I watched "The Polyamory Problem: Why Do People In Open Relationships
Always Look Like That?"
What did everyone else watch?
On 1/31/2026 3:52 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
I watched "The Polyamory Problem: Why Do People In Open Relationships Always Look Like That?"
Look like what? I think this may say more about the people who made the movie if they are traveling in circles where they know so many people
who are in polyamory relationships that they can recognize a specific
look. And how big was their sample size anyway?
Shelter (theatrical) New action movie starring Jason Statham. Statham
plays a tough guy hero who doesn't say much. He's a government assassin
who has retired from the business and now lives alone with his dog. But when MI6 discovers his location they send a team to kill him, but end up killing his dog.
I watched "The Polyamory Problem: Why Do People In Open Relationships
Always Look Like That?" It's from Andrew Briggs, a new channel for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRzbOFDvjaE&list=TLPQMzAwMTIwMjZ- >TUlLL3tbKQ&index=3
The title is a flippant question, but the essay is a pretty sharp >examination of why poly is bad for relationships and people. It's fairly >anti-poly, though it does give due credence to the arguments in favor.
It goes into some detail, and it's not unkind to those who fall into it.
I like this channel, which bills itself as trying to give nuance to >questions we've been convinced are too complicated. I'll probably try a
few more from him.
I then watched "You are being misled about renewable energy
technology," from Technology Connections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM
Most of the essay is a pretty solid look at how partisanship can lead us
to oppose things, like solar and wind power, which may not save us all
but do no harm.
For instance, he recounts how Jimmy Carter installed
solar water heaters in the White House during the energy crisis, and
Reagan removed them during renovations. It would have made more sense to >reinstall them, but it was more Republican to get rid of them.
. . .
Shelter (theatrical) New action movie starring Jason Statham. Statham
plays a tough guy hero who doesn't say much. He's a government assassin
who has retired from the business and now lives alone with his dog. But >when MI6 discovers his location they send a team to kill him, but end up >killing his dog. That was a mistake because now John Wick, I mean
Statham, goes after the people who killed his dog. That's close enough
to the plot. There is also a young girl in danger thrown into the mix
that Statham has to save. Fortunately for the girl in danger Staham's >character has a very particular set of skills. Skills that he acquired
over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people
like that.
Look, it's an action movie starring Jason Statham. In the movie Statham >shoots, stabs, and beats people to death with a chain wrapped around a
pipe. He kills the bad guys and saves the girl. What more could you
want? The script practically writes itself.
Ubiquitous wrote:
I watched:
Beastie Boys | So What?cha Want | Muppets Version
https://youtu.be/kq-VNCGBDRU?si=_v49vIegoocFDT_I
Starfleet Academy RUINED Klingons In Star Trek
https://youtu.be/FPjN2YexPmE?si=i61DZ636B3grELuL
Starfleet Academy S01 E04 Review: Luxury Gay Space Communists!
https://youtu.be/QG4e4kuOLoM?si=zyrqO7OgZtgCrlQJ
What did you watch?
I watched "The Polyamory Problem: Why Do People In Open Relationships
Always Look Like That?" It's from Andrew Briggs, a new channel for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRzbOFDvjaE&list=TLPQMzAwMTIwMjZ-TUlLL3tbKQ&index=3
The title is a flippant question, but the essay is a pretty sharp >examination of why poly is bad for relationships and people. It's fairly >anti-poly, though it does give due credence to the arguments in favor.
It goes into some detail, and it's not unkind to those who fall into it.
I like this channel, which bills itself as trying to give nuance to >questions we've been convinced are too complicated. I'll probably try a
few more from him.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Shelter (theatrical) New action movie starring Jason Statham. Statham
plays a tough guy hero who doesn't say much. He's a government assassin
who has retired from the business and now lives alone with his dog. But
when MI6 discovers his location they send a team to kill him, but end up
killing his dog. That was a mistake because now John Wick, I mean
Statham, goes after the people who killed his dog. That's close enough
to the plot. There is also a young girl in danger thrown into the mix
that Statham has to save. Fortunately for the girl in danger Staham's
character has a very particular set of skills. Skills that he acquired
over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people
like that.
Look, it's an action movie starring Jason Statham. In the movie Statham
shoots, stabs, and beats people to death with a chain wrapped around a
pipe. He kills the bad guys and saves the girl. What more could you
want? The script practically writes itself.
He's in his late 50s. No fan watches his movies for acting nor script.
His fights in his best movies were long takes, absolutely no rapid cuts,
with excellent choreography. The moves were realistic and never special effects.
I forgot the movie I just watched, maybe a year old. He had bulked up
and had possibly taken steroids. Statham never had a comic book
superhero body because he's supposed to be a thin, wirey guy who is
extremely agile. He looks like he can fight because he's well trained
for fighting, not for aesthetics.
All we care about is the fight choreography, not a bulked up hero.
Did the fight choreography excel, or is he unable to do as much versus
when he was younger?
On 1/31/2026 3:52 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
I watched "The Polyamory Problem: Why Do People In Open Relationships
Always Look Like That?"
Look like what?ÿ I think this may say more about the people who made the movie if they are traveling in circles where they know so many people
who are in polyamory relationships that they can recognize a specific
look.ÿ And how big was their sample size anyway?
snip
What did everyone else watch?
I watched:
Hard Eight (Paramount+) 1996 movie written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.ÿ I'm about to dive into the Paul Thomas Anderson movies in my collection, but first I watched one of the ones not in my collection.
This was PTA's first movie and features a lot of the regular actors who would show up in his later movies.ÿ This one stars Philip Baker Hall as
an older professional gambler who takes under his wings two broken
people, John C. Reilly, and Gwyneth Paltrow.ÿ Samuel L. Jackson also
pops up in a larger than expected role.ÿ While not as good as PTA's
later work, it's an interesting movie and still worth a watch.
Especially to see where it all began.
Shelter (theatrical) New action movie starring Jason Statham.ÿ Statham
plays a tough guy hero who doesn't say much.ÿ He's a government assassin
who has retired from the business and now lives alone with his dog.ÿ But when MI6 discovers his location they send a team to kill him, but end up killing his dog.ÿ That was a mistake because now John Wick, I mean
Statham, goes after the people who killed his dog.ÿ That's close enough
to the plot.ÿ There is also a young girl in danger thrown into the mix
that Statham has to save. Fortunately for the girl in danger Staham's character has a very particular set of skills. Skills that he acquired
over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people
like that.
Look, it's an action movie starring Jason Statham.ÿ In the movie Statham shoots, stabs, and beats people to death with a chain wrapped around a
pipe.ÿ He kills the bad guys and saves the girl.ÿ What more could you
want?ÿ The script practically writes itself.
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