I kinda can't believe this man exists, what a treasure and what a privilege to be living at the same time as him

I really don't think Severance is in any way about labor, the people behind it are just too Hollywood to have any interest in that. It's a mystery box show, the severance procedure is a plot device and the office setting is just the only setting they could think within.

"I'm just smart enough to realize I'm really stupid, but not any smarter than that."

Isn't there just an app

public education in the capitalist west has never been anything else other than a means of indoctrination. that they feel the need to pass something like this now just means that they feel they are losing control over the narrative.

They don't need you to play league of legends, they just need you to have personal investment in the brand.

Charli XCX makes pretty good music but no idea how anyone could not get sick of this shit after a week. Music will continue to get worse as long as there's no clear distinction between the marketing behind the music and the actual music. It's all for effect.

I totally get the bitter reaction a lot of people have to modern art, the banal "i could have done that", which really means more "i don't get how some people can fill their lives making these useless and unproductive things that don't even seem to require technical skill but i have to work 40+ hour a week and if I'm not productive i get fired and can't pay my rent or eat". But if you want to get anything out of it, and there's a lot you can get out of it, which I know from personal experience, you need to rise above that first reaction of bitterness (although it's obviously something you should keep in mind when interacting with any sort of art).

It's obvious that the democratization and proliferation of art that modern artists tried to bring about didn't happen, but the fault was not in them for trying to imagine a different future. Once again, it's capitalism that squandered and misused any of the potential modern art has had.

The only thing I can think about when I hear the name Elder Scrolls Online is this interview question from back when the game was first revealed that tells you all you need to know about the game and its complete lack of inspiration and spark:

"Q: Will we see the buildings of Alinor that look like they are “made from glass or insect wings?” And will we see the Crystal Tower for that matter?

A: When The Elder Scrolls Online launches, the playable part of the Summerset Isles will be Auridon, the big island between Summerset and the continent that includes the cities of Firsthold and Skywatch. The architecture of the High Elves is fanciful, certainly, but it’s also practical, constructed of real-world materials. Architects can’t make buildings out of poetry"

Biggest media thing in the world and you deliver such a weak ass fucking trailer? There's no oomph to it at all, random ass shots just thrown together, like something someone would throw together for a demo reel for internal use at some project meeting

The kid will never have a father. Potentially an adopted one, but what guy is going to be like "sure, honey. Turkey baster your dead other husband's sperm right up in there. I will help raise his child."

there is nothing morally wrong with being a single mother