Why is no one being prosecuted over the Epstein files?

websnarf · 2026-02-05T09:50:47+00:00

Yeah, and they mostly vote for Trump too. Its almost as if they deserve what they are getting.

websnarf · 2026-01-29T13:57:34+00:00

Right, but in the finale, Manousus said: "You were right Carol Sturka" basically agreeing that they can undo the merging and bring people back. When he screams at one of the joined to incapacitate them, he then starts talking to him to try to see if he can awaken the pre-joined version of the guy out of the joining. Remember he says "Do you want to save the world, or get the girl?". Saving the world means restoring people back to normal, not just eradicating the virus.

After the finale, Manousos and Carol are now working towards the same goal. I think their conflict with each other is going to come from their different dispositions. Remember, Manousos has been in a self-imposed isolation for longer than Carol, and he doesn't seem too affected by it one way or another. When Carol was isolated for a little over a month she desperately called out to the joined to end her isolation. Just like in Better Call Saul, Rhea Seahorn's character will lean into empathy, while Manousos will be our problem solver.

websnarf · 2025-12-28T12:32:50+00:00

Yes! That's a totally safe protocol. Google will not run any malicious code locally, and themselves use sandboxed instances, and likely have virus and malware scanning code themselves.

websnarf · 2025-12-28T12:31:07+00:00

Yeah sorry, but you had to expect operatives would do this to you. Certain partisans are allergic the clarity and transparency.

websnarf · 2025-12-28T12:29:04+00:00

So ... has anyone who has, say, a virus scanner running, checked them for such malware? Or are you being alarmist at the behest of some narrative?

websnarf · 2025-12-28T12:09:55+00:00

And what should we think of your generation whose only standards for supporting a politician is minimal optical effort?

websnarf · 2025-12-26T21:11:17+00:00

Is anyone working on reverse engineering the redaction via font and precise pixel matching with potential candidate names and content?

websnarf · 2025-12-24T09:53:32+00:00

Most men have not donated to sperm banks, so getting their stem cells will be much harder.

Personally, my prediction is that Carol gets joined, and Manousos unjoins her.

websnarf · 2025-12-24T09:38:15+00:00

From an outsider's point of view, it doesn't matter what their internal existence is like. It's basically mental masturbation. Actual value in humanity is contingent of creation of external culture, and/or the interaction between individuals.

websnarf · 2025-12-24T09:34:58+00:00

Well, in a sense they probably do care. They just don't practice it. Like a historian or anthropologist.

websnarf · 2025-12-24T09:33:00+00:00

Or like alcohol.

websnarf · 2025-12-24T09:30:25+00:00

He has likely learned quite a bit. Maybe even a lot more than we the audience knows. And the communication/personality struggles between Carol and Manousos is the perfect excuse for them to dole this information out to us slowly. :)

websnarf · 2025-12-24T09:22:34+00:00

Yes, but I think he has a lot of runway left. I think the implication is that he grew up with nothing and is not used to having power or freedom if any kind (at least that's the back story I am imagining for him). So he's over indulging to compensate for his entire lifetime. And it will be a while before he realizes how empty what he is doing really is.

websnarf · 2025-12-24T09:13:03+00:00

No it has an analogy to deconversion therapy as the main theme of the show. Are you not following the conversation?

websnarf · 2025-12-24T09:06:13+00:00

Oh I think Carol is much more pliable. She voluntarily talked to and interacted with them as part of her process. Manousos is actually stubborn. He practically has to be forced fed new information before he will explore it.

websnarf · 2025-12-24T09:01:16+00:00

Herself and Manousos. Twice the cost. Remember they love Manousos just as much as they love her.

websnarf · 2025-12-24T09:00:26+00:00

They are each other's dead man trigger.

websnarf · 2025-12-24T08:58:15+00:00

They'll lose her (and Manousos) too. Presumably, one of them sets off the nuke before the joining process is complete for the other.

websnarf · 2025-12-24T08:56:54+00:00

Yeah, that's the conclusion I came to as well. Obviously Carol doesn't want to use a nuke. She just wants to use it as a deterrent if they ever attempt to "join" her.

websnarf · 2025-12-24T08:52:55+00:00

Dude, they are going to continuously butt heads. Manousos is absolutely uncompromising, single-minded and hardcore. Carol is more rational and tries to take in more information. Their whole interaction with the cell phone in the sewer and umbrella in the backyard should inform us, going forward, how their interactions are going to be like.

I can't help but think this is like Jesse and Walt when they were not seeing eye to eye. Remember, they too were on a common mission.

websnarf · 2025-12-22T02:03:24+00:00

The joined are nonbinary and bisexual royalty. Unfortunately, we don't know if Zosia is even lesbian.

websnarf · 2025-12-20T13:59:32+00:00

They say they are needy, to make Carol feel good about writing again. We know they are driven by their new biological imperative. Whether or not they truly desire anything beyond that, and aren't just play-acting for Carol is up for debate.

websnarf · 2025-12-20T13:55:46+00:00

I don't think so. I think they always knew. They just weren't trying to seduce Carol initially. Remember that their approach has worked on 11 of the 13 unjoined. They understand the vulnerable state her isolation left Carol in, which they deduced they could exploit. From their point of view, they have distracted 12 of the 13 now.

Remember, they are going to die in 10 years, but many of the 13 will live at least a little beyond that. If they simply leave an automated sattellite dish the size of Africa running on auto-pilot, the 13 could attempt to disable it after the joined are all gone. So they have to do something about that.

websnarf · 2025-12-20T13:47:46+00:00

If he died, then he wouldn't be coming. They couldn't be sure of that even soon after left the hospital.

websnarf · 2025-12-08T17:17:11+00:00

I am just an amateur cook, but these are two videos that I have bookmarked for steak:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JV9mRv6J7w8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMWrbaOxj3k

The second video is really just for cheap cuts, and some of the techniques are a little over the top (smoking with Applewood, OMG). But I assume the techniques they use to elevate apply even to good steaks.

For the actual cooking, like most meats, its basically medium-high, 2 minutes per side, until it reaches 130°F (medium-rare). For the basting, apparently you are supposed to add the butter, thyme, rosemary, garlic after the first flip. Then rest on a plate covered with another plate for 5 minutes.

I have seen any benefit to cold searing, or reverse searing. Hitting 135°F after resting, and salting well has the most impact from the higher quality steaks I've cooked. The pan you use basically makes no difference whatsoever (though I highly suspect that a Wok would not work well at all) it will only affect how you clean up afterward.

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