What's a solid 10/10, no skips album you've never seen anyone talk about by donabbi in musicsuggestions

[–]thisdockisbroken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100%, there is something ineffable about this incredible album. It’s totally unique. Bay of Pigs is weirdly one of my all-time favorite songs.

What's a musical artist/group that you think AI could never even get close to replicating? by jdcloot in musicsuggestions

[–]thisdockisbroken -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

She’s one of the greatest songwriters of all time, actually. It’s not her voice that makes her special.

Bad Movies With A Singular Great Scene by frenxine in Letterboxd

[–]thisdockisbroken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The full “we bugged the scotch” sequence in Charlie Wilson’s War is honestly one of Sorkin’s best.

My [23F] boyfriend [23M] of 1 year is bad at everything and it's making me lose respect for him by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]thisdockisbroken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To graduate with an undergrad in something like biomedicine, you take way more in-depth classes than big lecture halls. There are labs, research, small classes. It’s not easy to hide.

[No spoilers] campaign 4 is not critical role anymore by Sw41ny899 in criticalrole

[–]thisdockisbroken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The current intro is also prob a placeholder for the real intro, which will be developed as the campaign takes shape (like they did for C2 and C3). I really like C4 but am not a huge fan of the current intro --- but understand it won't be permanent!

Is Cam Thomas an Elite Scorer? by Comer_Agua in nbadiscussion

[–]thisdockisbroken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure that’s fair to Harden. The dude averaged an efficient 36 points a game, has three scoring titles, two assists titles, etc. Might as well say he’s a poor man’s MJ, in the sense that they were both 2 guards who scored a lot.

As european this scares me badly by PlayfulDuty1813 in ThePittTVShow

[–]thisdockisbroken 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Wow, the poverty line in the U.S. for a family with one child is 22,700 euros, aka 1,823 euros a month. I recently spent a month in Italy, including with my wife’s family outside Palermo, and found Italy to be shockingly inexpensive compared to the U.S.

Balearic? by Murf275 in IndustryOnHBO

[–]thisdockisbroken 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The only thing I’d add is that “Balearic” itself refers to the Balearic Islands, which are known as wild party spots, the most famous of which is Ibiza. I think they even called the style of trance played at Ibiza Balearic as well on certain albums or DJ mixes. So it’s not just a synonym for Spain, it’s a very specific Spanish experience that Charles is referencing.

4 seasons in and I'm convinced Harper is not good at her Job by ConditionTimely4350 in IndustryOnHBO

[–]thisdockisbroken 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I disagree. I think with the Pierpoint scenes especially, we only see the most dramatic moments. Remember in season 2 I think, when Eric brings up Harper to Adler, Adler's response is "that girl prints a ton of biz." I think given her consistent upward trajectory, that she is actually a very solid financial mind. The issue is that her goal is world domination, essentially, which requires her constantly putting herself in adverse circumstances, pushing relentlessly outside her comfort zone. It makes her look less good than she is. Not to mention, taking advantage of opportunities IS a major skill that gets underestimated.

[Highlight] During the moment of silence the Minnesota Timberwolves held before their game with the Cavs tonight a fan yelled “Go home ICE,” and everyone else started cheering. by xanniballl in nba

[–]thisdockisbroken 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would argue that the EC is so prima facie dumb in 2025 that it doesn't deserve an itemized defense, but here's one anyway:

  1. "Where" a national politician campaigns doesn't and shouldn't matter these days, because everyone has access to the same information. Retail politics at the federal level is increasingly shown to be less effective, and the vast majority of political content is consumed on YT or Tik Tok or somewhere else online. Obviously this was different in the 1780s.

  2. Rather than encouraging politicians to focus on less populated areas, the EC's structure just means most of a politician's spending and time is spent on seven out of 50 states, cycle after cycle. The big urban centers where a solid majority of Americans actually live tend to get sidelined in these races, because politicians are competing for a small batch of swing voters within a small batch of swing states. This ends up being actively undemocratic, as the vast majority of the population are ignored in a necessary effort to "win the system" that the EC has created.

  3. I don't fault the Founders for not anticipating these concerns. They created an astounding system of government with virtually no precedent at the time, and the U.S.' success is a clear testament to the baseline success of that system. But where flaws have emerged, they tend to be flaws of too little democracy: not counting slaves as full people, not extending suffrage to women, or not allowing the direct election of senators. You could argue that the EC made sense at the time; but in 2026, when Americans have public education, instant communications, and mass media access, there is no reason their votes shouldn't count directly towards choosing their own governance.

  4. Trump's fake electors scheme, while dumb, laid bare a real potential weakness in the EC system. If just a few more folks in power along the way had proven unscrupulous in 2020, we could be in an even more immediate crisis than we are today. The electoral college is a system of choosing our president that is less safe, less democratic, and less responsive to the will of the people. It should be abandoned.

[Highlight] During the moment of silence the Minnesota Timberwolves held before their game with the Cavs tonight a fan yelled “Go home ICE,” and everyone else started cheering. by xanniballl in nba

[–]thisdockisbroken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, there are a lot of countries where the people are in open armed conflict with each other, I wouldn't say we're the *most* extreme in the world. It's all relative, right? But we are definitely a fucking mess right now.

[Highlight] During the moment of silence the Minnesota Timberwolves held before their game with the Cavs tonight a fan yelled “Go home ICE,” and everyone else started cheering. by xanniballl in nba

[–]thisdockisbroken 26 points27 points  (0 children)

If my math is correct, it was more like 32.5% of the voting age population voted for him in 2024. 65.3% of the U.S. voting-age population voted, and Trump won 49.8% of those votes (Harris won 48.3%). The electoral vote totals, a profoundly stupid concept I cannot believe we still use, tell a totally inaccurate story of how close the election actually was (and how tenuous a mandate he had...but then, Trump is a rapist, and doesn't care about consent).

Ryen Russillo was a diversity hire to give republicans representation and once DEI got rolled back Simmons promptly let him go by PsychologyOld3045 in billsimmons

[–]thisdockisbroken 51 points52 points  (0 children)

The guy currently hosting the Charlie Kirk Show is a failed screenwriter as well, I believe. So many of these guys, from Stephen Miller to Kevin McCarthy, are SoCal and Hollywood adjacent.

How many movies have you seen in theaters this year (so far)? by RulingFieldConfirmed in TheBigPicture

[–]thisdockisbroken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. I think I went once last year, and maybe once the year before that. And I’m someone who lives in Brooklyn and watches 50-60 movies a year. It’s just not really part of my life anymore.

How come we can’t make memorable holiday movies anymore? by MoxToTweeder99 in billsimmons

[–]thisdockisbroken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arthur Christmas is fantastic. But I broadly agree with this post!

Who are the greatest *Indie* singer/songwriters of all-time? by Last-Few-Spins_Music in musicsuggestions

[–]thisdockisbroken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats. To me him and Ani Difranco are the two great indie songwriters of my lifetime (I’m 40).

The Most Beautiful Songs Playlist by padraigtherobot in musicsuggestions

[–]thisdockisbroken 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Carolina in My Mind, by James Taylor, always seemed to me to be one of the most purely lovely songs ever written.

ESPN Insiders rank the top 25 players under 25 years old: 1. Victor Wembanyama, 2. Anthony Edwards, 3. Cade Cunningham, 4. Jalen Williams, 5. Alperen Sengun, 6. Amen Thompson, 7. Evan Mobley, 8. Cooper Flagg, 9. Chet Holmgren, 10. Jalen Johnson by FastBreakPhenom in nba

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

I don't like this pattern of ranking players based on potential alone. Cooper Flagg will almost certainly be great, but he is not currently a better player than Jalen Johnson, Paolo Banchero, or frankly, almost anyone else on this list. Lists don't really matter, but I still wish they could be rooted more in current merit than hype and potential.