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Romania is the most enthusiastic supporter of the EU and is on an economic growth spurt right now. But sure, keep treating them like second-class Europeans until they start waxing nostalgic about the days they had a friend in Russia. See how that works out.

Bulgaria is already well on that path.

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It does explain why the EU doesn’t want to outright shut the door on China. The U.S. right now is acting like a bipolar person off their meds. One term they’re reasonable and rational, the next they’re throwing shit at the wall and talking about leaving their allies out to dry.

I don’t believe this is classified but

“Not sure, might be spilling nuclear secrets here, but fuck it, I really wanna reply to this Lemmy comment.”

There’s a form of recency bias at play. We tend to compare recent middling movies with the ones we remember from the past, which tend to be the exceptions. But trust me, there were some very shitty blockbusters in prior decades as well.

Give it a decade or two, and people will remember the '20s as a decade of amazing blockbusters. I mean, heck, we had Barbie and Oppenheimer in theaters at the same time just a few weeks ago. The fact these two movies were released the same weekend is gonna blow people’s minds in twenty years.

Ah, yes. Just like Jesus said… “If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn their house into fucking rubble.”

Egypt is really the elephant in the room for the Gaza Strip. It’s an open-air prison, sure, but Egypt holds one of the jail cell doors shut on their side.

Major “are we the baddies?” vibes.

Better late than never, I guess.

I enjoyed The Creator for its visuals but the bad script makes it impossible to recommend it. Might do well as a brainless Star Wars surrogate in streaming, and it might turn into a cult classic down the line, but I’m not surprised it’s bombing.

So. I guess “operation” is what we’re calling war these days? Disappointing to see even the BBC fall in line with the newspeak.

“Don’t mess with me or I’ll tell my big bother.”

What truly annoys me about biopics is that Hollywood makes no attempt these days at these being true to the real-life characters they’re portraying. They’re 100% fiction using well-known public figures as the source of their verisimilitude. Movies like The Social Network and The Imitation Game, to name just these two, have barely any resemblance to their real-life counterparts. That’s also true of Bohemian Rhapsody.

Given that, I don’t even understand what’s the point of them.

People with access to verifiable data overlook the appearance of safety to express a legitimate concern about a breed that’s demonstrably more likely to kill? What dorks!

In US schools they teach it as the US just withdrawaling due to cost and domestic pressure

Also known as “losing.” LOL

Most modern wars happen like this. Both sides commit until committing becomes untenable for one of the parties. That’s pretty much the only path to victory for Ukraine, for instance.

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People will go to movies if they’re good and hear from their friends said movie was good.

Yeah, I don’t know. I hear Blue Beetle is good and I have zero interest in seeing it. I was also told by friends I trust that the Flash movie was fun and interesting and I can’t be bothered to watch it.

I’m not saying I don’t want to see any superhero movie anymore, but I don’t know that just “good” is good enough anymore. Even so-called “good” superhero movies these days just seem to invariably devolve into forgettable CGI mush.

Anecdotal, I know.

Oh noes! The villain wants to destroy everything the hero holds dear. Whatever will he do!

Big G looking good. I’m in for a show where he’s a peripheral presence. Hope the writing is solid.

Semiconductor manufacturing is a hell of a nut to crack. There was always a risk that China would eventually crack it, but I don’t think anyone expected it to happen within a year of the ban.

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