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  1. If I know one thing, it's that if we ever get out of this hellscape (or, when future historians discuss the demise of America), there will need to be a serious discussion about/reckoning with the huge role that our current media landscape has played in our downfall. Its highly fragmented, heavily curated nature combined with changes in the ways people consume content have created echo chambers like no other. Look at the current home page of Fox News:

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    Compared to NBC News:

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  2. Ms. Hwang's comment about "it makes them feel human" made me think of the book Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguru. (spoiler for NLMG below)

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    It's about teenagers at a boarding school living the lives of rich people, but they're never told what happens after they graduate. Plot twist is that the world has perfected cloning and the kids are being raised only as medical donors, to sacrifice their bodies piece by piece as people in the real world need them. Of course most of them die young. The school itself was a project to try to raise the kids humanely, even knowing their fates after graduation.

     

  3. 1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

    Yep.  Imagine the easy messaging.

    "Here's a list of all the things Republicans say are broken and the government of Texas needs to fix (list of a jillion things).  Republicans have held every statewide office in Texas for THIRTY FUCKING YEARS.  If there's something broken in Texas, it's because THEY broke it.  Why would you trust the people who broke Texas to fix it?  It's time for a change.  Texas deserves better.  Even Republicans think so."

    I don't think it matters at this point, because none of the media outlets that the right pays attention to would broadcast this. 

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  4. Saw an early screening of this tonight and loved it. Oz Perkins directing, based on a Stephen King short story. There are some pretty fun cameos throughout, including the first scene. It's definitely the most comedic of his movies. If you like horror comedy (think Ready or Not), definitely check this one out.

     

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  5. Woe's Hollow has to be a simulation, right? They can't just wake up Irv's outtie in the middle of the forest?

    Also, "spilled his lineage" 😂

    Finally, if I wasn't so attached to "austingirl" I would totally be Chaos' Whore on Surly.

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  6. 11 hours ago, gofuckyourself said:

    Hmm. Not the greatest episode IMO, but lots of set up it seems for the next few. And the end obviously generated some anticipation.

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    I was a little shocked Mark opted to reintegrate. Maybe not shocked, but it feels like such a monumental act at this point of the series. Sort of felt rushed in terms of the episode itself too. But cool visual tie-in with the opening credits.

    Seems Dylan may start toeing the corporate line so he can keep seeing his outie wife. I thought they would have a fake wife actually.

    The mammalian nurturers gave me Children of the Corn vibes.

    And not sure what Cobel freaked out about? Helena's driver?

     

    I assumed that if Cobel went with them, she would definitely not be talking to the board and would definitely either be killed or end up owned by them and experimented on like Gemma, never to see the light of day again. She knows too much and is too much of a loose cannon at this point, and Lumon doesn't seem like the type to just calmly acquiesce to her demands. The board just happened to be immediately available to speak to her? Ok. (Also, I think the board is either some AI entity or the digitized consciousness of Eagans who are now dead and gone. Just a side note.)

    11 hours ago, bolverk said:

    Jumble of thoughts & questions:

    • Has anyone else noticed that the license plates aren't from any US state but, instead, they have a bust of Kier on them? Do they have their own state?
    • Speaking of transportation: What do y'all think about everyone driving old cars and using old computers? Is it just an aesthetic thing? Helena has a nice looking iPhone, so I guess it's not that.
    • The hills have eyes in the goat room.
    • Cold, blue, and ice are definitely in this season. Cold Harbor connection?
    • How big do y'all think the outie resistance is? And I wonder if that's a clue about Helena's choice to pretend to be Helly.
    • As to the purpose of it all: Is this a reincarnation cult? Is that what they're after -- trying to replicate/induce/whatever reincarnation?

    In all the mail they've shown throughout the series, the address is Keir, PE. I think they are in the US, based on the question they ask about it when innies first wake up, but definitely in their own...state? Municipality? Or is the entire thing a simulation?

    I do think reincarnation or at least the saving/resurrection of consciousness is the end goal. Helena's dad talked about seeing her at his "revolving". Obviously Gemma is still around in some form. Last season, Cobel's shrine involved her dead mother's hospital bracelet - maybe she wants to bring her back and that's one reason for her devotion to Lumon.

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  7. 3 minutes ago, South Austin said:

    My hope is that some of these raids start to affect larger MAGA donors in the construction and other industries who rely on immigrant labor, which might cause Trump to tap the breaks on his mass deportations.  But who am I kidding.  Trump and Abbott still won't give a shit.

    I swear I saw an article saying that a big chunk of farm laborers didn't show up to work last week because of this, but I can't find it now.

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  8. We both loved it. I remember walking out and wondering how anyone could boo Like a Rolling Stone.

    One interesting thing I came across later (and maybe this is only interesting to music nerds) - Like a Rolling Stone was originally written in 3/4 time. Wikipedia has a clip of Dylan singing it like that and it's so strange. It definitely feels more folk in that time signature. It's amazing how changing that one aspect turned it into a rock song.

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  9. I'm starting to see reports about ICE agents trying to round up immigrants. It's starting in Austin. One of the more heinous aspects of this is that the feds have not instructed agents to stay away from traditionally safe spaces like schools, hospitals, and churches. Austin ISD is more than 50% Hispanic, and I'm sure we're going to see a big drop in attendance with parents not wanting to bring their kids to school or pick them up, lest they get arrested.

    How do we talk to our kids about this? What should they do if they are approached? How can they help their friends who may have undocumented family members?

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  10. 1 hour ago, Red Five said:

    I love the crazy dialogue.

    "What about benefits?"

    "There's a coffee pot right there."

    "So I mean like health insurance."

    "Oh yeah, for you and your family."

    That whole conversation had me rolling. 

    "What's your favorite door?"

    "Pocket."

    And Dylan interviewing with someone who looked like him in 20 years.

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  11. 21 minutes ago, usmc0331horn said:
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    Yes, but it could mean anything. They could be messing with us with that. I just don't understand why she would want to. She can watch anything that happens down there. To make sure her innie behaves? I found her watching herself kind of moving knowing that Helena likely never gets to experience much joy or true feelings. Does she want to be unsevered so she gets to pretend and also to experience what life is like if she gets to be herself without the constraints always placed on her? Has she been actually unsevered the entire time?

     

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    I think you answered your own question. :) It could be partly because she doesn't trust her innie - which is a legitimate concern, seeing as she once tried to kill herself - but also because she wants to experience a life free from the expectations she has to deal with every day. She kept rewinding the part where Helly kissed Mark. I doubt she ever gets to be fun or spontaneous in the real world.

     

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    Did y'all notice there was no ding when Helly went down the elevator, unlike the others? More evidence for the Helly = Helena theory, I think.

    Not sure how long we are spoilering stuff, so just in case.

  13. 19 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

    In the real world, her name is Gemma Scout. So I guess on the severed floor, she's not going by her real first or last name. I just assumed Casey was a first name, but I guess it could be a last name. 

    Helly doesn't go by her real name in the office - her last name is Eagan but her office last name initial is R. So I figured they change names whenever it suits them, and that Casey was made up.

    19 hours ago, bolverk said:

    Has anyone considered the possibility that Ms. Huang might be the offspring of Mark S. and Ms. Casey?

    Mark never specified how exactly he and Gemma tried to have kids, so there's a plausible scenario where they did IVF and Lumon somehow got ahold of one of their fertilized eggs. But that seems a bit farfetched and I'm not sure what Lumon's end goal would be. I've seen some people theorize that Ms. Huang is a clone of Gemma, which is still weird but more likely than the other scenario. The presence of goats in their facility definitely got me thinking about cloning as something they're working on.

    A friend of mine mentioned that having Keanu do the voiceover in the video could be a Matrix reference. They're probably overthinking it, but it's interesting.

  14. 3 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    I'm unfamiliar with that thread. Care to point me in the right direction? I will say that I probably don't have a whole lot to contribute (my daughter would), but it sounds like a fun read if it's got posts similarly geeky to that video.

    Here you go!

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  15. 7 hours ago, bolverk said:

    No spoilers, no theories. This is just the technicalities of shooting that first scene where Mark S. is panicked running through the hallways to find the Wellness Center (12 minutes in length). Fun to watch if you're into that kind of thing.

     

    This is really cool - you should post in the tv/movie geeks thread.

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  16. Why are we assuming that anything Milchik told them was true? About it being 5 months since the incident, about there being reforms, etc? Hasn't everything Lumon told the innies been a lie? The innies would have no way to confirm how long it's been or what's been happening on the outside, or what their outies have been told (if anything). I figured everything they've been told since they got back is bullshit, but that Lumon needs this group for whatever reason, so they are trying to keep them as complacent as possible. 

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