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    so the embryos won't get health care, a decent education, or protection from being a victim of a mass shooting?
     
     

    If we just had more good embryos with guns, we could stop random people from wandering through IVF clinics and murdering unborn children.
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  2. I didn't get any feedback and this thread doesn't seem to get a lot of traffic, but I went ahead and booked a private boat tour for the afternoon. I booked through Viator and it was $849 for a 3 hour tour, but then the confirmation email told me the name of the company is Cabo Boat Adventures, and I see I can book the same thing directly on their website for $599. So I can cancel the Viator res, but that seems like a good way to spend a late afternoon and see the arch around sunset.

    Will check out The Office one day for lunch. Anyone have any info on El Farallon or Nobu for dinners? Recs for nightlife spots?

    Someone mentioned All Ways for airport transfers. It looks like it's $180 round trip for a suburban. Seems a little high for a ~45 minute ride but whatever. Anyone have a better rec?

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  3. Back then in Oklahoma, 50 looked like 80, but also agree that from an artistic and authenticity standpoint, Leo and DeNiro were too old. But it probably would not have been greenlit for theatrical release without them.


    I considered the “50 looked like 80 today” angle, but there are quite a few actual pictures of Hale and he did not appear elderly. It‘s just a case of Scorsese wanting to give the part to his friend instead of opening up casting for a better fit.
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  4. I watched it last week and treated it like a miniseries, splitting it up across 3 nights. I read the book when it first came out so I kind of knew the story but I forgot some of the details.

    I liked it but didn't love it. I thought Lily Gladstone was excellent as Mollie Burkhart, and Leo was pretty good in his role, but Robert De Niro felt really out of place to me.

    I think De Niro acted the part well, but the entire time it felt like I was watching Robert De Niro basically play Robert De Niro. That seems to be a minority opinion because I see everyone else praising his performance, but I think I would've enjoyed the movie more if someone else had been cast as William Hale. Also, De Niro is 80 and I think William Hale would've been 45-50 range in most of this movie. That felt a little weird to me because I kept wondering how much money this old man could possibly need for the short rest of his life, but then the movie tells us he lived another ~35 years. It wasn't even close to matching up, and I know Scorsese and De Niro have a strong history together, but I think this casting decision took the movie down a notch for me.

    I also think, having read the book and knowing how the story would go, there was a little less shock in the development of the story, so David Grann beat Martin Scorsese to the punch. I suppose you can't blame Scorsese too much, except that I have a hard time calling it a masterpiece when he's telling a story that's already been told quite well.

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  5. It amused me that 2 Teslas were parked in front of the mine office. That seems like a terrible car for that location. Battery life must be amazing when the high never gets above 0F.

    This show is a mess. I reluctantly started watching because I thought Jodie Foster wouldn’t pick a bad script, but that appears to be the wrong decision. I’m rarely entertained by horror movies and this has veered heavily in that direction.

  6. It's almost like it's not an actual free market, but we are nonetheless allowing the costs to be socialized (too big to fail) while boeing reaps and privatizes whatever gains and profits there are to be had.

    Other than a small percentage of Boeing execs, who exactly is profiting here? Their stock is down so the shareholders are not doing well, and I would think the vast majority of Boeing employees are not seeing great raises or bonuses given the overall status of the company.

    There should be a housecleaning from the top down, and if future negligence creates more safety incidents, everyone in that chain of command should be held criminally liable.
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  7. Planning on going for 8-9 days in early June with the wife.

     

    Ibiza would probably be 3 nights. I think that’s enough time to see the island, do a day trip over to Formentera, and of course some late night partying and show Avicii (RIP) that I’m cool. Looking at staying on the south side near Ibiza town.

     

    Mallorca would then be 5-6 nights with the plan being to relax and check out good beaches. Hopefully rent a boat for a day, with or without a captain. The good beaches look scattered around and driving will take some time each day. Not sure if we should stay near Palma and just venture out each day, or split it up with 2 different locations. I generally don’t like moving hotels unless there’s a compelling reason.

     

    Anyone been to either? Any recs about where to stay, hotels or restaurants, activities?

  8. That NPR link talks about the real estate crisis causing deflation in China and then needing to export some of that deflation, so then Chinese goods in the U.S. would become less expensive and that forces competitors to also lower their prices to remain competitive.

    That all makes sense but it’s also hard to imagine Chinese shit getting cheaper.

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  9. I have not been to Amalfi so I can't give a fair comparison. We did spend several days in the Cinque Terre in late September and loved it. We had no car and just used the train to get there and get around. We hiked the trails during the day when the towns were busy, and then wandered at night when it was quieter. One of my favorite places I've ever visited, and had the best plate of pasta I've ever had in my life. 

    I’ll echo this. I have not been to Amalfi either but it’s on my list for my next mainland Italy trip. I caught a Sardinia bug so that may be a bit, but I’ll get there.

    I have been to Cinque Terre twice, both times in high season, and I really enjoyed it and would happily go again. It’s just a nice peaceful place to exist for a few days.

    It gets crowded in the day but the crowds don’t bother me in a place like that nearly as much as they do in a congested city. If you stay in Cinque Terre, the crowds die off significantly by evening and the evenings/nights are splendid. I know Biff recommended staying outside Cinque Terre, but IMO that would be a mistake because then you are only experiencing it as one of the many day trippers, and you miss perhaps the best times.
  10. Wife and I are going for 3 nights at the end of February. Neither of us have ever been. We're staying at ME because we want a younger crowd and we don't want to be surrounded by families or bachelor party golf and fish bros. If that's a terrible idea, we can cancel and rebook elsewhere, but it seems to fit our interests.

    I'm curious about doing a private boat tour at some point, probably to go to see the Arch and cruise around the Pacific side or wherever the captain recommends. Looking at various online sites like Viator and Boatsetter, it appears we can book a ~3 hour cruise for around $700-900. Does this sound like a reasonable thing to do? Any specific recommendations for boat companies? Would it be better to go in the morning and try to see some whales or in the evening and catch sunset? I'm leaning towards the latter. Appreciate any recs.

    I also realize there's a public boat shuttle type service over to Lover's and Divorce beach. We'll probably check that out and don't need the private boat for that.

  11. I’m by no means an expert, but these are the Paris things that come to mind for me:

    -Eiffel Tower, either go up in it or just hang out on the Champ de Mars reading a book and looking at it
    -Seine river boat cruise
    -Hang out on banks of Seine for an evening picnic and drink wine from the bottle
    -Louvre
    -Musee d’Orsay
    -Musee d’Orangerie
    -Tuileries Garden just bum around
    -Versailles and the garden (not my fav but ymmv)
    -Fat Tire bike tours are touristy but fun
    -Arc de Triomphe and Champs-Élysées
    -Moulin Rouge or Crazy Horse

    Day trips could be Normandy, Champagne, or Loire.

    Eat good food and drink good wine. Whether you like haute cuisine and Michelin stars or just casual cafe fare, allow yourself to indulge in a bit of everything. Splurge on some meals you wouldn’t normally eat at home.

    If your lady is into shopping and the finer things, look out.

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  12. Dev is basically the tamer version of Elon Musk in this fictional world. No, I don’t think Elon would be immune if he conspired to sabotage a plan that cost the U.S., Russia, India, North Korea, and other countries unprecedented wealth to the tune of trillions of dollars.

    In this hypothetical scenario where CIA and KGB agents are present on Mars and torturing people for intel, I think the best case scenario for them would be extradition to Earth and a trial in the U.S. with life in prison. The more likely scenario is a quick space accident.

  13. They didn’t tie up any loose ends and nobody faced any consequences on Mars.


    What exactly was the end game for Ed, Dev, and their crew? They will be criminals that sabotaged plans for the major countries of the world to gain unprecedented prosperity. They “saved Mars” but to what end? It’s a colony full of angry people who can’t cooperate to achieve anything of substance.

    How could Margo possibly take the fall for Aleida? Margo wasn’t even touching a computer, whereas Aleida was directly involved in sending the code. That made no sense to me and seemed incredibly sloppy unless I missed something there.

    How was there a riot with weapons and firearms and the only consequence was a non-lethal gunshot to Poole and some bruises? They could’ve at least killed some minor characters.

    The CIA and KGB agent torture sessions and power trip rampage were pure cheese.

    I guess I already thought Sergei was dead, so they brought him back just to kill him again. His poor wife, waiting at home and he never came back from work.
  14. “Saltburn”. 
     
    It was ok, not a rewatch but a pretty good movie. Imagine if “Talented Mr. Ripley” and “Parasite” had a baby. 


    Those are the exact 2 movies I thought of.

    I didn’t think Saltburn brought anything new to the table and it tried to make up for its lack of originality by adding shock value. It was okay at best.
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  15. I’ll never understand ‘people’ who go through the trouble to sign up, and instantly either join a contentious thread or burst in with regarded hot takes given it usually ends up poorly 


    That’s a much easier process if you’re an AI taking uppers.
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