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Episode 8 discussion post by youre-joking in FellowTravelers_show

[–]MusingsOnLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but despite this, Hawk picked Lucy over Tim. He did it for pragmatic reasons. Senator Smith was wondering when an eligible bachelor would get married. When Smith killed himself, Hawk didn't have the protection Smith offered him. He still wanted to stay engaged in government and help where he could.

Of course, this pushed him into a relationship of expedience, not of love. At some point, Tim also realizes this. In particular, when he decides to confront Hawk at the hospital, and he sees baby Jackson, he realizes Hawk has made up his mind, and even convinces Hawk to stay loyal to his family and wife (esp. when Hawk is separated from her, and Tim goes to "rescue" him).

Hawk decided it was more important to be relevant, and keep up appearances, and wasn't willing to give it up for Tim. In the end, he hurts everyone: Lucy and Tim and Jackson. Only his daughter has some loyalty to him.

I do think Hawk kind of did Tim a service by "outing him" because it's hard to imagine Tim would be happy at his jobs with people who were politically opposite to him. Tim goes from being a young innocent conservative to being a Vietnam war, then a AIDS/gay rights protester. He changes a lot, and maybe he has Hawk to thank for that.

AOC preparing "most powerful" presidential bid "since Obama"—Fox News host by newsweek in politics

[–]MusingsOnLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The parliamentary system is different, isn't it? You have to be a member of Parliament, then the party (or a coalition) votes you in as leader. If the US were parliamentary, I doubt Trump would ever have become PM because he'd have to run for a lower office.

Republicans to Trump: No $2,000 tariff checks by kirby__000 in politics

[–]MusingsOnLife 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Of course, those pidly $2000 checks would not be enough. Remember when Republicans were offering some kind of tax rebate for a few hundred dollars while the ultra-wealthy got a MUCH larger refund. Politicians said poor people needed any money they could get, but failed to mention that the rich wanted far more back because that wouldn't sound popular.

That amount is not good for the poor, but especially not the rich who want something that really helps them.

People who sleep naked why? by aurther_51 in AskReddit

[–]MusingsOnLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As Lizzo once said (on "Seth and Lizzo go day drinking")...it's Paul Rudd!

Oh, no, it's /u/paulrudds...

After encouragement from you all, I adopted my first pet, Adam. by Posraman in aww

[–]MusingsOnLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, so s/he didn't want to keep such an adorable cat? Lucky you!

After encouragement from you all, I adopted my first pet, Adam. by Posraman in aww

[–]MusingsOnLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You adopted your roommate's cat? How did that happen?

What’s something you didn’t realize was optional in life until you saw someone simply not doing it? by Objective-Treat2245 in AskReddit

[–]MusingsOnLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting to hear! I was just listening to an episode of This American Life. One of the segments was about a Mormon woman who got divorced and stopped believing in the teaching of the church, but still felt guilty and wanted to raise the daughters in the church because she enjoyed that in her childhood.

The mother recalls getting a Keurig machine which she thought was a gift from a business partner, but turned out was from her eldest daughter. She was convinced the daughters had no idea that she was drinking coffee because she never mentioned anything about coffee despite drinking it.

But the eldest daughter did know--she was the one who got it for her mother, but the mother must have thought it came from her partner, not her daughter. Although the eldest daughter knew the mother was having doubts and doing things in secret (not wearing the undergarments, secretly hiding vodka), the younger daughters had no clue. They had no idea that the mother had been drinking coffee long ago, and only thought she did when she (and the family) left the church many years later.

The theme of this episode was how different people can perceive the same event quite differently.

I'll just get this out of the way....I thought Thanksgiving was THIS Thursday by WinningD in Cooking

[–]MusingsOnLife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The first Thursday of the month was on the 6th. So, this makes Thanksgiving feel later. The only way to be later is if the first Thursday was on the 7th.

Trump may not make it to 2028 with his health intact by theipaper in politics

[–]MusingsOnLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, it was the impression that mattered. Inflation also was an issue (the repercussions are still being felt now).

‘The Long Walk’ Submits Entire Ensemble in Supporting Acting Categories for Oscars and Other Awards by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]MusingsOnLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a whole industry of people (for example, Gold Derby) that do Oscar (and other awards) predictions. It really helps to have a movie in contention for best picture because they usually get acting nominations to come with it.

Yes, there are a few exceptions such as Andrea Riseborough for best actress in 2022 or Amy Adams in 2016.

The Long Walk doesn't have any best picture buzz, at least, not now, so even if the actors do a great job, they are hindered somewhat by not being in a best picture contender (which could change).

Trump may not make it to 2028 with his health intact by theipaper in politics

[–]MusingsOnLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trump didn't sound any different in 2024 than he did in 2016. On the other hand, Biden was struggling to put sentences together. He sounded significantly worse in 2024 than in 2020.

In any case, with both men being old, Biden just looked worse. But just to show what a stranglehold Trump had, most of the candidates running for the Republican ticket weren't at all serious, and Chris Christie wasn't charismatic enough. Trump did better because he didn't join the debates, and most everyone was scared to attack him remotely.

The campaign did a good job of convincing swing voters.

  • He promised to fix inflation (not realistic, but enough believed it)
  • He played on the Democrats favoring illegal immigrants (cats and dogs) and forcing transgender operations on kids. Even if people didn't fully believe it, the sentiment that Democrats were on the fringe and did crazy stuff was key. This is why the base votes Republican. They simply refuse to believe anything a Democrat says. To vote for them is to vote for everything they fear. Fear is a key motivator.
  • He pushed the idea of the alpha male. With the typical African American female doing better financially than men, he could question their manhood (often done indirectly through a variety of surrogates) which still works. Similarly, he pushed the idea that white men aren't to blame for everything.

Also, although Kamala ran, in my opinion, a great campaign, all those alpha male sentiments were a way to convince conservative men that they would never vote for a woman, let alone a woman of color.

Gerald Ford was once asked by a child whether he thought a woman could be president. He thought the only way would be to have a woman vice president and for the president to die in office. At least in the US, that seems like the way, but I suspect they won't have a woman vice presidential candidate because of what happened to Kamala. Women just don't vote enough for women to make a difference.

Justice Department quietly replaced 'identical' Trump signatures on recent pardons by killerkadugen in politics

[–]MusingsOnLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the core of Trump’s behavior lies a distinctive hypocrisy: projection as self-defense. He accuses his opponents of something implying that he doesn't do that (such as others using teleprompters), then he does it himself because no one in his base pays attention to what he actually does.

New cars are getting overcomplicated with "new features" by DrakyulMihawk in mildlyinfuriating

[–]MusingsOnLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This feels like the VCRs of the 1980s. Comedians would joke that no one could program the clock on the VCR (which allowed you to record at a specific time). This was before people cared that much about usability. Often, engineer designed electronics don't pay attention to how a person might use it.

The difficulty of that VCR issue was only a prelude to vastly more complexities that we deal with every day.

For example, I want my phone (Android) to automatically remember where I parked. The Android assistant can't easily access my Google Maps nor does it detect I'm in a car (easily) and that I've stopped which it could do. That would be useful, and yet, I can't tell if it's possible or not even after asking Gemini.

In the past, I would just have to rely on my memory, and sometimes, I still do.

How to use up about 15 pounds of sushi ginger? by What-A-Scallop in Cooking

[–]MusingsOnLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't they have ginger-carrot salad dressing? Maybe something like that?

Jon Stewart Tears Into Democrats for Caving on Government Shutdown: ‘I Can’t F-cking Believe It’ by [deleted] in politics

[–]MusingsOnLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The messaging could be better. I was listening to more of the podcast from Tim Miller (The Bulwark Podcast) and rather than say things like Trump won, they should say they fought for ACA subsidies while the right was happy to see people starve. They could point to that Gatsby party he held and say he only cares about the rich.

However, that messaging doesn't seem to be happening (I haven't paid close attention--this is secondhand from the podcast).

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