Interesting Links for 25-01-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Inside the Mating Psychology of Incels

(tags:celibacy sex psychology )

2. Nicola Sturgeon shares my opinion of Boris Johnson

(tags:BorisJohnson politics incompetence pandemic )

3. How people laugh online in different languages and cultures

(tags:laughter language )

4. Which Shows Got Their Finale Right, and Which Didn't? A Statistical Analysis

(tags:TV statistics )

5. Pizza Hut releases a ramen pizza in Japan, and it took half a year to perfect

(tags:pizza food japan viaSwampers )

6. UK companies won't be allowed to add mandatory fees at checkout in the future.

(tags:uk business shopping regulation )

7. What's going on with Gorgie City Farm?

(tags:edinburgh farm animals )

8. Military interests are pushing new nuclear power – and the UK government has finally admitted it

(tags:nuclearpower military uk )

9. Netflix password crackdown fuels sign-up surge

(tags:netflix passwords business )

Comments

BTVS postmortem

[calimac]

It's hard to emphasize just how much I agree with what you just wrote. I found both seasons 6 and 7 to be slack and padded, and I kept watching only because I was steeped in it so far, returning were as tedious as go o'er. (allusion obvious, I hope) I would have preferred incorporating the highlights of 6-7 (the musical episode, the psychiatrist vampire) into season 5, beefing up that already somewhat iffy season, and going out at the end of it with a bang.

Re: BTVS postmortem

[andrewducker]

No disagreement here.

There were bits I liked. But an awful lot I didn't.