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Jurassic Park is also a great example of what an actual technical breakthrough looks and feels like--the audience was like, "Holy shit, this is awesome, can't wait to see more of this." ILM didn't have to be like, "Look, I know the dinosaurs look off now, but in five or ten years..."
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I always thought it was funny that the novels made up the "The Emperor is deeply prejudiced about aliens" thing and then George Lucas revealed in Episode I that all of the Emperor's allies and co-conspirators were aliens.
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Some things (like economic theory) do not map onto Star Wars at all. Like in Solo when the droid says she wants "equal rights." No one has rights in Star Wars! They are in a dictatorship that doesn't recognize rights, that's the whole point.
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The thing about stupid people, like RFK, is that their stupid-ass beliefs are in conflict with their other stupid-ass beliefs.
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I watched one about a very competent officer, a 'robo-cop' I think he was called.
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I hope my mom lives to 120, so she can tell me about how she just heard that jet fuel can't melt steel beams.
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I like when the electricity is in a separate compartment and you pour it in.
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"There was a movie?" --my mom reacting to me telling her everyone on earth knows about JFK assassination conspiracy theories.
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Anyway, I told her that there is no way I am ever reading a book by Roger Stone, and if she wants more dirt on Lyndon Johnson she should read Robert Caro's four-part biography.
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Realizing that my mom probably doesn't understand the concept that a book can be written in bad faith, i.e. someone can just make up some bullshit and print it. I wonder if that's common for people who end up swayed by conspiracy stuff.
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My mom segueing seamlessly from talking about the Roger Stone RFK conspiracy book to how excited she is to watch the new episode of Call the Midwife on PBS.
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Yes, now imagine if they had learned that socializing and having a crazy time with pals is much more fun and fulfilling that taking psychological revenge on everyone living in the United States.
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Every single asshole in power right now is that way because they DIDN'T make a big mess with their friends at some point.
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Can you imagine, say, little kid Stephen Miller laughing and throwing popcorn? No, he'd be demanding the ushers remove the other kids from the theater.
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Sorry, no. It's the prudes who become assholes.
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"Don't call the cops, they'll shoot kids."
"You're a capitalist pig."
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The idea being that the text had a level of irony that would have been obvious at the time but is lost in translation--the original audience would have recognized that Oedipus was being bullshitted, but we just take it as face value.
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It needed more Sacramento.
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Also I have a deviated septum.
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Many companies have unhelpful customer service practices, theirs are overtly psychotic.
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Okay but isn't a symptom of mercury poisoning insanity?
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The root is "battle lion," which refers to an earth animal.
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For the love of god, we can't let the post office be privatized.
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Hey Senator Dum-Dum, the Chinese tariffs are still a ridiculously huge disaster. The 10% tariffs are also stupid and unnecessary. Do something, dickface.
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I'm voting for the GOFUCKYOURSELFINTHEEAR Act.
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This makes it look like he just crucified Jesus.
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"Oh it's you as an action figure! How cute! Everyone loves action figures. The president may have just killed that industry."
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Whoa. Even when you miss on the specifics (saying they won't pursue undocumented immigrants) you hit on the big picture ("That leaves petty cruelty to maintain airtime").
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Steve Jobs died.
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Yeah, that's the effect it's having, but if he wanted outright crash the economy (grind activity to a halt) he'd simply leave the enormous tariffs for every single trading partner on indefinitely.
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I think it's exactly what it seems: he's feeling pressure to end the tariffs, but is still an angry vengeful dickhead who thinks China and Mexico and Canada are his enemies.
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If that was the goal, they would not have changed course.