
u/amit_rdx

Spot any Flip-Slips?
In earlier episodes of Bernadette, she claims she is good at handling kids as her mother run an illegal day-care in their basement.
In season 5 ep 12 she finds it hard to handle kids and Howard says that she hasnt been around kids much.
This is an example of a flip in a character that slipped into the plot. Spot any more?
Having a bit of a Mandella effect
Without googling or reading the comments, what do you think is the girl in the ss (Alice) about to say?
ps - I will edit in pps what I think I remember and what I am hearing currently on the rewatch
I attended a self-help conference inside my own head.
One voice said:
"Planning and execution use different parts of the brain."
Another voice replied:
"That's like asking your cricket coach for marriage advice."
Then someone asked:
"So who should I listen to?"
And somehow the answer that landed was:
You are your best friend.
You can read books.
You can learn frameworks.
You can collect advice.
But at some point, all of it has to pass through a simple filter:
"What would I tell my best friend if he were in my exact situation?"
Lately, that question has been more useful than most
productivity systems.
Curious:
Has anyone else noticed that self-improvement often becomes easier when you stop treating yourself like a project and start treating yourself like a friend?
Longer duration would have helped?
Everyone keeps saying that the show declined in quality from season 5. It is relatable. The obvious explanation is due to introduction of 2 new long term relationships, Shamy and Howarnette. It may have taken the focus away from science to friendships and relationships.
However, if the duration of the episodes were increased by 5 mins and used it to include more science and nerd, we could have had the best of the both worlds
Brands vs Franchise
Why is it necessary to cover brands and names like Coke, Apple, etc. during scenes but not necessary to cover franchise names like Star Wars, Battle Star Galactica, Indiana Jones, etc.?
Won't they benefit or hurt the same?
Explain your version of nonduality in metaphors/analogies/anecdotes/like I am 5
Looking at a paradox is not same as looking at the whole
When we say A and ~A form a paradox, we forget that A and ~A are also complimentary and together they complete a set.
And any set is only a subset of the Superset or the Universal set.
Which means a paradox seems like a paradox only because we are looking at the subset and not the superset, the whole.
A -> S -> U
Free to chat. DM
Optional conversation starter - what if the time stopped?
JK Wordcloud
I am new to JK but I am beginning to see some words that repeat often in his dialogues and texts. I thought it would be interesting to gather them. I used Claude to gather these and form a wordcloud. Sharing it here for others to see and reflect
Try this hack
Let's say you want XYZ
- if you can do it in one or few tries, say
I do XYZ easily
- if it takes more tries, say
I am persistent at XYZ
- if you have never done it, say
I can XYZ
Hausla Indhan Badla
Literally what pbks needs now.
Hausla to qualify
Indhan to win the eliminators
Badla, as we will face rcb again either at eliminator or final
Quantum Visualizer SoapBox
As quantum theory suggests all particles are connected across space and time, a camera and screen can be made that will take any thing as an input and give output status and location of objects that ever came close to that thing.
Over decades the tech will evolve and eventually we will get the visuals from anywhere across the universe.
Meet Halex Dunphy
I always wondered while watching why they wrote Alex, who is unlike any other character.
CREME = Cholesterol Rich Emulated Milk Extract
Creme biscuits are not really Cream biscuits.
Creme = fake cream.
Creme biscuits are bad for all and especially kids who gobble them in chunks.
The same goes for the commercial creme that covers up the cakes that people buy to celebrate their special days.
PS: Birthdays literally are reducing your life by one year each year.