MinerProphet

She was NOT an excellent candidate. But because of Biden running (and I was of the mind you don't go away from the incumbent strength-- I was wrong in hindsight with half of America) and because it became very clear he would be boatraced after the first debate, she was the only viable option with a chance to win with the 120 day runway until the election yesterday.

This. I think it's 80% economic and 20% echo chambering that makes it impossible for folks to soberly and clearly assess the real world sentiment and social temperature of the hoi polloi. This too. The big bet was on Abortion and it didn't pay off like the models and pundits thought it would.

Weakest episode for me. I guess there was a massive time jump from last episode to this episode and that sewer system is now connected and online better than a Fortune 500 business and they have grown millions of shrooms from the two buckets, there was a massive exposition dump in the first 30 seconds, and the Falcone's and Gigante's are just drinking wine and eating Persian food for months until finally doing something?

But what I'm saying is, cops would have swarmed him and apprehended in Act 1.

While the opening scene was amazing cinematography and story-telling-by-action, very cool and edgy for it's time-- the Dark Knight bank robbery with the school busses would have been the easiest tracking down ever.

....The Aristocrats!!! The Innovator's Dilemma!!

Elon Musk certainly confounds me. Most of the time I think he's barely smarter than some of my dumbest friends. But then other times, I have to begrudgingly allow that he's been a visionary and done some really extraordinary things. Like, society changing disruptions and innovations-- and that's no hyperbole. Further, one time is a fluke. He's done it numerous times to show it's a trend (e.g. PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, etc.). And generally you can't attribute those odds to luck, though I guess it's possible he kept doubling up until he crapped out on Twitter.

Appreciate all the responses @Tailgate @troph @Born to Run @jimmyjazz @Texas Jeff Follow-on question: while being a Solid-B student is generally not gonna get him to where he wants to be without some sort of CAP, etc., is the phenomenon from back in my day of being a B-student but doing awesome on the SAT's still work? Essentially, can a 1400+ (or 1500+?) SAT score do the heavy lifting that the average GPA can't do in college applications? To be honest and I've told Jr. this-- that is how I got into UT back in the day. Times are so different that I don't even understand what "Test Optional" applications mean and if you should still send in a test or not and if a killer SAT score can rule the day as a sort of bail-out for not being a great student, but being intelligent. If any of that makes sense.

First Quarter of Freshman year is drawing to a close. It's become ever apparent that we need to accept the reality; Prophet Jr. is never going to be an Academic All-American. He's not gonna sniff the Top-10. He's bringing home a smattering of A's & B's and even one C. What's a B-average student in modern times to do? He's a diehard Longhorn and I've started to have conversations with him about being realistic in the hopes of taking some of the sting away when reality finally sets in-- but we have also talked about the CAP program and UTSA or something. Otherwise, I know having a B-average student in 2024 (especially, probably here) is like how admitting you had depression in the 80's was in that nobody really talks about it openly, but if anyone can help point in the right direction I'd be grateful. We essentially want him to get in the best possible school for where and who he is so he can be succesful and then ideally take that into a career to be succesful.

Have you eaten breakfast in a restaurant the last 5 years? It's easily a $20+ experience for things you can cook at home for $4 unit cost.

I am genuinely shocked that Joker 2 is going to lose $150mm, but I guess I shouldn't be. It's a musical with Lady Gaga (though "A Star is Born" did numbers) and the first Joker was super intense and eerie and once was enough.

I don’t understand why restaurants and diners etc. don’t serve breakfast all day long. It’s not some massive shift in cookware or skillset to fry up some eggs and bacon or sausage and make some toast, is it? I had a fantastic breakfast at a TGIFridays in an airport the other day because they simply prepared the above. It was better than anything they usually serve during regular hours and menu and something I’d actually order (whereas now I have never willingly gone to a tgifridays outside of an airport I don’t think ever). why do restaurants act like making breakfast is so hard that they can’t be bothered by it after 11am? If I want to pay $25 for something I can make myself at home for $10, just let me.

Saw a billboard for it this morning on the way to the airport and thought “wow a third movie got financed?” when the third mad max movie is in question after furiousa bombed. clearly you people (not you, but the royal you) think venom movies are good and worth spending money to see, to commercial success and continued development.

War- Fury was stupid schlock. Comic book- Venom movies are really bad— I can’t believe they got a greenlit sequel and trilogy. Drama/oscar bait- Oppenheimer is massively overrated. One of Nolan’s weaker movies to me. The Whale was mediocrity in a fat suit. Kids- Dreamworks > Disney (this decade) Comedy- Barbie was stupid and not worth a “social conversation” that lame people purported it to start Musical- Hugh Jackman is a better Les Mis & Greatest showman than he is a Wolverine sports- the first creed movie was really good.