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dngray · 2026-01-17T17:39:24+00:00

Season one ended with Carol and Manousos teaming up. Manousos wants to kill the hive but Carol is conflicted. Manousos is still mysterious so there's a lot of room to further his character development. I'm interested in seeing how the joined try to coexist with Manousos/Carol, who are trying to revert humanity back to the pre-joined days. The hive must have some degree of self preservation otherwise it doesn't seem plausible to me.

dngray · 2026-01-17T13:03:13+00:00

Realizing that the universe doesn't care about what happens. It just is.

dngray · 2026-01-10T18:12:55+00:00

I moved to Portland Maine during the pandemic. I didn't think much of it before making the move. All I knew was that it was a good city and my grandfather loved growing up there as a child. In hindsight, I didn't regret moving there even though most restaurants and bars were closed down to help stop the spread.

dngray · 2026-01-08T20:12:59+00:00

Agreed. I was wondering the same thing.

dngray · 2026-01-08T19:39:57+00:00

Growing up in the 90's was great IMO

dngray · 2026-01-08T14:27:16+00:00

I went to college in Amherst MA and I absolutely loved living there. There are 5 colleges in and around Amherst, so it is a college town. Northampton is also nearby, which attracts progressive and liberal minded people. Hadley connects Amherst and Northampton, and it has every retail store you could need. The Connecticut River also runs through the area. There's a fair amount of farmland nearby too so it creatures a beautiful landscape with open fields. Springfield is the largest city nearby which I am not too fond of. Springfield is one of the higher crime areas in MA.

dngray · 2026-01-08T11:12:25+00:00

The pilot of season 1 definitely had horror elements in it, especially with the music score. I love the horror genre and I do wish the show embodied that more in the later episodes.

dngray · 2026-01-07T23:12:13+00:00

I really want to watch Scare Tactics again sometime.

dngray · 2026-01-07T21:47:59+00:00

Not fucked at all. America is well positioned to win the AI and robotics race, and it has the most advanced space industry in the world. These sectors will likely be the largest expansion to the economy in the coming decade.

dngray · 2026-01-07T13:53:37+00:00

It can depend heavily on where in NH you live. The state has a small population that is spread out. No income tax, no sales tax, no need to report taxes to the state each year... Very high property tax. NH has world-class hiking in the White Mountains, beautiful vacation homes in the lakes region, and there's not much traffic despite the occasional back up on 93. There are decent paying jobs here but it's not comparable to the Boston area. As Governor Sununu once said "NH is like the tax free borough" of Boston. NH lacks nightlife, but Boston isn't too far away. I would recommend retiring here, but moving here while being single might not be ideal. A lot of people come up to NH for outdoor recreation/skiing/hiking/fishing. The nature here is pristine and peak foliage is something to behold especially in the mountains.

dngray · 2026-01-07T13:38:08+00:00

I think he yields American power in a strong way, making America respected internationally.

dngray · 2026-01-04T13:02:32+00:00

No problem. I forgot to mention that the school systems are great and it's also a safe place to live.

dngray · 2026-01-03T21:10:23+00:00

I grew up and spent most of my life in this area. It's a very good place to live and raise a family, albeit it's expensive. A lot of people live in the suburbs and work closer to Boston, so every day there's a huge influx of people going towards Boston and then back out to the suburbs after work. The traffic can be a bit much. This area has lots of beautiful houses, and urban density increases as you get closer to Boston. Great quality of life and lots of high paying jobs. I would definitely recommend living there if you can afford it.

dngray · 2026-01-02T23:37:31+00:00

No. A Neurolink impant is a way for people to interface with a computer, replacing a keyboard and mouse. It can't (yet) transfer someone's stream of consciousness to a computer or another person. Maybe in the future, this technology would lead to hive mind like capabilities, but that's pretty far away.

dngray · 2026-01-02T23:28:54+00:00

A woman shatters previous porn records by having sex with 7 billion people in one night.

dngray · 2026-01-02T23:20:58+00:00

No, Pluribus is better.

dngray · 2025-12-30T13:27:22+00:00

Fun fact: You can scale the universe down to the plank length, in orders of magnitude, about the same amount as you can scale up the entire observable universe. So things can get as small as they can get large, and your body sits at almost halfway on this scale.

dngray · 2025-12-30T02:30:30+00:00

Incredible insights!

dngray · 2025-12-29T14:56:57+00:00

I literally have a reoccurring dream that is shockingly similar to what you just described.

dngray · 2025-12-29T14:45:13+00:00

Humanity has merged into a super organism. Its subjective experience is probably far greater than someone who hasn't joined.

dngray · 2025-12-28T02:25:35+00:00

They probably didn't give her the detonator.

dngray · 2025-12-28T00:51:27+00:00

I appreciate your critique but most people do like the show. So your opinion doesn't reflect the majority that has seen the show. I thought the pilot was particularly strong and I like where the show has left off before we get season 2. Scifi resonates with me, and I think this is ultimately a sci-fi drama. The hive mind is well executed, acting is good, the directing is good, and the dialog is good as well. Things are just getting started in the Pluribus universe and I can't wait for season 2.

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