Man I'm just glad I'm not the only one seeing it.
Also I hope these people aren't skinless aliens for real id probably poop myself.
You know, until you made that peach comment I was thinking I was in the clear forever. But I got to thinking about it and these are the kind of people who would start hunting vampires and if that happens I'm really fucking screwed.
Please dont think Minnesota is a bastion of awesome based on these maps. Minnesota is doing ok, and that's about as good as one can ask for I guess.
Which doesn't take into consideration the wildly disproportionate cost of housing in those states
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-home-price-to-income-ratio-by-state/
In a world where everyone else in an NPC, everything lines up to prevent me from getting the nice thing I want within a short time of saving, yet again.
Y'all I don't think this is the good place, and it sure ain't earth
Did Elon just learn first hand about leopards? What a shame.
There can only be one.
Department of Government Efficiency is the name of the department that ends up involved in creating Soylent green or some crazy human organ harvesting thing.
This sets off all sorts of red flags that bother the shit out of me. Like I'll take boring dystopia over human slaughterhouses TYVM
You haven't seen Tenet? Boi, lemme introduce you to one of my favorite movies of all time.
People can crap on it all they want but when you rewind it to check what you already saw happen again your brain gonna be like "oh holy shit I need to see that AGAIN!"
Sorry. I really like Tenet.
I think it was Cards Against Humanity.
In either case...
Lol gottem
Yeah my management was all gungho about exploiting AI to do all sorts of stuff.
Like read. Not generative AI crap, but read. They came to us and said quite literally: "how can we use something like ChatGPT and make it read."
I don't know who or how they convinced them to use something that wasn't generative AI, but it did convince me that managers think someone being convincing and confident is correct all the time.
Yeah, and that fuckwits name was Paul von Hindenburg in Germany.
The fall of the Roman Republic was way more complex though wasn't it? Like the Senate killed Ceaser and then voted to give his son unlimited tenure as Commander In Chief? There's a lot to unpack there
Oh good lord.
You know, it's kind of weird to me that there are republicans stating he won't be confirmed, which, also has me wondering, does that mean he does not have a senate full of Yes men?
Trump isn't going to like that, so I assume they will change their mind after a little private one on one meeting with him.
We don't! That's the best part about having a country full of idgafologists and sociopaths.
The answer is Guns, and more guns.
But people seem to not understand how fucking outgunned the population is versus the military.
I always hear a different story. One side says the soldier/airman/sailor/(are Marines just grunts?) is supposed to carry out all lawful orders by their superior, and the other is to protect the constitution.
National Guard and Coast Guard aside (which are technically state militaries, but Congress has recently given the President to authority to Federalize them without the governor consenting), it seems to me that one of the things a service member should have learned was that the military cannot operate domestically.
Now, I've met some smart officers, and some really dumb officers, and a lot of... People who survived enlistment and they all swear up and down that the reality comes to what happens when a gun is pressed against your head. Do you die for your country (as is your job) or do you commit treason risking that punishment in the future.
I like to imagine there's a super top secret elite of the elite who are basically selected because at some point faced with that question and they take the bullet and become involved with an organization like Tenet.
OH OH OH OH IVE SEEN THIS ONE!!!!
NEXT THEY'RE GONNA REVEAL VAULT PROGRAMS!!!!
Lunokhod is a soviet lunar rover.
I don't think Trump is capable of admiration, and I also don't think it's dirt keeping him in check.
It might simply be that Trump is that stupid. The parallels between descriptions of Trump and Hitler are striking as well.
If Trump doesn't respond to the international humiliation it will be intentional, otherwise if he got his way with the Unitary Executive Power, then he'd just glass Russia and be free from that chain (while probably getting lots of us killed).
The only thing we know for certain is Russian propaganda is rarely intended for Western audiences.
Joker Folie A Deux was good
I didn't care for the musical nature of it. That aside:
The first 'Joker' clearly established that the main character was Arthur Fleck. Clearly suffering from mental illness as a result of abuse growing up, and the people he murdered were abusing him in some way. To me, as a long time Batman fan, this 'Joker' was anything but Joker.
- He didn't take pleasure in chaos.
- He wasn't anti-batman in anyway.
- A clear back story that lined up with his behaviors.
- Clearly a dude pushed too far (kind of like Killing Joke, but it didn't line up with that character's style).
However, when he was in the 'Joker' role, he became clear headed and focused. So now the 'Joker' clearly isn't Joker but the beginning of Joker?
In Folie A Deux, we see him continue to be abused, still having strange fantasies, a system failing around him, and noticably the 'Joker' character is resonating with people fed up with all sorts of bullshit. The collective desire to burn it down and restart - very common theme within the Batman comics and joker. We see Harley Quinzel introduced, and as we discover throughout the movie - this is the actual Harley Quinn Psychiatry, brilliance, obsessed with Joker to the point that when Arthur says it was just something he made up to do what he thought he needed, she quit him. The last parts of the movie tie is completely together. Ricky, who is killed by the only guard that is sometimes nice, breaks Arthur, realizing murder happens to those undeserving by those who 'shouldnt' be doing it.
Joker escapes after the court room explosion (with a burned Harvey Dent, that was badass). He's rescued by enthusiasts, who he escapes from. He encounters Quinn and she says that his "fantasy was all that mattered, and it's gone."
When the Joker is murdered at the end by the psychopath, he starts it with a retelling of the joke Arthur told Murray. Albeit, one that was significantly better delivered. He also notably uses a knife, and is laughing the whole time, and gives himself a scarred smile. This man, (if Warner Bros could ever finish a good DC series) would likely continue to be an evolution of 'Joker'.
This all works because:
- Joker rarely has a back story, and famously is stated to prefer his origin to be "Multiple Choice."
- Several comics and media (Notably the Arkham series of video games) explore how Joker is not confined to a single person. Unlike Batman who has very specic goals, values, and traumatic origin, Joker is a shared 'idea' between these individuals that reject the value of civilization at all.
- Harley Quinzel was only introduced in the 90s, but her main obsession with Joker evolved over time as he abused her, or burned things she learned to care for, but seemingly remained obsessed because of some 'fantasy' she provided him, UNTIL he broke that fantasy and she quit him abruptly just like in the movie.
I don't think it was a great movie. But it actually reimagined the same Joker story in a new way that I did thoroughly enjoy. And it left it plenty open for more stories from it, just as all good DC stories do.
How do long time married couples with a single income split finances (not seeking legal advice, literally the how)
I'm talking like one person brought in all the money for a decade, then a divorce happens. Some of it makes sense - a house with mortgage, one spouse buys the other out of the house. Which is great, but if one spouse doesn't have the income to take a loan out to buy the other, does that mean that the spouse who does have the income has the choice to buy out or sell?
Similarly, things like 401ks and pensions I imagine you can't just take out half the cash in them and give that to their spouse. Or does that have to be a loan for the amounts in those plans?
Is it debt all the way down for both?
In Today's Cliche Post: How the fuck do I meet new people locally?
Let me set the stage: Newly single dad of a young kid. After COVID-19 I haven't done much outside of my home and taking care of my kid. I work full time-remote, and between the kiddo and leaving room for a hobby or taking care of the house, it seems like the only other thing I have time for is sleep.
The thing I know is that this is likely an issue with my anxiety and anxious attachment. The conclusion we've arrived at in therapy is that I gotta meet people. I apparently forgot, or don't know how to do that. Where to meet people. It's not a big city, but 200k-300k people in the county.
Maybe I'm looking for something of a strategy more than anything.
edit: thank you guys, I really appreciate it!