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im having a hard time nailing down frank's motivation. Power is just too broad of a thing for them to attribute it to him
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Finished this season. Was uninterested for the most part.
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This has to end with Doug spilling all the beans, right? Underwoods got a little fast and loose with murdering people this season. This better come back to bite them.
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I'm really struggling to finish this season. Incredibly boring.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:Finished this season. Was uninterested for the most part.
Spoiler: show
This has to end with Doug spilling all the beans, right? Underwoods got a little fast and loose with murdering people this season. This better come back to bite them.
That's the problem with this fucking show. The house of cards has to come tumbling down at some point. Right now it's just a long, dreadfully boring slog with a seemingly infinitely deferred conclusion that feels like a chore to get through.
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I wish this series was only 3 or 4 seasons. Could have been good.
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theplatypus wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Finished this season. Was uninterested for the most part.
Spoiler: show
This has to end with Doug spilling all the beans, right? Underwoods got a little fast and loose with murdering people this season. This better come back to bite them.
That's the problem with this fucking show. The house of cards has to come tumbling down at some point. Right now it's just a long, dreadfully boring slog with a seemingly infinitely deferred conclusion that feels like a chore to get through.
It certainly feels that way. I really hope the next season is the last. The reporter needs to connect the dots and bring this thing down.
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We need to fuck up the states and push the election to the House. We need to fuck up the House and push the election to the states. We need to ... wait, what? This is season 3 all over again. Frank isn't killing anyone. He isn't fucking anyone. He's playing World of Warcraft, and I don't know the rules.
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B wrote:We need to fuck up the states and push the election to the House. We need to fuck up the House and push the election to the states. We need to ... wait, what? This is season 3 all over again. Frank isn't killing anyone. He isn't fucking anyone. He's playing World of Warcraft, and I don't know the rules.
Why do we even watch this show?
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
B wrote:We need to fuck up the states and push the election to the House. We need to fuck up the House and push the election to the states. We need to ... wait, what? This is season 3 all over again. Frank isn't killing anyone. He isn't fucking anyone. He's playing World of Warcraft, and I don't know the rules.
Why do we even watch this show?
Because we started it.
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I don't think I've ever disliked a tv character as much as I do Tom.
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Anders wrote:I do not have a «neoliberal assessment of geopolitics», so please stop writing that I do.
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Good. It needed to end two seasons ago.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Sexual misconduct finally brings down a president.
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THEYVe cancelled / suspended the next season.
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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Calibrate your enthusiasm
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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No idea how they could keep this going without Frank Underwood.
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