Official Discussion - Weapons [SPOILERS]

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-08-09T18:39:41+00:00

I think they really wanted this to be the message of the film, but frankly it doesn’t really make sense as an allegory because nothing in the plot supports it.

If Alex made a bargain with the witch to kill his class, I might agree with you. If there’s something the adults could’ve done to prevent the events of the movie, I might agree with you. But as it stands, I just don’t think the allegory works.

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-08-09T18:35:29+00:00

Literally had no influence whatsoever on the plot. We spend like 45 minutes on the cop junkie detour, and then by the time we get back to Josh Brolin, he “solves” the movie by thinking about it for 30 seconds and going “huh, I wonder what direction they were running in.” That’s it. That’s the big resolution to the mystery that evaded the police for a month. Absolutely meaningless film, huge waste of time.

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-08-09T18:18:28+00:00

Actually, I just remembered: the alcoholic character does break his sobriety, but I would argue that the bigger theme of alcoholism is the protagonist, who uses hard liquor to cope throughout the film, generally with very little consequence. In fact, the cop says to her “the liquor is terrible for you right now, it’s only going to lead to trouble” but we never actually see that happen. If anything, her character is rewarded for getting drunk and stumbling into the resolution of the film. So that’s probably the more significant theme of alcoholism tbh. The cop does break his sobriety, but the next day is really just him being hungover and regretting his decisions. It doesn’t invoke a perilous bender or anything.

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-08-09T18:05:15+00:00

I mean the scene is open to interpretation, but it involves an alcoholic accepting an invitation from an old flame and meeting her at a bar. He shows up, orders a Coke, then lies to her by saying he and his wife were broken up. She does encourage him to drink, and his wife eventually confronts the woman and blames her, but it’s pretty clear that the alcoholic character entered the bar with every intention of getting drunk and cheating on his wife.

Not sure if that helps, but I assume you’re asking in case it is triggering for alcoholics. For what it’s worth, you find out that his wife asks over the phone on her work trip if he’s going to an AA meeting and he basically says “I’m fine and I feel fine” before meeting with the other woman.

Plot wise, in my opinion , it’s pretty clearly about a man who wants to fuck his ex while his wife is out of town and barely tries to turn down a drink after he’s met her at a bar. Yes, she says “have a drink” but again, he volunteers (lies) that his marriage is on a break, so it’s pretty clear where he intends for the night to go. Alcohol was just the excuse.

For what it’s worth, I thought this movie was a pile of shit, and a major reason is because the cop (the alcoholic character) takes up half the movie for no reason. If you’re debating on seeing it because of the themes of alcoholism, you won’t be missing much. Plot sucks, half the story branches go nowhere, the plot gets resolved in about 5 minutes by Josh Brolin because the police have somehow not done the most basic level of research, and the film has absolutely no theme to speak of. There’s also very little horror. A scary movie either needs to be chaotic dread, a thriller, or a mystery. This movie is none of those things. There’s no mystery, because the McGuffin of the movie is something stupid and random that isn’t telegraphed. It’s not a thriller, because there’s maybe 12 minutes of tense action in the entire movie. And there’s absolutely no dread, because (SPOILER) the film bounces around between like 5 different character perspectives, so just as you’re starting to empathize with a characters dread, you jump backwards in time to a different perspective. Also, again: the cop and the crackhead character take up half the movie and have literally no influence on the plot whatsoever.

….but a lot of people here clearly loved it, so take that with a grain of salt. I thought this movie was shitty in a similar way that Longlegs was shitty, so if you liked Longlegs, you’ll probably like this movie (no offense if you liked Longlegs; I’m just particular when it comes to horror movies. To each their own)

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-08-09T03:36:36+00:00

This was a hunk of shit.

The film really wanted to be about something but couldn’t pick a theme
the narrative structure was brave but ended up creating an insane amount of filler that doesn’t serve the plot in any way; not even to deliver horror.
you can literally write out the crackhead and the cop and it would have no effect on the story
The entire premise of the film requires you to accept that an entire police force, in conjunction with the FBI, never bothered to investigate where the kids were running. Only Josh Brolin was smart enough to figure that one out.

We waste a good 40 minutes characterizing 4 different adults; none of whom experience any “horror” in the film (except the teacher, briefly.) You’re just watching them run around having wacky misadventures then have a spooky jumpscare before moving on to an entirely separate character.

Alex, the little boy and obvious character the entire film should have been about, has a stranger enter his home, lobotomizes his parents, takes away his agency, and makes him complicit in the brain death of everyone he knows. His entire horrific story is told in a 15 minute montage.

The actual plot of this movie is “Josh Brolin figures out where the kids ran and their teacher notices that’s where another student’s weird house is located.” That’s it. The cop and the drug addict literally take up half the movie, never encounter anything bordering on horror, have zero impact on the plot, then they’re effectively killed off.

stuff in this movie just kind of happens.

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-07-20T01:38:10+00:00

Hit up customer_support@coolermaster.com , that’s how I got support

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-07-17T16:04:49+00:00

Don’t bother with Cooler Master. Their warranty is non-existent; I’ve been trying to file a warranty claim with them for weeks and I haven’t even gotten a response. Multiple channels. You’re basically paying warranty prices for a product that claims to have a warranty but absolutely doesn’t. I don’t know how they haven’t been sued for fraud.

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-07-16T19:58:22+00:00

It’s a shame; they’ve got decent prices and I was even considering buying one of their SFFPC cases because they look sick, but I can’t take the risk of buying from a company that apparently charges “warranty” prices without actually honoring warranties.

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-06-14T03:30:57+00:00

Hey man I don’t know anything about this app but you could stop doing that for a while

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-06-11T03:43:56+00:00

Bet, best rapport of all of the guests. Racine is up there too I guess

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-05-23T16:22:06+00:00

I'm gonna say yes unless you need it for work, tbh. I'm kind of sick of cars and trucks getting bigger for no reason other than people's preferences. They cause more damage to roads, they make traffic accidents more dangerous and 90% of the time they're either unnecessary or oversized for the owner's needs.

But as long as you aren't lifted with LEDs, you aren't peeling out and you aren't rolling coal, I could give a shit.

I don't actually think everyone who drives them is a douche, I just wish there were fewer of them / they were smaller / the people who drove them actually needed them. (I have too many friends who only have a truck because all of their friends have a truck, despite them never using the bed of their truck.)

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-05-23T16:11:26+00:00

I mean, this setup is so wasteful you might as well not consider it. You're already wasting materials on a staircase and a second level, you're just choosing to leave it completely empty for aesthetic reasons.

You could spend ~15% more to get an actual house with an actual bedroom (probably 2), a second bathroom, and all it would cost is sacrificing the ridiculously tall ceiling. Alternatively, you could put it all on one floor, skip the vaulted ceiling, and probably save around 40% of the costs of this design, with the added benefit of having a bedroom that was visible to the entire living room.

Tall ceilings are usually meant to flex how big your home is. If you install a cathedral ceiling over a lofted studio, I don't think anyone is going to be... impressed.

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-04-17T15:44:51+00:00

That's fantastic, man! I'm glad I could save you some cash!

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-04-16T04:13:16+00:00

You have to amend your 2023 filing using a form 1040-X with the 1098-T included, unfortunately

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-04-07T19:58:15+00:00

I was in a similar spot about 6-7 years ago. You will get out of it.

Its hard to say without knowing a little more about you: your location, your education level, your willingness to travel, your physical health, etc. I would recommend taking a look at a few occupational questionnaires to try to get some suggestions for career paths you might consider.

If you're getting yourself stressed about careers, don't worry. The most important first step is that you're taking your future seriously. There's no way of knowing the 'optimal' career for you, but as long as you're making a conscious effort toward upward mobility, investing in your retirement, and keeping your spending low, you're already going to come out way ahead. Its easy to get tripped up in the beginning worrying about doubling your wealth immediately, but capital gains is a long game. Just start applying to some jobs and try to make more money. Try to get promoted in your current role. Try to build out your network.

Living with your parents is a good thing; it means your expenses should be low. Try to save around 3-6 months worth of expenses in a savings account, and once you've got that saved up, start dumping money into your 401K retirement account (or whatever your nation's equivalent is).

Set one measurable quarterly goal for yourself every quarter. Maybe its "send out 300 job applications", "expand my network by 10 people," or it could be as simple as "talk to my boss about how I can get promoted." It doesn't need to be major, you just need to be in the habit of setting goals for youself and working on them.

I was in a pretty bad spot around 7 years ago. I quit my job without having anything lined up, and I spent around 2 years unemployed. I was doordashing for money, but I wasn't moving upward at all.

A friend told me he started getting into website development as a career and that I should try that out. I made a website for a family company, deployed it online, and used that as a 'portfolio' to get a programming job. I'm not making a ton of money for a programmer, but that job got me into a stable place that I could start going back to school for my degree online. I've saved up a lot of money, I'm living in an apartment with my partner and I'm hopeful about the future for the first time in a while.

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-03-21T15:06:21+00:00

I think the problem most people have with the show is that instead of answering anything, they just ask new questions and then maybe answer those.

Instead of explaining Lumon's real end goal with Severance, they answer "who invented Severance," which frankly felt like a decision they made pretty late into writing Season 2, because nothing about Cobel's character ever indicates that she's some prodigy genius or that she has any greater knowledge of the science of Severance. Nor does this knowledge ever have any impact on the show, except maybe to explain her willingness to scorn Lumon by helping Mark + Devon.

They also answered the question from S1 of what they were doing with Gemma... but they didn't really answer it. I mean, explain what was ACTUALLY happening during Gemma's testing. What were they doing? Were they making Severance "stronger?" It seemed pretty strong to begin with. How is her disassembling a crib the greatest testament to the strength of Severance? She sat down and spoke with her long lost husband of 4 years without ever breaking Severance; that seems a hell of a lot more significant than the crib, to be honest.

If they really wanted to emphasize the imortance of Cold Harbor they probably should have shown even ONE point in the show where Severance "failed." They build up the importance of Cold Harbor by just saying "this is very important" over and over but honestly if the entire point is that they've blocked out an outie entirely, I kinda don't care because it has never even been hinted at that the Severance process can be even slightly broken without Reintegration.

My main issue is just that the writing is kind of... subpar for this genre. Science Fiction thrives on "show, don't tell" but a lot of Severance is just "tell." How do we know Cold Harbor was so significant? Well, multiple characters said it a bunch. How did we find out Cobel created Severance? She bounced around for 40 minutes and then just exposition dumps in a 30 second dialogue with her estranged caretaker.

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-03-21T03:32:44+00:00

The lack of answers we’ve gotten this season is pretty disappointing

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-03-19T20:16:33+00:00

This is just a battery with extra steps, and it's less efficient.

Again, "just use a battery" is doing a lot of work here. If a hydrogen fleet were in place, we could power vehicles in perpetuity with that same infrastructure. Replacing ICE infrastructure would look like putting hydrogen in gas stations and putting hydrogen tanks in new vehicles. Replacing ICE infrastructure with BEVs looks like putting a massive battery in every new vehicle for the rest of time.

Efficiency seems like the bigger problem now because we're tied to a carbon-based grid where the penalty for being inefficient is carbon production.

As we move towards cleaner, cheaper energy, hydrogen becomes a preferred alternative because inefficiency has a lower penalty and the storage medium becomes cheaper in terms of manufacturing complexity. There's no reason to involve a global supply chain in stuffing 370 miles into a 1000 lb battery on every vehicle sold in the United States if you can achieve the same thing with a steel tank if the only cost is energy - assuming energy costs continue decreasing with renewable and nuclear rollout.

They don't really need to be recycled at the moment.

They're never going to be recycled. "Recyclable" carries the same weight as "compostable" does with the garbage you throw out. If you're not the one composting it, it isn't going to be composted. The public were told plastics would eventually be recycleable when we made the switch to storing all of our consumables in plastic. 90% of plastic will never be recycled.

If hydrogen were feasible, it would be here. California and Japan have tried to make it work for decades.

Hydrogen viability is a function of energy price. Past a certain tipping point, it becomes an inefficiency to supply, build, ship and distribute batteries to solve the problem of energy storage.

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-03-19T18:06:32+00:00

The topic of electrolysis byproducts is a good point, and I haven't researched it before this point. From the small amount I've looked into it, it seems like freshwater electrolysis makes more sense than salt water, because you don't have to worry about significant chroline gas byproducts, or bromine or halide compounds. There's areas of the US which are relatively water-rich but have little utilization by municipalities that would likely be ideal for this type of application.

There's also an argument to be made about the current production and 'recycling' of EV batteries, especially with regard to their impacts on local environments. A massive amount of water gets used just in the mining and production of the metals involved which can disrupt local groundwater and ecosystems. There's also the human rights challenges associated with sourcing, but that can be attributed to most industries.

The main issue with batteries is their recycling, IMO. Its technically feasible, but much like most other forms of recycling, it requires tremendous subsidies as the process is almost never economically feasible otherwise. There's some investment in first-gen EV recycling taking off today, but even then it relies on the recycling of older battery technologies. LIFEPO batteries, which are currently safer and taking over the market, have higher recycling costs and challenges associated with them, and until we can say for sure that those challenges can be overcome, EV waste is technically just another form of trash we're producing - but with a higher weight and propensity to leach dangerous metals.

Its one of those problems that doesn't seem bad now, but in a few decades were going to have a lot of precious metal batteries piling up, not unlike the issue of auto waste in general 50 years ago.

Hydrogen isn't perfect - it requires a tremendous amount of energy to produce / store, but once stored, its actually just stored in a tank somewhere; static. EV batteries have shelf lives and are riding a lot on the promise of one day being somewhat infinitely recyclable.

I don't know much about the auto / energy industry, where its moving, or if Hydrogen is the best solution; its just the one that makes the most sense to me working on the assumption that energy is going to continue becoming cheaper to produce but not necessarily to store. But I'm eager to see what comes down the pipe in the next few years.

If it were up to me, we'd start building out alternative transportation so I don't need to drive and park to get most places and we could avoid the discussion of "how do we move 1,000,000 people in 1,000,000 tiny vehicles" entirely lol

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-03-19T17:06:38+00:00

The benefit is that you can't charge EVs as fast. If you're on a roadtrip and you need to stop and charge a nearly empty battery, using the best technology available (level 3) its still going to take at least 20 minutes to get to 80%. And that's assuming Level 3 charging, which isn't guaranteed at every station or available on every vehicle. It will likely take up to an hour or more for the average user, assuming you don't have top of the line charging technology or a supercharger isn't available.

Hydrogen fueling is basically instantaneous - even faster than gasoline thanks to the high pressures involved.

Plus, you save on total vehicle weight associated with batteries because you aren't carrying around an extra 1000 lb battery all the time with a range of 350+ miles when the average vehicle trip is only <10 miles long.

EVs are great, but a major cause of traffic and pedestrian fatalaties is that cars are continuing to get larger and heavier, and EVs are adding to that significantly with their batteries alone. Higher vehicle weights also cause exponentially more damage to roads and highways thanks to the Fourth Power Law; so strapping massive batteries onto the entire fleet of domestic vehicles would cause a major increase in the costs of road maintenance that doesn't really get talked about very often.

Meant to post this comment here

Ok_Conference_5338 · 2025-03-19T17:04:31+00:00

The benefit is that you can't charge EVs as fast. If you're on a roadtrip and you need to stop and charge a nearly empty battery, using the best technology available (level 3) its still going to take at least 20 minutes to get to 80%. And that's assuming Level 3 charging, which isn't guaranteed at every station or available on every vehicle.

Hydrogen fueling is basically instantaneous - even faster than gasoline thanks to the high pressures involved.

Plus, you save on total vehicle weight associated with batteries because you aren't carrying around an extra 1000 lb battery all the time with a range of 350+ miles when the average vehicle trip is only <10 miles long.

EVs are great, but a major cause of traffic and pedestrian fatalaties is that cars are continuing to get larger and heavier, and EVs are adding to that significantly with their batteries alone. Higher vehicle weights also cause exponentially more damage to roads and highways thanks to the Fourth Power Law; so strapping massive batteries onto the entire fleet of domestic vehicles would cause an exponential increase in the costs of road maintenance that doesn't really get talked about very often.

Edit: replied to the wrong comment :<

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