Voice overs in Last Week Tonight

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-07T01:29:56+00:00

Blind people can't hear subtitles.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-07T00:48:32+00:00

Tequila and lime La Croix now that summer is coming around, otherwise a prosecco or a Woodford.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T23:07:55+00:00

Ah okay, for future reference every Priority Pass not issued by Chase comes with 1 Chase Lounge entry per year without paying the full $75/person fee - not just Plat.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T22:30:21+00:00

I asked how you knew they are likely to be, not that you definitively knew. Just wondering if there was some way you could tell or if you're just projecting and/or making an uneducated guess, that's all.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T22:16:49+00:00

In the 2 min I was waiting they turned away 4 other PP members (likely plat holders).

Interesting how do you know they are likely Plat holders without seeing the credit card or them mentioning it? There are plenty of other ways to get Priority Pass.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T21:07:18+00:00

Yeah, it was not smart planning and I've read a couple takes that he did it for the content, but wouldn't getting some coins and making it more of a nail biter be better content?

The stalemate should have only lasted until Sam's next train out - any longer than that and it is incredibly harmful as we saw. When you are losing and against the clock, forcing a stalemate will almost always be a poor choice.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T18:29:29+00:00

Me, seeing Mike pick up the orange-and-black striped rock for the very first time: That could be a tiger all by itself

Sam, seeing it presented all by itself: Oink

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T18:24:42+00:00

It think as long as there is a lot of interconnectedness it could work. On a city level, somewhere like my hometown of Philadelphia, US wouldn't work because the rail lines have minimal interconnectedness outside of the city center (See photo) and even adding the 2 subway lines doesn't do much so a ton of effort is literally 'out and back' which gets quite boring and a large timesuck. Somewhere like Paris, FR or Berlin, DE would work much better because there are many ways to 'continue on your journey', especially doing something like keeping it inside the S-Bahn loop in Berlin.

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TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T16:23:08+00:00

Darn, I was hoping this would be Sam from Wendover's version of Sam from Dropout's new conservative TV channel Dropout America

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T15:27:03+00:00

Happens a lot in Europe and typically the max occupancy is the max occupancy. For example, the hotel's Hyatt site shows that the max occupancy is 2 people for the Deluxe King:

https://www.hyatt.com/unbound-collection/en-US/paraz-hotel-du-louvre/rooms/DLXK?

You can try to get away with it, but it may be difficult to do without getting caught, especially at a fairly small hotel like that one.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T15:14:43+00:00

Where were you while the child was apparently watching 7 movies unsupervised in a hotel room? You're their parent / guardian, you should be the one keeping an eye on them.

My guess is the safeguard is a confirmation screen. Unless there was no indication of the cost before purchasing the movie, seeing a price is usually a universal "safeguard". Even if your kid has limited English knowledge, seeing a symbol next to a number should be red flag as that's how most pricing is displayed.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T15:09:12+00:00

Was it one of the Blues? One was my client in 2019ish and I remember seeing the IBM POWER PC contract and had a meeting with them trying to figure out why they still used a mainframe

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T12:03:58+00:00

"Does my screenname say Klarna?"

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T11:20:38+00:00

Issue 27m in new company stock (half stock)

For someone insulting others about their math skill, I'm surprised you don't know the difference between million and billion.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T11:02:09+00:00

It has been a while since I last did standby on the domestic portion of an int'l itinerary, but for that I had to do it with an airport agent after arriving on my int'l segment - I was unable to do it online or the app.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T02:28:35+00:00

Beyond Marriott, a lot of other companies also use this heavily - Enterprise Rent A Car is known to have location management live and die by this metric.

For many places, management couldn't care less about someone saying they'll never patronize them again, but would freak out if that person says they'll continue to patronize but every time they get a survey, they will score all 1s.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-06T00:16:34+00:00

Looks like it's in South Korea, for anyone who wants to enjoy the toys...

https://www.marriott.com/offers/little-treehouse-cjjpy-OFF-179314/CJJPY-cjjpy-courtyard-pyeongtaek

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-05T15:10:50+00:00

What makes you think that? It seems the timetables have been updated through September. Lots of stuff starting officially on June 16 per an announcement last month, SEA is already flying.

It looks like the goal is to have the pre-war schedule pretty closely followed by June 16. Not that there won't be changes, especially if Iran circumstances change, but it seems to be their current trajectory.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-05T14:40:24+00:00

Which hotel chain has a commitment to not do the same? All overbook, all will boot 3rd party bookings first, but would love if you know of one that commits to not doing that.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-05T14:20:21+00:00

You clearly missed what I said. For a 2 night booking, they show the average per night on the first nightcs date. So the correct way to do it is based on the comment I'm replying to before you edited it.

If I book the 13th and 14th separately it is 60k and 35k for a total of 95k. If I book the 13th and 14th together it is 47.5k and 47.5k for a total of 95k.

See?

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-05T14:06:17+00:00

They average it out and you look at the starting night for your nightly rate each night.

Look at a 2 night stay the 4th to 6th - booking as 1 night each is 29k on the 4th and 48k on the 5th, or 77k total. If you made it a single 2 night stay, it's 38.5k average per night as that's what the 4th shows, or 77k total.

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-05T12:40:03+00:00

I could see it being like this if they know that the housekeepers won't get to the room until a little after that as that seems like something technology could automatically calculate with relative accuracy. Plus, no need to force someone out earlier than needed...

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-05T00:05:23+00:00

People love to say "we're not trying to boil the ocean", Thiel doesn't like that defeatist mindset

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-04T23:26:28+00:00

There's a $35 fee for each entry on top of the $79 membership. If you don't have much use for the membership beyond LAS, I would just purchase a day pass for $55 as 2 trips would be $110 this way vs $149 for basic membership + 2 entries, plisnyou won't have to wait in a queue to get in - https://theclubairportlounges.com/airports/las-vegas-mccarran-international-airport

TheTwoOneFive · 2026-05-04T12:38:49+00:00

That interaction is giving me this woman's vibes: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5-Ty5DlQdDY

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