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  • I don't think so. I think this stems from the stupid, misguided notion that morality comes from religion, so Judeo-Christian nations are inherently more moral than the heathens.

    I've heard Shapiro spew this same BS. That somehow the moral code passed down through Judaism is inherently better and purer and that Western civilization was elevated by it.

    Nevermind that it's this exact brand of exceptionalism that has led to colonialism, forced conversions, genocide, and slavery. Let's do the same thing to AI!

  • There's nothing about Beeper that makes running WhatsApp through it more private. You're still using the Meta platform, but you're adding a new company in the chain. Your messages from the WhatsApp server get decrypted by Beeper then re-encrypted to be sent to you.

  • I don't think it's that simple. Stuff Harmon works alone on can still be great, but it has a tendency to collapse under its own self-awareness. Whereas Roiland alone is just lulrandom and unhinged without Harmon's storytelling skills pulling it together.

    The two together had this amazing mix of self-awareness and chaos energy. Prime example being the Meeseeks episode. Remains to be seen if Harmon can pull it off on his own.

  • Calling it "amélioré" (with a grammatical error) is extra salt in the wound.

  • Looks great, but I'd recommend "poutine recomposée" (reassembled poutine). "Améliorée" implies it's better, which comes across as pretentious given it barely looks like poutine and lacks both the signature curds and the gravy.

  • What about the genuinely well-crafted big budget films? Are we ready to toss those out as well? Movies like The Dark Knight, Avengers: Infinity War, John Wick 4, and now Barbie and Oppenheimer are as much a product of the Hollywood blockbuster system as the cookie-cutters. I don't think Hollywood and passion are mutually exclusive.

  • Are we pretending the majority of the population doesn't derive massive enjoyment from Hollywood productions? Is that the play here?

  • As a kid, a bunch of friends and I smashed glass bottles for fun while barefoot. I have no idea what the hell we were thinking, but predicably I cut my big toe pretty bad.

    I then walked around for a while, with everyone telling me I had a bleeding gash in my toe. I didn't believe them and wouldn't even look. It took my mom telling me for me to finally look down, and when I did I nearly passed out from the sight of my own idiocy pouring out of me.

    Not my smartest moment, for damn sure.