Barsanti really is a truly terrible writer. Not funny, not insightful, not charming, just a waste of time.

I understand why Barsanti was one of the few to move to L.A. It’s not like anyone else was going to pay his talentless self to do anything. Katie Rife should be a good warning sign to him to hang onto this gig for as long as he can - based on her twitter I assume she’s working at a GAP or something.

I mean, burnt Furai has to be close to the top of the list, right?

I loved the TG review of the Tesla Roadster where it ran out of battery on the track. It’s just crazy to see how far they have come since the days of being a scrappy startup (although reliability concerns still dog them a bit). 16 hours to charge a battery that was only good for 55 miles is a far cry from the 300+…

Ah dissapointing, I scrolled down to see if any really dumb takes had popped up yet but I’m too early.

And I’m saying that maybe doing things professionally is actually a good thing. And that perhaps this collective folk mythology we’ve about the plucky upstart triumphing against the odds to show up the so-called experts is mostly bullshit.

Yeah, it does sound good. Not loving AV Club listing it as a “biography/drama/history.” Two of those things are simply not true.

But the funny thing is, there is actually a good reason why people don’t take multimillion dollar risks based on the idea of “some guy”.

oh no the EU of Star Wars isn’t canon I guess the way you felt reading it was a falsehood.

Once you poop: The Olestra Story

“Oh no Hallmark movies use fake snow I guess I can’t feel happiness when watching them now. This is essentially what you’re arguing.”

It absolutely is not. There’s a difference between suspension of disbelief in fiction and eagerly gobbling up bullshit from “based on a true story” hucksters.

This is “embellished” in the same way that Star Wars is “embellished.”

Cynics may dismiss the movie as a piece of corporate propaganda.

Olestra Chips = Order 66

I think it’s safe to say that most ‘based on a true story’ tales have always played things fast and loose with the actual truth, but I feel like these days there has been more brazenness with straight-up bullshitting things.

It’s that Enrico, the person Montanez supposedly pitched the idea to, started working there in 1990, Montanez started working there as a janitor in 1978.

So what you’re saying is that the conventional story about Montañez is burying the lead -- he didn’t just create a snack but also the time travel needed to make his story work!

Did they mention that Richard Montañez started working for Cheetos late in 1990, several months after newspaper articles had been published about the company test-marketing a Flamin’ Hot flavour?

That’s the first time I ever kinda liked Pete Davidson.

eh, peta is up there with the oil protestors who deface art as far as “good cause but worst possible tactics to win people over” goes