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What, specifically, is your point?

If this is just from the long list of random tips or whatever that spreadsheet was, some level of skepticism is warranted

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True, but more blessed that a massive amount of his own supporters are complete idiots.

Agree from a strategic POV on this but the reality with a movement very decentralized/spontaneous this type of thing will happen and the insane asymmetry of expectations makes me want to pull my hair out.

This hurts me. I agree if I tweak it to people that think the guys in Fight Club are cool… but maybe I deserve my shame

But as I said, to each their own on jiving with an emotional wavelength

No worries. I’m not going to begrudge a show I like not working for someone. I do respond to Carols vulnerability. To me she’s a giant walking wound covered up by defensive lashing out. And it’s interesting to me to have one of the only people reacting as they should be insufferable and alienating

But I appreciate honesty over mealy mouthed hedging

That’s certainly fair with some responses, which I would consider much ruder. I guess for me saying things like people strain for meaning where none exists is too close to my dad talking about sushi:“people pretend to like it to feel superior”… which moves from subjective conversation to…

I think maybe I misread the point you were making. I really like the show and I find Carol very funny. So if you find her one note and annoying that’s subjective and I don’t think I could say anything to change that.

I thought you were getting at expectations of a human being in this universe

I agree generally for sure. People have no concept of the subjective nature of taste in art. Speaking as someone who likes Tom despite numerous disagreements, he writes intentionally trolly. The POV of insinuating people are basically dumb and/or straining to find meaning is not particularly nuanced

I think it’s been like 7 days or something?

To some degree this comes down to something Ebert said… you can’t talk a person into laughing at a joke, like you can’t talk them into an erection. But I don’t know how you can watch this and not see intelligence, wit, and great acting even if it doesn’t click

This just seems like how people react to anything they like? At some point in the recent past people can’t seem to embrace the subjectivity inherent in this.

As someone who lives it so far I think you’re harsh on the vast amount of talent on display, but if not on the wavelength of something…

I thought maybe you’d like it as a metaphor for your Bluesky experience- cranky misanthrope putting up with collective action/efficiency/central planning diehards

So… not trying to be irresponsibly rumor mongering or something… but wondering if the tone means the shooter was “one of theirs”. Would expect more pushing a narrative otherwise.

I love Leonard Cohen, but…

Worth reading, this piece has been in my head for days. I believe the movie is a masterpiece, but it’s a great work of art that seems intended to provoke this type of discussion

Sort of wild to me that you are

1) so unequivocal about the intent, unless you generally consider Scorsese a hack and somehow unaware of the obviousness of the literalization and going out of his way to make it look fake
2) so riled up about it

But I also don’t really find the accents that bad

I guess I’m confused as to what you even think he was trying to communicate with that scene for it to rise to “insult to audience” level. It seems very apparent that he intentionally ratcheted up artificiality to a level where that is the point, especially compared to the script… to each their own

Or a wink at the audience intended to make you chuckle.

M’life!

Maybe more “worst date movie” than “worst movie I’ve watched on a date”

The aftermath of Before Midnight echoed the movie

Cristopher Guest still killing

So are there going to be a bunch of republicans now coming out for anti consumerism? What a trip.

Weird to agree with a statement made for the worst possible reasons

😂 unfortunately that’s probably all we get. Unless we’re getting a miracle comeback

What’s mid is this series of takes

The Oscars is a very different voting body, relatively speaking, over the last decade.

I don’t see the academy of the 90s even nominating Mikey for this role

Because of the long history of nudity leading directly to an Oscar?