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  1. Did the Ratliff family end up on Greg’s boat merely due to Saxon having an interest in Chloe, or is it possible that Greg is still swindling people and sees them as a potential target? You would think he is pretty well set with Tanya’s money, but maybe he’s burned through a lot of it. The scene where Greg approached Timothy Ratliff at the bar made it look like he had an agenda, and I wonder if Chloe is helping him draw these people in.
  2. It would be hard to argue with anything he said. We are traitors and assholes and we have a jester drunk on ketamine who is tasked with dismantling our country. Really weird to think back on US History classes and every 4th of July and family trips to Washington DC and the national anthem at countless sporting events and the immense national pride post 9/11 and how I feel each time I watch Band of Brothers, and now realize that I might be alive to watch it all crumble because 82 million ignorant misinformed selfish racist gullible dickheads voted for a fat man with a shitty spray tan and a comb over. Depressing doesn’t even begin to describe it.
  3. Well we did end up going for 4 nights last week and it was great. Don’t ask me about activities because we didn’t do shit. Stayed at Ma’xanab, laid on the beach, read some books, ordered food service at the beach, slept on our beach bed, drank carajillos, drank rosé, banged in the room a bunch, ate expensive dinners that were so tasty, and made sure our night caps had night caps. The weather was amazing and we lived like lazy kings. Would do again.
  4. Meh. If he gets Luigi’ed tomorrow I’ll drink 2 nice bottles of champagne.
  5. I like Helly but it’s very easy for me to root for the Mark and Gemma reunion as the eventual outcome. That was true prior to this episode, but now we’ve been given so much depth to the Mark and Gemma relationship and seen their true happiness prior to their infertility heartbreak (that was likely entirely orchestrated by Lumon). Innie Mark and Helly don’t have that and possibly never will. For this show to have a happy ending (not saying it will, just saying as a viewer I would prefer that), we need Outie Mark to prevail, or the unsevered version of him. That version of Mark is loyal to Gemma and would view Helly as a work fling in a time of confusion and distress. He would probably wish for the best for her but abandon any romantic feelings. I’m hoping there’s a way for Innie Helly to be permanently awakened and Outie Helena to cease to exist. Then she can find her own happiness on the outside.
  6. That seems like the most likely explanation. For starters, if Lumon was grooming Gemma and Mark for their sadistic plan, why would they risk Gemma being seriously injured and ruining the plan? Much easier to fake her death entirely without ever putting her in jeopardy. Secondly, her body was burned and Mark had her remains. The very nature of the body being burned raises serious doubt that it was ever her to begin with. I think even Mark realized this new possibility when he mentioned the remains.
  7. Entertainment is more expensive than it used to be. That’s not specific to movie theaters.
  8. I think you would like I Cheerfully Refuse.
  9. “You didn’t vote for Trump though, did you?” I was dying during that scene, especially that Texas was catching strays.
  10. Any thoughts on the use of AI to enhance voices in Oscar nominations like The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez? I personally think any use of AI to enhance an actor’s performance should be major points against them, if not an all out disqualifier. When a guy like Timothée Chalamet works his ass off to deliver an incredible and authentic performance on his own, what message would it send to give the Oscar to Adrien Brody who had his voice enhanced with AI in post-production for authenticity?
  11. wild_turkey

    LBGTQ

    He also wrote HB 2197 that defines life as beginning at fertilization, which if passed, will end IVF in Texas and possibly certain forms of contraception.
  12. I guess I’m holding out hope that everything happening currently is like the final act of an action movie in which the protagonist (the United States and western democracy) has been captured and tortured by the madman villain plotting to destroy the world (Trump, MAGA, Putin, Elon, etc), and we are just waiting for the unlikely plot twist that allows goodness to prevail. God we really need that plot twist about now.
  13. Well, the MMR vaccine efficacy against measles is 97%, so if this shows up in schools, you could expect about 1 in 33 vaccinated kids to get measles. So the selfish and/or ignorant anti-vax crowd is hurting more than just their own family, and even some normal responsible people will suffer.
  14. I really liked this one. Reminded me in some ways of The Dog Stars mixed with a little bit of Station Eleven.
  15. NHM is going to be our elementary in 3 years. Hopefully.
  16. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgd9v3r69qo
  17. I like seeing BTC and TSLA going down together and thinking about Elon’s net worth going down.
  18. +1 for Sex Education
  19. I think it depends a little bit on what your interests are, but for my tastes and travel style, it would be hard to visit Mallorca for less than 4 nights. We were there 5 nights and it could’ve easily been 7 nights. If you prefer a lot of sightseeing and historical stuff or museums, you might get bored after a few days. We just like to bum around and scope out small towns, beaches, look at the scenery as we drive from place to place, eat good food, etc. Kind of a slower pace without a big agenda, and Mallorca has plenty to explore in that way.
  20. Since that injury 3 weeks ago, I’ve done very little running. A few treadmill runs and a couple of trail runs, nothing over 3.5 miles. Ankle was feeling decent but not great. I had a ski trip in which it did fine inside my boot, but unfortunately I also had an episode of shingles which affected sleep and my willingness to exercise for a while. I tried to switch my registration to the half marathon but it was too late to do that. I then decided to show up and run as far as I could until I sensed pain and then I would stop, really not expecting much at all. I like the spectacle and vibes of the race environment and I had already paid so I had nothing to lose. My expectations were so low that I drank 3 glasses of red wine last night because today was just a casual jog. Turns out, my ankle held up surprisingly well and my stamina from January was still mostly there. The half marathon turnoff came and I became perturbed at the idea of finishing a half and not even getting a medal, but instead a DNF, and I decided screw that, I would finish the full if I had to walk it. My other foot blistered up which never happens, but I think it was a shoe thing. I powered through and finished with a 4:11 time. Not my fastest but I surprised myself and I’m pretty proud of this one. I’ll rest up and hopefully try again in the fall.
  21. Mediocre but registration was non-refundable so my lame ass got out of bed and went to the starting line. It will probably be a short training run but I’ll cheer on some friends at least.
  22. I’m hoping Milcheck will start to question his loyalties and eventually turn again Lumon and help the innies escape their captivity. I think possibly this episode could be the beginning of that.
  23. What a colossal waste of taxpayer money. Elon is using DOGE to go after his political enemies government waste, blanket firing thousands of Americans from their jobs because he claims they are wasteful, and meanwhile, Trump spends $200MM to proclaim to Americans that he did something good. That money would've paid 2,000 of the people fired a salary of $100K for a year. How in any way is that remotely justifiable? Even if you do believe his bullshit, wouldn't a tweet or a truth or a press conference or something have sufficed? I realize I'm asking stupid questions at this point, but it's maddening to see this unfolding. Telling everyone how much waste there is, then using massive tax dollars to publicly suck his own dick.
  24. I think it would be hilarious if they keep him as a background character with no relevance to this season’s plot and no dialogue, then he gets accidentally killed in the crossfire.
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