Not to needlessly pathologize him, but for a lot of kids who get very little affection from their parents, any attention is often seen as a net positive, even if it’s in the form of punishment.

I got GTA5/Online on opening night back in 2013 for the 360, then got it again for the PC release in 2015 (and the last time I did a Gamestop midnight release, alas), and absolutely loved the early multiplayer, exploits and all (oh the glory days of Mixed Up With Coke, Violent Duct, and Rooftop Rumble).

Now I’ll watch…

Regarding the opening montage and song choice.

As soon as I heard it, I instantly thought of the montage from Breaking Bad Season 5 episode 3 where Walt and Jesse were cooking meth in the “fumigated” house to The Peddlers’ “On a Clear Day”. The setups were similar (a montage with a song playing over). The songs possses…

That was my read as well.

It was all but spelled out in Breaking Bad that Gus and Max were in a relationship, and that Gus’ current marriage is merely a facade he puts on, like so many others, to disguise who he really is.

It also ties in to how he dies: having half/most of his face blown off. The proverbial “mask”…

In the first video, the character clearly looks down at the two girls, and waves them off in a different manner than he/she was previously doing.

The performer looked down for a reason: because he/she saw two little girls standing there. Otherwise, why look down?

From watching the video, the character did the finger wag “no” to someone off camera, presumably the parent who wanted the character to hold their child.

The character then looks down, right at the two black girls, and waves them off, before proceeding out of frame. It’s the looking down part that’s clear, because the…

A lot of it is simply circuitous advertising. Xposed gets a bunch of press because he’s associated with one of the biggest musicians/rap stars in the world. Drake gets a bunch of press and gaming bonafides. The prebuilt company gets a bunch of press because they built PCs for a top Twitch streamer and Drake. The…

From a quick search, Japan is a country where truth isn’t an absolute defense to defamation claims (unlike the US). So long as what’s said is considered to do irrevocable harm to a subject’s reputation (even if the statement is 100% true), defamation claims can continue.

While that would help the balance sheet (because the overhead in terms of real estate and wages for in-store workers and inventory is absurd), they’d be entering an established market that’s dominated by players (namely Amazon and in-house gaming storefronts like Steam) who do what Gamestop currently does so much…

Rob clearly got on steroids/HGH/TRT, and he’s purposefully obscuring that reality by using misdirection via comedy (talking about the absurdity of claims of just nutrition, working out, training, etc.)

A man his age doesn’t go from ok-body, to overweight, to absolutely ripped, within a 2 1/2 year span unless he’s an…

I know you’re being a bit tongue and cheek about Rob (who I think is wonderful, along with the rest of IASIPH), but unfortunately, he’s fallen into the trap (perhaps willfully) of so many other male Hollywood stars who outright refuse to admit that they’re taken steroids/HGH/TRT to get/maintain their bodies.

So, it’s…

You’re absolutely right.

In a response I made above, I stated that the few hedge funds who went short were correct in general, but wrong specifically. You explained it correctly. They were right to short, because the share price in the $500-600 range was untenable. However, they were wrong specifically, in that they…

Rather simple, unfortunately.

With a relatively high stock price, that’s also buttressed by the fact that many of the largest shareholders got in at an incredibly low price (we’re talking in the single-digit dollars), there are investment banks and hedge funds who are willing to bankroll the expenses of the company so…

True, but I think there’s a much bigger market for having the literal 1st car off the line of a given model, rather than a unique color which, according to Chevy’s own words, will at best only be exclusive for the first model year, and at worst, they can simply offer as an option whenever they choose without recourse…

According the Chevy’s website, the winner of the auction doesn’t get any exclusive rights to the color, and Chevy is free to use the color on other models, just not another 2023 Z06. Further, even if they do, the winner of the auction doesn’t have any claim against Chevy for damages, nor any sort of recourse to stop…

Considering that $150k is going to be MSRP for a fully loaded Z07, I think $230k is a deal for a one-off car.

As much as I like the new C8, and the Z06 will undoubtedly be a stellar vehicle, at $238k, you’re still talking about a Corvette that’s priced to compete with much more visually distinctive and higher-end vehicles from companies that, let’s face it, possess a bit more cachet at that price point.

People were badge snobs…

Unless the PAC is a direct business associate of a covered entity under HIPAA, the PAC itself can’t violate HIPAA.

The issue with HIPAA is that far too many people misunderstand what it is. HIPAA only legally binds people who work in the healthcare/health insurance fields, along with those legally tasked with storing,…

It’s one of the most stunningly beautiful (if not THE most) cars on the road today, and it has the Audi R8 effect happening for it. What do I mean?

It’s a car that looks so different from the rest of the vehicles in its particular class, that even if certain features don’t necessarily work independently (such as the…

Yeah, this list missed the mark on a few things.

No Ohio Players? No Cameo? No KC and the Sunshine Band?

I get trying to give some more shine to some underrated black and queer artists (I’m black and gay myself, so I understand the sentiment), but to leave out some of the biggest artists with some of the biggest disco…