I mean, he had no choice in the matter. That’s kind of the point — he was a tool to use. And that guy was dead anyway — everyone simply assumed that you couldn’t change anything, instead of by changing things, you created an alternate timeline.

I can’t believe Gyllenhaal hasn’t won an Oscar yet.

I mean... I like the movie, but this is kind of out of the blue.

I’m still not sure I grasp the science/magic of how the ending happens. But, it has a Bakula cameo. I support all things Bakula. Even Enterprise.

I don’t actually WATCH NCIS: New Orleans, but I give it my moral support.

Hey, next time an io9 writer talks…

Yeah, I’m totally OK with it. Fuck that other guy.

I was and remain a hardcore Bernie supporter (because I’m an actual progressive) who nevertheless got on board after the primaries and phone banked and voted for Hillary (because not a complete fucking moron).

Just keep holding your vote hostage to make people say nice things to you. That should work out great in, you know, ever.

...means that no 3rd party is going to even get a state, let alone the presidency.

Yea, I think I get your drift. ‘Humans’ and ‘Westworld’ are about what we do to AI (that somehow has a body for us to do things to). Person of Interest is about what we were letting AI do to us.

ETA: And ‘what we’re letting technology do to us’ seems WAAAAY more relevant today than the first question.

Your mention of Person of Interest brings up something in regards to this discussion of Humans in comparison/contrast to Westworld for me:

As a currently pregnant person, I’d like to tell this man to fuck the fuck off with his host bullshit. I wanted this baby and pregnancy is miserable as FUCK. This isn’t hosting, this is being bled fucking dry by a goddamned alien (if you’re reading this in the future, little dude, just know that I mean every fucking…

I know. This didn’t even enrage me. I just thought: well, they finally said it out loud.

And there it is.

I really, really need people to stop pointing this out. It makes me hyperventilate every time, and I’m running out of paper bags.

And it’s only been three weeks.

Under FERPA, I do more to hide my students’ grades and id numbers than this jackass does to hide classified information that might keep us all from dying. JFC.

I think there’s an important place for both. The pure mockery from SNL- specifically Melissa McCarthy’s perfect Spicer- is clearly getting under their skin, and it’s accessible to everyone regardless of how closely you follow politics and where you fall on the spectrum. Oliver’s exegesis humor is a balm for those of…

until parents and county residents began complaining to the school board

If you go, leave something there. I like to leave positive affirmations of unity followed by statements of agreement with Alex Jones: i.e. I agree with Alex Jones, Trump did steal the white hourse. I agree with Alex Jones, the russians do control the senate. I agree with Alex Jones, Rex Tillerson is the…

That’s why I said almost.