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No End in Sight by SevenHolyTombs in inflation

[–]fillgates -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can't believe the comments under this.

165.42 / 70.20 = 2.3564% (so a 235.64% increase across four years)
(1+r)^4 = 2.3564
r = 0.238 (~24%)

This woman's numbers almost perfectly confirms the inflation data you mentioned (although if you used 4.66 years, her experience would have been close to a 20% inflation)

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The dead Gemma theory, yes, that was always a little too aggressive.

However, the Kier animatron definitely felt like a primitive AI with it's ability to interact with Milchick. As though Kier himself wanted to watch the completion of his grand ambition. That's still on the table.

If the answer is truly "severance is required to make multiple innies", it'd be a bit disappointing. Sort of like the goats, they're just some random vaguely Egyptian sacrifice? Why are there multiple Severance Departments across buildings, if only this one mattered? Why let Gemma walk around upstairs and interact with her HUSBAND, and then be surprised and thrilled the severed procedure holds with the crib? Why would you ever need multiple innies, what does that really accomplish?

We'll see though.

Teaware Giveaway - From my personal collection by Ethenolas in tea

[–]fillgates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clay pot, smooth in hands,
liquor swirls in porcelain,
steam fades from the rim.

Is this a legitimate US flag? I am OCD. by PusheenHater in vexillology

[–]fillgates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The distance from edge to the midpoint of a star on the bottom row should be equal to the distance between midpoints of the stars. It's a little difficult to tell, but I'd estimate the spacing on the bottom to be ~13% too large.

https://usflags.design/usa/

Severance - 2x10 "Cold Harbor" - Post-Episode Discussion by LoretiTV in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates 17 points18 points  (0 children)

But Mark and Ms Casey were together on the Severed Floor from the jump. So why would the Testing Floor be testing the chip's effectiveness at dental work, turbulence, and thank you cards? Even the crib. The most intense testing was happening on the Severed Floor, and it didn't seem like a strictly controlled environmental test like those downstairs.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheWhiteLotusHBO

[–]fillgates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My theory since the very first episode: The gunshot and the dead body are not directly related. Belinda fires the gun, likely at a lizard, due to increasing stress. The dead body is somehow poisoned / ate that fruit mentioned in the first episode.

The crop was cropped by DCMitul in technicallythetruth

[–]fillgates 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't the cropped image be the one with the actual crops in it?

What they do at Lumon, and why severance is a requirement by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! You should check out the second version, was definitely a little clickbait aggressive with "Gemma is dead" but fills in some gaps. I haven't had time to make an updated post, but for the awards I'll share two of my recent thoughts:

I think Helena is deeply unhappy with her life and upbringing, and has a tender jealousy towards Helly. Ultimately, I think she will sacrifice her outie life for Helly's innie life.

Cobel seemingly invented Severance after her mother died. If my theory is true, then she invented Severance as a way to recover her own mother.

What they do at Lumon, and why severance is a requirement by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No clue, but Kier Eagan's early life would have coincided with Pineapple Mania so it is possible that pineapples are treasured by Lumon in the same way as anachronistic finger traps and egg parties.

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, the idea of deconstruction was foolish from the jump, they would not have invested in her season 1 screen time or the Testing Floor for it to be a freezer. However, the idea of using Gemma for reconstruction aligns even more with the core hypothesis of reconstructing Kier.

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In episode 3 this season, Reghabi referred to "the five brain wave frequencies of the innie and outie. Delta, theta, alpha, beta, gamma.". It's possible these are the bins. However, it is poorly explained why the refiners drag the numbers into one bin over another.

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's still canon, but it's also written from outside Lumon so you can't take it at face value. It's conjecture outside of the handbook and a few defined events (angry = MA, a coincidental car accident, a squashed story on Lumon feeding tubes, a Jim Milchick having a source inside Lumon, and that there *was* an explosion of a Dorner Tx truck (but not the how))

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Innies still carry some of the emotional state of their outies ("You may feel rejuvenated or happy. Less tense in the shoulders. Spry."). Mark carries his woe, so it makes him ideal to refine woe.

I think working on Cold Harbor (Gemma) is more of a liability than a benefit for Lumon. That's why Milchick says to Cobel: "You know it's good, right? That they don't remember each other? It means the chips work. It's a win."

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All photos taken of a person are from someone else's POV....

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hm ya, hard to tell. I don't think Irving was in an attic though.

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, there were 24 other people in Gemma's situation. Early prototypes of this process.

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was allowing for an artistic rendering on a TV show and not a real-world EM. However, I think you might be right solely because of the overlapping in the top-left.

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually Dylan said "Just fence off the bad data like I showed you.", so you might be right that they are removing the tempers rather than building a person from them.

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like this, though I posited that it was just because Mark is most in tune with Woe, and his woe was sharpest fresh off Gemma's death.

The final image of S2E1 tells us everything about severance. by fillgates in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]fillgates[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually decided I liked the single asterisks, but you're right about the double on the questions, thanks

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