FormerKarmaKing
FormerKarmaKing t1_iwi5t1x wrote
55 feels like the perfect description of the average Netflix show.
Like I don't hate it, I just can't be bothered, and I'm definitely not going to give it multiple seasons.
FormerKarmaKing t1_ivl1787 wrote
Reply to The War Room (1993) - A behind the scenes look at Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign, focusing on the adventures of spin doctors James Carville and George Stephanopoulos [01:36:04] by _CDXX_LXIX
Some historical context that might be helpful prior to watching. Prior to Clinton's victory, these were the recent the Democrat's presidential outcomes:
- 1988: lost by 8% to a low charisma candidate (George H.W. Bush)
- 1984: lost by 18% to a Hollywood actor (Reagan)
- 1980: lost by 9% to same
- 1976: won but by only 2% with an inspiring candidate (Carter) against an incumbent no one voted for in the first place (Ford)
- 1972: lost by 23%
Right or wrong, Americans flat out did not want anything further left than the neo-liberal third way at that point. And campaign managers do not work or win the world of hypothetical human beings.
This doesn't change that Clinton as a person is pretty scummy person (see Hitchen's "No One Left to Lie To") or that he happily sold out the working poor for the sake of his enormous ego.
But no one else in the Dem primaries even came close to Clinton's charisma or had any real chance of winning. And a second term of George H.W. Bush was going to be worse, not better than what Clinton did.
So at the time, this documentary was the story of some really scrappy political operators that finally got the Dems a win. YMMV.
FormerKarmaKing t1_iuz2stg wrote
Reply to Need a good term by [deleted]
Your recent post history includes getting banned from Grindr, an STD diagnosis, questions about how to travel with cocaine, question about mixing cocaine with SSRIs, and most recent, how to quit benzos.
I wish you the best, truly. But you need to get your life in order before you spend one more second judging others.
FormerKarmaKing t1_iuikoua wrote
Reply to comment by Nouseforaname4 in NYC's multimillion-dollar plan to protect the dead from watery graves… due to flooding by Sanlear
“Love your granite countertops, where did you get them?” “Umm…”
FormerKarmaKing t1_iu6mzo8 wrote
Reply to comment by drpvn in I Spent Over 40 Years Working in Corrections. I Wasn’t Ready for Rikers. by marshall_project
Trust me, just block the commentators account. I thought I had. Given their username the best case scenario is that they’re a troll. The worst…
FormerKarmaKing t1_it9uu5b wrote
Reply to James Corden says it’s ‘beneath’ him to care about NYC restaurant drama: ‘I did nothing wrong’ | news.com.au by esporx
Is Balthazar worth going to these days or is it a place that coasts on its fame? Never been.
Silver lining here is that Corden (who is a legendary jack ass) has now given them not only one but two major media bumps.
FormerKarmaKing t1_isy886i wrote
Reply to [OC] Where did it come from, where did it go? United Airlines 22Q3 Financials by cyberentomology
Maybe you meant MENA (Middle East North Africa) instead MEIA? But nice work overall.
FormerKarmaKing t1_iriufkv wrote
There are always 23 year olds showing up here thinking shit is just going to work for them and run head-on into one of the most competitive places on earth.
And there's nothing wrong with that. That's part of the game and why NYC is such a knives-sharpening-knives sort of place. If you're a transplant and you're not up for that, you can absolutely be happier someplace else.
FormerKarmaKing t1_iwzlx6u wrote
Reply to comment by mrturdferguson in Council seeks steep fines for NYC chain stores that fail to shovel snow by King-of-New-York
Tbf Abercrombie is just trying to keep anyone with mobility issues from wearing their clothes /s