U.S. Politics

Wicker_Basket · 2025-10-14T13:14:30-0400

there's gonna be so much government-enforced sanctimony when Trump dies. I'm already dreading it!

PantherCult · 2025-10-14T13:52:16-0400

I will admit my wife struggles with my stance on not tolerating the justification of bad things with people who are'/were friends. We have some people that were close friends of ours for years.. but Trump broke the relationship.... at least for me. The wife is anti-abortuon and literally said she could look past everything else Trump and associates did or does to get abortion criminalized. Her husbamd is british and became virulently anti-immigrant... irony completely lost on him. After Trump was elected the first time I tried to have a reasoned conversation with them - these are people I'd been friends with for a dozen years so wanted to have a dialogue. But when they couldn't meet my reasoned points with equally reasoned responses they got pissy and blamed me for being mean. My wife wanted to continue to socialize with them but I refused. I couldn't promise not to refute their nonsense if they brought it up. So I haven't seen them in 8 years now. My wife still thinks I'm being part of the problem, but I can't put blinders on and pretend these people aren't contributing to an environment that is actively harmful to other friends of ours.

I do have the 'luxury' of living in California so the local political environment is more agrreeable than the national one.

altcunningham · 2025-10-14T17:19:32-0400

joshsquash729 said:
They were just jealous of that TAD- Tylenol Autism Dick.

In a rain-soaked city of vice and microaggressions, one detective sees every pattern except social ones. Jake Spectrum, a brilliant but brutally literal autistic private eye, solves crimes by noticing what neurotypicals overlook, exposing corruption, and confusing waiters everywhere he goes.

Gianna Franchi is the streetwise ex-cop turned reluctant partner. She interprets Spectrum's literalism for witnesses, translating his deadpan honesty into something resembling people skills.

Alicia Cremesino is a sultry art gallery owner who "collects rare men." She hires Spectrum to find her missing husband, but every clue leads back to her, and every word she says has three meanings he can't quite parse. Perfume and poison in equal measure.

When she flirts, Spectrum misses the cues, then asks flatly, "Is that relevant to the case?"
"Maybe, Detective. Maybe I am the case."

His inner monologue is just noise cancelling headphones. When a villain mentions their plan, Spectrum has a tangent of interesting trivia ready to unleash. When someone says to follow the money, he takes it literally, following cash across town. Everyone underestimates him until it's revealed, he's already solved the case... And correcting their grammar.

In a city full of liars, it takes someone who can't fake empathy to find the truth.

Tylenol Autism Dick.

This fall on The CW.

"I'm gonna call you Tylenol, because you make my headaches worse before they get better." - recurring line from Franchi.

Chooch555 · 2025-10-14T17:36:00-0400

altcunningham said:
His inner monologue is just noise cancelling headphones.

I don't know why, but that particularly line killed me. I appreciate you @altcunningham

joshsquash729 · 2025-10-14T18:22:02-0400

altcunningham said:
In a rain-soaked city of vice and microaggressions, one detective sees every pattern except social ones. Jake Spectrum, a brilliant but brutally literal autistic private eye, solves crimes by noticing what neurotypicals overlook, exposing corruption, and confusing waiters everywhere he goes.

Gianna Franchi is the streetwise ex-cop turned reluctant partner. She interprets Spectrum's literalism for witnesses, translating his deadpan honesty into something resembling people skills.

Alicia Cremesino is a sultry art gallery owner who "collects rare men." She hires Spectrum to find her missing husband, but every clue leads back to her, and every word she says has three meanings he can't quite parse. Perfume and poison in equal measure.

When she flirts, Spectrum misses the cues, then asks flatly, "Is that relevant to the case?"
"Maybe, Detective. Maybe I am the case."

His inner monologue is just noise cancelling headphones. When a villain mentions their plan, Spectrum has a tangent of interesting trivia ready to unleash. When someone says to follow the money, he takes it literally, following cash across town. Everyone underestimates him until it's revealed, he's already solved the case... And correcting their grammar.

In a city full of liars, it takes someone who can't fake empathy to find the truth.

Tylenol Autism Dick.

This fall on The CW.

"I'm gonna call you Tylenol, because you make my headaches worse before they get better." - recurring line from Franchi.