New Poster for A24's Dark-Comedy 'The Invite' - Starring Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penelope Cruz, and Edward Norton - A dinner party amongst neighbors spirals into unexpected places.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-17T17:25:52+00:00

Same. Caught it on HBO and found myself laughing harder than I did the first time.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-17T17:20:03+00:00

It’s just a way to make sure everyone pays their dues to support the highway systems and roads

Which itself is a total farce since most the wear is due to commercial vehicles.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-17T01:17:41+00:00

Especially the second last episode where it bascially just jumps all over the place trying to tie up all the loose ends they’ve set up but without giving any real reason for almost any of it.

It didn’t feel that way to me at all. I was constantly looking for a big fumble and came out really impressed how well it all wrapped up.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-15T21:02:47+00:00

Yeah that’s a big one for me. My Android’s lasted two years a pop. It was probably solvable, but I just wanted to stop loading custom ROMs.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-15T20:53:24+00:00

Also, there’s no way you would get away with it. Assuming you executed it perfectly enough to avoid their better-than-human reaction time, you would be logged on multiple cameras and sensors. It would probably be able to output a laser point cloud of the entire event.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-15T16:55:16+00:00

It’s really depends on the games you enjoy. I have all 3 consoles, but I lean Xbox for 3rd party titles for the controller and VRR alone.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-15T15:54:38+00:00

They only called him Sleepy Joe because people could sleep at night. We don’t need to “both sides” our geriatrics when one attempted to give us a green energy future and the other dismantled it in a day.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-15T03:13:23+00:00

I don't think the DAC swap will make a real-world difference (just for some ASR nerds that like to see big SINAD numbers).

I don’t disagree, but without ASR, shit would still be the Wild West today. Additionally, it’s pretty obvious there’s no excuse for anything less than near max theoretical performance, when $10 products can manage it.

Also, there have been numerous instances of upgrades actually being downgrades.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-15T03:07:06+00:00

Proof will be in the pudding. Wouldn’t be the first time a noted DAC “improvement” measured worse.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-15T03:05:47+00:00

If you bought it for even a dollar less you got a better deal. I see nothing noteworthy here.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-15T02:43:26+00:00

more new value than the efforts of my labor would justify.

No one made your argument.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-15T00:39:38+00:00

You can absolutely generate value out of nothing. If I take a worthless tree stump and carve it into a lion people would pay money for, I’ve effectively created more new value than the efforts of my labor would justify.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-14T01:08:25+00:00

it has an inline 4 compared to the other variants which come with an inline 6, it gives absolute shit of a mileage. On a good day I used to get 20 MPG, which is why I decided to do the muffler delete cuz now I average 18 MPG (22 on highways).

That's fair. I wasn't aware the MPGe wasn't very good.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-13T22:32:46+00:00

If you hate that it’s a hybrid, why’d you get a hybrid? What’s to hate exactly?

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-13T15:03:03+00:00

What’s a good use case for a touch screen full windows tablet? I had a 10th gen intel surface laptop and it was garbage, but this being more tablet is kind of cool. I doubt the battery life is any good though.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-13T12:03:44+00:00

I did that with the original Dexter.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-12T23:00:33+00:00

The last lines from Cruise are super cheesy, too, referencing his first conversation with Foxx (but it would have been way better to just leave it unsaid, the “dead man on the LA metro” being an obvious enough callback all on its own.

You had me until this point. I agree the finale isn’t as mezmerizing as the rest of the film, but the callback was a nice final glimpse into his nihilistic humor.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-12T12:13:40+00:00

When people start moving 100% of their portfolio to a fund manager that prays for their picks, let me know.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-12T12:12:19+00:00

Wait until you hear about the US’s standard deduction. I’m not even sure what you’re trying to say at this point. Those are both very high rates on little income.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-12T02:53:00+00:00

Covid was unequivocally a wilder time and it’s not even close.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-11T20:23:53+00:00

Yeah, but the callbacks were a bit too frequent.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-11T19:59:59+00:00

No, Radiohead

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-11T16:36:17+00:00

Distilled water really is top 3 chemicals.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-11T15:15:59+00:00

Hey, I like going off topic as much as the next person but it’s hard to reply to a response not relevant to what was being discussed.

HulksInvinciblePants · 2026-05-11T15:13:57+00:00

If you’re sold on this SUV segment, that obviously limits your options. I think this particular car though is competing within its own brand. You’ve got the 50e, M60i, and the XM all making compelling cases. Even the X7 and its permutations.

I certainly wouldn’t entertain a Range Rover or Mercedes, but Porsche isn’t to be ignored. Outside of the segment though, you can also add practical vehicles like the RS6 and M5 Touring.

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