I’m pretty sure this is why andor flew under the radar/gets mixed reviews. Even with friends who are huge Star wars nerds like me, I get ‘but it’s boring!’ a lot, mostly because it builds up to the climax in each three-episode arc. There isn’t necessarily a huge, inexplicable ‘OK time for action’ scene in every episode just because. To enjoy it you need to be plugged in, absorbing the dialogue and connecting the dots scene to scene to understand how the plot got to the action and why it’s important, and if you do you understand the tension buildup. Otherwise it just seems like two episodes of babbling and then some stuff happens, while you’re still staring at your phone. At no point do any of the characters stop and explain what’s happening before or during an important scene, it’s all show-don’t-tell. One of my best friends is working on his PhD, super bright guy, huge Star wars nerd. Has all the baby yoda this, clone trooper helmet that. I finally understood when we were watching something on stream once and I’m like “what’s that? That noise?” It was his other screen on in the background watching a Twitch stream :( now I understand he’s never not had a second screen going with a stream lmao feel like I’m taking crazy pills. We might as well pipe video of that stupid railway running coin grabber mobile game directly to the cortex of every citizen atp

Something something camels, needles. Hilarious irony

I thought the same thing immediately lmao fnv radio has a much larger place in my mind. IM GOOOOOOOOOOOIN UNDER

Lmao the lazerpig, animarchy et al roundtable have been having a field day with this.

r/NoncredibleDefense too

“They say America First but they mean America Next” -Woody Guthrie, ‘Lindbergh’ ~1944

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/project-2025-heritage-foundation-hack

Applicants to a heritage foundation hiring pool for the new trump admin frequently cited as inspiration: nazi Carl Schmitt, El Salvador’s Bukele, white supremacist Jared Taylor, and the UK’s Neema Parvini among others. Some of these applicants have gone on to receive positions in the trump admin. They are literally drawing from the poisonous well of nazi-ism and attempting to re-export it to the EU. Don’t carry that water.

Lotta mayo+ contraptions here so I’ll add mine, and hard agree with the lemon in handmade tartar sauce it makes all the difference.

Mayo and Cajun seasoning, or if going for more Mediterranean, mayo and greek seasoning if you don’t have sub oil, or if you do mayo and sub oil. All great ways to get moisture on a sandwich

K-shaped economy and all

Ghost of tsushima south island?

Same experience, just crunchy water or when cooked down will soak up whatever flavor you give it. Have also grown to recognize and enjoy the flavor even more but it’s still just incredibly mild/subtle unless eating it straight up. Coincidentally I feel the same way as the people complaining about it but with bell peppers or fennel instead. Chicken salad, soups and stews, Chinese food, all delicious with celery and onion combo. I’ll even substitute celery for a green veg in something like a curry instead of peas which I find too sweet, for example. I got the yummy cilantro gene too lol perception and sensitivity are a hell of a thing

Very puntable

“You know who also loves heinous_shit_here? That’s right, the providers of these goods and services”

Sophie in the background going “nooo Robert, noo no no”

My favorite is when even he is like ooo ya I can’t say that, can’t say that at all. Anyway, ad break.

Arachnussy

F the haters, I’d tear this up, almost reminds me of (texas) kolaches just sliced and covered in a sauce.

Ironically it made me think of ‘nurgle’ the 40k god of disease and pestilence, and I think that’s actually appropriate

Until they lose their stealthboy supply

Holy shit the UPS execs have got to be in the war room like it’s ‘Succession’ right about now

Sunset at 5pm sucks, it feels unnatural, let it be dark early in the morning idgaf I want the sun to be out when I get off work

Good to know, ty for pointing it out

Buddy of mine was a DACA kid whose parents are extreme bolsanaro/trump nutjobs, and he is as well. They went so far as to get their own citizenship but demanded he earn his own. He was actually curious about my side of the story, but not because he could be persuaded of anything, he just wanted to hear what a leftist in this country thinks.

Dude was all about the machismo. He couldn’t get a license but drove a truck anyway, wasn’t allowed to own guns but bought them anyway, etc and was VERY paranoid about police and getting kicked out of the country. This was about 10 years ago almost.

He always said he’d vote for Trump if he could. Wonder where he is now.