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Not being intentionally obtuse, just still don't understand what was at stake and what each character wanted in the "Hunt for Aegon".

Wait, what's wrong with Ben & Skin? Those guys are funny and I like their Mavs takes. Way better than Mike Basik's.

I mean, they have to co-exist, even while having a fundamental disagreement. Unless Otto is willing to kill his daughter I guess, which he might be who knows. Otto getting to Aegon first and having the first 20 minute lecture with him imparting on him he needs to undertake a precise and extensive and sensitive campaign to kill a challenger (for a kid who the show has made great pains to show is anything but capable of executing that strategy let alone synthesizing that message), not to mention that his mother will have ample opportunity to impart on him her wishes for him and what she wants him to do, makes the whole thing mega stupid if that really is all that whole scene was about.

Okay, thanks for that. Further clarity needed: What would The Hand finding Aegon have meant that Alicent finding him didn't? They are more-or-less directionally aligned (disagreeing on the murder of home girl, obviously notwithstanding). I guess I don't understand what the stakes were and what the hypothetical outcome would have been had Otto found Aegon versus Alicent. What if Aegon was in his chambers when the King died, would they have had a foot race to his room? My point being, Otto getting a hold of Aegon doesn't seem meaningful if both Alicent and Otto ) Didn't want Aegon to die, 2) wanted Aegon to be king and 3) wanted him crowned ASAP. In that regard the race to find him with the two competing search parties, and then later the confrontation with Otto saying "you won the clever game" or something or another, didn't make sense. Probably because I'm too dumb to understand Middle Age politics.

I recently watched Anaconda as well and agree with JV being the over the top, horrible accent, but campy fun.

I'm too dumb to understand so someone help me with this. Here is what I think is clear: 1) The King dies and it's revealed Aegon is missing 2) Two different parties with two different agendas (The Hand / Alicent) send two different search parties (Twin Lords / Aemond & Cristin) to find him I think I get that part. What I don't get is what the agendas were. 1) Was The Hand trying to have Aegon killed so Aemond could be King because he knows Aegon sucks? But Cristin wins the battle and Aemond and Cristin do their duty to bring back Aegon to be King, which is what Alicent wanted, even though she knows her son is the worst but has the maternal unconditional love? 2) Was the show trying to head fake us that Aemond was going to kill his brother and take the throne because he is clearly the better King (and even Aegon seemed to think that was going to happen), but then he didn't? Moving on from that confusion, the lame-foot guy having a healthy foot-fetish is too on the nose for me. It felt way too sophomoric and try-hard and took me out of the story for a bit. Lastly, what is White Worms accent supposed to be? It's weird, for sure, though I think the idea of a sex-worker-cum-power-player (pun unintended) is the missing piece of the one-in-a-million low-born, meritocratic come-upper who is a player in the game despite not having a lineage or family (a la Littlefinger, Pentos wealth, Ser Cristin, etc.)

Just saw this movie for the first time and it is worth the watch, especially if you have tweens or younger:

And when that day came, peace. I was too late!

The best thing about RGIII is that due 1) his cornball personality and difficulty relating to his teammates 2) his extremely rapid decline in ability on the field when he was a player and 3) his weird personal life choices, most everyone lacks a lot of respect for him outside of his "RGIII Baylor and first year or two in Washington" days. This leads to Twitter Gold as he is constantly being roasted anytime he participates. One of the more funny recent entries: But hey, we can't talk-- we have Acho embarrassing us every time he opens his mouth.

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My guess is because a) they are the ones with money, assets, net worth (e.g. things to protect), they have b) a less plastic brain about evolving cultural and social trends/norms, and c) are generally less aware of practical reality for the "thems" of today and how different it was for them at 21-34 than it is today for the same demo.

Just something to be aware of, when companies do hiring freezes and then RIF's, it's usually the recruiters and then the contract employers first. A real risk with the uncertainty of the macro-economics and environment for the next ~6 months, IMO. Were it me, I wouldn't leave unless I had a W2 role from the get-go, unless you are just dying to leave your current situation. Just rest and vest. That said: I am actually leaving my safe organization for another organization soon, so I guess it's always a case-by-case evaluation.

NASA was Uncle Rico, peaking in 1969, and welcomed private money to spur innovation again. You can hate Elon Musk without also mindlessly defending everything the US government does (or doesn't). They aren't mutually exclusive.

It's interesting to read the early threads during Covid of people saying travel won't come back, etc.

$3100, final final final offer.

Probably the best response a magician can ever get, right? You are indistinguishable from a wizard at this point and are a scary threat when you can do sleight of hand like that.

I applaud Johnny for trying, but around 15 pages ago you should have realized this was nothing more than a cathartic exercise for a bunch of miserable people who need an outlet and someone to lash out on. This thread has not been an honest, introspective, respectful conversation but instead is a bunch of confirmed bias point of views (on both sides) with Brisket repeating his same thesis 40 times in about 20 different ways. In other words just let this thread die unless you like the gang bang.

It's cool you think this show is cool. I think this show lacks wit and testosterone. It's like a slightly more violent Bridgerton or aforementioned Downtown Abbey, which is fine, just not a lot of this website's target demo (and maybe a bit misaligned with expectations based on the experiences had with the legacy GoT). Personally I think this show is decently good, not close to great and more or less worth the hour investment. It's like a decent podcast in that way; if you are commuting or something I watch it. It's certainly not appointment television though.

Truly this is hilarious.

I have learned, for me, there is a mental chasm that gets crossed when I agree to start having conversations with recruiters. It's a crossing of the Rubicon so to speak, psychologically. It is me saying that there is a possibility that I will change jobs and by being open to that possibility, however low I think it is at the onset, I am mentally, emotionally, and psychologically moving away from being 100% committed and present to what I am currently doing. That alone is taxing and that is to say nothing of being in active search and mid-stream in interviews (in my world interviewing is a full time job with loads of prep work and deliverables and presentations across anywhere from 4-8 different meetings with just as many different stakeholders) and the discipline needed to compartmentalize your current job and fighting against checking out. Anyways, to your main point, I don't think it's algo based, I just think that this is the weirdest recession ever in that unemployment is mega low, lots of companies still need and want to hire, and while a lot are in hiring freezes, there are still lots of job reqs being opened daily.

These two are like 50 years old now.

How long is the gestation stage of dragons in an egg? 250 years?

I don't think this is the case in my 'hood, multiple vehicles with "Let's Go Brandon" stickers on their back windshields and bumpers. My little informal straw poll that is my conservative neighborhood has me thinking that it's not about shyness but about energy and enthusiasm and Abbott just doesn't inspire the masses like Cruz did or maybe it was a more important election or perceived to be, as most people fall into the trap of "Texas will always have an R governor, what's the point".

In my very conservative neighborhood, in 2018 there were many Cruz signs in yards. Same neighborhood in 2022 (I know, governor not senate so it's different, I guess), there are zero signs save one BETO sign in the yard of one of the houses on the entrance. Nothing else. I don't quite know what to make of that.

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