Darlose
@darlosing.bsky.social
Outdoor Educator, Fan of Natural History and Zoology
I think it is just the digital effects aren’t great and everything seems overlit, so it has a bit of a fake/video game cut scene aesthetic.
December 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I think it is just the digital effects aren’t great and everything seems overlit, so it has a bit of a fake/video game cut scene aesthetic.
I would say that is a correct statement. And I do think political polarization affects perception of the economy. That said, I do think there are some serious economic concerns the country has and I think the housing market issues disproportionately affect the younger people that drive discourse
December 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I would say that is a correct statement. And I do think political polarization affects perception of the economy. That said, I do think there are some serious economic concerns the country has and I think the housing market issues disproportionately affect the younger people that drive discourse
Perhaps, that is true of everyone, he is just less persuasive than most. Most people aren’t convinced easily by someone they think is their opponent and Stancil’s argumentative style makes himself seem like everyone‘s opponent.
December 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Perhaps, that is true of everyone, he is just less persuasive than most. Most people aren’t convinced easily by someone they think is their opponent and Stancil’s argumentative style makes himself seem like everyone‘s opponent.
I think the big thing with Will is that it doesn’t really matter if he is right or wrong on any particular issue. He just makes broad claims constantly and attacks those who disagree with him. Sometimes he is right, sometimes he is wrong, never is he persuasive. He is just a sophist.
December 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I think the big thing with Will is that it doesn’t really matter if he is right or wrong on any particular issue. He just makes broad claims constantly and attacks those who disagree with him. Sometimes he is right, sometimes he is wrong, never is he persuasive. He is just a sophist.
I think that is right - also, I think everything about it is anodyne in a way that helps it make money, but hurts its ability to produce discourse - hence, all the internet discussion being about its finances and not its actual content, which is less interesting than its ability to make mondh.
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I think that is right - also, I think everything about it is anodyne in a way that helps it make money, but hurts its ability to produce discourse - hence, all the internet discussion being about its finances and not its actual content, which is less interesting than its ability to make mondh.
I feel like Global North is too non-specific a term and in practice often means the same as the latter two.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I feel like Global North is too non-specific a term and in practice often means the same as the latter two.
I’m just saying that Survivor has its own inspiration, it isn’t inventing the Battle Royale format whole cloth either. That a book about televised games Is inspired by reality TV and perhaps implicitly critical of that genre isn‘t a surprise
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I’m just saying that Survivor has its own inspiration, it isn’t inventing the Battle Royale format whole cloth either. That a book about televised games Is inspired by reality TV and perhaps implicitly critical of that genre isn‘t a surprise
Eh, I feel like Boondock Saints isn’t really anything like Tarantino’s taste, while Battle Royale came before Surivor
December 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Eh, I feel like Boondock Saints isn’t really anything like Tarantino’s taste, while Battle Royale came before Surivor
Eh, I think you are just letting nostalgia get to you. Many of those movies are just as derivative and bland as movies today - you are just stating a preference of the tastes of your youth if you are calling The Goonies or Ferris Bueller’s Day Off something special compared to modern cinema
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Eh, I think you are just letting nostalgia get to you. Many of those movies are just as derivative and bland as movies today - you are just stating a preference of the tastes of your youth if you are calling The Goonies or Ferris Bueller’s Day Off something special compared to modern cinema
They are movies made for the silent majority - 65 year old Democrats who voted for Reagan and are passionate about motion smoothing on their TVs.
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
They are movies made for the silent majority - 65 year old Democrats who voted for Reagan and are passionate about motion smoothing on their TVs.
It’s funny that the Avatar movies are so popular, but they probably hit the right balance of nostalgia bait, massive marketing, and spectacle-movie-without-men-in-tights to be broadly accessible. The motion smoothing aesthetic also broadly popular among older crowd.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It’s funny that the Avatar movies are so popular, but they probably hit the right balance of nostalgia bait, massive marketing, and spectacle-movie-without-men-in-tights to be broadly accessible. The motion smoothing aesthetic also broadly popular among older crowd.
I’m guessing that the concept of the show is a bit of a hard sell for adults that aren’t super into paleontology or zoology specifically and so it is pretty essential to make it effective children’s entertainment (which also means sanitizing it enough that parents let their kids watch it).
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I’m guessing that the concept of the show is a bit of a hard sell for adults that aren’t super into paleontology or zoology specifically and so it is pretty essential to make it effective children’s entertainment (which also means sanitizing it enough that parents let their kids watch it).
Yeah, I wish it went a little more mature with the script or at least integrated more scientific information. But it has been great for watching with my 2 and 4 year old nieces, really great for watching with family.
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Yeah, I wish it went a little more mature with the script or at least integrated more scientific information. But it has been great for watching with my 2 and 4 year old nieces, really great for watching with family.
Given how much punishment cougars seem to take on successful guanaco hunts there is footage for, I can’t imagine it doesn’t happen.
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Given how much punishment cougars seem to take on successful guanaco hunts there is footage for, I can’t imagine it doesn’t happen.
Does public housing increase housing supply or decrease it in practice?
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Does public housing increase housing supply or decrease it in practice?
I’m not talking about power plants, I’m asking about housing, which is fundamentally different. More market forces present, a power plant is never operating in much of a market
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I’m not talking about power plants, I’m asking about housing, which is fundamentally different. More market forces present, a power plant is never operating in much of a market
Those things aren’t that similar - utilities and mass transportation are much more centralized and are, by their nature, only easily able to be run by government or monopolies/contractors. There is an actual housing market and a huge need for new housing, supply of which is limited by your plan.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Those things aren’t that similar - utilities and mass transportation are much more centralized and are, by their nature, only easily able to be run by government or monopolies/contractors. There is an actual housing market and a huge need for new housing, supply of which is limited by your plan.
How do you specifically plan to get rid of private housing markets in a way that doesn’t cause massive suffering? Its been tried before, it isn’t like communist land reform is purely theoretical
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
How do you specifically plan to get rid of private housing markets in a way that doesn’t cause massive suffering? Its been tried before, it isn’t like communist land reform is purely theoretical
Did medieval peasants get sick leave? The people romanticizing that life are not those that have to spend all their time on survival.
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Did medieval peasants get sick leave? The people romanticizing that life are not those that have to spend all their time on survival.
Also, it was super influential, its themes are now repeated in a lot of space movies, so might appear more trite if you‘ve grown up watching the films it inspired.
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Also, it was super influential, its themes are now repeated in a lot of space movies, so might appear more trite if you‘ve grown up watching the films it inspired.
Fire smoke? Are you under the impression most Americans just have wildfires going in their backyard all the time? There are a few spots in the country that are relatively fire prone (and have been for thousands of years), but most Americans don’t live in those places
October 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fire smoke? Are you under the impression most Americans just have wildfires going in their backyard all the time? There are a few spots in the country that are relatively fire prone (and have been for thousands of years), but most Americans don’t live in those places