....and everybody gets a little plastic car with pegs for people!

There have been variations on this theme throughout history but it was usually posited as a thought experiment, not something to be taken literally. The flat earth trope was sort of a running joke for years in the same manner. Suddenly people started taking it as a real thing.

ACAB? Please. Stop. I’m not all that smart but if I have to Google something, it shouldn’t be in a headline. Bonus points for A.C.A.B. (All Cops Are Bastards) being a popular phrase among skinheads.

There was an old, oft-cited trading trick that advised buying movie theater stocks during the typical January/February downturn and selling for a profit when the summer blockbusters start rolling out.

I think that’s the relevant point. It may - or may not be - a pump and dump. But it’s not something that can be prosecuted in any practical sense. (To paraphrase someone on Reddit: “They can’t arrest 100,000 autistic gamers in their mom’s basement.”)

On a related note: I always bristle at the long held trope that people in NYC are “rude.” Walk into a deli or bodega in NYC and the guy behind the counter will quickly (and gruffly) ask “Whatta ya want?.” Approach the sullen teen behind the counter in a suburban convenience store in Ohio and your lucky if you get so…

Weezer stans are as bad as the Star Wars people. They take this shit way too personally and can’t seem to grasp that the thing they adored when they were 14 has changed as much as they have.

Stewart’s brother Larry Leibowitz is former CEO of NYSE. Make of that what you will.

Yeah, a Dogecoin is still worth less than a penny. But if you bought $100 worth on Wednesday you would have $1000 on Friday. (And you might have $2 come Sunday if you hold it. Still...)

Jeez, Weezer’s such a great band I wish the stans could get over the fact that the band has been pretty cool over the last couple decades while their fans have aged into early-stage curmudgeons.

This is sad news indeed. But if the get rid of rice and beans, they’re dead to me.

“Southland Tales” is...ambitious. In the extreme. It might not be a ‘good’ film but it ain’t boring.

For what it’s worth, both “Paddington” films were excellent.

The ‘60s sitcom simulacra is pretty tired. It’s really a simulation of a ‘90s parody of a ‘50s sitcom that’s been done ad nauseam. That said, it looks like they go a bit deeper a few episodes in. I’m on the fence at this point but I’ll give it a few more episodes.

R.I.P. but it’s a stretch to describe someone with 7 monthly listeners on Spotify as “acclaimed.” We get what you’re aiming for but...

Maybe it’s just superstition but electronics seem to give up and die during power-up more so than just dropping dead in the middle of a task. I always assumed the initial power surge is what did this.

The chorus of privilege includes the smug click-bait authors who elevate every buzzy, supposed misdeed into capital level crimes.

It’s kind of...interesting. But the immersive elements don’t really lend anything new to the story. The endless scrolling is tedious. But this might work in a VR setting if you could figure out the best equivalent of turning a page. “Down The Rabbit Hole” on Quest VR is *close* to a self-guided comic/cartoon (Or maybe…

The woman in Central Park was obviously mentally ill. Her life is pretty much destroyed now. But it’s nice you see fit to mention her name in the opening paragraph. Gotta get them clicks.

But I told you it’s probably going to suck already. Have I ever steered you wrong?