420blazeit69 [he/him]

for leaving reddit pedantry behind.

the only thing stopping them from nuking the Gaza stripe

The politics understander has logged on

We know there’s no benefit to him here because a court forced him to go through with the purchase after he tried to back out. He did not want this mess.

Twitter doesn’t generate profits:

Twitter has been operating at a massive loss for years, failing to book an annual profit since 2019 (Mauer, 2022). For eight out of the last ten years, the company has posted a loss.

If anyone wants to nitpick over the 2/10 years when they reported profitability, consider the real value of getting in the black twice in company history in an environment where you’re gearing up for a an IPO. The long-term trend is clearly that this is not a viable business model.

It is absolutely hilarious that he is waging war against one of the most valuable parts of Twitter – the brand

e.g. removing old.reddit

Shit, are they planning this?

and Double Dumbass on you

Ha I forgot about that part. Makes sense to view those movies as a trilogy, too.

That’s a pretty good reason. You like the plot, the casting, the production…?

My theory – based on us seeing numerous violations of the Prime Directive from main characters – is that the interpretation of the rule is “you better be willing to risk your career if you break this,” not “your career is 100% over if you break this.”

It’s a heuristic, and a good one, but there seems to be in-universe exceptions for exceptional cases.

This is why, despite Picard’s moral objections to having pets, he doesn’t dare broach the subject of Spot with Data.

Beyond

Gotta ask why this is #1

It’s got Kirk and Picard, which is a movie that should exist even if the execution wasn’t ideal.

1. Wrath of Khan
2. Motion Picture
3. Undiscovered Country
4. First Contact
5. Voyage Home
6. Search for Spock
7. A wiki entry for the unproduced Tarantino Trek
8. '09 Star Trek
9. Into Darkness
10. Final Frontier
11. Nemesis
12. Generations
13. Beyond
14. Insurrection

Generations above First Contact is a hot take, too

In fact, consumers who bundle just a few streamers together in 2023 will find that the final cost is effectively the same as basic cable. Couple that reality with the introduction of ads into streaming and the end product eerily resembles on-demand cable.