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This kind of John Birch Society rhetoric used to be the sort of thing most Americans laughed at. Now it’s just standard issue GOP talking points.

These movies need way more snow, real snow, for people to want to watch them in July I think.

Eep! “My job at Amnesty meant that I was fascinating at dinner parties, I knew all about the situation in Togo and Burkina Faso. Really, the best thing about working in an office was that I could type up my stories on my computer when no-one was looking.”

They make American mortuaries cooler? "Do you have gender inclusive options in your funeral director attire? It'd be a lot cooler if you did..."

📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly.

He heard Iran called "a rogue state," assumed they're part of the US, opposed to him, and therefore treasonous?

An Eggers' The Lighthouse lamp...

once again, it is clear that donald trump has not had a new or even vaguely original thought since the 1980s

Interesting, as a practical choice to affect echolocation? Or just make for a more visual scene in the movie?

All I want for Christmas are 17th century wall candle holders in the shape of human arms:

I saw this in North Kingston, Rhode Island. A whole wall!

Don't know why they're still called "settlers."

It's a tough one: e.g. I found Funny Games (1997) to be interesting, but The Hitcher (1986) to be mean (and did not like it).

Apropos of nothing - good movie?

Double orchiectomy. Should be required.

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I deleted because I saw other people thought of it first, oh well.

I hope her kids will all despise and abandon her.

Thanks - it was an unpleasant surprise and the *wording* was even more of a surprise.