Many such cases. I actually think it's kind of bad to set the expectation that something is a dark comedy. Better to just let the movie stand on it's own without genre expectations. There's a tightrope that dark comedies have to walk - if it doesn't turn off at least a few viewers, then it is simply a comedy. But at some point, barely anyone is laughing. And that doesn't necessarily make the movie bad, but it can fuck with your expectations.

The first step on the long road towards salvaging the reputation of the Pulitzer Prize.

There's a lot of sorting that happens to recruits who join the US military. Most army and marine personnel are in supporting roles, and those are generally filled by the higher educated recruits who did have other potential opportunities in life... and then you can imagine who gets to be the cannon fodder on the frontlines, and then who is actually doing the atrocities. It's perverse.

The air force is where that dynamic is flipped, and the actual trigger-pullers are highly educated, accomplished people who could have done anything else with their life but cause death and misery. They are some of the most contemptible scum in the imperial core.

There are two seemingly contradictory explanations for collapse in fertility rates that I commonly see:

1. That having kids is financially infeasible for many more households
2. That economic prosperity and education lead to the collapse of fertility

But I think what squares the circle is that the second statement is actually describing societies with more developed capitalism, and that the seeming extra prosperity has come from cannibalizing social reproduction in pursuit of more intensive labor productivity. It's how you can get a society where there is relative material abundance, but no spare time or cash to raise your kids.

Fertility rates track the "one map" pretty closely, and I don't think that's a coincidence. And the fact that China has now joined that group might warrant some uncomfortable reflection on our part about the trajectory their society is taking.

He's famous on guntube

Give it up for the incredible Stan Lee! Up next, we’ve got a performer who has been crushing it in this hellish afterlife... the soul of John Candy, everyone!

Soul of Stan Lee cannot be allowed to rest. Capital will find a way to resurrect it and force it to perform a blasphemous vaudeville act for all eternity.

No circuses for you.

Good advice so far in this thread, and it sounds like you have a decent baseline (job + car) to start with in the USA.

I would start with using various websites to search around for roommates - in the Midwest we use craigslist and facebook groups/marketplace a lot for this, but it will probably be different in California. What you're probably looking for is someone who had a previous roommate move out, and are looking to sublet. They're out there, and they'll be happy to have you. Having a source of income is more important than credit right now, IMO.

Living with strangers as roommates is pretty normal. Sometimes roommates are kinda shitty, but there are various degrees of it - I don't think it's something to be terrified about. You might even find yourself bonding with these other people who you're living with.

Moving out of you're parent's house is an opportunity to change the dynamic with them for the better. Call them, tell them about your week, visit them every so often... but as your own adult person.

You're building up the pyramid of financial independence right now. Make a basic spreadsheet with your income, and all of your monthly expense - writing it down makes it real, and shows you how much you can afford.

Rudy is expected to make a full recovery

I cannot imagine how messy and dramatic he would be if he dragged the entire country into his personal struggle session with his own mortality. It would be so weird and funny.

I'm not expecting it, though. A lot of the Trump medical speculation just seems like cope. He's old and not in good health, but also has access to the excellent, exclusive healthcare. Of course he's gonna have a lot of hospital visits and be taking a lot of medication.

He took the canoe pill