This is the level of petty we need

Maybe this gets mentioned in the video, but I’ve seen some technical film people lamenting how no one uses deep focus anymore, meaning the whole scene is in focus. Everything seems like it’s shot on wide open super fast lenses that give the portrait blur depth of field to everything.

That the extreme right has been pushing for this is your sign it’s a bad idea. Very much the sort of thing where they likely have Project 2025 type playbooks sitting ready to go if this ever did happen.

Speaking of legal considerations, there's a reason that people at companies have certain conversations in a meeting and not via email. These AI notetakers are likely a creating paper trail that wouldn't otherwise exist that's now subject to discovery.

And most of the deals aren't even good!

He's at least hinting at the real underlying problem with the exchange plans. The only thing that drives costs down is spreading risk which means you need more people in the pool. The best risk pool would of course be a universal program though...

Dark Knight Rises being a small private jet whereas MI2 they crash a transcontinental size passenger plane into a mountain. I could see that being the reason but almost might just be some weird rights issue.

The net credit card debt number going up is a semi-flawed metric. Households that put everything on credit cards and then fully pay off the statement balance each month, meaning they pay no interest, will always show as "having credit card debt" based on how these numbers get calculated.

MI:2 is a fever dream of a movie (complimentary) and has some of the most fun mask reveals in the franchise imo

At my uncle's house tradition has long been to bust out a late night ham for sandwiches. This is the only way I approve of eating ham at the holidays.

Miasma theory for real world disease is bullshit but I think absolutely works for what Twitter post-Elon is doing to people's brains. Just stewing in filth.