Wealth is the set of all transformations that you are capable of bringing about. That is your wealth. And if optimism is true, then there's no limit to wealth - David Deutsch
@Manly13plus@AbelT24533@AnuGoswami04 Haha Bear was frustrating for sure, but also had she asked “Do you want to hang out sometime?” He would’ve said yes. “Do you like me?” almost sounds like a trick question, especially given how not subtle Bear was
@ILoveCalebW18@TenDollasAG@akki6923@zakfilm After seeing Nikki harm herself at the party, and even being the one telling Bear Nikki is not herself, as the guy sleeping with her, you’d think he’d know Bear has side plausibility here.
But hey I’m not complaining, it’s a movie and it was great
@giantsyanksheat@y47wb8r74j@zakfilm Its more like a split personality. Think of it like when you’re at work vs with your friends, your self changes. Then think of the emotions and selfs we have like a dial, then think of love as a drug, then imagine the dial is stuck beyond max
@y47wb8r74j@giantsyanksheat@zakfilm That’s what makes the movie so interesting and why it has so much discourse . It’s like when someone is addicted to a drug and they lie and manipulate their way to getting more. It’s scary because it’s part human to be like that and we all know humans are capable of it
@el_bossmon@zakfilm You’re savage bro 😅 I think the movie wants us to take into account he had been manipulated to kingdom come at this point, considered ending it all many times over since calling the wish line and likely going through some form of dissociation
@AnuGoswami04@DeeBell308@wickshorror We all hated bear’s decisions but at this point he was completely out of options, he had probably contemplated ending it many times over
Any other course of action was risky or prone to Nikki going something
@giantsyanksheat@y47wb8r74j@zakfilm The problem is the director said it’s not a possession, which means part of it was Nikki. Like the darkest most intrusive thoughts parts of her has surfacing due to her love dial dialled up beyond max. The way she reacted to him calling her lie out was horrific even without magic
@ellie1981@CinemaTweets1 The movie did well because out of the many ways in which such an abstract concept could’ve been explored, it picked one that was interesting and told it with great cinematography and creepiness all while being a great Aristotelian tragedy
@ellie1981@CinemaTweets1 It’s because “Love” is abstract and English is non deterministic. Like wishing “someone wanted to earn a $1b” that can take many forms, and it can be a relentless mental battle of achieving that goal. You might start of with innocent attempts from base knowledge, then escalate
Obsession Theory (Spoiler Alert):
Obsession is an allegory for AI prompting, Vibe Coding etc. Many argue english is not deterministic enough to build software with, what about to grant wishes with?
Obsession theory (spoiler alert):
The wish has to be drawing some of it’s power from the wish maker somehow
How else would it know Bear is referring to that particular Nikki and not all Nikkis or that it’s romantic love
How else would it know Ian means USD and not Zim Dollars
@VideoDave@Typoonsplosion@Iam_kiNGn Lex has billions going into collecting and studying all the anomalies and Artifacts of their universe.
Biology relies on the nervous system, so just interrupt that
Weapons rely on thermodynamics, so just play with their laws. Mainly the 1st law