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{5/5} “A flyer’s like a tweet that ruins the environment.” Honor Society, released in 2022 Honor doesn’t reveal her real self to the world. She pretends to be interested in what everyone else is interested in. She hangs out with popular girls because that’s the best she can do. She’s a high school senior, and […]
{5/5} “Mom… you’re not an alcoholic.’ ‘Only because I’ve never had a drink.’” Bridesmaids, released in 2011 Annie and Lillian have been best friends forever. When Lillian gets engaged Annie agrees to be her maid of honour. At the engagement party, Annie feels like she has to give a second speech after Helen, who hasn’t […]
{5/5} “I have a prepared statement.” Welcome to Me, relesaed in 2014 Alice gets disability because of her borderline personality disorder but she has to go to a therapist. When she wins $86 million in the lottery she tells him she’s still going to see him, but she’s going off her meds. When she runs […]
{4.5/5} “‘To me, a woman named Trish is a woman you can count on.’ ‘Really has her act together. Athletic, natural.’” Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, released in 2021 Barb and Star lose their jobs at a department store when it closes. They are unsure where they might get another job, as […]
{4.5/5} “I spent the first twenty-six years of my life fighting Cardassians — more than that, I spent all that time hating them. No one knows better than me what horrors they’re capable of, and what they’ve done. And I’m telling you, we have to let them help. If we turn them away, people are […]
{5/5} “Journey to a time when nature put on its greatest show.” Prehistoric Planet season 2, aired in 2023 This season’s episodes are divided into habitats: islands, badlands, swamps, oceans, and North America. Here are some of the dinosaurs shown: Giant pteurosaurs, even though they could obviously fly, did their hunting on the ground Isisaurus […]
They have essentially ended homelessness in Finland. How did they do it? It’s pretty straightforward. They gave them a home. They have a “housing first” policy, which means that people get a house without any caveats — and later they can make use of whatever services they need. Here it is explained by Second Thought: […]
How do you stop oligarghs from interfering in politics? It’s actually quite simple. You pass a law against it — like Ukraine did. And if you think they couldn’t do it in the US, they certainly could — they used to have a law against it too. Thom Hartmann explains: America’s Rich Don’t Want You […]
{4.5/5} “Everything pointed to the Iconians playing at a larger game, not just selling the technology… They devised wondrous technology, and left on several worlds an influence that survived over two hundred millennia. Why come back now, and why offer to sell their greatest achievement? And if these weren’t the Iconians, how did they get […]
{5/5} “Fry, stop interfering in history. I don’t want to have to memorize a lot of new kings when I get back.” Futurama season 3, aired in 2001-02 When some worms infest Fry’s body and improve it, he’s finally able to articulate his feelings for Leela. After having met at the Titantic disaster, Amy and […]