Alright alright I’ll get one!
Oh fuck. I’m so called out right now!
Universal basic income. Got it. *sigh* people always want dad to take care of everything and then get mad when he fucks it all up
I feel that cold plunging becomes a high maintenance hobby especially if you get a cold plunger for at home use. I could take them or leave them. Plus if you have running water or live somewhere cold, just take cold showers and embrace wearing only a hoodie and pants in the winter. You’ll get plenty of cold in a cheaper, more organic way without having another hobby to maintain.
Thanks for listening, I still need to check out Oppenheimer..
This is a great learning opportunity. As the excellent teacher that you are, what advice would you give to a student of yours who had done the same thing? You know it was an accident on your part but knowing that doesn’t make the feelings easy to deal with. Give yourself a grace period to feel a bit of healthy guilt. You’re not a bad person.
Oh fuck I knew I forgetting something! The Menu!
As a rule of thumb, practically ANY Korean crime drama will be incredible. They do American crim cinema better than us Americans.
Memoirs of a Murderer, Memories of Murder, I Saw the Devil, The Gangster, the Cop, and the Devil, etc.
Fuck it, ANY KOREAN MOVIE!!! Train to Busan? So good.
No, you are not just distracted by raising kids. Modern movies have been co-opted by politics and narcissistic nihilism and high levels of this toxic, cynical, postmodern “cleverness”. Disney/Marvel movies are the biggest most obvious perpetrator of this. Their movies are so afraid of expressing any genuinely challenging emotion. The only emotions allowed are surface level, “self-aware” “”jokes””, “sadness” and “anger”. It’s pathetic how little nuance there is. It’s like every time a slightly uncomfortable feeling comes up the writers are like, “Oh, God! Feelings are so gay, throw in a joke, quick!”
Movies are very condescending to the audience and do not trust them to understand basic plot, story, characterization, etc. and decides instead to spoonfeed details and while they’re at it, throw in some Hollywood politics for good measure (nowadays typically “woke” nonsense but not always. Hollywood was very racist for a long time).
Of course this is the fiat system at work. Artist don’t have the time to stop and make something that’s actually worth viewing because they are under pressure to return profits rather than making something memorable or even remotely challenging to audiences. They gotta place safe bets. Plus there are so many free forms of media and entertainment. TikTok, YouTube, social media? Forget it, those are free and in our fucking pockets why would we drive to a dirty theater with obnoxious people on their phones the whole time and waste our money?
All that being said, I do enjoy horror movies from the last ten years or so. They’re clever and creative and require a bit more trust from the audience. Also, television is incredible now in terms of production values. Shows from the 80s, 90s and 00s look like shit unless they were made for HBO and even then those don’t have the production values of today.
I could go on but I think the TLDR is no, you’re not out of touch, movies generally kinda suck.
If anyone cares for my movie opinions: https://www.imdb.com/user/ur136284858/ratings?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
#movies
Talk to Me
Oddity
Longlegs
Parasite
The Empty Man
RRR
Late Night With The Devil
The Vast of Night
Dream Scenario
Barbarian
Top Gun: Maverick (guilty pleasure?)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Midnight Mass (mini series)
Uncut Gems
The Invisible Man
The Lighthouse
Villains
Midsommar
The floodgates are out Lyn, I’m a big movie buff! Let me know if you need any other recommendations
My exact thoughts
“It tastes like… peanuts.” 🤣
The bad breath bit was hilarious too. This level of dedication is borderline painful to watch! But keep at it, I love seeing people get mad in the comments
Gotta let them work it out