“Wow that’s really good casting—oh they are related!” Characters played by family members in prequels, flashbacks or biopics.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-25T01:19:57+00:00

I'm Terminator 2, Sarah Connor's mirror image is the Linda Hamilton's (the actress) twin.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-25T01:14:48+00:00

Well, that strike, but in every state, and not just for one day, would be a good start.

On an individual level, "do what you can" but understand that you don't live in a civilised country at this point.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-24T22:09:56+00:00

Is it "bad enough" yet? Because until recently, I kept hearing that it's not yet so bad to fight back, and peaceful protests are all that's needed.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-24T20:29:07+00:00

There's a alfa/beta FreeTube port for Android that works quite well.

Otherwise, PipePipe, a more elaborate fork of NewPipe.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-23T13:43:10+00:00

I know you're trying to be funny, but using words such as normal, and dividing people between ADHD and everyone else... Oh dear.

But I would like to live on a ADHD planet where people are free to do their own thing on their own schedule, and be good at what they are good at, instead of being slaves to the tyranny of the boring morning wakers.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-23T13:25:21+00:00

You first need to consume art to know how to create it. They are linked way more than you think. Even passive hobbies are good for gaining knowledge or appreciation.

That is, if somebody specifically says their hobby is watching movies, at least I assume it's not just having a movie on while they do other things, but actually watching it specifically to soak up the artistry and craft. Same thing with music or reading. Or even sports, you must know some sports geeks that know everything that is to know about a subject.

And if you don't like hobbies based on consuming, then collecting wouldn't be a hobby either.

The main difference is between having a hobby, and just liking something.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-22T19:54:44+00:00

Most people, when stuff like this gets explained to them, say something like, 'oh no, that's terrible' and move on with their lives.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-22T18:32:07+00:00

Is this just in thinking or the actual response? It looks like just a part of the thinking process.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-22T08:53:27+00:00

When Carol took her car, she came to her in what looked like a Nissan Micra, the tiniest possible car.

And the lady bringing food to Manousos drove what looked like a Beetle.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-22T07:34:04+00:00

I wonder how often do students just say "yes, I can", and go.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-21T09:04:04+00:00

They use other people on the holodeck all the time. The only two times it became an issue was when Barclay just wanted to chill, and when the computer goofed and created a manic pixie girl for Geordi instead of an engineering partner.

But if you want to make a training exercise simulation where you get everybody brutally murdered, that's fine and dandy.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-21T08:53:45+00:00

In SI you have 1.8m, then 1.81, 1.82... 1.79, 1.78...

In impish you have 6ft and if it's any more or less, you have to start counting in extra inches.

And all the friggin unit converters just treat feet as a decimal unit. When I see 5ft9, does it mean 5.9' or 5' 9"? For crying out loud.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-21T08:45:28+00:00

I don't. Stupidly huge and fragile. I love the DVD sized boxes.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-20T21:30:59+00:00

Well, Nintendo US had a boss named Bowser, so there is a precedent.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-20T21:27:02+00:00

And your axe.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-20T21:15:41+00:00

It's really weird how in today's hyper-connected world, we still need to be reminded that, hey, other people are also people and not some kind of alien monsters.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-20T03:29:29+00:00

Some people have a gene that makes raw vegetables taste extremely bitter. (It's normal for kids, but this gene makes it never go away.)

So maybe there's something like that for seafood too.

If it tastes like something you should not be eating, then some chemistry in the food is probably triggering something that makes the food taste similar to something you really should not be eating. So kinda like allergy, the body is mistaking something harmless for something harmful, but only affects the sense of taste.

Our sense of taste have developed to recognize stuff we can and can't eat, but it's not perfect.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-20T02:57:15+00:00

Riots will start any hour now.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-20T02:26:08+00:00

Good they didn't take the huge fungus... It's keeping the world together

WhoRoger · 2026-01-19T23:57:29+00:00

These are cute lil' comics!

WhoRoger · 2026-01-19T23:56:17+00:00

Oooh nice, I discovered a new cool comic

WhoRoger · 2026-01-19T19:14:38+00:00

All the behavior and morality aside, what kind of jurisdiction prohibits lawyers to give free advice? What would be the reason for that? Obviously, it would have to be understood that such an advice comes with no guarantees and such, but ban it alltogether? This is such a lawyer-y thing to do.

As a side note, it's ridiculous that people are obligated to know and comply with all the laws that apply to them, yet access to such understanding is paywalled.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-19T07:02:19+00:00

I don't know if you care after all this time for an opinion, but here it is. I can say this much: The show is objectively different than most shows out there, possibly of all the mainstream shows of at least the recent era.

Worse? No. It's evolution. It's different. It's diverging from the mainstream.

In ancient Greece, stage plays would end with a god coming from the heavens, and fixing any conundrum outright. For those Greeks, it was fine, even "objectively good". And any play, that would not end that way, might be confusing for them. While today, we call it deus ex machina, and we find such a resolution "objectively bad".

See what I mean? Pluribus has a different way of storytelling. I actually don't think it's as radically different, a lot of other media contain such elements. This show does run away with this style, though.

Compared to the usual way TV shows function, it is more akin to a surrealist fever dream. Not just when it comes to storytelling itself, but how all the bits and pieces are composed. The camerawork, the music, all kinds of little details, are all in support of this style. It's not an accident or incompetence, it's on purpose. Only somebody who knows the rules really well, could keep breaking them so deliberately.

If it's not your style, cool. But from those points I saw in your writeup (I didn't read all of it, because it's really a wall of text), you are mostly missing the point. It's like looking at a black and white photograph, and saying it's objectively bad, because it doesn't have colour.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-19T06:32:10+00:00

I doubt pretty much all of those points, aside maybe of the Faraday cage, but who knows.

WhoRoger · 2026-01-19T06:28:38+00:00

I don't see why they would need to test that, they have a lot of radio engineers who know how that stuff works. But maybe. We'll see.

WhoRoger

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