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Der Dybuk - 1937
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Don't know what prompted me to watch this, but there go 2 hours of my life I'll never get back. Bloody hell.
YouTube: Quantum AI Elon Musk Scam
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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I mean, Elon Musk is a scammer for sure, but this is hilarious...
YouTube, frequently in the ads that pop up, I get one with Elon Musk telling me that I've been selected ... one of 45 people... he doesn't know how, specially selected.
And I know it's a scam, I mean, know, but if I didn't the fact that I've received this ad a few times would tell me...I'm being selected...again and again.
And I've never listened to it to the end, he wants to make me rich, he's just that sort of guy, at which point I'm off listening to or watching the content I came for, but I know people - I mean; how stupid do you have to be to fall for this, yet, here we are, they wouldn't be running it if they weren't making a killing...
Now, at what point does Google/YouTube start becoming responsible for the ads they run?
It's like Facebook, which, while I report any number of their ads - for adult websites, or underaged girls in lingerie asking me to like their photos - who vets these things? I mean, it's the wild west out there, and they seem to put the onus on their customers to report these things - and - who knows if they actually stop running the ads, I think they just stop showing them to the complainer, they probably make too much off of them to be picky, so run adult content, illegal content even, make the money, and hide it when people complain.
I almost feel like I'm being a poor sport about it all...
Infinity Pool - Brandon Cronenberg
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This made the list, then somehow got forgotten about. And so I watched last night/this morning.
A lot to digest.
The premise, a couple on vacation discover that their wealth excludes them from the consequences of their actions.
Beautifully shot, explored, amazing locations and sets, and, as per family tradition, the judicious use of gore.
An uncomfortable watch, henceforth the poor reviews, but - very well done. An absolutely savage portrayal of (Insert Nationality Here) on Vacation, of privilege, wealth, of the inanity of resort vacations, and an excruciating dissection of lives lived without consequence or accountability.
An excellent film, stylistically shot but not entirely to my taste - or to most peoples, I suspect, hence the poor reviews, the truth here is flayed in exquisite detail, and there's not a single sympathetic character (other than that of the detective, who perfectly rebukes them with the lines: "You feel you have been inconvenienced?" &"Our country is not a playground for foreign Children...".)
Now back to work.
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