Same. The atmosphere it creates is still unmatched.

I wish I hadn’t watched BR2049. Felt like a cheap parody, from the torrents of water falling on the windows, to the fake light effects, to the cartoonish villain who of course had to butcher a human-looking replicant while monologuing in order to get a proper introduction.

Felt like Villeneuve agonized & sweated blood trying to make a homage to the original film (whose own appeal was not immediately grasped at release); which ended up not letting his own movie be as good as it could've been.

I felt the same way about BR2049. I know some people love it, but to me it was an unnecessary movie that did nothing better than the original, and it only cheapened some of the characters. Also, Jared Leto: I simply cannot stand his scenery chewing, even if he was in the movie only for a few minutes.

And now there will be a TV show... facepalm.

> But that is precisely what human mathematicians do, prove new theorems by combining ones proven earlier.

I’d say “understanding and building upon ones proven earlier”

yeah just correct people with an infinitely recursive definition, that'll keep 'em busy

What sporty thing can a washer and drier do?

Team uniform. Any dry weave really.

Narrative is defined by ideology and the media machinery able to sustain it. Facts are woven in only when serving the desired reality.

If you and I listened to the propaganda on the regular basis, our intuitive knowledge would associate clean energy with isolated from reality snowflake liberals, hippies, abortion, subsidies, as opposed to fossil fuel energy associated with manliness, strength, common sense, “good old values”, military strength, and freedom.

Just like beef (“it’s what’s for dinner”) and a delicious juicy rare steak. See?

I recommend checking out George Lakoff’s work on the power of identity and metaphors. Look up his “moral politics” lecture on YouTube.

Even better: see Wim Wenders’ The End of Violence.

It also happens to be my favorite book on acting and improvisation, with tons of brilliant exercises. highly recommended.

What about (insert any other favorite but irrelevant example here).

Stopped mistaking my thoughts and opinions with reality.

Result: 90% reduction of agony.

Meditation method: remembering the sense of “I am-ness” in every waking moment, stop thinking whenever possible, focus on senses whenever I remember. When: always, unless I forget.

1. War is insanity already. Not sure how pointing ways someone is making war more efficient is sanewashing in this context.

2. Assuming every pow gets tortured is an extraordinary statement which as such could use some solid proof.

1. Even in the insanity of war, there are rules and ethics we collectively agree to (except Israel apparently with white phosphorus use). I find that gamifying taking human lives crosses the line.

2. Not every captured soldier of course, some don't even know where they are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_war_in_the_Russo-...

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