Talk about low standards. I guess anybody has empathy when put next to Trump.
If you’re like a well off boomer and gen xer and you see one of those charts that compares the wealth disparity between the generations, both today and throughout their lives, and you’re first thoughts aren’t like “holy fuck millennials and gen z are getting killed and I would be to” or the more practical “I need to give my kids more money starting today,” you’re just in denial. You’re on the, “yes I understand that as a whole they have like no money, but I’m special and I’d be ok,” you’re delusional.
FOH
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New TrueAnon is great. Talks about the industry of for profit camps that essentially torture children under the guise of helping “bad kids” turn their lives around. Spoiler alert, Brace got sent to one when he was 13 and the story is nuts. Think the camp Vito Jr got sent to in The Sopranos.
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Good 1st impression of this podcast. Sheldon Solomon is very interesting.
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I’ve listened to at least 5 episodes so far. Lex is a little dry(but sharp), and his guests seem to bring their A- game at the very least.
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Lol Popehat. In the current environment, his problem with the Flynn case is the judge’s refusal to agree to the blatantly corrupt dismissal.
Fuck off, Popehat. A much dumber, even more tilting Preet.
(Separately, this podcast - All the Presidents Lawyers - has an amazing intro).
Just wrapped up another serial podcast, “Once Upon a Time in the Valley”
This is generally about the end of the Golden Age of porn in the 80s but mainly focuses on Traci Lords, one of the biggest porn stars of that era who turned out to be underaged when she made all but one of her films and nearly brought down the entire industry. This one was just OK. The subject matter was interesting, but the host wasn’t very good. She seemed to be trying to sound like a porn star herself with her narration, and it comes across as REALLY cheesy at times. Also she and her co-host are quite clearly reading and it’s as though they’re making no attempt to hide it…it’s almost comical at times. They interview many veterans of the industry, Ginger Lynn, Christy Canyon among others, but it suffers from the fact that Lords herself declined to participate (presumably because they call out a bunch of inconsistencies in the stories she has told over the years about her life and career). If you’re into porn nostalgia and liked Boogie Nights you’ll probably be entertained.
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Is no one else listening the the Citations Needed podcast? I feel like it’s very incisive and its politics are on the same wavelength as most of UP. The latest episode on tipping, snitching, and ratings apps kinda woke me up. From now on I’m always giving a big tip and giving everyone the max rating no matter how shitty the service is. Why? Because I’m not a cop and if you need a quality control expert, go hire someone to do that.
https://twitter.com/CitationsPod/status/1306252938109751301?s=20
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Hey they’re back from their break. Good to know!
I hadn’t listened to them but I checked out their Twitter and listened to the episode on how stupid and pointless it is to call out politicians for hypocrisy, it was quite good. Thanks.
Chapo review of Richard Jewell was very good I thought, and convincing enough to persuade me to watch the movie. Yeah, it’s at least enjoyable, and definitely a standout performance from Paul Walter Hauser and I don’t doubt at least comparable to whatever was nominated for the Oscars last year, but it’s tough get lauded for playing fat schlubs.
I really liked Richard Jewell as well, it’s a shame they had that trashy reporter sleep with FBI Don Draper to get the story. Movie would have worked just as well without it and from what I’ve read there was no basis for it at all.
As Amber put it, “There is some gender is this movie” lol. It’s Clint Eastwood, he’s a 109-year-old Republican, it could have been quite a bit worse. But yeah, not great.
He’s a really great filmmaker for some old Republican who once gave a speech to an empty chair. Unforgiven is just unbelievably good, Million Dollar Baby, Richard Jewell, Flags of our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Gran Torino, and Sully are all excellent movies. And then Invictus, Mystic River, American Sniper, Blood Work, Space Cowboys, and Absolute Power are all perfectly cromulent if not terrific movies. He’s kind of stealthily built up a top ten director’s filmography, which is remarkable for a Spaghetti Western actor.
Oh and he scored like ten of his movies as well. wtf.
I honestly don’t think I’ve ever undertipped anyone ever for poor service, but this podcast kind of spelled out for me clearly how the whole system is based around you doing free supervisory work in exchange for the joy of being able to lord it over someone just one rung below you. Plus, it connects the ratings apps to the idea of customers volunteering to be corporate overseers keeping the waitstaff in line. Fuck that shit, every service employee is a 5-star person in my book. If you think I’m wrong then just hire your own people to evaluate your company’s customer service; I’m not a fucking unpaid cop.
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r/AITA post incoming:
When I was in NYC in 2006, I got a shuttle bus out to JFK (I think, might have been LGA but whatever) from Grand Central. As I was giving the guy my luggage he said “where are you going?”. I said “JFK” as I had no idea if the bus went to multiple destinations or what. He was like “no, WHERE are you going?”. I was like “Miami?”. He rolled his eyes and looked at me like I was a moron and said “No, what AIRLINE”. I was like “Oh, American”. Like, he could have just said “what airline” to start with. When we got to JFK, he drove straight past the American terminal without stopping. This other lady and I had to catch the airtrain back there. When he gave me my bags I didn’t tip. Justified or no?
I assume that the shuttle bus was some kind of private transportation, right? It wasn’t a public shuttle bus or anything like that that you had to pay for a ticket to get on.