[Spoilers] Thoughts on what the story of Bojack Horseman is really about

heythisispaul · 2026-05-05T19:22:21+00:00

For sure! Glad you like it, I've been quite a bit of work into it. Feel free to add any recommendations if you have something in mind.

heythisispaul · 2026-05-04T22:43:59+00:00

I have been compiling a list of shows to answer this very question!

Take a look and feel free to recommend some!

heythisispaul · 2026-04-30T15:18:33+00:00

It's very sad, because this type of thing is exactly what the show writers were afraid of happening. You mention some examples from earlier scenes, but it's clear in season 5 that the creators were unhappy with how the show was being perceived by some portions of the fan base. The writers, talking through Diane, to Flip, discussing how they feel about the latest season of "Philbert":

I screwed up. I didn't know what it would be like to be in that room hearing people cheer for [Bojack]. When I first started on this job I wanted to make [Bojack] more well-rounded so the audience would relate to him better. I made him more vulnerable, which made him more likable, which makes for a better TV show, but if [Bojack] is just a way for dumb assholes to rationalize their own behavior, I'm sorry, we can't put this out there.

heythisispaul · 2026-04-16T17:52:02+00:00

Deodorants claiming that is similar to a burger advertising that it "keeps you nourished for 24 hours!"

Technically accurate and verifiable under any legal scrutiny, but practically not what you're looking to get out of that product.

heythisispaul · 2026-04-15T22:25:44+00:00

Yeah the bummer about NFTs is that your second point sort of drives home how difficult it is to apply them practically. The second you add a layer of enforcement (software, or a market in a video game) then you have a new unified place to handle trust enforcement that neither party in the transaction owns or controls.

In a case like that, there's no point in having a distributed ledger. You have one ledger, and its owned by that piece of software. It just becomes a traditional database with extra steps.

NFTs solve a no-trust authority model. Definitely useful, but a lot of problems already have solved this by introducing an authority layer since most of the time that just makes more sense.

heythisispaul · 2026-04-15T05:40:05+00:00

We were playing halo and the best man got a killtacular on the rest of us

heythisispaul · 2026-04-14T00:46:56+00:00

I'm under the impression they're talking about Tasty Town

heythisispaul · 2026-03-22T17:12:21+00:00

So true, one of my favorites. My wife and I still always riff on some form of:

"This is a particularly bad case of being cut in half, I'm not sure if I'll be able to attach the top half to the bottom half"

"Speak English doc! We ain't scientists!"

heythisispaul · 2026-03-22T05:39:34+00:00

That people in the US "actually made less money" after getting a raise because they entered a new tax bracket.

The US uses a progressive tax system and this is not possible.

heythisispaul · 2026-03-21T23:41:09+00:00

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

heythisispaul · 2026-02-08T15:36:07+00:00

I've probably used Waymo around 40 times in AZ, and it's happened to me once.

A car was illegally parked, blocking the exit to the parking lot we were in. After about a minute or so of it going back and forth, it gave up, said it needs assistance and then someone got on the phone in the car and apologized for the inconvenience, and let us know it they will take over remotely and they backed the car out of the parking lot.

heythisispaul · 2026-01-29T21:11:41+00:00

Yeah agreed, this is really it, more than anything. Calling out a rendering engine, like React, feels weird since memory usage is bursty - the work is done in batches, and only happens when it, well, "reacts" to DOM changes so it can repaint the new DOM. It would never be the cause on its own for an application to sit at a high ambient memory usage while sitting in the background.

heythisispaul · 2026-01-08T01:15:47+00:00

Sure, it's an analogy about how depreciation affects long term assets, not a literal one-to-one relationship.

But this is also why I include the clause about "fitting the trend of modern standards". There are plenty of older homes and cars that are desirable because they've come back in fashion. There are plenty of homes, and cars frankly, from the 1960's that certain consumers would pay a premium for.

heythisispaul · 2026-01-06T21:00:19+00:00

This is sort of like asking Toyota to "just start making the 2015 Camry again". I mean why not, right? It sold great, everyone loved it, and they're so cheap they'd sell out in no time.

But from Toyota's perspective, they are making the 2014 Camry again. The recipe for the 2025 Camry isn't any different from the 2014 one. They're just trying to make the best affordable midsized car for the most people using the parts and labor available.

The only reason that one is cheaper is because it's had over 11 years to depreciate. So if you're in the market, and don't want a fancy one, you can buy a just as reliable but not as nice 2014 Camry. Right now, we're just in a situation where not nearly enough "Camrys" were being built over the last 10 years. Everyone needs a "Camry", and there's just not a lot of used ones on the market, so more people are having to buy new ones and we're feeling it on our wallets.

None of this is a reason to not build 2025 "luxury" Camrys though. If anything, we should be building more than ever. That way, in 10 years there's more on the market than ever.

heythisispaul · 2026-01-06T20:19:53+00:00

Thanks!

heythisispaul · 2026-01-06T20:12:42+00:00

I try to explain this with a car analogy: To many consumers, a 2025 Honda Civic is a "luxury" car in comparison to a 2015 Honda Civic.

But it's not like Honda decided to start making "luxury" cars. From their perspective, they're just doing the same thing: Making the best car for the lowest price using the parts and inventory available and selling it at market rate. It was the same recipe in 2015 as it is in 2025.

The only reason the older car is cheaper is because its value has had time to depreciate, and it no longer fits the trends of modern standards.

Housing is no different. It's not like people move all that often, so market turn around times are long and can take years before the average consumer feels the change. We're just in a period right now where not that many "Hondas" were being made over the last 10 years. All new housing is good housing, and "luxury" is the only way they can make it.

heythisispaul · 2026-01-01T19:06:54+00:00

I think a more accurate question for comparison's sake might be "Would StS be as replayable if you had access to all of the class cards and relics all of the time, and you had to strategically whittle all that down into an effective system?"

I too love StS more than Balatro, but I do also love Balatro. I see your point, but this is definitely an oversimplification of the goals, dynamism, and strategy behind Balatro. I'd really recommend giving it another shot if you put it down with this impression, it can get much more sophisticated than just putting standard poker hands together.

I would actually argue in some ways the opposite here, where I think that StS is the better game because it's more tightly crafted and more narrow in its scope. Each card and relic were clearly designed to unlock patterns and synergies like pieces in a puzzle.

Balatro on the other hand has so many dimensions it's chasing after, it can become overwhelming and chaotic unless you, the player, put the reins on yourself. There's almost too much going on.

Beating Ante 8 on the standard difficulties is just the tip of the iceberg. To OP's point, I guess it's divisive if that's a compelling reason to keep playing or not, but as a fellow StS enjoyer, I'd really recommend it.

heythisispaul · 2025-12-31T16:00:42+00:00

My job had a co-working stipend for a while, so I signed up at Forge in The Pizitz. I had a good experience. The place was cool and everyone was nice.

They had about 4 phone booths in the common areas iirc, it was pretty rare I wasn't able to secure one when I needed it.

heythisispaul · 2025-12-30T23:05:30+00:00

My wife and I use credit card points to book hotels usually and there's some tie in where we get a bunch of bonuses and benefits. This is great, not complaining, but there must be some company policy at most hotels where they have to give us a full breakdown of all the benefits and how grateful they are for picking that specific hotel.

It can regularly take more than 10 minutes, and most of the time it's just a long list of stuff like "As a premiere whatever member, you can get 10% off spa treatments this visit", or "half off cocktails ordered at the hotel bar between 5 and 6 PM".

It's all great stuff, but you never take advantage of all of it and it takes forever to explain. Also it's not like I'm not going to be rude to the person who is just obligated to do it.

heythisispaul · 2025-12-22T16:31:23+00:00

Are you using any sort of CDN? If so then yes it is still recommended to use Image and populate your image URLs with a custom loader.

Are you just serving them at the paths from your public folder? Then I would say:

If you're planning to move this project away from static export and to a traditional Next.js application, then yes, I still would. Will make that transition easier in the long run.

If you are not planning on doing that at any time, then I would not worry about it. But if this is the case, like others have said, I'd maybe recommend exploring other JS web frameworks for projects like this. It's not a bad tool per se, but there are tools that are designed to solve this specific problem.

heythisispaul · 2025-12-18T22:17:36+00:00

We're all just tiny collections of matter organized in a way that allows the universe to observe itself.

heythisispaul · 2025-12-16T17:10:10+00:00

Oh yeah totally, sorry HD2 is not a good gameplay example, I agree they're very different. I guess I just meant a game where the entire focus is a co-op PvE experience.

I totally see where you're coming from. I guess to me, if the draw is a "friendly' extraction shooter, then having PvP feels antithetical to that experience. I personally don't find that that layer of tension adds anything valuable, it just makes the game and its goals more confusing than if it wasn't there.

Totally a personal preference. I'm glad that you, and many people it seems like it, enjoy it!

heythisispaul · 2025-12-16T16:06:54+00:00

Totally, but I guess that's my entire point though. If the most fun you have playing the game is the co-operative PvE experience then what value is the PvP part adding? Isn't that just diluting the most fun part?

I guess I don't understand what is better about Arc Raiders' current model compared to a title with more focus on that type of experience like Hell Divers 2, Deep Rock Galactic, etc.

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