It is weird hey because “JOBS JOBS JOBS” was the go-to neolib line not so long ago. It’s not just in the US btw — it’s the same across the West. I think they know they can’t keep promising the same things without delivering, but are running out of things to promise.

Very very few people think Die Hard isn’t a Christmas movie; far far too many people think it an interesting observation to point out that it is

Indeed, but it’s a well-observed bit of writing too imo

Kai Winn is a great character though??

Ah! But this time they broke the cycle by promising to do nothing!

Lmao I read that and assumed it must be an American thing

Ah yes, cats, famously good at catching fish

Bluesky is more like Twitter, and Twitter users prefer Twitter to Mastodon

Not a fan, but there are better and worse ones, and Moonraker is down there with the worst of them. Goldeneye was the last one with anything going for it imo.

Oh there’s loads of stuff tied up with it: the history of anticatholicism in England, how that relates to Ireland; then you’ve got the North/South American axis too. And this stuff matters, but theology is not the driving force of history, is it

The thing these people need rubbing on their faces is that they endorsed genocide, a hard right immigration policy, zero commitment on reproductive rights AND STILL LOST. You fucking sold your soul for nothing, you fucking losers. All you achieved was adding your voices to the chorus of “more racist violence, please”.

The ending of the original is quite pessimistic though iirc? I take your point, but imho giving it a big emotive movie-style ending wasn’t a terrible choice. See also, Fight Club

Lmao as if NATO wouldn’t be fucked without Turkey

Imo those changes were one of the few things about the film that truly slapped — the UK is quite capable of going full fash without a nuclear apocalypse

and it looks like I got on an anti-ukraine list somehow?

Quite possible you just rubbed someone the wrong way. Wil Wheaton used to put anyone who sent him ‘shut up, Wesley’ on the gamergate list.

The Mask, and I turned out just fine

What a strange question

Hit yourself in the testicles with a cartoon mallet, then rethink your priorities

His outpouring of dismay when Cameron won in 2015 was a real salve. It was a good podcast.

He was always hesitant to attack Chavez on The Bugle iirc (for a lib)