pwnicholson

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just saw that Mick Jagger is attending Jeff Bezos's wedding when did he sell out?⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The guys who came along years later and were (more) openly about drugs and sex (instead of semi-covertly about it)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just saw that Mick Jagger is attending Jeff Bezos's wedding when did he sell out?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The Rolling Stones were always the spoiled rich kids pretending to be tough. The Beatles were poor kids pretending to be posh. There are whole books written about that dynamic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex has paywalled my server!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought free software was when you were the product and non-free software actually supported developers.

  Or do you mean non-OSS?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Producers Have A Genius Plan To Keep The Show Alive (Kind Of)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be hilarious. Wolf Hall but technically in the Star Trek universe. 10 normal episodes per season, but once it twice a time traveler randomly shows up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s an argument against an executive branch of government, not an argument against a constitutional monarchy.

  You could have (and many countries do) a parliamentary system like you describe without having a monarch figurehead.

  The question I think OP is asking is: why have the monarch figurehead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which actor did not have a single bad film?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Titanic was a hit, but in retrospect, horribly overrated and IMHO absolutely cliche, disrespectful, sacrilegious garbage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which actor did not have a single bad film?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I’ve even seen that one! Good call

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which actor did not have a single bad film?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agree he had a very high hit rate, and personal life aside, I enjoy most of his movies.

  But MI:2 and MI:3 are mediocre at best, and Knight and Day and Rock of Ages were massive flops (I haven’t seen either, but i they look horrible). Cocktail earned him a razzie nomination.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which actor did not have a single bad film?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Saving Private Ryan is at least “very good” if not one of the greatest war movies of all time.

  And The Burbs is classic 80s screwball comedy simmered to perfection (even if it isn’t a 'high art ’ genre)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did/do sites such as the pyramids in Egypt or the Roman colosseum end up in an abandoned state, only to be "rediscovered" later?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One small point to correct/adjust is the idea that these sites were “ignored.”

  The pyramids have been a tourist attraction for thousands of years. The Romans talked about visiting them. I’m guessing there was never a time when they weren’t of interest to people in the area. Same for something like the Colosseum, Parthenon, or Pantheon. They might not have always prioritized preservation, but they certainly didn’t forget they existed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Speaking honestly, what has to happen for you personally to take to the street in protest of the current administration.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A viable protest of decent size in my city that I can join. Even a few hundred people would be enough. Organized enough that I hear about it a week out and can shift my plans to be there.