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Transgender man tortured for 30 days then killed
And this crowd thinks trans people are the problem. Jesus Christ.
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Trump’s America
If I know one thing, it's that if we ever get out of this hellscape (or, when future historians discuss the demise of America), there will need to be a serious discussion about/reckoning with the huge role that our current media landscape has played in our downfall. Its highly fragmented, heavily curated nature combined with changes in the ways people consume content have created echo chambers like no other. Look at the current home page of Fox News: Compared to NBC News:
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Severance (Apple TV)
The guy casually getting the tray of dental tools while humming "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and then walking to the scary elevator was one of the more ominous moments so far.
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Severance (Apple TV)
Ms. Hwang's comment about "it makes them feel human" made me think of the book Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguru. (spoiler for NLMG below)
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
I don't think it matters at this point, because none of the media outlets that the right pays attention to would broadcast this.
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The Monkey
Saw an early screening of this tonight and loved it. Oz Perkins directing, based on a Stephen King short story. There are some pretty fun cameos throughout, including the first scene. It's definitely the most comedic of his movies. If you like horror comedy (think Ready or Not), definitely check this one out.
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What will happen if the Trump Administration ignores a Supreme Court ruling?
Um, I said "y'all still haven't desegregated schools here?" Not sure why @HornOnTheBayou is trying to besmirch my good name.
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Severance (Apple TV)
Did Milkshake know it was Helena and not Helly? I'm thinking no, and he only realized it when she called him Seth.
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Severance (Apple TV)
Woe's Hollow has to be a simulation, right? They can't just wake up Irv's outtie in the middle of the forest? Also, "spilled his lineage" 😂 Finally, if I wasn't so attached to "austingirl" I would totally be Chaos' Whore on Surly.
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What in the total fucking shit did I just watch?
LOL, I saw Beau is Afraid in the theater with my then 15-yo son. Couldn't look him in the eye for a while afterwards. 😂 That movie is bananas. Like a 3-hour-long fever dream.
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Severance (Apple TV)
I assumed that if Cobel went with them, she would definitely not be talking to the board and would definitely either be killed or end up owned by them and experimented on like Gemma, never to see the light of day again. She knows too much and is too much of a loose cannon at this point, and Lumon doesn't seem like the type to just calmly acquiesce to her demands. The board just happened to be immediately available to speak to her? Ok. (Also, I think the board is either some AI entity or the digitized consciousness of Eagans who are now dead and gone. Just a side note.) In all the mail they've shown throughout the series, the address is Keir, PE. I think they are in the US, based on the question they ask about it when innies first wake up, but definitely in their own...state? Municipality? Or is the entire thing a simulation? I do think reincarnation or at least the saving/resurrection of consciousness is the end goal. Helena's dad talked about seeing her at his "revolving". Obviously Gemma is still around in some form. Last season, Cobel's shrine involved her dead mother's hospital bracelet - maybe she wants to bring her back and that's one reason for her devotion to Lumon.
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ICE activity/raids
People informing on their neighbors and colleagues? Gee, when have we seen that before?
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ICE activity/raids
I swear I saw an article saying that a big chunk of farm laborers didn't show up to work last week because of this, but I can't find it now.
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A Complete Unknown
We both loved it. I remember walking out and wondering how anyone could boo Like a Rolling Stone. One interesting thing I came across later (and maybe this is only interesting to music nerds) - Like a Rolling Stone was originally written in 3/4 time. Wikipedia has a clip of Dylan singing it like that and it's so strange. It definitely feels more folk in that time signature. It's amazing how changing that one aspect turned it into a rock song.
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ICE activity/raids
I'm starting to see reports about ICE agents trying to round up immigrants. It's starting in Austin. One of the more heinous aspects of this is that the feds have not instructed agents to stay away from traditionally safe spaces like schools, hospitals, and churches. Austin ISD is more than 50% Hispanic, and I'm sure we're going to see a big drop in attendance with parents not wanting to bring their kids to school or pick them up, lest they get arrested. How do we talk to our kids about this? What should they do if they are approached? How can they help their friends who may have undocumented family members?
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Severance (Apple TV)
That whole conversation had me rolling. "What's your favorite door?" "Pocket." And Dylan interviewing with someone who looked like him in 20 years.
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Severance (Apple TV)
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Not sure how long we are spoilering stuff, so just in case.- Severance (Apple TV)
Was a pineapple involved?- Severance (Apple TV)
Helly doesn't go by her real name in the office - her last name is Eagan but her office last name initial is R. So I figured they change names whenever it suits them, and that Casey was made up. Mark never specified how exactly he and Gemma tried to have kids, so there's a plausible scenario where they did IVF and Lumon somehow got ahold of one of their fertilized eggs. But that seems a bit farfetched and I'm not sure what Lumon's end goal would be. I've seen some people theorize that Ms. Huang is a clone of Gemma, which is still weird but more likely than the other scenario. The presence of goats in their facility definitely got me thinking about cloning as something they're working on. A friend of mine mentioned that having Keanu do the voiceover in the video could be a Matrix reference. They're probably overthinking it, but it's interesting.- Severance (Apple TV)
Here you go!- Severance (Apple TV)
This is really cool - you should post in the tv/movie geeks thread.- Winter Weather 2025 - Arctic Blasts or Sweaty Ass?
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Why are we assuming that anything Milchik told them was true? About it being 5 months since the incident, about there being reforms, etc? Hasn't everything Lumon told the innies been a lie? The innies would have no way to confirm how long it's been or what's been happening on the outside, or what their outies have been told (if anything). I figured everything they've been told since they got back is bullshit, but that Lumon needs this group for whatever reason, so they are trying to keep them as complacent as possible. - Severance (Apple TV)
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