Hell, the Moors never controlled the Spanish Netherlands. It was inherited by the Hapsburgs after the death of the Burgundy line, after the Reconquista had already happened.

Yeah, regardless of background, his entire education and experience would have been to European music. He probably would have had little to no idea what African or Asian music sounded like. Maybe if he went to a tavern at the docks, and heard a foreign sailor sing something from home, or from a merchant in town?

Sorry, but I’m gonna have to stop youthere. Spanish Netherlands was what is now known as Belgium when it was ruled by the Spanish branch of the Hapsburg family, and never under “ownership of Moors.” By the time the Hapsburgs ruled the Spanish Netherlands, the Reconquista had happened. It’s possible that there were a…

“Maybe we can all rent Subarus!” Perfect closing line. 

Isn’t Texas one of the states where Tesla’s direct sales business model is not permitted, and Texans can go to a Tesla showroom to look at a car, but must go out of state to purchase it?

I’m betting she’s including her own fee in that figure, which probably was quite high in the day. She probably views it as a necessary expense.

Yeah, I’m wondering if she’s including her own fee in that figure, which I’m sure was actually quite high at the peak of her career. I feel shoots that are that expensive are usually commercial productions that employ teams, models, and multiple sets, are shot over several days, and bankrolled by companies withe…

Jail is where the police or sherif’s department take you and hang on to you. Prison is where the court sends you. 

Not a bad choice. The bassline is really imposing, and paired with the martial, almost marching feel of the guitar and drums, really slams the sense of the dread from the unstoppable march of impending doom. 

So far, mostly jokes. We live in SF, and have a few in the group that work in high people contact jobs, and at a hospital. I was suggesting to start a pool. Everybody puts in $20, and first to gets it wins the pot. 

Oh man. I have story that has been haunting my reality since the first month of the now ~13 years I have been at my current company. As a fresh-faced 24 year old, I overhead an exchange that, in retrospect, makes me think this was the first sign that the simulation we are living in is starting to collapse.

Oh, I know he is fishing for good publicity. I admit that I am sort of just playing Devil’s Advocate at this point. I totally recognize that Amazon is hugely and disproportionately part of The Problem, and Bezos is more and more detached from reality.

Semi-liquid. He still has to pay capital gains tax for selling them. I think for 10 billion in sales, he also has to worry about not crashing the value of his shares a little. 

I can’t argue against you, there. 

Especially when most of his wealth is wrapped up in ownership of his company. I have as conflicted feelings about Jeff Bezos as the next person, but it’s not like his $130 billion are sitting around as liquid assets. If most of the average American’s net worth is wrapped in, say, their home and they wanted to give the…

No, Karl doesn’t deserve any kind of retribution. He doesn’t get to be used as a force for good.

If it led you to get help, I don’t think it’s sad. It’s an exceptional show, and I know it has greatly impacted me.

Yeah, the Truvada commercial was also pretty great. I don’t remember what this specific medication was advertised in the spot I’m thinking of, but it wasn’t a preventative medication. I think it was for people already living with HIV. I seem to remember most of the people seeming pretty cis-gendered and middle-American…

I was just reflecting on this the other day with my partner. She had the tv on to some inane uninteresting show, and one of those normal pharma commercials with people doing stuff, while smiling, and a voiceover talks about the meds came on. Totally normally commercial. The part that I found pretty remarkable was that…

So this is an alternate timeline theory? Do they live in the much superior timeline in which Donald Trump doesn’t get elected?