Pat @Pat@qoto.org

@freemo @BollerwagenPicard@mastodontech.de

*****Spoilers ****

I don't remember the suit. I don't actually remember the ending much either, just the heroes repelling down the ropes to rescue the protagonist, and it being a dream or something.

The Monty Python guys got into some really sick humour sometimes. I don't really like making fun of gore and violence, as they often did. But there were a lot of funny sight gags and humorous dialogue in Brazil, if I remember.

@freemo @BollerwagenPicard@mastodontech.de

The target of their commentaries was pretty much the same (out-of-control, oppressive state) and the vehicle was similar (future dystopian society), but I don't think anyone thinks that 1984 is comical, (at least not today, in the future who's to say), but Brazil is a dry comedy. Fans of dry British humour like it, others don't. British humour is polarizing that way.

@freemo @BollerwagenPicard@mastodontech.de

Brazil was really it's own animal, a ground-breaking film. It was done by some of the Monty Python folks so it has the dry British humor, which is an acquired taste.

Wikipedia excerpt on the film, "Brazil's satire of technocracy, bureaucracy, hyper-surveillance, corporatism and state capitalism is reminiscent of George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and has been called Kafkaesque and absurdist.
Sarah Street's British National Cinema (1997) describes the film as a "fantasy/satire on bureaucratic society", and John Scalzi's Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies (2005) describes it as a "dystopian satire".

#movies #Brazil #DeNiro #comedy #satire

@freemo @BollerwagenPicard@mastodontech.de

Brazil was a satire, a weird satire. I didn't notice De Niro in it at first, but years later when I watched the film again I noticed him. He had a minor role, kind of, he played the HVAC repairman who went around the system to get things done.

@freemo @BollerwagenPicard@mastodontech.de

I just went back and looked over his filmography. He did comedies all the way back to the 60s. I remember him from "Brazil" in the 80s. Most people remember him from his heavy roles, like "Taxi Driver", and "Deer Hunter".

The Fockers Dad probably wasn't his most demanding role, but it was a very interesting character and he played it well.

@freemo @BollerwagenPicard@mastodontech.de

One of my favorite De Niro characters.

@freemo @BollerwagenPicard@mastodontech.de

Do I need to put CWs on these?

@freemo @BollerwagenPicard@mastodontech.de

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@freemo @BollerwagenPicard@mastodontech.de

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@freemo @lupyuen

But then you'd need a pocket to keep your skin in, and you're back where you started.

@freemo @lupyuen

You need skin if you are going to have a subdermal RFID.

@lupyuen

If we don't need pockets any more, does that mean we don't need to wear clothes any more?

@freemo @FailForward

>This is pretty much the same mechanics as the euphemism treadmill, and I agree.

Yep, very much. Words naturally change meaning over time because of gradual misunderstanding or whatever, but in politics, it's rapid and intentional.

@FailForward @freemo

The "mugged" quote originated in the US way back in the latter part of the 20th century.

Words are constantly changing their meanings over time. Political terms are especially susceptible because opponents will often intentionally try to redefine the meaning of terms associated with their rivals, or they coop terms that seem positive for their own use.

Liberal started off meaning classical liberalism (Locke, Hobbs, Jefferson), then, in the US, the left cooped the term to describe themselves, hoping to gain positive vibes for themselves, even though their political philosophy was quite different. Later, the conservatives ran the word "liberal" through the toilet describing every ill on Earth as "liberal", so then the left stopped using "liberal" and started using "progressive", even though their ideas have nothing to do car insurance.

#dry #humor #humour

@freemo @FailForward

>Lets just replace the words I used with democrat and republican so there is no problem with quibbling over definitions.

lol!

@FailForward

>"People who call themselves realists are often just dreamers who gottheir hearts broken somewhere along the way."

This reminds me of another quote in a different context:

"Conservatives are liberals who've been mugged."

Usually said by conservatives who consider themselves to be realists.

@FailForward

"No pain, no gain."

@freemo @trinsec

Yeah, Darwin for viruses.

If the overall number of cases can be kept down using other means, like respirators, testing, etc., then there are fewer absolute number of replications. I think the delta variant came from all the uncontrolled cases in India, if I remember. The more people who are infected, the more chance of a new "successful" variant.

@trinsec @freemo

Respirators work against all the variants, past, present and future.

Also, I think the mutation rate is more a function of number of times the virus replicates rather than a straight function of time, so if the numbers can be controlled with other prophilaxis, then the virus will have fewer cycles in which to have a mutation occur.

@freemo @trinsec
>You were also a bit more angry than usual at the time since mask mandates had just been lifted which seemed to rile you a bit.

I'm still riled about that -- 224,000 bodies later.