Sometimes a mentor is teaching you by example what not to do. So, y’know… You’re welcome.

I like to imagine I am a Troy or a Jeff or even a Shirley, but I’m really just a Leonard.

I feel like Luca and Elemental were produced with international audiences in mind. A lot of visual gags, simple language, basic plots, easy to translate, inoffensive stereotypes, etc. Coco was vibrant and fun with complex characters and a twisty plot. They even dropped in plenty of adult humor and mature themes.

The article paints a different picture than the headline. She doesn’t regret doing the show and isn’t holding a grudge. She’s mad that they used kids for the show, giving them false hope, which is one of the larger points of the show.

SOAP. It was hilarious, ground-breaking, and a generational touchstone. It was pushing boundaries and challenging conventions, all while ostensibly a parody of soap operas.

I am not an Australian, so I can’t speak for specific local cultural issues, but it’s important to understand that Instant Runoff elections still have a lot of the same problems as First Past the Post voting. We could deep dive into the sociology and math of it all, but the short version is that politicians seeking power will always seek an unfair advantage. A two party system is easier to game than a multi-faceted, multi-party confluence of issue-driven voters. The specifics are unique to Australia, but the underlying causes are the same.

How badly do you want true democracy? Are you willing to vote for it? Are you willing to donate money and time to it? Are you willing to stand up and protest the people who would keep it from you? Are you willing to run for office? Are you willing to fight for it? To kill for it? To die for it?

Because there will always be someone who wants power and is willing to go the distance to take it.

The most successful democracies are forged in the crucible of tyranny. Rebellion against a dictator unites the people in the common belief that people should be free. But a free society will fall again to fascism as free people become complacent. If the subtle seduction happens slow enough, then the people will not rise up until fascism has already taken hold.

A two party system provides some semblance of “balance” as power is rocked back and forth like a boat on the waves, moving from left to right and back, but never leaving the deck.

I use it sometimes because the app sucks and there is a trove of old posts containing valuable discussions. Old lets you access everything without logging in, including the dtuff they marked as “adult” content.

Daredevil Reborn, Andor Season 2, Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman, Tales of the Underworld, Doctor Who, Disney has been doing well delivering good content from seemingly exhausted IPs.

I sometimes forget broadcast TV is still a thing.

Sure, but we still have conservatives and capitalists ignoring the best advice of educated experts because it’s easier and more profitable.

Most people like to argue that “people didn’t know better back then.” That’s absolute bullshit. There were ecologists and scientists fighting to preserve wolves in the 1920s, and conservatives and capitalists chose to ignore the best advice of educated experts because killing wolves was easier and more profitable.

Because it’s White’s move.

It’s an economics thing. Like what would you say is a fair price for something that would take a contractor an hour? $200 plus materials? Does that seem high maybe? If you’re a contractor, that probably seems low. $500? Maybe that gets you out of bed.

If they take a big job that will require a week of work, they might charge $2,000. Now, you think, 5 days, 40 hours, that’s $50 an hour and you were willing to pay ten times that. The difference is that $2,000 job is more likely to result in more work, more hours, with higher budgets. The $500 handyman project is an entire day, between travel and planning and tool maintenance and procuring materials. It’s a day you’re not prospecting. It’s a day where you can’t pay any employees.

And that’s before you consider that most customers didn’t even want to pay the $200. They’re going to grumble and complain that you’re robbing them, that they don’t make that much an hour at their desk job. They are going to demand a level of perfection that isn’t in the budget, and changes and scope creep because they want to get their money’s worth. They will bad-mouth you to their friends and family and internet and anyone that will listen.

It’s the 80/20 rule. 80% of anything comes from 20% of sources, whether you’re talking about profits or headaches. So you put effort into finding the good 20 and avoiding the bad 20, which means focusing on large projects and avoiding small projects.

Any contractor with a few years of experience has had nightmare projects. There’s also some psychological gymnastics on that side of the coin, because contractors who have bad experiences on a larger project are likely to justify or forget the annoyances because the experience was “worth it,” while the small job that caused any trouble at all is going to be extra frustrating because of the perceived lack of value.

Seems like a massive conflict of interest.

I’m going to pronounce it “agilé” at the next stand up and see who corrects me.

I get why Roseanne Barr didn’t come back, but why not bring DJ back for a cameo? Or maybe mention Jerry?

Yeah, you’re right, but this is why I don’t want dialogue. Just vroom vroom kersh-splode. “Aktually, I keep a copy of the Romeo and Juliet law in my wallet cause-” No. Stop it. Bad Michael. No talking. Just cars driving and crashing.

I’m not sure about “better” but I would point to the IT and the Stand miniseries from the 90s that were excellent. Both books had parts that were problematic to put on screen, and a lot of fans felt the omissions were improvements. Also, the author was heavily involved in the productions, writing the scripts and consulting with the directors.

I don’t think they make tv shows out of bad books, though, so I’m having a hard time thinking of other examples.

Can it just be 100 minutes of car chases and crashes and shit? Like if there was zero dialogue, I’d be OK with it. Michael Bay can do car chases, and that’s what the OutRun game was. No story, no deeper meaning, just recklessly driving a red testarosa around Southern California.

Warning, entire days will pass while you build your civilizations. Set a timer to help you remember to eat and sleep.