The way she says "not just the women on the cast but the women on the crew" makes me wonder how badly female crew members are usually treated on set that she has to make a note of that. And I know she's older but how does any woman in 2023 put their name to a statement like that about a convicted rapist? If you think…

And when that gamble fails you get twice as many years as you would have in a plea bargain. Hell of a price to pay to assert your rights. That's why people plead to stuff they're not even sure they did.

I’ve found the elevator door close button does work in some places. Anywhere they set it for a long delay before closing the door the button generally shortens the delay. Usually places where people have mobility issues, hospitals, retirement homes, etc. Service elevators too.

I just assumed most of those buttons were dummies to give pedestrians something to do while complaining about how long it’s taking. They actually do something? I'm not sure I believe that but I'm not willing to go time crosswalks with and without a button press. Even if they're supposed to work I'd bet a lot are…

I agree with you and absolutely detest this line of reasoning. No one is responsible for getting Trump elected but the people who voted for him. If Jimmy fucking Fallon ruffling that asshole’s weird hair was enough to sway the election then we clearly don’t deserve the right to vote and the very idea of democracy is…

My father actually got into another group like that, although thankfully he just bought books and stopped there. Guru named Carlos Castaneda. Dad said he was a Native American mystic, others said he was a New Age Bullshit artist with a made up story about the spirituality of the Yacqi Indian people of Northern Mexico.…

Huh, I guess I forget they’ve been around long enough to be multigenerational. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to me though, I doubt it’s much different than the evangelicals or any other cult teaching their children that all outsiders are evil or, at best, deluded fools. How many people can break those chains in…

Longevity, essentially. It doesn’t make logical sense but humans will think of something’s continued existence over long periods of time as proof that it must have some validity.

Oh I'm aware, I just wanted to leave an explanation for the ignorant without making it obvious.

It'd be just as easy to look at the same history and decide that the entertainment industry is particularly attractive to people with mental health issues. I imagine that, like many things, the truth is somewhere in the middle.

Somehow my father, who was astonished that “they” allowed the “documentary” Ancient Aliens to be aired and actually enjoyed Hubbard’s god awful fiction, read Dianetics and realized it was bullshit. A certified conspiracy nut who I am doing my best to push away from Q propaganda recognized that Scientology was a scam.…

Are you trolling or have you been struck in the head, unexpectedly and from behind, during sex and by your partner, too many times?

See now I thought residuals were a way to reward the most profitable writers and actors, not as a way to keep people afloat after the job is done. Similar to profit sharing or a commission for salespeople. I imagined it just worked as a support system in practice. What was the original intention of the system? If it…

See now I thought residuals were a way to reward the most profitable writers and actors, not as a way to keep people afloat after the job is done. Similar to profit sharing or a commission for salespeople. I imagined it just worked as a support system in practice. What was the original intention of the system? If it…

I’m not sure what you mean by “pennies on the dollar”. If the artists are paid every dollar of profit a consumer pays for a product then there’s no money for anyone else. Employees have to make their employer more than their pay for the business to be profitable. Unless you own the business everyone works for pennies…

Was he paid when AMC originally licensed the show to Netflix and does he get a check every time that deal is renewed?

It sure seems like actors and writers want both. They point to long periods where they're not regularly employed, which makes sense, but I don't understand why they have fallow periods. Production is no longer oriented around network TV schedules. Is it possible there are too many actors and writers? With less labor…

It makes you petit bourgeoisie, the handmaids and praetorians of the wealthy.

Do the people getting excited about this think that when they get a blowjob it’s the first time the other person has done that? I can see how if no one has ever touched your dick before you think that’s true of everyone but most of us adults aren’t just now having our first experience still i  with oral sex. I’m…

IIRC correctly Britney Spears’ husband has the same kind of prenup. Of course they haven’t been together for decades and don’t have children so the situation is a bit different. Opinion seems to vary about what he deserves but most people seem to think if she was actually cheating on him with staff and attacking him…