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jimmy2k4o .

Dude please put your phone away. We don’t pay you to watch you split your attention. It’s rather infuriating.

jimmy2k4o .

I counted 7 times you took out your phone. Totally ruined the reaction. I’ve been a patron of your for at least a year but that was the worst one ever. So insulting.

dys

You might need a bit more caffeine before some of these solo reactions :) re Laika: "I really hope they're just making that up for the show"... nope, sorry. Laika overheated to death. re Hollywood not making living in the Soviet Union fun, the Soviet launch site is Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It's just a very desolate area with or without Russian politics, Hollywood doesn't need to do any doctoring to make it look like a miserable place to live compared to Cape Canaveral or Houston. I'm not surprised the cosmonauts wanted to try American food in America. I always want to try the local food even when I'm visiting a country not known for its food, for example visiting Denmark my Danish friends there were surprised I wanted to try traditional food and not just the highly-rated but not very traditional Copenhagen food scene. I had a similar experience in Lithuania with my friend there wanting to show off the best American-style food when I was much more interested in the traditional local cuisine. On the other hand my brother's wife is from Malaysia and has been living in the US for several years in small towns not known for authentic southeast Asian food, and when she (and my brother and their kid) visits me in NYC she's really happy to go to the decently authentic Malaysian restaurants we have here for a taste of home. Can't blame her because Malaysian food is so, so good. Went to Malaysia myself recently and still can't stop thinking about the food. Learning about duck and cover as a kid in the 90s, growing up a few years after the immediate threat had passed, it always seemed so dumb. How could getting under a desk protect you against a nuclear bomb? But now I realize that wasn't a stupid strategy at all. If you're in the city center you'll just be vaporized, but if you're a few miles out the immediate danger is windows shattering, which hiding under a desk actually could protect you from.

dys

I think he was just falling asleep. Which is something that is really hard to fight against with the best of intentions.

jimmy2k4o .

Nah man his arm was moving he was looking at his phone, when his right arm moved his eyes went down and when he moved his arm back his eyes returned. I work in an office where people try to subtly look at their phones at desk. Everybody thinks they’re not obvious when doing it and they are. it’s becoming an increasingly rude habit among reactors.

Youtalkingtome

Again, I apologize. My family was having some difficulties while traveling. You're right though, I should have waited until after wards.

Roland Cooke

That scene where Ed and Karen speak to Kelly about her adoption landed so hard. "You weren't a Band-Aid, you were a heart transplant". Dusty in here. And I'm not sure if I got it the first time around, but it makes sense that they adopted a child who wouldn't be any resemblance to Shane, would serve to reduce the stress on all three of them.

Roland Cooke

Jimmy, you make a reasonable point, and Kevin has apologized. But these guys are not our employees. Your posts always come across (to me) as caustic - it's just against the spirit of the rest of the community here. Please, just a thought for the future.

jimmy2k4o .

Upon reflection i regret my comments. It’s sad what feels right when you’re angry seldom does after you’ve calmed. For context for all mankind has been my favourite show since season 1 was airing. I’ve been lobbying reactors for years to try it but it being an underrated show means many don’t see the profit in reacting to it. Another show that I equally love and regretted not seeing reactions to is the west wing. That’s how I met this channel. When they started FAM I was so happy I thought it was a dream (literally) Now Sunday nights are a highlight of my week because there’s a new reaction I’m a hot tempered guy at the best of times but yesterday was tough and I got through by reminding myself it’s FAM day and they’ll be a new reaction when I get home. I did my chores and made a sandwich and pre rolled some joints to enjoy it. And when something cool happened or was said I’d look at the laptop and see him on his phone. I felt robbed because I put too much stock in the event. I also have a pet hate for people on phones mid movie/show. I used to work in a cinema and had to tell people phones away as part of my job, even before that as a guest in the cinema I’d tell strangers to put their phones away. I posted one comment part way through the video hoping that it would aide my mood, and I posted another at the end of the video because it just happened more and more frequently and at the end I wanted to say how many times it happened. It was repetitive and belligerent, with the council of time i wished I maintained a cooler head.

Kristi Govertsen

Great episode! This season IS set in the 80s 🙂. It’s too bad they couldn’t include more music of the era. I guess they had more important things to budget for (like the awesome special effects that make the space stuff spectacular). 🚀 I thought the Ken Burns multi-part documentary about the National Parks system was incredible, so it sounds like I should add the one about the highways to my “to watch” list. 🎶Ain’t no party like a Ken Burns party ‘cause a Ken Burns party is always way more interesting than his documentary titles would indicate🎶

Sarah P

I feel for Larry. As you mentioned, being at Boeing instead of NASA doesn’t mean that being openly gay wouldn’t tank his career in the 80s. (That’s aside from any other personal/familial ramifications.) If they divorce, and Ellen comes out, it will force Larry to either come out himself, or double-down on his own closetedness by pretending that he didn’t know Ellen was gay. He’s being a real champion by facing this new reality head-on. I hope they’re both OK!

Roland Cooke

Shades of Jamestown base..... > NASA is still deciding how two astronauts will return to Earth after their Boeing Starliner mission encountered issues that delayed their trip home for eight weeks. As they wait on the International Space Station, concerns are now mounting over the limited supply of "consumables" — such as food — on board. < https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/14/science/boeing-starliner-astronaut-return-update/index.html?utm_term=17237198265627e60fba004aa&utm_source=cnn_Five+Things+for+Thursday%2C+August+15%2C+2024&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=kEMs8ch3B%2FEcf6kLnwBRrK946xNpUqMAUCm2lpvVgr4ywdxn0o8FfDZil4WDC49r&bt_ts=1723719826565

dys

I'm really glad you said this. This has been probably the most positive community I've seen in the reactor space, and I didn't think one video of Kevin being occasionally distracted justified the tone you took.