Anathema-

17 hours ago, GoldenTongue said:

Lol at the "teh show ended with S5" nonsense.  

It's rhetorical, come on. Obviously the show didn't per se end with season five, but the narrative did.

Here's the thing.

When you write a story you have to take it to the end. The central conflict has to play the key role in resolving the problem that will fix everything; and when I say everything I mean a conflict beyond which nothing could be greater.

15 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said:

All the old myths about aspartame persisting is weird, so we keep looking for alternatives when its fine.

Not a myth that it tastes nasty. 

8 minutes ago, Bacon said:

I just stick to sugar or HFCS. 

 

Everything I eat is already out to get me anyways. 

I'll do real sugar in moderation before I'll do any artificial sweetener other than sucralose. 

But man please drop the hfcs. It's easy these days. 

Still one of my top five shows. 

It's not just that the quality dipped after season five, it's that the story ended in season five and attempting to carry it on had to ignore the ultimate resolution. It didn't cheapen what came before but it existed in a space that could never be as serious because the attempts at greater challenges were transparent failures and the central conflict was boring because it was actually resolved with finality in season five.

I, like a lot of fans and obviously the people who ran and performed in the show, wanted to keep the good vibes rolling but anything after five is at best a shadow or echo of greatness. 

As far as the number of episodes I totally disagree. TV lost something when it lost the case-of-the-week format. Could the "story" of Supernatural be told with fewer episodes per season? Sure, but it wouldn't be an unadulterated good. I've seen other shows recently that I felt needed more episodes. Characters don't get a chance to breathe in their own skin anymore and in some cases I think it's been for the worse. 

Not for nothing I think Supernatural struck that perfect balance between freak of the week and a larger story. Better than any other show. The Boys could learn something. 

Sucralose wins again.

Especially since that has an inherent implication that we should have listened in the first place. 

We should definitely give no quarter to idiots making an idiotic argument for political ends with no evidence even if it later turns out that there's some evidence. There is absolutely no reason to ever say "wow the lunatic bigoted vibes-based ravings of people who don't care about any inconvenient truth were actually right this time."

50 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

These people have no knowledge of history

They have a selective knowledge of the history they like and fit it into the most comforting box they can find. 

I remember I think around 2010 when DoD blocked Facebook for security reasons. Lasted about two weeks before it was reversed for "morale" reasons. 

57 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

I don’t see why government issued smart phones should be able to install any third party software, just like on any other government computer

Executive complaints. 

it just needs hazelnut and cream

5 hours ago, sblfilms said:

I’m always surprised by the headcounts of these tech companies. They don’t seem to make much sense. I wouldn’t be surprised to see several more rounds of RIFs across the tech sphere as executives realize how many useless or redundant positions get created over the years.

Lots of laws. Lots and lots and lots of documentation. 

7 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

Burnt bean water

wait until you learn what's in vanilla ice cream

On 2/24/2023 at 7:24 AM, BloodyHell said:

I mean, it 100% sucks that anyone is losing their job, but i'm not surprised about it. They've had a major fall in stock prices over the past 6 months before the debacle (MTG took a huge hit), and since then its down almost another 10$ to 57$. Last year at this time, it was close to 100$ per share, weeks ago it was 65. Bank of America basically told the world that Hasbro stock isn't at it's bottom, these layoffs were always going to happen, even if this fight hadn't happened. hasbro is in bad shape, and revenue is down everywhere. 

Right, he said capitalism brain is a cancer. Exactly. 

3 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

I have reached the point where I feel that I've done all that I can to make this board a "decent" place and yet feel quite unappreciated for my efforts, considering that I ask very little of anyone and have given quite a bit.

 

So feel free to stay.  Or feel free to depart.  I'm just far beyond the point of caring anymore.

Dealing with people who don't seem to respect that you can't just ban people who are annoying and then blame you for making the place what it is .. yeah, worst part of the job. Believe me when I say every time I thought to myself that I'm glad to not have to deal with it anymore is definitely gratitude. 

feelings are p great

And being upset at Shia Labeouf at that point is very fair.

Crystal Skull was distractingly sad, can't be sure it was bad. Super obvious that Ford wasn't doing any of the things they were pretending Indy could suddenly do. 

26 minutes ago, TUFKAK said:

Considering my past enm life, that’s not exactly easy 😂

 

Im getting way too much attention here, I’m recruiting my friend to be my pretend gf the rest of the trip. Having to ignore multiple girls at the bars/playing dumb.

just tell them you're ace

7 hours ago, CayceG said:

 

Exactly. It's the paper of record for a reason. 

 

That reason is that the power elite in the US think about and see the world in a framework that the NYT so consistently expresses. The NYT being center-right is just a reflection of the ruling class in the US. 

Right but that just makes it the paper of the aristocracy, not the paper of record. It's only been allowed to stay the paper of record as long as the aristocracy represented the voting majority.

Complicated thoughts here but I don't want to go all the way off like I know the whole situation. Really agitated to hear that someone's partner could be abusing insecurity for leverage though. Especially insecurity that I have a lot of personal experience with. I'm just going to say that's fucked up but reserving judgment. Hope it works out. 

3 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

Good luck with the job hunt.

If they check whether there are any lies on your resume -- will you get fired?

I said it helped me rewrite it, not fabricate it. Jesus. 

Just used ChatGPT to help rewrite my resume.  Turned out great. 

Talking Points Memo has always been pretty solid. 

I thought all these great songs were different bands and you're telling me it's only Steely Dan? FUCK I can't be this old already.