It's possible I've just missed it but I don't think there's been a single person implicated in any of this that I've been surprised by? It's like "oh, that rich piece of shit is even more of a scumbag than I thought? Yeah, that tracks"

The Sovereign reveal/speech in ME1 will forever burned into my mind. "You exist because we allow it. You will end because we demand it."

they weren't at the Romans level but one thing I've picked up from reading @bretdevereaux.bsky.social is that the Hollywood "ragtag horde of bloodthirsty brutes" depiction of how Germanic peoples/"barbarians" fought is total bs. They were pretty well organized!

Hard same.

And more stuff but point being surviving extreme heat without AC requires very different architecture, lifestyle, social norms etc that just aren't gonna happen in temperate countries.

I've lived in climates where temperatures regularly exceed 40C with no AC and it's doable but you need very open/airy architecture, to spend most of your time outside (including sleeping outdoors in the hot season), and do nothing for hours in the middle of the day except rest in the shade.

The few times I've ended up on that subreddit it seemed like they generally spent a lot of time roasting Joe Rogan to be fair.

BSG, Serenity, and some shots in Revenge of the Sith all did that in the mid-2000s. I don't know of any examples earlier than that.

His mystified petulance anytime the world at large refuses to just give him what he wants is hilarious. My 4 year old is more in touch with reality than he is ffs.

As the kids would say: please yeet this motherfucker into the sun.