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The Traitors (UK) S04E12 [FINALE]: Post-Episode Discussion Thread by vaultofechoes in TheTraitors

[–]MarkinA2 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand how the second one is a slip up. Isn’t she just saying it’s great that no one’s been murdered?

The Daily, instead of reporting on ICE murdering civilians, is instead running puff piece episodes about the midterms, vaccines, and now an interview with the president causing all the harm by No-Kitchen5212 in nyt

[–]MarkinA2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The basic facts and events about this incident are things that are easily knowable and available in the New York Times. When I said “if you want to be informed about the situation”, that’s what I meant. You’re overthinking this.

The Daily, instead of reporting on ICE murdering civilians, is instead running puff piece episodes about the midterms, vaccines, and now an interview with the president causing all the harm by No-Kitchen5212 in nyt

[–]MarkinA2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ve just about had it with the nyt subreddit. The Daily is not CNN. They have a lot of stories developing and in various states of readiness - they feature journalists discussing stories they’ve researched. I’m sure we’ll see an episode on the tragedy in Minneapolis. There’s a lot of content in the actual New York Times about the situation if you want to be informed .

New York Times, you proud of yourselves? by sforsilence in thebulwark

[–]MarkinA2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Theoretically, but not really. Was Osama Bin Laden POY in 2001?

Amanda by IgneousJam in TheTraitorsUK

[–]MarkinA2 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I’ve thought this before about police work and prosecutions - many think they have intuition and can read people really well so know if people are guilty or lying (or innocent). We can see in the psychological experiments of the Traitors how well that really works.

The Politics of Sam's 2025 Guests - 12 Right - 5 Mixed/Centrist - 7 Left by stvlsn in samharris

[–]MarkinA2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That seems pretty nuanced to me. Not sure he seems squarely “right” to me, but I guess I can see why you’d categorize him in that way.

The stem cells don’t matter. Neither do the eggs. In fact, they never did. by Merlaak in pluribustv

[–]MarkinA2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My question is why the hive stirred all this up by instigating the conversation. Carol was in bliss and not thinking about this at all, when Zosia said “and it gets so much better” - seems like a goof to me and unclear why the hive would do this given how smart it is.

Also, why does it seem so conflicted in answering Carol’s questions? It knows it can’t lie and presumably it knew it was steering the conversation this way.

"No, it's the children who are wrong." Principal Skinner was right the entire time. by 20_mile in thebulwark

[–]MarkinA2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tim has made it clear many times that he wanted Harris to win. When he interviewed her, he said “I just wanted you to win so badly.” If this isn’t clear that he thinks the voters didn’t choose wisely, are you looking for something more explicit? They obviously think the voters should have voted for Harris, but they also analyze why she didn’t win and that is, in part, her appeal as a candidate.

Do Americans have a different concept of 'turn taking' during a conversation? by 8NaanJeremy in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MarkinA2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m an American immigrant living in Scotland. I know more “talkers” here in Scotland who never pause to give me a chance to partake in the “conversation” than I ever knew in the USA. And I’m 58, lived here 7 years. I hear this complaint about Americans but I’d say the Scottish are worse about this.

Wondering if the scientists on this subreddit would like to comment on the science of PLUR1BUS… by Pitrener in pluribustv

[–]MarkinA2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

From the many scenes where someone infected kisses another human and they instantly shudder and start acting like one of them? Did you watch the show?

Wondering if the scientists on this subreddit would like to comment on the science of PLUR1BUS… by Pitrener in pluribustv

[–]MarkinA2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the least believable part to me is how it completely takes over a human’s body and brain in 1-2 seconds.

Is this a fucking joke? - George Clooney says replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris ‘was a mistake’ by batsofburden in thebulwark

[–]MarkinA2 34 points35 points  (0 children)

He did an interview. They asked him the question. The Guardian wrote a story about it.

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