gall to disagree with him. This is who he is. There is no changing. He will NEVER elevate himself to the office. There is no pivot. There is no "day he became The President". He is who he is.

Vile. Crass. Insulting. Cruel. Egotistical. Selfish. Thin-skinned.

A fucking prick, honestly.

(I almost confused Jamie Bamber for Tobias Menzies, based on names alone, and if I hadn't double-checked my UK-that-guys I wouldn't have forgiven myself.)

(F1 disappointed me. I didn't lose my mind over it. I didn't burn my vintage "A River Runs Through It" Brad Pitt jersey. Or sell my Tobias Menzies or Kerry Condon "Rome" cards. I went to go see "Sorry, Baby" instead two days later. I was fine. I remain fine. Film is fine. We're fine. Pitt's fine.)

Roommate: "Dude, why were you typing at 4 in the morning?"
Me: "My brain hates me?"

Admittedly, I'm talking about degrees of success here, but if you want to drill into avoiding flat failure and instead deploy success at a cost (ie. "ok you do it BUT...") I really, REALLY recommend this excellent blog post by @rdonoghue.bsky.social on risks.
walkingmind.evilhat.com/2018/01/17/r...

Because they're not the only evil corporation failing at this.