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  1. I posted this Wired article in a different thread a few weeks ago, but it's well worth the read. The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
  2. SCOTUS rejected her appeal.
  3. Saw it yesterday. It reminded me of Skinamarink in a lot of ways, being a similar high-concept film. You never see the humans' faces clearly. Since it's shot from the dog's POV, most of what you see is from about knee-height. I watched it with my 13-yo and we both really liked it. It didn't stick the landing 100%, IMO, but it's still a good movie. The filmmakers do a great job of conveying tension. The Drafthouse had a good post-credits thing, about 5 minutes long, where the director talked about how they shot the movie with a dog who - and he could not emphasize this enough - did not realize he was in a movie. It took 3 years to film it because they spent so much time getting the reactions they wanted out of Indy, who is adorable.
  4. Let me ask you one question: is your money that good? Will it buy you forgiveness? Do you think that it could? I think you will find, when your death takes its toll All the money you made will never buy back your soul.
  5. I mean, I thought it was the rule in every revolutionary group or gang; they just say "snitches get stitches" instead.
  6. This is a fascinating, if long, Wired article about Peter Thiel and the philosophical beliefs behind everything he does. It goes into his background with Vance and touches on his reasons for investing in Facebook, and all that eventually converges to provide a ton of insight into his political leanings. The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel's Antichrist Obsession I kept thinking about the concept of mimetic rivalry as I watched clips of the right's reaction to EscalatorGate. It started off with fairly typical MAGA outrage, but as more and more people joined in, the outrage got worse and worse ("we should bomb the UN and Trump should put piece of the rubble on the Resolute Desk!"), as if they were competing for a title. Thiel explained that he was "betting on mimetic rivalry" when he invested in Facebook - people have called him the founder of the Like button. Anyway, I think some of you will find it as interesting as I did.
  7. Ah got it - no, I went to Port Neches-Groves HS.
  8. He's actually already a huge deal. He's been the most-streamed Spotify artist three times in the last five years and has 49 million Instagram followers. He's also hosted SNL and was in one of my favorite all-time sketches. If MAGA doesn't fuck around and get him pulled from the Superbowl, I would bet that his halftime show will be one of the most-watched ever. My HS was there last year too (did we go to the same high school?), and while I didn't make it to that game, I went the year before. I'm sure if I'd gone last year I'd have seen the same thing you did - everyone back home is super MAGA. And yeah, it would've affected me the same way it did you.
  9. What about SP's character makes it hard to believe someone like him exists? The Alamo had a great pre-show about the history of VistaVision and why he chose to film it like that. Very light spoilers.
  10. 100% same
  11. "I watched the news all week and was like, get me to Texas to do comedy!" Great show. The armed security and metal detectors to get into the Paramount were unsettling, but I guess this is where we are.
  12. I am genuinely not trying to sound bitchy, but did you know anything about it going in? Dystopian and gory are definitely two major hallmarks of the book.
  13. It didn't blow me away, but I liked it. The acting was great and it took me forever to place the kid who played Curly - it was Jojo Rabbit all grown up.
  14. Haven't read this whole thread yet, but for the "he was just trying to have an open debate" crowd, do you really think that there's any info you could've presented to him that would've been met with actual discussion? Any facts that would've changed his mind? It's not debate if one side insists on their viewpoint regardless of evidence that says otherwise. (Obviously none of that justifies violence.)
  15. My parents' new puppy, Truman. Hook 'em.
  16. I listened to her on Amy Poehler's podcast a few weeks ago. They were pretty funny together, but I cannot listen to her voice for long stretches of time. She swears it's really how she talks, and I realize the irony of being from southeast TX and shitting on someone else's accent, but her voice is about 10 levels up from anything you hear in the Golden Triangle.
  17. The Great Outdoors is my favorite movie from when I was a kid - we recorded it off TV at some point in the late 80s/early 90s, and watched that tape a couple times a year until some point in the early 2000s when my parents moved on to Blu Ray and I had gone to college. I wish they still had the tape just because of the commercials, but alas, it is no more. The good news is that we've been able to stream it and now my kids have seen it and love it. He was such a treasure, and it still weirds me out that I'm now older than he was when he died.
  18. I liked both versions of Goodnight Mommy (the German one's still better) and agree with you on the thousand yard stare after The Lodge. Riley Keough is amazing in it.
  19. Was anyone wondering how Fox News is sharing the news about the job numbers? I got you. Here's the page above the fold: Maybe it's on the second screen? Nope! Maybe the third screen? Still no, just random shit about a 30-yo murder and some ads. Keep scrolling? And there it is, all the way down in the middle. Fair, balanced, and definitely focused on the right things.
  20. Love them together. This is going to get more press than Charles and Diana's wedding.
  21. austingirl

    We got Soul?

    I firmly maintain that this is the best Motown song ever: But if I were to accept arguments, this would be a close second:
  22. Exactly! Just call me crazy, then.
  23. If anyone is (rightfully) concerned about the dog's fate, I went ahead and looked up that spoiler for you.
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