I'm 55 ... been on the Internet since 1994-5 I have _never_ clicked on an online ad ... It is amazing to me, that showing ads could ever be a business.
I thought about that. The only explanation I can come up with is that they prey on the elderly, children, mentally ill or drunk people with access to a credit card. My elderly, schizophrenic, agoraphobic, alcoholic aunt would buy stuff from an infomercial, but only after mixing her meds with rum.
I don't know if this will come as a surprise but - 5.47 billion people use the internet daily (2022.). That is 5.47 thousand of millions of people. Yup - nobody can imagine that number. Also, I'm sure there are scientific studies on who actually clicks online ads.
Any animals that lay eggs are oviparous. Monotremes are animals that only have one orifice in their nether regions. Echidna and Platypus are mammals, oviparous and monotremes at the same time, strange creatures.
Finally got off Reddit after making it a home for my artwork for 4 years. Gave the User Agreement a read after the AI news and noped out. Should have seen it coming.
Worker protections in this country are dogshit. When I was presented the opportunity to be a federal employee at age 30 I threw myself at it with as much gusto as I’ve done anything in my life and I am *not* leaving, ever. I can’t imagine subjecting myself to the private sector in this country ever again.
If there ever was a Live Action version of the Venture Brothers, id like these two to portray The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch. Please make this happen.
DUDE! Wind in the willows! Ratty is a country gentleman who lives on the river, spending his time boating. Admittedly not landed gentry posh, but definitely upper middle class
The Shining was the first adult novel I read as a kid, and I watched the movie soon after finishing it. Both make me feel very nostalgic, and I've read the book maybe a dozen times and I've certainly seen the film over 20, if not more, because I watch it nearly every Halloween. Room 237 drives me INSANE. Nearly every person in that documentary attribute things to Kubrick that are lifted word-for-word from the book. I can't deny that Kubrick was a brilliant artist, but he was also adapting another artist's work. You can't give him all the credit.
That chacolate buttered sprinkeled sandwich is a standard breakfast here in the Netherlands. we have Hagelslag, chocolade vlokken, muisjes and fruithagel.
G R-S. Englishmen with a double-barrelled last name usually make me want to throw up everything I ever thought about eating. You, however, are the exception. You are rather like a Tyson Fury who opted out of the Pikey Life and firmly committed yourself to Chavdom! Well done!!
It is 100% inevitable, per episode, that John Oliver will say something about how sexually attractive some weird thing is. Like a horse, or a mascot, or a cartoon character, or a muppet. Every episode. That plus telling you that the subject of THAT episode is the end all problem of America. He has a MASSIVELY formulaic show. Got tired of the formula a while back. Oh, oh, oh, forgot! Once per episode he pretends to have become so irate at the injustice of "the system" that he loses control and drops a f-bomb. Every episode. Once. He just cares so much. So sincere.
The disgusting part is John has risen to a economic level . He's seen the mechanics. Can't turn away. He continues to demonize figure heads . Acts as if the president is in any way the power. I can be forgivable to pleeb that are brainwashed, but no. John KNOWS, SEEN THE TRUTH, Still is deflecting ostensibly , the truth.
Agree with your points about Starship Troopers, great film! Very curious about Showgirls, though it seems like it's gonna be a headache to watch, but we've booked it for our next movie night!
One of the fun things about Starship Troopers is that it ends with the Shutzstaffel marching onto the set yet to this day people argue whether or not the film is a satire of fascism. Paul Verhoeven is a national treasure.
One comment I saw about it was that is it any more sensible to hate the humans because they look like nazis than it is to hate the bugs because they look like bugs
Paul Verhoven said in an interview he just flat out denied the fascist elements whenever the studio asked so they didn't interfere. "Paul...just wondering...are those Nazi uniforms?" "No of course not, their flag is a completely different colour"
@@tofubutcher7456Paul Verhoeven is one) a major troll (and I say this as a factual, complimentary comment), and two) obsessed with the fact his country was nazi-occupied when he was very little and so he tends to have very specfic views on what defines nazi-fascism (he calls anyone who bothers him and has behaviours he considers criticisable "nazis" or "fascists", like LGBT+ activists who threw cake at him over "Basic Instinct" or the US as a whole). He is a national treasure for two countries, the whole of Europe and the whole world.
“Can’t be forced to join a union” is a very nice way of defining a Right-to-Work state. Why would you want to join a union anyway? Who wants collective bargaining, fair wages, and livable benefits? They claim they maintain more jobs by going non-union, and that’s why you can have a 30-year teacher in Arizona or Alabama making $45,000 a year; the starting salary in New Jersey and Illinois. Anti-union initiatives serve the corporations and them alone, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
I won't speak on other unions, ive only experienced the culinary. I grew up in Vegas , worked in hospitality from 89 to present. Is it desirable to be surrounded by entitled hostile, gross to be frank, people trying in every way possible to do the least amount they can before being dismissed? True story. A guy working as a waiter in a steakhouse clocked in wasted, clocked in, then promptly pissed in the corner of the dining room. He kept his job. The union. Most of my career I preferred to work for a company that competed with benefits but only the ones with integrity were tolerated.
Showgirls is a misunderstood and underrated film. It's not in the same class as Starship Troopers, Robocop, or Total Recall but it's still a good film.
If you're watching Robocop, I'd recommend watching Our Robocop Remake. One scene per director/cast/production-team. Robocop's death is conveyed in interpretive dance.
"Triennial" would be the term for occurring every 3 years. And The Shining was not filmed in a real hotel. The interiors of the Overlook were shot on stages at Elstree studios, and the Room 237 documentary makes reference to this several times; showing set diagrams and highlighting the 'impossible window' in Ullmann's office. You sometimes make me wonder how much attention you actually pay to the things you watch 😄.
I could not go on a game show. I would be distracted by the set and all the behind the scenes happening I wouldn't be able to concentrate and focus on participating in the game.
"right to work" state. That refers to the ability of states to prohibit union exclusivity with respect to employment. One has a right not to join a union as a condition of employment. States to do not have right to work laws allow for "closed shops", that is businesses and industries that source labor exclusively from unions. and no others. "Right to work" laws were passed to prevent the formation up or break up unions mostly in the South and West. The NLRB case along with the one that could see the Chevron Doctrine are probably the 2 most consequential cases that could upend over a half century of progress with respect to workers rights and the ability of the federal government to regulate industries. And given the bent of the current court to overturn precedents these days, it doesn't look good.
I think Showgirls is a deeply satirical work, but it's not much of a *comedic* satire (though there are some intentionally humorous moments, and some unintentional ones also). Look at his work about the life of Jesus, and how he views him as a political activist (and how he completely disavows the miraculous/supernatural elements). Side note, it's a minor shame that RLM recently Re:View-ed it and missed this satirical aspect so completely.
They clearly didn't miss it, mostly commented how much did the intent matter, and how much of satire was there (as in, was ANYTHING supposed to be taken more seriously than the rest?) and also that Verhoeven is that much of a troll and (as a clip they showed had him stating it) expressionist, that the point is more how much of it lands? Besides, there's the "authorial" issue: we always end up talking of Verhoeven with this one, but he didn't right it, so there is the point, did the writer mean it as a sexist diss at b*tches and Verhoeven elevated it to aggressive satire of the whole society around it, or he did mean it as a serious drama with the usual humour (like dog food eating jokes) where the (as Georg bowlderised it) Wrip" scene would be less whiplashy? Clearly, Verhoeven "verhoevened" all over the script which was not necessarily as friendly to his excessive comedic exploitative approach (like "Robocop") or in which he was deeply involved in choosing the tone (like "Starship Troopers") nor he triying to be intentionally exploitative and dramatic as in "Basic Instinct". Taking it as brilliant *noncomedic* satire is a bit missing the many elements that are outright comedic, the serious "rip" scene, the metafictional elements that aren't social commentary (like the open parody of the "newcomer making it big in showbizz" cliché), and A LOT of hard work to make all the s*x and nudity non-sexy (RLM is FULLY right when they call the s*x like a seisure). Oh, Verhoeven clearly did all this intentionally, but I can't say it is fully successful and he may have gotten a little lost in some flipping the bird to Hollywood and showbizz and his general excess at everything. But I guess that's left to taste and personal opinion.
I'm 5 minutes in and can tell you're completely smashed. Which is great- I'm smashed too. Always enjoy your videos, never watched a dead air yet we shall see how it goes. Sending love to yous x
You're obviously NOT talking about my side, we're the good guys. The other side, clearly fascist. Also the press that I watch, the one that confirms all my biases are telling the truth. Press outlets that don't, are clearly fake news.
It's amazing how pissed off the twitter fascist larpers are over SST, back in my day it used to be certain leftists who completely missed the satire aspect of the movie, or in Verhoeven's body of work in general. To me Verhoeven operates on a level beyond just petty politics, which is too much to compute for these bugmen.
there really isn't much to debate on Showgirls. PV does with sexuality and the entertainment industry's willingness to exploit it what he did with police and corporate violence in RoboCop and propaganda and militarized patriotism in Starship Troopers
