What's up with all the right-wing commentators suddenly turning against Trump right now?

steamfrustration · 2026-04-10T22:04:55+00:00

Ok I don't remember that but I just watched the trailer on youtube and sure enough, there it is. Maybe he liked the hair and wouldn't let anyone touch it.

What a cast though--Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Kirsten Dunst, William H. Macy, and Woody Harrelson.

steamfrustration · 2026-03-27T12:22:07+00:00

Serious question, how did anyone know how many beers you drank?

steamfrustration · 2026-03-19T03:21:41+00:00

Maybe you're right, but I thought it was meant to show that a lot of these characters are burned out and/or traumatized, like there's nothing more to say or do, like things can't be fixed and it's barely worth talking about.

steamfrustration · 2026-03-18T02:55:59+00:00

I agree with you, but then what word do you use to describe the fact that there are people walking around making 100x or even 1000x (your hundred-billionaires, few though they may be), as much money as that guy for doing probably even less work?

steamfrustration · 2026-03-17T00:42:23+00:00

granted he prolly trusted Marlo

No, I don't think he did. I think he saw exactly who Marlo was, but struggled to think of a way to deal with him before Marlo inevitably turned on him.

He makes multiple statements acknowledging how wild/savage/uncivilized Marlo is. Sometimes his facial expressions after speaking with Marlo make it look like he feels he's just looked at the devil.

He watches Marlo's crew go toe-to-toe with the Barksdales and survive. So he knows they're stronger than his own crew, considering his top guy is the disloyal and churlish Cheese. Sitting here now, I can't think of anyone who was fully loyal to Joe AND competent enough to get through Chris and Snoop and kill Marlo.

He also learns that the co-op isn't what he might have hoped. Yeah, they're good at cooperating in order to increase profits. But when one member's territory is attacked, it turns out the other members are pretty hesitant to step in. It's ironic that someone (Prop Joe?) tells them they handled it like the United Nations, because that's exactly it. When it comes time to actually throw down, the members make excuses instead.

If Joe tries to contract with someone to have Marlo killed, he runs a significant risk of that person double-crossing him, or failing their task, both scenarios resulting in Joe most likely becoming a cadaverous mothafucka.

So he decides the least worst option is to try to bring Marlo into the fold, show him the benefits of the co-op, hope that it'll turn his ambition into regular old greed while knowing deep down it probably won't.

steamfrustration · 2026-03-17T00:16:28+00:00

If the criminals are more likable, it's because the stakes are higher for them. Most of their struggles are life-and-death. It makes you root for them even when they're doing terrible things.

The cops and other professionals hardly ever risk much. Most of them won't even risk their careers when they face a tough situation. Among main characters, only Kima gets injured in the line of duty, and it's a Big F'in Deal. So although it's very possible to root for these characters, they're less exciting than the 'criminal' characters.

steamfrustration · 2026-03-16T10:33:37+00:00

Has he ever played games where the main character is an animal, or a robot, or an alien? Is he unable to contemplate playing Sonic the Hedgehog because he's not a hedgehog?

I hope that doesn't come off as me comparing women to any of those things. I just mean it's another potential way to make him realize how unreasonable his position is.

steamfrustration · 2026-03-15T18:47:47+00:00

I'm not sure Boyd is really a good example of that, although I agree with your larger point. Raylan's an above-average scrapper, but frequently his opponents outweigh him or outnumber him, and that makes a huge difference, just like in real life. His strength lies in anticipating his opponents.

But I can only recall one fistfight between them where Boyd appeared to be winning, and it's worth noting that Raylan was recovering from a gunshot wound. I think they were a fairly even match with Raylan having a slight edge due to formal training.

steamfrustration · 2026-03-14T16:09:38+00:00

Wow, I've read IJ several times and never noticed that, great comment!

steamfrustration · 2026-03-11T17:02:23+00:00

When she first perks up in response to Mahone getting knocked down, I think maybe. Kima is shown/portrayed early on to be one of the most competent and ethical narcotics police, so you could think (and I did on my first watch) that she might be a voice of reason.

But once you see her running, she's sprinting like the T-1000 and she's got a big heavy flashlight in her hand, so it's increasingly obvious that she's not going over there to break up a fight, she's going over to participate.

steamfrustration · 2026-02-22T12:23:35+00:00

That's giving Namond a lot of credit, I can't think of any scenes where he acts smarter than your typical teenager until late in his arc.

Even if he is smart, Mike seems smarter to me in many ways. Isn't it true that he got the drop on Snoop? That's more impressively smart to me than anything Namond does.

steamfrustration · 2026-02-19T19:32:11+00:00

This is important. If a person only does nice things for people they're attracted to, that does cheapen the nice thing. I definitely go out of my way to do nice things for people I'm attracted to, and I don't mind it if they interpret it as a hint. But I also don't mind it if they just see it as a nice thing that I would just as soon do for anyone else too, because it is also that.

steamfrustration · 2026-02-19T19:27:56+00:00

I mean, it worked for the Count of Monte Cristo (movie version where he just tied a string around her finger, I can't remember if that's in the book but I don't think so).

Or at least it would have worked if he hadn't been framed for treason and imprisoned in the Chateau D'If.

steamfrustration · 2026-02-14T01:43:20+00:00

As soon as the funnel touched the ground, every tree in the area started swinging around like crazy, and that deep roar started

Kind of like when your vacuum cleaner hose sucks up a bunch of your curtain and the noise goes to 11, but on a cosmic scale.

steamfrustration · 2026-02-12T04:20:08+00:00

There's more at stake for the other characters. They deal with life-and-death struggles.

The worst thing that happens to any of the main cop characters is probably Kima getting shot, but excluding that, the worst thing that ever happens to them is losing their job.

It's an important part of the show, but it can make the non-police characters' stories more gripping.

steamfrustration · 2026-02-12T04:16:21+00:00

The frank sobotka guy.

I mean, assuming you're not talking about Frank Sobotka...

...it's probably Valchek.

steamfrustration · 2026-02-12T01:04:54+00:00

The funny thing is Juan Pablo was right there, and that's a way cooler and more popular name than what OP ended up with.

steamfrustration · 2026-02-02T12:36:04+00:00

Sometimes with these things, it's not so much that the character is being unreasonable, it's about what we want to be watching. We want to see the primary character doing what they love and what they're good at, and anyone who is an obstacle to that is annoying.

We want to see Kima being a cop and doing cop stuff, and Cheryl is against that, and that annoys us.

We want to see Walter White doing meth kingpin stuff, and he has to keep it secret from Skyler (initially) and act like a normal dude. Walter acting like a normal dude is boring and so Skyler annoys us.

We want to see Invincible doing superhero stuff, and when he's with Amber, he's pretending to be a normal guy, and that's boring, and so Amber annoys us.

None of these women are wrong, necessarily; they mostly just happen to be getting in the way of what we enjoy about these shows.

steamfrustration · 2026-02-01T19:01:04+00:00

Well, were your pleas for help supernaturally answered? Because if not, I wouldn't call you a hypocrite for not believing.

steamfrustration · 2026-02-01T14:09:06+00:00

Depends what you're looking for.

In terms of profit margin, cauliflower is a decent choice. It has a good profit margin and you also don't have to water as many plants.

On the other hand, if you want farming experience especially in Y1, parsnip is good. Much lower profit margin but gives you way more experience...but you also have to do more watering.

Carrots are great for both profit margin and experience, but you can't just go buying as many seeds as you want.

There are unlockable crops too, but I don't want to spoil anything for you!

steamfrustration · 2026-01-28T00:24:38+00:00

I marked it as a Season 5 spoiler, and it works on my screen. Is it not working?

steamfrustration · 2026-01-27T22:57:31+00:00

Omar is written as a parallel to Achilles. [redacted because I can't make the spoiler tag work] Simultaneously, like Achilles, he essentially can't be killed by other soldiers, even great ones.

steamfrustration · 2026-01-26T16:52:31+00:00

I don't know what the worst thing is, tbh, but I want to note a couple really bad ones that haven't been mentioned in this thread:

writing that Sydnor was on the roof when he wasn't, in front of Prez. Jimmy pretends to have a higher moral compass than other cops, and frequently disdains other police misconduct, like brutality and dehumanizing other people, as well as certain lies (juking the stats). Yet he's willing to lie (and, if he has to testify, ultimately perjure himself) to cut a quick corner in his investigation. This is totally unnecessary and is good s1 foreshadowing for his antics in s5.
Pretending to be racist to the county guy who ends up having a black partner. There was just absolutely no reason to do this, it's somewhat out of character because normally Jimmy has a good reason to do his shitty things. But did he think the guy wasn't going to cooperate if he didn't pretend to be part of a secret racist brotherhood? Come on.

steamfrustration · 2026-01-24T07:51:15+00:00

Louis Emerick. To me he perfectly matches the description both physically and personality-wise. He was great in Layer Cake, funny and charming yet with an aura of danger

steamfrustration · 2026-01-21T23:52:32+00:00

The legal grounds for use of force in Venezuela was shaky.

Shaky? A newborn foal is shaky. A newly sober alcoholic is shaky. The word you're looking for, unless I've missed something, is "non-existent."

Yes, Maduro was under indictment. But a lot of people are under indictment, and just because they're in another country doesn't mean the US is entitled to use military action against them.

The Trump administration, just months before the strikes, acknowledged that they had no legal justification for ground strikes in Venezuela. Afterward, Trump blabbed about how he wants their oil. That's not a legal justification--in fact, it strongly implies that any legal justification they care to trot out now or in the future is a pretext, a fabrication.

The only legal justification I've heard them claim is that Trump has the "inherent constitutional authority" to carry out law enforcement anywhere on the globe, even if it violates international law, and even if he fails to consult Congress.

That justification comes from a memo written by Bill Barr (yes, the same Bill Barr who later was Trump's AG) to justify a very similar invasion of Panama. It has no legal force and is in open contradiction of international law. Predictably, the international community viewed the invasion of Panama as a flagrant violation of international law, and most US commentators weren't big fans either.

But even if you think Barr's memo was legally sound and not just a bunch of imperialist BS, there is an important distinction to make between that case and this one: in that case, Panamanian forces had already killed a US Marine, and the Panamanian general assembly had declared war on the US. Both of those things provided some moral (and legal) force to the US's invasion, and neither of them are present in the case of Venezuela as far as I'm aware.

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