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  1. TurkeyChew
    Really? Interesting. I’ll Google to learn more but if you could provide a link or two that you’ve read about it that would be cool? It feels like a movie that didn’t have an interest in being provocative and activist but instead be an ugly reflection of all of society so that’s fascinating to learn it was meant to be polemic. I guess if it didn’t work as a polemic it doesn’t matter what it’s intentions were but that’s probably a different discussion for a different location on this website.
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    meh, to each their own. I have recommended it to 4 people and each thought it was hilarious as well.
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    I'm in! I've oscillated between 192 and 198 most of 2021, really need to be at 182-188 for my frame (6'0-6'1, long torso, big chest).
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    hmmm, I don't think I agree with your police work there, I think there were lots of targets and everyone got a good bit of the roast. I don't think one group was targeted 100% by any means. That said, I watched it again knowing the funny jokes and what was coming, and I have come around to understanding why some folks didn't like it. It's really a movie that sticks a finger into the wound that is American society in 2022. It's not an activist movie in that it doesn't seem to push an agenda or have a narrative or propose any solutions. It's a pure play parody movie in that it's an exaggerated attack and uses comedy to serve up what is real and exists today. Some people find it hilarious and others think life is too serious not to be funny, I think.
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    Disagree in that I think we gameplanned and contained Kyler pretty well-- a couple plays here or there and it's a turnover for us (e.g. helmet catch on fake punt, Kearse INT, etc.). I think we did well against him until Kliff broke out the option run which we clearly didn't game plan for and expect and which was a great coaching move because nothing else on the ground was working for AZ with QB & RB all game.
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    Call me crazy but I think in two weeks we beat Arizona like a drum. We have the tape and the horses to go again and win. Classic “hard to beat someone twice in a season” scenario like the time the Giants beat us in the playoffs after we beat them a few weeks before in regular season. That said, would take a sports miracle and a just a pure heater of a playoff run (think: Eagles in 2017 with Foles) to win it all— we are way too inconsistent.
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    It’s the return of the penalties every third play, for me.
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    This. Employer covered insurance at a top flight firm means something like Humira is $60 a year ($5/month) versus the $70k out of pocket. Being underinsured is expensive if you have a chronic condition or need.
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    Also how career academics and STEM experts are mostly nerdy, antisocial weirdos with a cavalcade of personality disorders that require pharmaceutical therapies…but once they taste the sweet nectar of popularity and being desired (sexually, culturally, financially etc.) and get the taste of being the quarterback of the football team, all the morality is out the door.
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    Thanks for the info there; I would have just assumed Mich St was a powerhouse in some obscure program because it seems like there are always stories of middling state schools or land grant universities that swing above their weight in random things (example, I had a buddy send his oldest to Indiana U from The Woodlands HS which seemed random and he said that it has a world class ballet dancing and degree conferring program and places dancers at a better rate and at better troupes than any place not named Juilliard. Go figure.) Anyways this was a super fun movie and I think everyone of all walks of life and the political spectrum will have fun and laugh as there are plenty of jokes for everyone.
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    For my money it was Jonah Hill with the “wait, did you say Michigan State?” Lol scoffing. “No offense but let’s see what Harvard and Stanford say.” Im sure that Michigan St does have the best PhD programs for astronomy or whatever
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    What that season 2 was a disappointment?
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    Haha. And I’ll spoiler this question
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    Oh yea sorry my bad, but to your point, a cataclysmic and existential “climate event” where you have 6 months until 97% odds of extinction is an exaggerated premise for the real world climate change situation we are in, as of press time. So while I think that climate change is potentially existential and an extinction-level threat for us, eventually, it’s obviously not upon us like it was in the film.
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    The weirdo technocrat billionaire and his algorithm that showed the President being killed by an unknown-at-the-time creature, for one. That’s obviously a caricature of real life billionaires and the techno-billionaire aesthetic. And I guess that was it— the stand-in’s for topicality were all caricatures which made the film extremely funny. It wasn’t outlandish or absurd like characters of Idiocracy and the caricatures were pretty obviously modeled off of real life characters and situations, but amped up a bit for comedic reasons which worked in my opinion. The callous and vulgar nepotism of Jonah hill and his bro attitude was hilarious (I died at calling Jlaw “boy with the dragon tattoo” among others) and Ron Perelman’s overt and ham-handed racism was hilarious as was everyone’s “he’s of a different generation” mush mouthed defense of it.
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    To your point, I think this movie did a great job of striking a balance between something intentional and thoughtfully serious treated with comedy, like The Big Short, and something so obviously satirical and in the theatre of the absurd like Idiocracy. I think it landed right in the middle, as there was obviously a moral to the story but it was also a wink and nod that the circumstances are being exaggerated for effect (especially Ron Perelman’s character who for me was hands down the funniest). That said I thought the movie was funny and good. I think those taking the movie so seriously they are depressing themselves or couldn’t find the outsized humor are either trying to hard to make this movie more of a moral/political film than was intended which is probably a personality issue that extends in all things in life. Leo was good, JLaw was good, and Jonah should get a best supporting nod for my money.
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    Just saw it; it was hilarious. Jonah Hill slayed as always.
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    Yep!
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    Saw Snowpiercer was leaving Netflix on 1/31 and been meaning to see it. Enjoyed it okay.
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    That's a good point and I almost edited to add, Baker will need to adjust his ego settings and become a more team-friendly, fun-loving, socially enjoyable teammate, which I do think happens when your wings have been clipped as a #1 overall bust. Fitzpatrick grew a beard and had fun with his chains and teammates as alter ego Fitzmagic, once he embraced his lot in NFL life, so who knows. The other metaverse alternate reality is that Baker could take his lumps and humble himself and find an extremely respectable and productive (and surprising) 2nd act in a different scenery that claws back his legacy as a bad #1 bust. Basically the Alex Smith playbook from his time at SF to what he was able to do in KC.
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    As a #1 overall pick he's clearly a bust. As a QB in the NFL he's probably got another decade in him, bouncing from various teams and oscillating between starter and back-up. He's basically a more unlikable Ryan Fitzpatrick.
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    Actually I'm wrong-- MIA has a 7 game, almost 8 game run I think?
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    LAR, GB and Dallas are leading the league with 4 game winning streaks. Can't hate that!
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    Well that was fun!
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    Whatever happened to Jesse Holley? I remember listening to him on Cowboys talk radio and then forgot about him.

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