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I was ok with the first Chris Pratt one. Not great, not awful.

What I really wish they had done was set the next one a couple years down the line. Maybe a couple of those military helicopters that are stealing the dinosaurs at the end crashes in mainland South/Central America. Imagine a Jurassic Park movie that’s a cross between Alien/Predator/Planet of the Apes. Really lean into the highly intelligent apex predator and horror angle.

The problem with these movies, is they keep letting the cat out of the bag, over and over and over. Cat’s out. What’s next?

Nah, it’s dumber than that. They don’t want suffering to lose money, they want all the suffering and misery in the world to be incredibly profitable.

And much, much, much more expensive.

Just want to drop this here.

Birth control is great.

Some methods of birth control are bad for you specifically. Not all birth control is equal. You are a complex piece of equipment. Birth control alters the way that equipment works. There are side effects, no matter what, and they are listed because the were well documented in clinical trials.

That does not mean you should not use birth control. It means you should work with your doctor to find the one that works best for you.

My wife tried a birth control medication that had an interaction with another medication and made her very drousy. My sister took one that made her feel suicidal. They shopped around and found something that worked.

Amazing! A week ago they were all saying how awful NYC is. Now it’s great. What an incredible transformation.

The real truth is that most are just actually just anti-sex. “Be fruitful and multiply,” applies to them, maybe to their wife, but definitely not to their daughter.

Screw blue. If everyone votes blue, no matter who, we still live in a fascist, capitalist country going down the drain because politicians would rather cash checks from their corporate masters than do what’s right. We need actual reform.

Since it has to rhyme, vote progressive, not regressive?

As much as I dislike Steve Jobs personally, Apple needs someone at the helm who is product and customer experience oriented like he was. Obviously, technical know-how is good, but someone exclusively technical would flounder. Tim Cook is a supply chain guy. His replacement would almost certainly be someone marketing oriented, since innovation no longer drives Apple. Sales do.

Journalism in the US is dead. Being shocked or angry at anything the news does or doesn’t say at this point is in “fools me twice, shame on me” territory.

You’d be better off asking Days of Our Lives to weigh in.

hey guys! If we stop testing for covid, the number of covid cases will go down!

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I mean, I know JK Rowling sucks, and it’s been a long time since the first Harry Potter movie came out, but it was definitely a component and precursor to Hagrid beating the shit out of that door.

It describes the past 30 years of the USA’s Middle East policy. At least it’s consistent?

He also said he received death threats for his views about what he called the “overt sexuality” he sees in Pride events and people who identify as LGBTQ+.

The Old State Saloon has hosted various events, including “Beers for Breeders” gatherings.

My how the turn tables.

Not an expert by any stretch, but I would say it is infinitely more likely Iran deploys a nuke now. The US has spent a lot of time over the past 80 years doing whatever it wants to countries it doesn’t like that don’t have nukes, and it leaves alone countries that have them.

If I’m Iran, and I don’t have a nuke, I would be on the phone 24/7 with Putin and Kim about using something they have to stage a “test” detonation on Iranian soil.

Nah, the people who don’t want it are hourly workers who are living paycheck to paycheck, which is tens of millions of workers.

The sad truth is he’s right, but the reason is that for these people, missing out on $80 could be the difference between paying the water bill or not this month.

It’s not that people love to work so much that they hate missing a day, it’s that they can’t afford to not work a day.

It’s a tricky situation.

I think a lot of men, particularly rural men, want someone in their corner. I think a lot of people are underestimating how angry and hopeless many of these men feel. The study a couple years ago from NPR about how many families are living paycheck to paycheck, have less than like $400 in savings, and have nobody to call in during a financial emergency was astounding.

Most Americans are in a desperate situation. And they aren’t used to it. And they feel they don’t deserve it. And because of that, they’re going to vote for whoever promises to fix it, whether they fix it or not.

The issue is that neither party is willing to fix the wealth desparity and class oriented labor practices that cause it. They’re only interested in playing the same game we are now that keeps them paid, and grinds everyone else into the dirt.

It’s an oversimplification, but it’s like an older brother and a younger brother sharing a room. They hate each other. They’re always messing with each other’s stuff. The older brother knows better, but he’s angry and tends to be abusive. The younger brother knows he shouldn’t pick a fight, but can’t help himself. They’ve both been fighting so long that each feels justified in hurting the other.

Who’s at fault is the wrong question. Is it the 7 year old? He’s 7. Is it the 12 year old? He’s a kid too, just bigger and stronger. Both lack the maturity and empathy to be in charge and have the run of things. They’ve both proven they’re entirely incapable of being fair or kind to each other.

It’s the parents’ fault for letting it happen. Or in this case, enabling both kids and giving them tips and tricks for how to fight better.

We can’t expects Israel or Palestine to be the adults in the room. They aren’t. They can’t. We can’t expect ourselves to be the adults in the room. We’re watching these kids beat themselves bloody for our amusement.

Until someone puts their foot down and says enough is enough, nothing will change, but the person who says that and lays down their weapons probably gets killed. So this won’t end until one side exterminates the other.

I don’t understand.

If I post the George Carlin clip of how it’s a big club and you’re not in it, we might as well be in some backwoods country church, just drowning in people screaming “Amen!”

If I say that both parties don’t have your interests in mind and will throw you under the bus to keep hoarding wealth, I’m a tankie Russian bot who’s probably a Republican collaborator.

What’s the difference?

I would add that regularity and familiarity are key as well. How often does he do this? Is it at restaurants where he is a regular and knows them? If he’s a regular who does this occasionally, probably fine. If he hangs out by the kitchen of every Applebee’s or Cracker Barrel he wanders into, he’s a serial killer probably.

Bring back this and the throne room decorations.