wjrii

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on Jackpot · c/memes · 5 pts · 5h

I'd say The (US) Office's highs might be a little higher than P&R's, but P&R had an optimism that kept it better for longer, or at least for a longer percentage of its run. IMHO The Office already had the check-fuel light on by the time Jim and Pam got married, and by the end it was just some strangers physically pushing the thing a couple miles farther down the road. P&R for me didn't start declining until they got back from London, and S6 still had a lot of good stuff. I'd have to look into it, but I really do feel like they thought that was the end, but somehow got renewed for S7 and had to do the entire weird coda of a season with a three year time skip that, I guess, made it technically Sci Fi, LOL

on Jackpot · c/memes · 1 pts · 8h

I'll second the other commenter. With your preconceived notion being "terrible," you might be pleasantly surprised and find that it's merely "rushed." GoT is partly a cultural artifact as the last genre project that truly captured the monoculture's attention (it laughs at Severance's or Stanger Things' so-called impact) before the internet shattered it, so everything good and bad about it was dramatically amplified.

on Jackpot · c/memes · 11 pts · 9h

Yeah, it's peak The Office cringe, but it's not bad exactly, just that Carell was doing that bit much better. If one skips anything, it's the last two seasons when everybody is flanderized all to hell, they're out of things to do in Pawnee, and some of the new additions don't work as well. I'd say skip any episode in S6 that feels off, and then just ignore s7. Feels like Babylon 5 where thy're like, "We got another season, WTF do we do now?"

The arrow travels half the distance from your bow to the throat of your unworthy enemy. Then half again, and again, and so on, yet always half the distance remains. How does it ever penetrate to spill his lifeblood upon the ground?

While the reality of the scenario is a lesson for another day, buried within the paradox we lay a foundation for comprehending the limit function...

on I have a sun tan · c/dull_mens_club · 2 pts · 3d

I mean, nothing’s that bad, just too many sunburns and too much sub-burn uv exposure not to be careful now that I’m well into middle age, but arms and legs do probably have the most little moles and bumps.

on I have a sun tan · c/dull_mens_club · 9 pts · 4d

As a kid in Florida who liked playing outside but wasn't as into pool and beach, my farmer's tan was epic.

Now I go to the dermatologist every year to check all my weird bumps!