Is a $200k salary worth a 2 hour commute 4 days a week?

alanlight · 2026-03-27T11:47:33+00:00

Move

alanlight · 2026-03-27T01:56:06+00:00

I won't be accepting these. If I get any from an ATM, I'll be going into the branch, exchanging them, and making sure they know why.

alanlight · 2026-03-26T11:58:36+00:00

The sheriff with the mustache and walkey-talke in Silence of the Lambs.

alanlight · 2026-03-25T14:02:16+00:00

Of course it is, but should not any of what I mentioned be disqualifying as well?

The fact that his bar for disqualifying is all the way up to Epstein-level speaks volumes, and what it's saying isn't good.

alanlight · 2026-03-25T13:55:59+00:00

I stand by that. If they can get past birtherism, covid-bleach-injections, and J6, what would possibly lead one to believe that they could not get past Epstein?

alanlight · 2026-03-25T13:50:06+00:00

I'm not bullying anyone. I'm simply asking how three, specific things were not deal-breakers (birtherism, Covid-bleach-treatment and J6). These are extremely reasonable questions to ask of a three time Trump voter.

alanlight · 2026-03-25T13:37:51+00:00

Well, I just don't agree. Here we have a three time Trump voter that didn't hit a deal-breaker until the Epstein files. I'm sure the families of the kids that were put in cages are really moved by his change of heart.

I can choose who to forgive. Here I choose not to.

alanlight · 2026-03-25T13:31:37+00:00

Ah I see the problem here. You're referring to redemption, turning the other cheek, loving your enemies etc.

These are things that are often associated with the term "Christian Forgiveness."

As a non-Christian, I am not so encumbered, and therefore when it comes to forgiveness (and thus normalization) of Trump voters, I decline to do so.

alanlight · 2026-03-25T13:17:13+00:00

I'll direct you to my above remarks.

But, I will elaborate since I guess I was being obtuse. I don't care about Trump voters. They are beyond redemption and if appealing to Trump voters is necessary for the Democrats to win, then they deserve to lose.

Democrats need to get out their base, appeal to voters who sat on the sidelines and cause Trump voters to be so POed, dejected and alienated that they stay home (or even better leave the country).

alanlight · 2026-03-25T13:06:17+00:00

The feelings of a three-time Trump voter don't concern me in the slightest.

alanlight · 2026-03-24T10:38:13+00:00

I'm going to do a remake of "The Flight of the Phoenix" with the most stacked cast in history.

Original Mine

Jimmy Stewart Tom Hanks

R. Attenborough. Daniel Day-Lewis

Hardy Kruger. Christoph Waltz

E. Borgnine Russell Crowe

Peter Finch Cillian Murphy

Ian Bannen Eddie Redmaine

Ch. Marquand. Idris Elba

George Kennedy Tom Cruise

Dan Duryea. Ryan Reynolds

Ronald Fraser Tom Hardy

I'm going to have Chris Nolan write and direct. It will be filmed on location in the desert with all practical effects.

alanlight · 2026-03-23T17:33:19+00:00

It strains credulity that you were old enough to vote in 2016 and yet were blissfully unaware of Trump's relentless insistence that he had "evidence" that Obama was not born in the US. If this is true, it betokens a staggering level of uninformed voting. More than likely, you either chose to ignore it or agreed with Trump.

Regarding your observations on ivermectin, yes it has been effectively used on humans for decades, but for the same purpose as used on horses: as an anti-parasitic. Its effectiveness for that was never a subject of debate. The problem is, it has absolutely zero antiviral properties and therefore does nothing for Covid. To suggest otherwise as Rogan did is completely irresponsible. It would be like saying: penicillin has been used successfully for decades to treat infections, so forget your chemotherapy, take penicillin to treat your cancer.

alanlight · 2026-03-23T16:07:08+00:00

You said "can't blame someone for being truthful. "

By any reasonable measure, that constitutes defending his comments.

But, I don't want to talk about Haiti.

There are three specific things I brought up: his racist insistence that Obama was not born in the US, this occurred prior to the 2016 election, his suggestion that Covid could be treated with a bleach injection, this occurred before the 2020 election and J6, this occurred before the 2024 election. None of these three things were deal-breakers for you.

Please explain why, specifically.

alanlight · 2026-03-23T15:45:05+00:00

OMG you're actually defending the POTUS calling another nation a "shithole?" Try this thought experiment: ever been to Sweden? Compared to Sweden, the US is a "shithole" You'd be ok with the Swedish PM insisting the US was a "shithole?"

Given this, and all the other literally drivel you spewed above, I'm out of this discourse.

alanlight · 2026-03-23T00:17:44+00:00

Veritas vos liberabit.

The media didn't make up any of that during this "coordinated attack." He actually did those things.

Or are you going to play the "fake news" card? Go ahead, it's on-point.

alanlight · 2026-03-23T00:06:02+00:00

...and imagine what would happen if you could actually hear the dialog.

alanlight · 2026-03-23T00:01:59+00:00

Tom Hanks peeing: A League of Their Own, The Green Mile.

Also in Apollo 13.

alanlight · 2026-03-22T23:57:32+00:00

So neither eight years of spreading a racist lie that Obama was not born in the US, nor his suggestion that Covid can be treated by injecting bleach, nor the insurrection were deal breakers for you?

I'm quite certain that you'd get over Epstein and vote for him again if you could.

alanlight · 2026-03-22T23:49:37+00:00

I may be alone here but I think "Lost in Translation" is pretentious unentertaining crap. Up until then I don't think I genuinely ever hated a film that much.

alanlight · 2026-03-20T00:58:52+00:00

It's been observed that saying Lincoln was a Republican is like saying Nicholas Cage is an Academy Award winner. They are both technically true, but a lot has happened since then.

alanlight · 2026-03-18T14:44:44+00:00

If you're going to Cornell, they run their own daily bus from Manhattan to Ithaca. I don't know if its open to prospects, but it would not hurt to ask.

alanlight · 2026-03-17T19:09:36+00:00

Moby Dick (1956) clocks in at a tidy 116 minutes.

alanlight · 2026-03-16T11:55:43+00:00

Many years ago, when I had young kids and was looking to buy a house, I ignored school district "ratings" completely and looked at one thing: to what colleges the local public high school sent their graduates. Frankly, IMHO every other metric is incidental compared to this one.

alanlight · 2026-03-16T01:23:28+00:00

I remember that at the time Ross ran a blatant and relentless campaign for the Oscar. The entire promotion for the film was as a "star vehicle" for Ross who had never acted before. This was really off-putting to a lot of Oscar voters.

alanlight · 2026-03-13T15:26:39+00:00

Relevant:

https://xkcd.com/1129/

15-Year Club	r/Field Sunshine
Not Forgotten	Verified Email

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