Calvin Coolidge

That’s some sound logic right there

You convinced me Breaking Bad is perfect

Of course the story didn’t have to happen in any specific way. It’s a fictional story. It can be written in anyway. Doesn’t even have to be realistic

Walt could have had to make a rocket so he could transport meth to the moon because Tuco is on a moon base and really wants some.

From my 2.5ish season watching experience, Pinkmen was the only character I enjoyed from the show. I’m not saying that I hated his character or acting. But the premise that Walt was with Pinkman to begin with. The whole show hinges on that idea and Pinkman becomes more and more important to the show.

Breaking Bad doesn’t have many “likable” characters but it is a basic story about the characters.

A story with an amazing plot would still be good with subpar actors. Breaking Bad with worse actors would be totally insufferable.

You want a more plausible storyline than anything else? You like Breaking Bad because the storyline is realistic?

A smart guy infiltrating the DEA and using their information in a cat and mouse game sounds interesting to me

It’s a fictional story

“The story happened that way so that’s the only way it could have happened”

Walter was a high school science teacher with no friends, how would he have gone about looking for someone to sell meth for him?

Once again everything is stacked against Walt. Always another road block. Episode after episode.

They had to give him a complete dipshit to work with because a semi-competent person he knew would have been a “boring” story.

Maybe show interest in the DEA and ride around with his brother-in-law to secretly collect intel. Ends up getting a job for the DEA but basically an inside guy.

Let me go find the drop out high school student I knew and cook meth in an RV. Is definitely not a thing an intelligent person would choose to do. Sure if they are forced to like in the story, but that doesn’t make it right or enjoyable.

You’re telling me that it is a requirement to be a Complete Dipshit to have underground connections?

I get that is how the show sold it and I guess you believed it

There’s just no way for Walt to become Heizenberg without Complete Dipshit

Let’s just ignore the fact that the writer planned the Complete Dipshit to die a handful of episodes into the series

Again, EVERYTHING in the show is designed to make cooking/distributing meth challenging. They had to make Complete Dipshit useful because he “had” to be in the story.

I feel like you’d have to be a serious “hacker” kind of person to be anonymous on the internet.

Majority of people use their phone. I’m sure the government right now could tell who I actually am if they wanted to know. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone on Lemmy could even figure it out.

Home WiFi?

Let me go sign up for a VPN with all my info…

I mean is it all really worth it?

I could be in the minority but I would rather watch tailored ads than hear another medication commercial.

Do I care that “they” know what kind of YouTube videos I watch? Do I even care what kind of porn I watch?

I am all for privacy and freedom don’t get me wrong. I think we should fight.

But it does feel like we have lost the fight. What’s wrong is we have to worry about what the government will do with that information.

We make a big deal about giving Pornhub our information but gladly hand it over to Amazon. Hell people would probably send in blood to get free 2-day shipping.

That was my problem with the show too.

Smart person decides to cook meth…

Step 1: Partner with complete dipshit

Step 2:

Step 3: Profit

It’s not hard to cook meth especially if you have a science background.

EVERYTHING in the show is there to make cooking meth harder because if it wasn’t hard it would be a completely boring story.

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Distance and size makes the most difference.

If you’re sitting ~7’ back from a 50" TV it really doesn’t matter if it’s 720, 1080, 4k, or 8k.

You have to be right up on it to tell or have a huge screen.

Nicer TVs do have better color and contrast that you can tell from any distance. But generally you have to have something to compare it to for it to really matter. Dark scenes on a poor quality TV can look awful.

They thought of that and gave him a decoy medal

My favorite thing is “We wouldn’t have had the technology to go to the moon in 1969”

So Apollo 12 (1969) 14 (1971) 15 (1971) 16 (1972) 17 (1972)

Were all fake too?

So we faked the first moon landing and then proceeded to fake 5 more moon landings in 3 years?

That sounds real smart

Do you know what relativity means? You keep saying it

A 6 or 7 year old child is ~120cm

Average person 160cm to 170cm

Relatively, a 3:4 ratio

For a tall person at 200cm (6’6") that would be the same as 150cm

Average woman is 160cm

Yes a 200cm person standing next to a 150cm person looks like an adult standing next to a child height wise. Yet to them a 150cm person is much taller than 120cm. 1 foot difference.

Why does your mind jump to “they look like they are with a child?”

Grits

Also cornbread and corndog

Probably a lot of things with corn

I’ll take just that cookie (You want the whole cookie)

And

I’ll take just a bit of that cookie (You want a piece of the cookie)

I made it just barely to the concert (Implies you were almost late)

And

I made it just to the concert (Implies you had something else to go to but you just went to the concert)

Perfection is the enemy of progress

You remember that one time you walked your dog into that real nice gas station bathroom?

It’s not just about dirt

Lawn darts were so cool

Anyone arguing that anything that happened on a previous day is relevant

This could make it premeditated

Ice sees gun, knows they could push a future altercation

Imagine if Pretti didn’t have a gun. Ice tackles unarmed guy and shoots him? Other than AI unbelievers it would be a hard sell.

It’s the whole “Is Pepsi fine?” Thing.

You ask if they have coke and they will say “is Pepsi fine?” Then you can say “Yes I’ll take a Sprite” and get Starry.

Like you can’t order a sprite without saying sprite. You cannot be like “I’ll take a soda” and expect sprite. Same with saying coke. You have to elaborate.

You could ask for a “coke” and accept any soda. But you’re not really calling what they are giving you coke. You just wanted any soda.