“It seems to lack much of a driving narrative.”

It’s a shitting picaresque, innit?!

I confess that I hadn’t clocked it as actual artwork, primarily because I saw “Architects of AI” in the thumbnail and moved on. But I can’t say I necessarily blame the people who assumed it was AI off the bat.

I realize he probably couldn’t go as hard as he wanted because the people depicted would have come down hard, and as it stands they’re probably all just happy to be there, but it does muddy the waters somewhat.

That’s the face of someone that has stomped something adorable to death and leaned in to watch the life leave its eyes.

Starship Troopers. My friends and I used to go to Barnes and Noble and look at movie magazines and we were HYPED for that and we all hated it because we were teenagers.

We told my wife’s family we were trying for a baby at a showing of The Hobbit.

There are others, of course. I cried during Everything Everywhere All At Once because of Waymond.

Short Circuit 2 I saw as a kid, and I was taken by my uncle. I was enjoying it, because I was a child, but he wanted to leave before the end. When I balked he said, “You liked that? Here’s how it ends: They put the (f-slur) robot back together. The end. Let’s go.”

I literally got as far as “As a socialist” and said no, we’re not doing that.

I’m agreeing. I’m saying she was racist and should have been fired. The author is an idiot.

No, I agree. I’m saying that the author said, “As a socialist…”

And it’s like, let me stop you there. I’m a full-blown communist. I get nervous when I hear someone was fired because I know what that means.

This was 100% deserved, and there’s no defending it.

Was Cinnabon supposed to make her head of marketing?

I’ll go out on a limb and say that I don’t think racists or their children should starve or be unhoused. In a just society, no one would.

But in the society we’re in, if you’re a single parent who depends on their income, don’t be flagrantly racist on video or grab your crotch.

You’ll pardon me if I don’t shed a tear for the billionaires as people post their GoFundMes for chemo.

I think I see the disconnect here.

See, under Medicare for All, even at a 90% tax rate, you’ll still have more money than I ever will, with the ability to borrow even more.

Under the current system, if I get sick, I go bankrupt and die, and my family is left destitute.

A system where the wealthy can afford the best hospitals and care, and I can’t, you say?

Well, it’ll be hard, but I bet if I try my darnedest I just might be able to imagine what such a country might look like.

Damn, Mark. I guess better things are just too hard. Best we stick with the shittier system where most of those things happen anyway.