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But if I’m being honest, when it comes to fighting evil beings he is very powerful and useful.

Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Directed by Taika Waititi

observations from urgent care

- People who exercise a lot get knee injuries from overdoing it

- People who only exercise occasionally get knee injuries from being unprepared for the exertion

- People who don’t exercise get knee injuries from being out of shape

- Maybe knees just suck

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Solution: Don’t have knees.

Vice (2018)

Written and Directed by: Adam McKay // Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Don McManus, Tyler Perry

I liked The Big Short a lot. Adam McKay surprised me a fair bit in taking a very complicated subject and breaking it down in a genuinely compelling, entertaining and funny way. Vice shares a lot in common with it in terms of presentation, but it’s just not quite as enjoyable. Maybe it’s just because it’s so tightly focused on someone we have so many reasons to hate. Speaking personally, at least, I guess I just found it harder to laugh considering the damage that guy was at least partially responsible for. It’s one thing looking at the collective failures of the banking industry, their regulators and the people taking advantage. It’s a bit rougher seeing people tortured and bombed with such callous disregard and dubious motives. It was still a decent movie - Bale was typically excellent even beyond the amazing make-up job - but the weight of consequence to Dick Cheney’s actions makes a lighter touch harder to accept.

An action being “punishable by a fine” basically means “legal for rich people”.

Oh wow. That’s…

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I once dated a rich guy and if I said “Hey it’s illegal to drink on the street” he’d respond with “Nah, it just costs £150″, or “You can’t park here!” “Yeh I can it costs £35″ like… literally… that’s how he saw fines, it was just how much you paid to do the thing. 

Reminds me of the double red lines in London. They exist because rich people kept parking on double yellow lines (which mean “no parking” in the UK) and then just paying the fines. So London started putting double red lines on major roads. If you park on double red lines, they don’t give you a ticket. They tow your car away and crush it. 

I like that.