Not at work but I briefly lived with that guy. I just started agreeing with him on everything. “And we all know what the correct opinion on net neutrality is” “Yes we do.”

“People just don’t understand what Trump is doing” “Yeah, you’re so right”

There’s really nowhere to go when you just vaguely agree with what they’re saying but don’t commit to anything

I’m not sure it’s exactly what you’re going for but the Wii Shopping channel music kicked ass. Additionally the 1988 Crystal Light Aerobics Championship has this jam

Burkina Faso also pulled themselves out of the International Criminal Court with similar logic. They said America, Isreal, Russia, and China all get to do basically whatever they want globally while Burkina Faso is constantly slapped with sanctions

Now those sanctions are because that country is one of the most dangerous on the planet, so it’s hard to take the military leader at his word. Even if he had a valid point

Yeah, it’s a little spoilery to say but the game tries to force you to learn that lesson. Trying to be a good cop and being straight edge is pretty frustrating. Then once you take a morally gray choice and it advances the plot, you use some drugs to meet a check and there aren’t really consequences. Then by the end of the game you’re high on 4 different drugs punching children and you understand the point they were making

That does suck, I got the kobo libra color. I will say that the color and improved response times make it an overall improvement however the buttons are way less tactile and it feels much less bright. So it’s not a full upgrade if it makes you feel a little better

Eh, compare Spec Ops to its contemporaries and it’s definitely an outlier for treating you like a bad guy. Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Medal of Honor were definitely treating you like a hero. Still Spec Ops is much better than those games so if the discussion gets people to play it then I’m on board

Tommy 1/5 - It’s not at all clear how much of this is metaphor and literal. It’s wild that Tina Turner plays a literal sexual iron maiden but none of the huge swings seem to be in the same direction

The Bride 3/5 - Eh, I don’t know what caused all the Frankenstein stuff to be in the zeitgeist but this is pretty middling

Ready or Not 4/5 - Good horror with a competent female lead. Great ending too

Palm Springs 4.5/5 - Something about Groundhog Daying is just so compelling and this is one of the best versions of it. Interesting characters, a little philosophy, some good hyjinks, I’d highly recommend this

The Napa Boys 4/5 - This is an indie from a group of LA comedians and honestly it’s a little unapproachable. It’s parodying so many things simultaneously it gets hard to know who and what are the butts of the jokes. Still, I was laughing the whole time with 3 other people in my tiny theater and I mostly got the jokes

How to Make a Killing 2.5/5 - Hahahaha, fuck the rich… except the shittiest one who wins the whole thing? I don’t really understand what the message of this was supposed to be and frankly it didn’t make a ton of sense. I can’t decide if I like Glenn or not

Project Hail Mary 4.5/5 - Excellent, go see it on a huge screen. Andy Weir writes books to be made into movies and it works here. The movie is more emotional and less sciencey than both the novel and The Martian but it works

The Sting 4.5/5 - Pretty cleanly establishes the template for the grift. Robert Redford and Paul Newman’s beautiful eyes are the stars of this and it’s hard not to fall in love with those sleazeballs

Disco Elysium’s protagonist is a walking disaster and there are a lot of ways you can play him. Honestly playing him as a totally morally upright professional is one of the harder ways to play. You definitely don’t feel like a hero while you’re playing

The first 2 you are absolutely unequivocally the bad guy, those were going to be my suggestions. I think the second 2 it’s a little spoilery to tell people you’re the bad guy

Equations of Life by Simon Morden - it’s ok post apocalyptic sci-fi. It’s got a lot of Russian swearing mixed in which is fun, if slightly incomprehensible

Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw - just finished this because the third book is finally available for E-readers. If you have any experience with Yahtzee from the internet I would encourage you to give his books a try. He is a very talented writer and I frequently laughed out loud at this book. He had that very British knack for humorous asides that can be a whole page or just a single aside

Dragon Ball - My new e-reader has a color screen so I’ve been trying manga on it. This volume covers the Goku/Tien fight and it was easily the best one in the series up to this point

For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry god

The cure we never saw cumming

The one point I will give Supernova is that the cosmic horror of the object is well done. We don’t know what it is, why it does things to people or why they’ll kill for it. Also it can destroy the universe

In America we have a real problem with people claiming emotional support animals as service animals despite those being different things. In some areas it’s to the point that people assume you’re the former and just want to bring your dog everywhere

Did we… give a degree… to a dog?

Supernova (2000) 2/5 - The twist was very obvious pretty early in the plot. The movie also pretty clearly used sex to sell this on blockbuster shelves, but James Spader is hot so whatever

Sentimental Value 4/5 - Wrapping up my best picture backlog. It’s a pretty good emotional story about family communication

Kiki’s Delivery Service 4/5 - In case you’re curious, Kiki’s Delivery Service with English VO and the English subtitles of the Japanese version in IMAX is a suboptimal way to watch the film. Other than that it’s wonderful Ghibli film

Train Dreams 2/5 - It’s slow, long, and not particularly engaging. I’m just not the audience for the languorous types of movies, I’m just glad it was only an hour 45

Wanted 4/5 - I doubt anyone cares why but I have seen this movie over 15 times. It’s really fucking stupid, but it also is mostly aware of how stupid it is. The action is fun and the personalities are big, it’s worth a watch

Hamnet 3.5/5 - I get the whole mysticism mirroring the themes of Hamlet and telling inverted stories to draw comparison and generally what it’s trying to do. It’s good acting and writing, I just wasn’t really compelled

Small Soldiers 2/5 - The plot doesn’t really make any sense and it feels more than a little dated with the jokes. It’s too bad it was the 90s and we couldn’t have a girl lead a movie because Kirsten is 100x more engaging than the boy they got

Kramer vs Kramer 5/5 - Showed up late this at the theater but I was literally the only person seeing it so I got them to restart it for me and I’m glad they did. It’s rare that a movie makes me cry but when Dustin asks Jane Alexander to essentially be a godmother really got me. It feels much longer than 1:45 but I don’t mind because it’s really compelling

Avatar (2009) 4/5 - I’ve changed my opinion on this quite a bit as I’ve moved away from the release. Sure the plot is simple, but honestly with all the crazy shit going on around it, it’s fine. The technology innovations you can see on screen are just stunning even 15 years later

If I had Legs I’d Kick You 3/5 - Parent anxiety simulator! I don’t have kids and couldn’t quite connect with it. I’d be interested to hear how other people interpreted the “rodents are resilient creatures” line

Weapons 4.5/5 - On a rewatch it becomes apparent just how effective of a predator the antagonist is. They utilize everyone’s preconceptions about them and social stigma to get just enough time to gain the upper hand. Great movie

Shanghai Noon 2.5/5 - What if Beverly Hills Cop, but cowboy? It’s got a lot of Asian stereotypes that don’t age well but some jokes are funny

The Secret Agent 3/5 - There were a lot of moving parts and the movie was not entirely clear about the timeline, especially the jarring future stuff. I found it a little hard to follow with not enough payoff for the effort

Grandma getting ready to just murder a grandkid with a sick ace:

Counterpoint: a lot of people on ski slopes make enough money to legitimately not even concern themselves with prices

I’ve previously had a caffeine addiction and didn’t particularly enjoy it. So I make it a point to not have it daily. I’d say I usually have 1 small caffeinated soda with alcohol per week and a regular 8.4 oz Red Bull at some point during the week. So probably in total a little under 200 mg per week

The nice thing is that since I don’t consume much caffeine if I do want a kick I can have 120 mg and really feel it, but that’s usually reserved for particularly long days or days where my sleep gets messed up