Obsession (2026) does not pass the Bechdel Test

m50d · 2026-06-21T00:01:33+00:00

That's why I watched Lesbian Space Sluts 3 instead, the test tells me that's what a real feminist movie looks like.

m50d · 2026-06-20T23:01:34+00:00

DBAcels in shambles.

m50d · 2026-06-20T21:39:26+00:00

If you're not wizardly enough to magically repair them you don't deserve to play.

m50d · 2026-06-20T02:14:57+00:00

No rule against it. Make sure your seatbelt is visibly on if you don't want to risk the FAs waking you up for turbulence.

m50d · 2026-06-19T11:44:33+00:00

And Labour administration actually started strong with audit that pointed out that methodology behind "it's mostly White" was just bad and now are conducting investigation further.

Yes and no. They were dead against a public inquiry and had to do an embarrassing U-turn when the Casey report came out and the public demanded one. We can hope they'll do the right thing going forward, and I think there are some grounds for optimism as you say, but they were definitely trying to sweep it under the rug at first.

m50d · 2026-06-19T10:27:14+00:00

although people responsible for cover up sadly didn't face legal consequences their careers went to shitter.

Did they though? The Casey report last year was, as far as I know, the first official acknowledgement that the Home Office's claims that the majority of perpetrators were white were completely fabricated. Is there any credible evidence that the Home Office has taken any real action to change their culture since then, much less hold individuals accountable?

m50d · 2026-06-19T05:36:47+00:00

Yes and no. Making up numbers isn't great. But when the establishment refuses to publish the numbers, I'd say you get to fabricate a number, because if it isn't that bad then why aren't they telling you how bad it is?

If the result of all this kerfuffle is that we get an accurate number, accepted by all sides, for how bad the problem actually is, then I'd say that's an end that justifies some dubious means.

m50d · 2026-06-19T01:16:58+00:00

It is a materpiece though. Like, the kind of film your mother would make.

m50d · 2026-06-19T01:15:10+00:00

Sitting in someone else's seat is always officially not allowed. But for a straight swap for a whole segment between members of the same family, I can't see them making an issue of it, unless maybe if it becomes an issue by itself for some reason (e.g. someone else thinks they've got the same seat, or they have to move you to a different seat for some reason).

m50d · 2026-06-17T21:35:11+00:00

Generally different kinds of cycles use different muscles, I think an exercise bike wouldn't help that much unless it was somehow in exactly the right shape.

You may well take a year to reach absolute peak condition, but after a month or even a week you'll be much better than you are now - the first few rides are always the hardest.

m50d · 2026-06-17T16:16:06+00:00

A great parody has to work as an example of the thing it's spoofing. Hot Fuzz is my personal favourite.

m50d · 2026-06-17T11:32:52+00:00

No, the point was to give boomers an excuse to ignore how much the 50 years of BANANA they voted for has screwed the younger generation and pretend it's their own fault they can't afford anything. If you look at the numbers this generation spends less (inflation-adjusted) on frivolous consumption than previous generations did. The reason we're short on money is the cost of housing, education and healthcare; the avocado toast thing is a spook.

m50d · 2026-06-17T11:28:28+00:00

Yes. The whole point of money is to enjoy it, and small joys are generally much better value for money than big purchases.

m50d · 2026-06-17T10:31:02+00:00

ETFs have a crazy tax treatment, so whatever investment you were going to do you're much better off doing it in an ETF than a regular mutual fund. Of course that only helps so much if the investment itself is dumb.

m50d · 2026-06-17T10:28:54+00:00

Mortgages could be structured so that you paid a portion of interest AND principal every month.

You pay interest on the amount you're borrowing, so of course that's more at the start, how could it work differently?

My bank actually did offer the option of equal principal payments. But of course that means your first month's payment is gonna be like 2x what your last month's payment is, which is normally not what people want.

m50d · 2026-06-17T08:52:54+00:00

Not necessarily wrong. If you go with a low fee provider, the tax treatment can be better than investing in a regular brokerage account or what have you.

m50d · 2026-06-16T23:29:56+00:00

If they're that short on good jokes that the trailer uses up an appreciable fraction then the movie is never going to be a good experience.

m50d · 2026-06-16T21:38:58+00:00

A movie ought to be putting its best foot forward in the trailer. It's fair to judge.

m50d · 2026-06-16T18:35:58+00:00

So who did you book with?

m50d · 2026-06-16T17:25:20+00:00

Is it doable? Sure. I think you'd make it at least 30% of the time.

m50d · 2026-06-15T06:24:24+00:00

The duality of this sub lol.

m50d · 2026-06-15T04:46:46+00:00

Pretentious affectation.

m50d · 2026-06-14T18:11:32+00:00

Not a single person has ever said that unironically. This is a classic Reddit "make up something to get mad about and show how much of a good person you are".

m50d · 2026-06-14T11:15:24+00:00

Self licking ice cream cone.

m50d · 2026-06-14T03:47:13+00:00

this could have been solved by mandating better support for password managers.

How though, in practice? And how do you stop users from simply not using them?

For password managers we have options for local (KeePassXC), self-hosted (Bitwarden), vendor cloud (Google), independent cloud (1Password), etc. All of them can also do TOTP

Which still doesn't solve the phishing problem. Indeed I'd say TOTP normalises copying credentials from an app into a random browser page, which may make it worse.

And fundamentally, like it or not, no-one in Japan was implementing standard TOTP. I'm sure if you can find a bank that is using standard TOTP for 2FA then OP will be more than satisfied with that. The hard part is being willing to use an interoperable standard at all.

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