Coincidentally, but entirely unrelated, nobody ever legally watched any Comedy Central, CMT, or MTV content ever again.

Secret Invasion was the worst thing a Marvel show can be: boring. The best part of the comics was that anybody could be a Skrull. Half of the Avengers were impersonated. The show gave us Rhoady and Agent Ross. The Skrull didn’t even suit up as War Machine.

Then they gave waaaay too many powers to the Super Skrulls.

Killing off Maria Hill and Talos just felt hollow. And it was a total waste of Nick Fury. Sam Jackson was good, but the script was shit.

I didn’t like the Book of Boba Fett, but only because I wanted a different show. I wanted a loner amoral bounty hunter weaving through the galaxy. Basically I wanted the early Season 1 Mandalorian. But it wasn’t as bad as people online said.

Anybody that uses the term “woke” in their review can be dismissed entirely.

What’s crazy is that we could do soooo much better, but it would mean rich people would make less money. Not no money, just less of it.

Nothing needs to be made of plastic. It’s cheap and convenient, which just means “profitable.” If we didn’t use plastics, we’d use something else and it would be less profitable.

Flash floods happen because dry soil doesn’t absorb water very fast.

Here’s a video with a visual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urQHsOmoKLg

Very little water ever leaves the earth via the atmosphere, so most of the water goes to the oceans or to other places.

Natural rubber (latex) is biodegradable, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t bad for the environment. The production and disposal of natural latex causes all sorts of problems unrelated to microplastics.

Synthetic rubber is chemically distinct from plastic, but still breaks down into microplastics.

Natural rubber tires are vulcanized, which makes the rubber more resilient, but also more damaging to the environment.

Spell check was the first LLM.

I assumed it was rage bait, especially considering what Disney produced on the paved-over space where the EU canon used to be.

Right, if the contractors looked the other way, I would support that, but I also understand why they didn’t or couldn’t. I would also bet that the roof sign lady, who didn’t have any visible means to climb onto the roof while living there for a year, probably had a number of reasonable people look the other way.

What is appalling is that the working poor cannot afford housing. What is sad is that our society could provide for everyone, but we choose not to. Because profit above all.

Let’s not blame the contractors for a societal problem.

That fine seems low. It feels more like some people should be going to prison.

Cool, this means you can also prosecute every Proud Boy and Magat for wearing their Larp gear uniforms when they get violent.

they were politically biased against anti-fascists and had demonstrated a pattern of failing to prosecute members of right-wing groups who committed violence at political rallies and protests.

Oh, shucks, I guess not.

That’s a lie that assholes tell you in order to exploit your competence and effort.

You’re probably not the biggest asshole in the room. In my experience, the person making decisions (and the most money) is never the most qualified, most competent, most efficient, or hardest working individual. They are just the biggest asshole in the room. They’re willing to be loud and belligerently wrong, they’re willing to take credit for the accomplishments of others, they’re willing to shift blame onto someone else, they’re willing to demand everyone else work harder than they do, and they’re willing to demand far more than their fair share of the profit.

And they will be mollified by the rest because nobody is a bigger asshole. Most people just want to do their jobs, and don’t want to rock the boat. Competent people see opportunity to ride in the wake of the biggest asshole in the room.

If you ever watch Shark Tank, you’ll see they are masters of the craft.

Especially if you’re mad about stupid paper. Fuckin bull shit sonofa mother paper. Gah! I’m so angry! I wish I had some paper to write about it and throw it away, but I already threw it away.

I have no doubt he is, but I think his aim is to get Trump and MAGAts elected because they are useful. Protest voters in cheese hats are not on his radar.

Putin does not give a shit about a protest vote in a race that’s already over in a state that nobody’s heard of.

Sure, but nobody here is talking about statistics. This article, this entire conversation, is about trust and confidence. I’m confident I can drive a car to the store and not die. Statistically, I’m more likely to die in an accident within a mile from my house, but that doesn’t stop me from driving in my neighborhood because I trust myself to drive. Accidents can happen anywhere to anyone, and there are a lot of other drivers to be worried about, but I can take steps to mitigate some of that risk. The higher chance of dying in my car doesn’t make anyone feel better about flying, it just makes you feel worse about driving. The two levels of trust are unrelated.

Like I know I have a higher chance of being killed by a deer. Statistically, deer kill a lot of people by causing car accidents, and they spread diseases. Wolves don’t kill anyone. Wolf attacke are extremely rare, and increasing the population of wolves in the wild would be very good for our North American ecosystems. But if I’m sitting in my backyard, and a wolf approaches from the left and a deer approaches from the right, I’m going to be worried about the wolf. Statistics don’t enter into the thought process.

I need to trust planes to board one. I have to drive my kids to school, so I have to get comfortable with the risk of getting behind the wheel. I don’t have to get on a Boeing airplane.

I think you’ve missed the point. The side came off a plane, and we’ve learned that it was because Boeing and the airlines cheaped out on the bolts, the labor, and the maintenance, and then dodged safety regulations.

Yes, cars are also dangerous. Driving is statistically more dangerous than flying, but if a car manufacturer knowingly dodges safety regulations, that’s the end of that car. The difference is that, while everyone remembers the Pinto for the explosions, but nobody thinks of it when they buy an F150.

Boeing can’t do that with a new model of plane. They have to keep promising that they aren’t skipping bolts anymore, and that the side of the plane won’t fall off again. It’s going to take a long time to earn back that trust.

All the more reason to drive defensively. As a driver, I maintain some level of control, and can choose how much additional risk I am comfortable with. As a passenger, I’m putting my trust, my future, my life into someone else’s hands. If a panel fell off the side of a city bus, I would have similar concerns related to boarding one. And a bus drives really slow in the right lane, on the ground.