Happy New Year You Surly Bastards!
Everything posted by wild_turkey
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Bugonia - Yorgos, Emma Stone, Jesse Plemmons
Watched tonight and found it interesting. Not sure if āenjoyedā is the right word but I was glad I watched it. Kinda predicted the ending within the first 30 minutes. Perhaps because I recently watched Safety Not Guaranteed where a similar crazy person turned out to not actually be crazy and I felt this could be one of those. It was as still entertaining.
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Trumpās America
Perhaps a little bit of Scientology Nationalism is a good thing to prevent Christian Nationalism from having too big of a market share?
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Ski Season 2025/2026
Also, very glad we arenāt doing Telluride this year because their mountain is now closed due to a ski patrol strike. Yikes. (not that much of Colorado has good snow anyways)
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Ski Season 2025/2026
My default destination is Telluride (not Epic) so I normally donāt pay attention to the Epic stuff, but this year we wanted to mix it up and weāre skiing with some friends who are Epic Pass holders, so that was part of the criteria. Knowing that we would choose an Epic mountain for our friendsā sake, I booked an Epic Day Pass for 2 days at a rate of $146/day, which was a slightly higher rate because I included holidays (not yet knowing location or dates). We landed on Breckenridge over MLK weekend, which is now showing $289/day, so that was almost a 50% savings. It also saves me 20% on gear rentals and saves 30% on lessons for my daughter. I consider that a pretty big win. There is a deadline in early December for booking the Epic Day Pass, but something to keep in mind for any of you next year who want < 5 days skiing at an Epic mountain.
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Trumpās America
This senile old hateful man has the nuclear launch codes.
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Trumpās America
What about Liberation Day? The tariffs are generating so much money for the American people. What about following through on the campaign promise to finally release the Epstein files and expose those scumbags Clinton and Gates? Thatās a major accomplishment. What about getting Erika Kirk back on the market so JD Vance can get a partner with a more suitable fabric color? What about getting the economy to record highs and ending the affordability hoax?
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
Their recent movie All of You also had nudity. I think itās a misconception that Apple prohibits this, but no one is doing it to the extent that 2000-2015 HBO did it.
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
There was a topless girl in the Breaking Bad pilot and, to my knowledge, Gilligan did not light himself on fire.
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Jeffrey Epstein needs his own thread
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Compensation & WFH debate ($120K vs 240K)
Where did the premise say anything about selling out your autonomy? I would interpret it as you are putting in the same amount of work from home that you would in the office, and that your professional autonomy is essentially equal. With regards to the 5 hours you are supposedly saving by not getting ready for work and commuting each day, I think itās a fairly big assumption that most people would fill that time with productive personal activities. Some people would, especially those with demanding schedules who struggle to balance family commitments and personal interests and are highly motivated to make both work. But I think a lot of people would simply sleep more or waste time doomscrolling their phones. Meanwhile, the extra $120k could easily cover time saving expenses like a landscaping service, housekeeper, meal prep, etc.
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Trumpās America
Itās probably the couch thing. Itās well known that JD Vance likes to have sex with couches, and that oddity might be okay because lots of people have weird kinks, but most of those couches were less than 8 years old, which even Megyn Kelly would agree is a bridge too far.
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Trumpās America
I would prefer he commit seppuku.
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
For as nice as Carolās house is, having her fridge pushed up against a wall is not ideal. Have fun opening the left side door. I know they built the house for the show and there probably wasnāt a lot of thought put into the kitchen layout, but come on.
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
Same. I apparently have different TV tastes from some of the posters here. I spent too much time pausing and consulting Google maps and looking at photos and other random shit from the checkpoints on his route. Enjoyed watching Carol finally take some time to fuck around.
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
I wish she would ask them: -where did the genetic code for the virus originate? who or what created it? -what is their end game? Pretty basic big picture questions that might help her understand what type of adversary she is up against.
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
Interesting to read these takes. Iām definitely team Carol. Maybe sheās a bit of a bitch but the situation kinda calls for it. I like her bitchiness. There are other shows where I canāt stand a main character that other viewers seem fine with and that usually ruins the show for me, so I get it.
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
Based on the ratio of dead people (~1 billion) to remaining live people (~7 billion), the average corpse would feed 7 people for how long? Assume average body weight of 180 lbs and ignore for a second the corpse has a lot of water weight, thatās 25.7 lbs of tissue per living human. Perhaps they are supplementing it with other dead animals or another nutrition source because that wouldnāt last very long. And then what happens? Start sacrificing the critically ill?
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
Sort of disagree. I think this is the expected pace of this show, which will gradually set the stage for this bizarro dystopian world, and the viewer gets to contemplate the problem through Carolās eyes. The story advances by revealing small bits of information about the conflict, rather than major action sequences. Last episode, we learned that they cannot lie and their condition is likely reversible. This episode, we learned that they are willing to withdraw for either emotional reasons or their own safety, and that they most likely consume the dead. I think thatās the expectation for the average episode.
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Cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, etc.)
BTC falling hard
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Abbott being Abbott
It will be hilarious if CA has updated maps for 2026 and TX does not.
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The Diplomat (Netflix) - Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell
The minor frustration I had with that part was that everything moved a little too quickly. The pres and VP were have a late night discussion about strategy, then by the following day, the sub had already been photographed and the weapon retrieved. It also seems a bit foolish that the pres and VP would think they could pull that off and somehow keep it a secret. Callum was immediately aware that something had happened. Didn't they realize that the very same intelligence sources that alerted them to the presence of the sub in the first place would also be capable of knowing the weapon had been moved? When it comes to rebuilding trust, they just keep digging that hole deeper.
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The Diplomat (Netflix) - Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell
Searched and didnāt find a thread, just sporadic mentions in the Netflix meta thread (which is awful for discussion). The show deserves its own thread. Season 1 trailer provided for anyone unfamiliar with the show who might be interested in starting it. There are 3 seasons available now, so probably best not to read beyond this point if you havenāt seen all of them. Curious what others think. I like the show quite a bit and think a lot of the characters are well written. Especially like Stuart, Eidra, Dennison, and Todd Penn. I get a little tired of Hal at times, but I think thatās supposed to be the case. Kate and Hal seemed to have a dead marriage from the start that existed purely for political and career reasons, so I enjoy the show more when they arenāt forcing themselves to be together and the other plots can be front and center. The second half of season 3 was great. The coverup hits a little close to home with the current political landscape, but I enjoyed the different charactersā involvement and some of their reactions and moral struggles with it all (or seemingly lack thereof).
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Jeffrey Epstein needs his own thread
For whatever reason, they do not seem to have the ability to do this or else it wouldāve been their first move months ago and we wouldāve already been fed the falsified version. Itās the easy out that they havenāt taken, which could only be because itās not actually a viable option.
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Jeffrey Epstein needs his own thread
Gotta love the daily reminder that we are winning bigly on affordability and stopping men in womenās sports and transgender for everyone. I was starting to worry that grocery prices were going up and I might get my dick chopped off at my next primary care visit. Looks like everything will be okay after all.
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
Really liking this show. Iām predicting some combination of the following: -Carol gets pissed off and intentionally uses her ability to freak out on the hive and cause them to shut down, killing many more in the process. -They respond to this by confining her to some kind of sound proof room for the mutual protection of Carol and the hive. -Carol needs the help of another unconverted human to escape her confinement. -At some point, she discovers more than just 12 unconverted people. -Season 2 will include efforts to cure people and restore them to their original form.