ScrivenerX

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek executive producer wants more Strange New Worlds episodes, and I’m nervous⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely!

  I’m not sold that any of the cast is super nuanced, but they have personalities that are distinct. You can see a situation and think “that’s how La’an would react.” I’m still unsure what Nahn does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek executive producer wants more Strange New Worlds episodes, and I’m nervous⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not worried.

  The reason SNW is better than DISCO and ENT is that the characters are real and complete. We know exactly what type of person Ortegas is, and seeing her do stuff is exciting because I’m invested in seeing her grow and change.

  Compare that to Detmer from DISCO, I’m not sure what her job is, didn’t know her name for serval seasons and couldn’t tell you a thing about her personality. I don’t care if Detmer lives, dies or grows. She’s a person who exists in the background.

  The hard work of establishing the characters is done. I will be happy to see them go stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost all remote-work news is negative now but was positive in the beginning of the pandemic. Have you noticed this or am I going crazy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That is a huge pressure, but it’s less obvious why a company in a business unrelated to real estate would want real estate prices high.

  The secret is that companies aren’t in the business of making a good or providing a service, they actually are just giant schemes for raising money for “investments”. For example, airlines don’t make their money off of selling tickets, but through prospecting jet fuel. Most companies aren’t as direct and clear about what their business actually is.

  Also the link between real estate and all of jobs isn’t very clear and is very abstract. It’s easy to see the costs and interactions with companies forced by working in an office, it’s difficult to see how a building losing value effects anyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost all remote-work news is negative now but was positive in the beginning of the pandemic. Have you noticed this or am I going crazy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s because a huge amount of business is centered around made up things for going to work.

  Things you need to work in an office: suits, dry cleaning for the suits, dress shoes, a car (because public transportation is woefully inadequate for this reason), gas for the car, maintenance for the car, lunch, daycare, a dog walker, you have less time so you are more likely to eat out for dinner, also more likely to hire maids, you are stuck in a commute and radio is awful, so a music subscription, maybe a new phone, and might have to go out for drinks with the coworkers on the way home.

  Staying at home, and much of the country on highly limited income, taught us how much we spend on the “privilege” of work. Everyone is still shocked at the emotional and opportunity cost work had, we’re just starting to realize that most of what it sold to us either isn’t real or isn’t needed.

  If people don’t go back to work a sea of businesses will fail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are American tv shows stuck in Act 2 for their entire runtime between season 1 and final season?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m confused by your question.

  Is your objection cliffhanger endings? Those are more common in American media. Or is it lack of plot progression, which is common across all media? Even shows famous for moving the plot forward never stray too far from the start.