I suppose there must be people out there who rely on this system to tell them how "healthy" food is, but I've certainly never met them. I feel like most people base their opinions off the name and packaging ("it has X, it must be healthy!!!!"), the ingredients list and nutritional information table, or simply don't care at all.
I haven't watched many Netflix productions recently, but I agree this is very noticeable in those that I have seen. Two of the most egregious in recent memory were Stranger Things and Wednesday. Interestingly, both are shows aimed at a young adult audience (although Stranger Things didn't start off that way), as opposed to something like Adolescence. I wonder if there's a connection there.
Netflix is not the problem here, though, just a symptom of/reaction to it. The problem is smartphone addiction.
I finished The Count of Monte Cristo last night. Eight ~50 minute episodes, extremely high quality all the way through. The sets and costumes were beautiful and all the acting, particularly from the leads, is great. Highly recommended if you like revenge stories or historical dramas.
I think this is actually more common than ever in the time of streaming and low attention spans. It's a very common trick to start on something "exciting" to grab the attention of viewers who are constantly distracted by their phones and/or the promise of a more entertaining show on these platforms that are full of endless alternatives pushed by an algorithm.
It kinda does. You can see things heating up in the background leading up to the flashpoint where someone in yellow to the left of the victim appears to be shouting and gesturing at bike cop before pushing at their bike. Yellow person gets pushed back but it changes the tone (previous bike cop and victim were standing calmly watching things together), bike cop pushes the victim back who then appears to make some very quick motion with his left hand towards bike cop. Bike cop interprets that motion as some kind of threat, starts pushing the guy but gets tangled on his bike and falls, creating this situation where they're pulling on the shirt of the victim to support themselves and therefore dragging the victim forward making it look like he was more involved than he actually was.
All of this happens in a couple of seconds, and it's a very tense situation so I can understand how maybe from a different angle people misinterpret actions as threats and things can escalate. This is exactly why you don't take this kind of approach to large scale protests, though. It creates unnecessary tension and puts everyone at risk.
Has the jarringly unfitting ending music montage trope gone away? Alien: Earth kinda did it but there was a common thread between all the song choices that sort of linked in with a theme of the show.
Just because you aren’t paying attention, does not mean it’s not a problem. Yes the other protests went well, but consider if there were more Chris Minns. Imagine if One Nation is in power, how would they utilise the police?
Putting aside the fact that you just agreed with me that police in other states and territories do not have this problem, "imagine if they also had Chris Minns" completely ignores the second part of my reasoning. Sydney has a culture problem and consistently elects terrible politicians. Other cities do not have this cultural problem, therefore they do not elect Chris Minns, therefore they do not have insane people utilising the police against protestors. Live in denial if you want, everyone outside of Sydney knows it is a shithole and not representative of the rest of the country.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he was devastated by the scenes of police and protesters clashing on the streets of Sydney during a rally against the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog.
"These are scenes that I think shouldn't be taking place. So people should be able to express their views peacefully, but the police were very clear about the routes that were required if people wanted to march, to go a particular route, and for to ensure that this was done peacefully," he told Triple M Hobart.
The prime minister said inviting Herzog was appropriate and urged those who disagreed with the visit to "express any views peacefully" and "in an appropriate way".
"Now people will have different views about the Middle East and we have been critical and have received some criticism from the Israeli government," he said.
"But we do need to be able to have people express any views peacefully in an appropriate way."
Anyone with a brain knew this would happen. This cunt preaches about civility and respect constantly, yet he and his government seem to be doing everything they can to incite conflict. Just don't needlessly invite extremely controversial guests into the country. It's not hard.
It’s as if getting into sideloading, piracy, and modding made me feel true online freedom and I can’t wait or imagine the feeling I’m going to have when I start self hosting.
I finally put some time aside to do this recently for my music collection and it has been very satisfying to stream independently across all my devices. I can even setup user accounts for my friends to use.
Pirate and put the saved subscription fees towards song and album purchases (from Bandcamp, for example) is the best way. It's the same with YouTube Premium - use a third party client to block the ads and save the subscription fee to donate to channels directly. It annoys me when people try to claim the moral high ground for paying subscription fees to big companies when they're actually just part of the problem.
That's not a solution to this problem, though. It's definitely an important change for the quality of education, but if kids still have unlimited access to their phones between ~3 PM and whenever they fall asleep + unlimited access on Saturdays and Sundays then it's not doing much to rewire their brains or keep them safe.
Are you confusing Dark with 1899? After Dark performed so well, the creators started working on 1899 (which had similar vibe and was also a sci-fi mystery). However, it was cancelled after just one season. To my knowledge, Dark was not cancelled and did have a complete story (although admittedly I didn't finish the final season so I could be mistaken).
I don't believe it was legal, no. However, that does not necessarily work against the film as jurors frequently ignore the court's instructions and do their own thing (including doing their own independent research and discussing/introducing that to their other jurors). You hear about it when they get caught, but I have to assume that in many cases they do not. I guess it adds a further interesting dynamic to the film. Was it right for the juror to disobey the court's instructions in pursuit of his own belief that the accused was innocent? Is strict adherence to the laws our society's function under more important than adherence to our own moral code?
There was a reality TV show in Australia last year where a jury of 12 people sat through a full re-enactment of a real manslaughter trial that occurred in Australia and then had to reach their own verdict. The real life verdict was only revealed after they'd submitted theirs. It was pretty interesting how difficult it was for certain people to follow the court's instructions, put aside their own beliefs and preconceptions and focus on the facts of the case. I get the feeling that if someone these people had been called up for jury duty in real life, they 100% would have pulled a Juror 8 and just done whatever was necessary to reach the "right" verdict.
I suppose there must be people out there who rely on this system to tell them how "healthy" food is, but I've certainly never met them. I feel like most people base their opinions off the name and packaging ("it has X, it must be healthy!!!!"), the ingredients list and nutritional information table, or simply don't care at all.