I loved Children of Men but since I'm a crank now I kept thinking that if it was made today there would have to be wiki-style exposition about every group and event referenced throughout the film
Ben
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will just focus on my private life for the time being with my remaining apes
A few tourists get caught on camera having a good time in one of the 10 livable areas in this country and everyone acts like the world loves us again
The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong are respected, and alliances are made with the strong, and in the end peace is made with the strong.
President Trump the American people demand you send some of our most mentally deficient rapists into a meat grinder on Kharg Island or else we'll think you're a pussy
It’s amazing what you can bounce back from in such a short period of time. In my case it was walking into my office to set eyes on the biggest bug I’ve ever seen in my life
Bob Dylan predicted terrorism with the track Isis, which comes right after he predicted racism by saying the n-word
Pol Pot stuff should be happening to conservatives constantly for 1 billion years
I looked up the Dune 3 cast after watching the trailer the other day and didn’t realize Pattinson is Scytale. Really really good choice
The folk wisdom around which college majors are “safe” is barely a step above superstition at this point. Never mind that large swathes of the population shouldn’t be making their own healthcare decisions much less anyone else’s, why would healthcare be a better bet than anything else?
It’s really insane that every concern about a stolen land sale hosted in a hotbed of radical religious activity has to be prefaced by noting that antisemitism is a serious issue
No one’s fully appreciated until recently how important “bullshit jobs” are to absorb the antisocial tendencies of the average American
Old people hate the idea of anyone under 40 not being locked in an office all day 5 days a week
Hate that I’m at the point of my life where I have to learn about something called lipase
It never gets old that every time there's a non-Israel related news item (at least once a week) Obama has to make a post about respecting democracy and freedom of speech or he'll get kidnapped to Gitmo
We’re going to get NAFO ISIS before GTA 6
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · 3mo agoSo I went through this and his account is EXTREMELY normal liberal / progressive stuff. He mostly reposted and shared news about Ukraine, fundraisers and the like. His few posts are about that and his dislike of AI as a teacher.
I had to decline the promotion I was offered because it is the servant who takes money
Totally unacceptable. Aladdin is without doubt a rogue, not a thief. Is this the quality of employees you choose to seek out @newyorker.com?
My understanding of the Sun Belt is that in exchange for having practically no public services or cultural amenities you get a massive new build in a development the size of a small town and better than average grocery stores
Every time I’ve made fun of Mormons I underestimate how insane they are
Working hard, or even just feeling like you worked hard, gives you license to do whatever you want
Asian American rave culture is going to have the same magnitude of influence on the next 3 decades that hippies had on the last half of the 20th century
Saw part of a Sabrina Carpenter performance that made Salò look like entertainment for the whole family