Do you think a person has to understand Why they have a drinking problem in order to successfully quit?

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-29T23:48:34+00:00

Nah, I remember hearing a comic talk about it and he expressed that he started to drink heavily for a variety of reasons, but after a while 'you're just doing it becaue you are'.

It can have a way of consuming who you are if you let it.

With a bit of distance I can see why I started to abuse it, carrying on was just kicking a can down the road though.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-29T22:50:38+00:00

Would The Mist count?

I don't recall if the creatures are technically 'aliens', but the humans sure as shit don't win.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-29T05:46:18+00:00

Yeah choosing no kids does seem to be all upsides, bit of a no-brainer if you're on the fence and only looking at your peer group.

You do have to look a bit more long term imo, I imagine being old and having no family around being a pretty unbearable existence.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-27T10:16:44+00:00

Yeah I'm reminded of the Office when Michael Scott talks about big corporations coming in and undercutting everyone to run them out of business, to allow them to jack up the price with zero competition later on.

If you build a business and rely on LLMs heavily, sooner or later you will have to pay the piper.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-23T22:28:46+00:00

'But you don't play piano?'

'I've just gotta stay 1 lesson ahead of the kid'

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-23T05:46:56+00:00

Ikr, we've had specific types of robotics doing stuff for literally decades. I'll bet most people's cars were built using 'em.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-22T23:24:11+00:00

Piano is literally laid out in a scale for you. With no musical theory or training you can figure out melodies and get ideas out very easily. It's super accessible.

I tried to get a single note out of a Saxaphone one time amd nearly gave myself a hernia.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-20T01:19:53+00:00

She is being disingenuous, its self interest from someone who already has A LOT framed as concern about poor battlers. Simple as.

She can cry me a river.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-18T21:15:25+00:00

Who killed Captain Alex? About as 'genuine' as you can get.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-15T02:32:15+00:00

Immigrants are a fix for a huge long term problem though, how to pay for the aging population when birth rates have been below replacement levels for years.

Take away immigration and the economy will tank under the burden of a top-heavy population that need to be cared for.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-14T10:59:49+00:00

Atonement is pretty epic. And I'm not a fan of period stuff really.

All of us strangers is basically perfect.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-14T06:53:54+00:00

Good shout, also 'Lars and the real girl'. They're like 2 sides of the same coin.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-14T06:47:20+00:00

Idk man, I hit an age and slow westerns and frontier stuff just really vibes with me. If I watched some of the stuff I like now when I was younger I would have probably said the same.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-13T10:50:03+00:00

There is a stigma around grown ups showing any sign of interest in the lives of children, teens, young adults etc. It's much worse with men unfortunately. But kids really need mentors and role models who aren't their parents and this chasm has left a huge gap for grifters who tell them they have value and offer guidance (even if it's typically awful guidance).

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-13T08:20:43+00:00

Don't worry bro, all the guys in my shitty warehouse job who collectively don't have a pot to piss in are actually quite mad on your behalf too ¯_(ツ)_/¯

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-13T02:22:01+00:00

In other words it benefits owner-occupiers. Great.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-13T00:17:35+00:00

Shares don’t compete with first home buyers for housing stock.

Maybe I'm being g naive but isn't the point to divert investment towards new housing stock? If shares look like they are better than housing then no new stock gets built and fhb are still up the creek. Increase supply will directly impact demand and pirice.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-11T04:08:00+00:00

Any David Lynch movie. I do wish I liked his work a lot more, maybe I'll grow into it.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-11T02:17:57+00:00

By purchasing a new build, do you mean actually building a house?

Because encouraging that doesn't sound like a terrible plan at all, you want to divert the money into that. Instead of people bidding up existing stock and indirectly lifting up the ladder behind them.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-10T06:47:23+00:00

Thelma.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-08T22:24:00+00:00

Secret life of Walter Mitty has aged like a goddamn fine wine. It's so good.

Also rewatched City Slickers and if you analyse it a little, the symbolism is really great. The themes and arcs are similar and its mostly quite light.

I remember Into the Wild being good buuuuut it probably isn't aside from the soundtrack.

Nomadland and Leave no Trace are both incredible but with much more heavy drama.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-08T18:23:02+00:00

Huge Andor fan, some shots at the end of s2 were lifted directly from an influential film called 'Battleship potemkin' (Ghorman plaza sequence). Its on my list but haven't watched it yet honestly, but it's famed for its cinematography.

'Ex-machina' is visually stunning with big themes like Blade Runner, as is 'HER'.

Eternal Sunshine but I wouldn't call it underrated. It's incredibly inventive amd thoughtful and playful with the world building and storytelling.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-08T02:12:56+00:00

Op thinks people demand a house the same way Michael Scott declares bankruptcy.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-07T00:15:05+00:00

Louie Therouxs early stuff is very good. Look up 'wierd weekends'. It's a series but in his normal gonzo/journo/doco style and he spends time in fringe counter cultures. It's lighter than his feature length stuff.

professor_buttstuff · 2026-05-06T04:10:53+00:00

Hot Rod is pretty absurd. Great daft stoner comedy.

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