounds from V8 burble to hell-raising howl, according to AMG bods. .

All of this means a 0-62mph time of 3.6 seconds, while top speed is damn near the double century mark at 197mph. It may well have been more were it not for the unique transmission configuration in the AMG GT R.

Situated in a transaxle layout over the rear axle, the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission has been extensively revised for track use – meaning a longer first gear and a shorter seventh.

Expect your upper torso to be violently pinned to your seat right up until the 197mph v-max, then. Sounds very AMG-ish, but this is a product of the Nurburgring. How will it handle?.

Like a GT3 race car, if Mercedes AMG's level of fettling is anything to go by. First off, at 1555kg, its light.

Not so much as to trouble the featherweight 911 GT3 RS, but slight enough to give a greater power-to-weight ratio – 371bhp-per-tonne to the Porsche's 347.

Mercedes has achieved this in part thanks to the extensive use of carbonfibre – its super-rigid nature stiffening the AMG GT R even further.

Add a rear-biased weight distribution of 47:53 into the mix, plus a standard-fit electronically controlled limited-slip differential and the front-engined, rear-drive Merc promises the obligatory tail-happy action.

Speaking of steering from the rear-end, active rear-wheel steering makes its way onto an AMG road car for the first time, the system promising greater agility at lower speeds and improved stability at higher velocities.

Optional ceramic brakes are available should things go pear-shaped, also boasting a 17kg weight saving. . Proper track cars have aero. Let's start at the front.

Underneath the AMG Panamericana radiator grille (inspired by the Mercedes 300 SL racing car that won the legendary Panamericana road race in 1952), there's a wide front splitter designed to reduce lift, while additional air curtains optimise air flow towards the wheelarches.

Active aero also plays a big part in the AMG GT R's handling prowess. Special louvres around the front end open and close in order to optimise airflow around the car, while a carbon component plays a similar trick on the underside.

Accelerate beyond 50mph and the component moves downwards by 40mm, sucking the car onto the road and reducing front axle lift at 155mph by 40 kilos. .

Move around the back, however, and things are a bit more old school, a double diffuser and giant rear wing being standard fit.

That said, the blade running through the centre of the rear wing is manually adjustable depending on the prevailing conditions of your B-road blast. Think DRS rear wing, but done by hand.

All in, the multitude of aero adds an extra 155 kilogrammes of 'weight' when running at top speed. Should be pretty sticky. .

If you're lucky enough to be able to buy one, the AMG GT R will go on sale in November 2016. There is no production limit on numbers and CAR expects the R to cost around £130,000. .

For more infomation >> The Green Hell is upon us – Merc's new AMG GT R unveiled - Duration: 8:19.

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Kaiji's Animation Is Brilliant! - Duration: 3:01.

As much as people tell me otherwise, Kaiji's animation and artstyle is brilliant.

It's a strange aesthetic unique to only Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

Wherever I go, I always see people

ungrateful at Fukumoto's artstyle.

This is mainly because everybody in them looks wonky and strange.

Their noses look sharp, oddly square, and just generally experimental.

The main reasoning as to why I love Kaiji's artstyle has to do with how effective it is.

Kaiji's artstyle captures your attention immediately, and its use of animation proves its greatness.

The characters and their large eyes sit weirdly when they're constantly crying.

The noses are in addition to a character and tell you how they're like.

Take a look at Miyoshi

his nose is small much like his spirit, or Hyodou his nose is fat

And has black marks, possibly molds, that tell us he's the villain.

As you can see the character design of everyone is detrimental to how we see the characters and the exaggerated world.

The artstyle's purpose is to exaggerate.

To make something more dire.

This is seen with their major use of metaphors such as when Kaiji takes a leap of Faith,

sleeps with the fishes, is a soldier at war, and says that he sees

Tonegawa as a snake. My favorite example of crazy metaphors is on episode 8.

The scene starts where Furuhata is about to use the three stars to rescue Kaiji from lifelong labor.

The next shot shows

Andou and Furuhata near a lighthouse as a drowning Kaiji swims towards them.

This lighthouse is Kaiji's refuge.

He extends his hand out to Furuhata and right before they make contact,

we're taken back to reality.

This is when Andou pulls Furuhata back, and Furuhata understandably questions him.

[Kaiji Episode 8]

Bam! A twist that's bad news for Kaiji!

A distorted aggravated Kaiji is shown. He's been defeated.

Finally, it goes back to the metaphor where a current in the water pulls Kaiji away

from the lighthouse, his refuge, and his haven.

Although the scene could have just played out,

Kaiji's use of metaphor and artstyle really added onto the scene.

They look strange because they're meant to look exaggerated. A metaphor with normal artstyle

would seem weird.

Because of how strange Kaiji is,

it fits in as a part of his world.

This whole scene was an exemplification of the strange

exaggerations in Kaiji. And hence, because of the stretches in truth,

Kaiji's animation works out.

The metaphors along with the unorthodox character designs make Kaiji's animation and artstyle

Brilliant.