Boooobs or super naturals.

The article above, that you didn’t read, talks about the speaker of the house and surveyed Americans.

You have to lick your fingers after handling them like it’s cheeto dust.

There’s a section on his Wikipedia page about his political activism and work with politicians.

And they were devastated by it.

Profit motive and greed are stronger. https://www.npr.org/2023/02/26/1157368469/child-labor-violations-increase-states-loosen-rules

At one point they probably said it would remain illegal in the places they’re trying to legalize it.

We just got rid of chimney sweeps in general.

Despite us regulating child labor it seems like profit motives and greed overpower regulatory measures.

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/26/1157368469/child-labor-violations-increase-states-loosen-rules

After rereading my comment I’m sorry that I started out so aggressively. That wasn’t fair to you.

I think the feeling of fewer good shows coming out stems from a few places.

1. The shows that we remember tend to be the ones that left a lasting impact. I think that when looking back it’s important to recognize our nostalgia tinted lense.

2. The feeling that there’s so many more shows may come from the accessibility that streaming services have created. Scrolling through massive catalogs let’s us see the massive amount of options and how few of them we actually want to engage with. I’d argue that the ratio of good to bad shows isn’t substantially different from before, but how we engage with these shows have changed. Admittedly, I haven’t counted all of the good and bad recent shows and then compared that with the amount of good and bad shows from a couple decades ago.

3. “They don’t make shows like they uses to,” is the type of thing people have said forever when their tastes stop developing and the cultural zeitgeist moves on without them.

In addition to the shows you mentioned, I would add, The Bear, The Last of Us, Arcane, and Our Flag Means Death.

What the fuck are you talking about? Watch more shows.

I literally just threw up. I feel better now though.

It was a joke about entrapment. It wasn’t an endorsement of America’s police.

I’m not falling for that officer.

It was meant to be a self depreciating joke, but now I can’t help myself. I think this topic ends up having everybody involved make a bunch of assumptions about each other before it begins.

However, I have experienced people say that they, “don’t want to get political,” right after being confronted for saying something misinformed, hurtful, etc. It can be weaponized as an excuse to avoid self reflection.

I know that isn’t the case for everybody, but I have seen, “don’t make things political,” used as, “don’t bring in politics at odds with my own.” It’s often not even recognized by that person as being hypocritical. Sometimes our own politics can become the default in our mind and everybody else’s view is the “political” one.

Your apathy is part of the problem.

Yes, I am that friend/relative.

No clue why you’re being down voted. Youre right.

Gates chose to patent life saving medicine during a global pandemic.

The consequences of that decision are essentially withholding lifesaving medicine because it makes him more money.

A lot of lighter fluid and a lighter works great too!

Goodbye stickers!.. and house…