Thundercles

[quote] It’s just a photo.[/quote] The story behind it is that it's literally just a photo. They had a guy on set taking pictures and he took this shot of the actor putting on his costume, unaware that he was being photographed. James Gunn must have thought it portrayed the idea of the film wel...

I've been watching playoff hockey and was just thinking how insane being a goalie is. They're on constant edge for the entire game, the longest break between attacks is what, 30 seconds? Giant men are flying around and the puck is constantly vanishing and then it's rifled at them traveling 80-100 mp...

Refreshing to see a comedian actually go into acting rather than end up on the infinite podcast / live show circlejerk tour....

I would love to, but I would resort to violence, end up on TikTok, and lose my job....

[quote]Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, etc benefit from not holding any romance to their architecture [/quote] I feel you there, but these cities are flat running out of options. There's simply no more clear space in Dallas, so the best they can do is buy up and try to clear up old neighborhoods and cr...

Seems that loud activists always call for more population density and more housing options in cities. But none of the actual residents already there - especially the local politicians who control permits - have any interest in having more low income people in their neighborhoods. Any area in whic...

[quote]I see most people didn’t read the article. The guy was a green beret for a decade and did several tours. This wasn’t some soy boy[/quote] Turns out he died from a blood clot that moved to the heart. After separating from the military last year....

[quote]As an aside, I’ve noticed an interesting approach at startup SaaS companies with engineers in particular[/quote] There was a wild phenomenon called "rest and vest" with silicon valley engineers for a long time, pretty much from 2010 to 2022 where they would just cruise through the day doing ...

There's a slew of new conversation this week after a 35 year old guy dropped dead from being "overworked" and now people are coming out of the woodwork claiming horrible conditions and demanding "change". This happens every 2-3 years it seems (the complaints, not dying suddenly), and it's always the...

[quote] I have always wondered how or why a person's credit worthiness can be harmed by medical debt.[/quote] If you don't pay a person you owe money to, the next person you ask to lend you money will be curious if you will also not pay the money you owe them. Mystery solved here. [quote]The ...