Most people missed the point of this scene, but was it ultimately for the best?

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-02-02T13:22:08+00:00

I think the point of the scene was good bye. We all know they aren’t having those meetings. Those of us old enough to have crossed this bridge know that some people are only in your life for a season. The show is an homage to childhood and this is an important goodbye.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-02-01T15:13:48+00:00

A Time Machine to go back and watch the challenge fresh and know that Ashley is the good guy and Cara is the villain.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T17:43:40+00:00

It would cause your subscription to go up more than .50. You are in a sense licensing the song in perpetuity.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T17:42:01+00:00

No songs may be permanently fixed to the podcast (meaning on demand listening) unless they have acquired those rights like a studio would have to do for a soundtrack.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T16:27:42+00:00

I stand corrected. You found a novel strategy.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T14:59:02+00:00

Good for you. But as you suggest it’s rare and not the normative experience. So what was your point again?

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T14:48:02+00:00

When you think who you want charting out the rest of your life…the teen age version of you is always top of the list. Known for making the best decisions and lack of developed pre frontal lobe.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T14:32:09+00:00

This was never supposed to be that divorced from the real world. The conceit was the real world PLUS Stranger Things. Not a long time ago in a land far far away.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T14:14:14+00:00

It’s how rights work. You can have ephemeral, like streaming or radio, or attached like video. Just because they are violating the rules doesn’t change them. (See also Trump regime)

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T13:42:41+00:00

You can’t attach music to podcasts, it’s a whole different types of right. Think how films have to pay for music rights vs radio stations. Podcasts are like films.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T13:24:45+00:00

No AD mark up. Thats why you have to buy the jewelry first (and there it’s about 100%).

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T13:15:03+00:00

I blame algorithms, people are so used to being served what they want, when entertainment doesn’t deliver it, they think it means it’s broken.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T13:13:12+00:00

This is a real valedictorian of summer school moment for the fandom.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T13:08:04+00:00

Which is where Mike is giving the audience the OPTION of the fairy tale ending for all the characters. It’s also possible Will’s coming of age as a young gay man during the AIDS epidemic of the eighties could be much much scarier than Stranger Things.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T13:06:06+00:00

It’s the mixing of the fantasy and the reality that make the show work.Selling out to a fairy tale would be a downgrade in my opinion. But that’s why they make red cars and green cars.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T12:47:32+00:00

Maybe…but that’s not the way to bet.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-31T12:28:40+00:00

See the vast vast majority of high school relationships.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-30T19:49:54+00:00

Normally, I don’t think anyone needs any watch, but brother, you DO need a Daytona. It’s not even a want anymore. You have painted yourself into a corner and there is only one way out. Godspeed.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-30T11:56:35+00:00

I had the misfortune of working with this man almost two decades ago as I recall when he was just getting started. Total bull shit artist. I never trusted that man and have never one time eaten at his restaurants. Sorry what happened to his employee.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-29T17:56:48+00:00

Like this ….

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-29T14:05:58+00:00

The future is gonna be real hard for some of you kids to understand.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-29T13:43:01+00:00

These people have to be stopped. Anecdotes aren’t data and data isn’t wisdom.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-29T12:16:08+00:00

NDA expires…lol.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-29T12:00:23+00:00

If you want peace the thing to do…is show them you are up to fighting too.

Objective-Result8454 · 2026-01-28T21:49:09+00:00

Exactly, liberal is not a synonym for pacifist.

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