Brave Little Hitachi Wand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C3D0rcFXrY

Back when technology promised a better future… 😭

Really? From what I recall, I genuinely felt enmity with my nemeses. It got ugly and vindictive.

You’re right! Thank you.

See how that works? In my wildest dreams I get thrown under the bus by the wrong kind of leftist. Are you kidding me? I’ll roll those dice all day and still be more worried about the actual shit happening.

There is currently no revolution, and we know arguing doesn’t hardly change anybody’s mind. Especially not authoritarians’ minds, right? You can’t convince me to do anything but laugh at tankies and, god forbid, patronise them.

So in summary you’re right and thanks. Great stuff. Sarcasm, but also solidarity. Take it or kill me.

I gave up arguing with anyone I even slightly agree with. In my wildest dreams I’ll get to bicker with them at a city council meeting about what version of leftism we like best. You go to the revolution with the wild-eyed dreamers (and/or dangerous maniacs) you’ve got, not the ones you want.

SLEEP GANG RISE DOWN

if you awake, you a fake

Well obviously I have no choice. I lock myself in the lavatory, and throw a series of tantrums until the pilot comes and personally wipes my arse, while I moan deeper, DEEPER and then when the airline reaches out to notify me that I’m banned, they’ll discover I’ve died on vacation in Thailand.

It’s the perfect crime

I don’t even want it at this point, given their recent work

Let’s not pretend we’re breaking new ground here, it’s been that way a while

I really enjoyed that game, back when it came out. Slightly regret trading away my copy, it’s got replay value.

It’s extra funny because the most homophobic people have big “you brought donuts to the office and now I hate you” energy

A steady hand on the tiller of society? In this economy?

No blame, miscommunication. I don’t get much practise being polite, it’s not the first time someone thought I was doing a bit

OP has a pension and works in the judiciary. This whole thread is about their situation. Your comment about other jobs appeared to be a non-sequitur, and I was trying to politely ask in what way it might not be.

I am originally from the US, and I know how rare pensions are. I just don’t see how it’s relevant to the question OP was asking? Sorry.

Where can they take away your pension if you resign though?

If I was in your shoes, I’d wait for some important issue to come up, and then retire in protest. Make it meaningful enough and you might create something of a legacy.

I’m starting to think the most famous comic book villain of the past century might be kind of a bad dude

I hadn’t thought about sports in that way before. That’s interesting. And you’re right that serialised shows didn’t work so well in broadcast, which is probably partially why I’m so prejudiced against them - they slightly remind me of the daytime soaps I suffered through when I was home sick as a kid. I’ll cop to that.

But as an adult, the reason I still go to bat so hard for episodic as a format is because it imposes a creative constraint on the writer that makes it immediately clear whether the script has succeeded in telling a compelling story. And if it’s a short episode, say ten minutes like with Adventure Time, and it still manages to tell an emotionally compelling episodic story in that time, that’s amazingly impressive.

I liken serialisation to gravity. It sets in eventually no matter how hard you try. But for me, it’s more fun to watch the plane actually fly than to watch it taxi around on the runway. Just a series of events. When everyone’s clapping for that, I’m the one sitting with my arms crossed muttering “no, fuck this pilot, spill the passengers’ drinks! Do a back flip in the sky!”

Another malformed rant. Thank you for being so tolerant.

Holy stolen meme, Blyatman

Respectfully, THIS is the conversation I want to respond to - instead of what you actually said to me earlier. I have to bang on about it, the medium is the message and streaming is not the same medium as network television. You’re not meant to watch it all in one go, of course it feels like a slog if you consume it that way.

The TV binge is a newer phenomenon (that only exists because of DVR and now streaming) and the point I’m really trying to make here is that this is a medium that structurally doesn’t treat you the same way.

Netflix doesn’t need you to like all their shows, they want you to obsess over a few of their shows, ideally one at a time, and they’re going to cancel anything that doesn’t get them the metrics they’re looking for. The carrots and sticks all line up to have an effect on the creative side and on the viewer that I’m not at ease with.

That’s a long rant you didn’t ask for, sorry. It’s just that I don’t see these changes as healthy even though some new good shows are still getting made. Hollywood is dying and I feel sorry for anyone who dreamed of going into that business.