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Are people who took Ozempic really reinfecting fat for saggy faces? Supposedly the GLP-1 drugs have a lot of potential long-term health benefits besides reducing obesity.

Gaitok is a lowly-paid security guard. Until recently he wasn't even armed. He said himself that he wasn't going to fight the jewelry store robbers because it didn't go with his values. Even if it wasn't at conflict with his belief system why would he kill someone on behalf of his boss? He said the job wasn't important enough that he'd stay. He was willing to start from the bottom somewhere else, which made Mook cool about going out with him again -- seriously why doesn't she just get an LBH who would give her the lifestyle she apparently wants? Maybe Thai laws let business owners command their employees to kill. Or they have the money and influence to keep the resort out of trouble. But even if Sritala fixed it so the resort isn't in legal trouble, does want it known that her employees killed a guest at her behest? It would be scandalous, especially if someone captured Gaitok shooting Rick in the back. Conveniently, guests are heavily encouraged to give up their phones and other devices, maybe even dedicated cameras? There may be security cameras but they won't release that footage. However, the guests know that several people were slain during their stay, so the word of mouth would spread. TWL Thailand should be finished as a desirable destination.

What a bloodbath. Five bodies, could have been more, resort guests fleeing from the shooting, with 4 different shooters. One shooter arguably executed one of the other shooters rather than apprehend him and hand him to the authorities Unlike previous seasons, lives have changed. Rick's zen state lasted less than a day, so easily triggered. Did Hollinger have other children or he just have low opinion of Rick? He just wanted to taunt Rick? Because he had no interest in reconciling? Gaitok threw out his values when he went to pursue Rick, all at the behest of two women, Mook the Material Girl and vengeful Sritala. BTW, no legal repercussions to have a resort employee kill someone on the premises? What abut business consequences? Bad enough that people were shot and killed on the property but one of the killings was the resort security killing a client? Not to mention the earlier robbery. Unless there are no other high-end resorts on that island or the country, that has to affect business no? No Pina Colada for you Lochy! You said you could cope without having money and you like to please people so only Coke! Lochy isn't religious but when he floated towards the afterlife, it was the silhouettes of 4 monks peering down at him as he was rising to the surface of the water? The real missed opportunity here was showing Victoria when she learns that they're going to be destitute and Tim will likely face some incarceration. Though her shit-eating grin when Piper grovels about wanting to go back to the US was great too. BTW, how could she taste whether something's organic or not? Main difference is whether they used pesticides and other chemicals to grow the produce and livestock too. The monks may not have much, certainly no AC but they must have spices in Thailands? Can't imagine Thai dishes being bland. The women reconciled though they were probably not going to be any closer than they were before this adventure. That is until Rick killed Hollinger right in front of them and they had to flee when the cross gunfire started. Does that kind of trauma draw them closer together or their relationship will be the same as before? On the boat, they seem relaxed and laughing? Kind of a strange reaction given what they experience within the past 24 hours. Even the Ratliffs seemed calm, as were Belinda and Zion, though they have $5 million reasons to be happy. Belinda's stance changed as soon as Zion threw out the $5 million number. What business? What Pornchai? So much for setting a good example for Zion, first caught in the act when Zion arrives and flip-flopping immediately on her stated principles. Well principles don't pay for the bills at The White Lotus. Speaking of which, if Tim's accounts have been frozen or confiscated, how do they check out? They had some incidentals you know. All those meals and of course the Pina Colada mix, rum and the "off" coconut milk.

I watched the old movies as a kid, never had any desire to see any more but saw the reviews for this one. It’s not the special effects, it’s the survivors guilt from a war which sacrificed so many lives. Crucially the task of stopping Godzilla falls to citizens, though how did just citizens get access to warships, a prototype fighter and all that equipment? Shikishima shouldn’t feel guilty, because it made no sense to go on a kamikaze mission in the final days of the war. Nor would he have killed Godzilla at Odo island because we see that it’s virtually indestructible — because there will be more Godzilla movies.

And before woke, it was PC and CRT.

Maybe now that Craig has more money, he's doing some coke.

Craig said Paige has completely cut him off, not answering his attempts to contact her. He seems at a loss for why she broke off or what he might have done to alienate her that she isn't even interested in having a conversation with him. So he has no clue as to what he might have done. Or maybe she's just that kind of person, once she's over you, you're dead to her. Despite calling each other chicken and talking about marriage and kids, the affection didn't run too deep. Or maybe the relationship they claimed to have on the show wasn't representative at all of reality. Go figure, something on a reality show wasn't real?

Definitely people have a stereotypical view of Alaskans. It's been decades since Northern Exposure, not that that was representative. Unfortunately people's views of Alaska may be skewed more recently by the former governor there who ran for VP. It just seemed a peculiar thing that Sewing Down South, of all things, kind of caught on up there, to a certain extent.

Saw the promos for this. She’s been living in Spain. But this is a good niche, now she can do shows based in other European countries, except Italy, since Stanley Tucci already covered Italy and I believe he owns a piece of Searching for Mexico and maybe this new show as well. Speaking of which, not a word on Heart of Italy, which was announced in 2023. There were reports of him shooting the show last summer, in Le Marche. But maybe his movie roles kept him from finishing that series?

Seattle to Wellington, NZ. Family of 6, the husband is a doctor working 70 hours while the wife, a lawyer, is now full-time stay at home mom. They are moving themselves and their 4 kids, ranging in age from 5 to 14, to NZ, for the husband to have a less-demanding job for a year and for the kids and the family as a whole to experience living in a different country together. They want 5 bedrooms -- each kid gets a bedroom, even the 5 year old? -- 3 bathrooms and a big yard. They want to be walkable to school for the kids and easier commute for the father, so he can spend more time with the family. Budget is $2500. House 1 is in a suburb, about 20 minutes from father's hospital workplace. It's 4 bedrooms and 2 bath for $2500. The master bedroom is downstairs while the other 3 bedrooms are upstairs so mom worries about the 5-year old being too far from them. The other big factor, they want a big yard because they encourage their kids to be active in all kinds of sports and the parents get involved in these physical activities with them. This house 1 doesn't have a big yard. House 2 is in a different suburb, 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, with the biggest yard of the 3 places. But it's $500 over budget at $3000 and the commute for dad is 35 minutes, though it's very close to school and shops and restaurants. House 3 is yet another suburb of Wellington, 4 bedrooms and 2 baths, not much of a yard. It's under budget at $2400 and closer commute to the hospital at 25 minutes, walkable to school for the kids. They rope in the kids for the decision. The kids all say to eliminate House 1. They want their own bedrooms and they like walkability because they couldn't walk to school back in Seattle. The parents say since they're moving them al the way to NZ, they owe it to them to have their own bedrooms. BTW, that wasn't the situation back in Seattle and they still have that home, because this is definitely 1-year experience. So they choose House 2, with the longer commute for dad and the over-budget price. But that's okay, he's working fewer hours than he was back in Seattle so despite the long commute, it's better work/life balance.

Oh man, what a wasteland. Nothing personal, never been up to Alaska. There has to be more there there?

I raised the bat thing because in the early days of covid, there was a suspicion that the virus originally came from some species of bat. There are photos of these markets where all kinds of bats were on display for sale an stories about some people having bat soup. So for Westerners, the notion of consuming bat is curious, to put it one way.

Not to mention all the discussion which this show generates between episodes. Still a water cooler show, even if a lot of people now work from home. That is how HBO captured the zeitgeist, when it’s tentpole shows were discussed at the office, on radio shows and TV talk shows and now podcasts and social media as well as forums. I don’t know if binged shows stimulates nearly as much online activity. Whether that’s a good or bad thing is in the eye of the beholder.

This is from Jesse Armstrong, the creator of Succession. In fact this is his first project since Succession. So he again writes a story about billionaires?

There was a time when it was suppose to be taboo for the crew to use guest cabins to supposedly get it on. Now it seems to happen every season on every BD show. It's suppose to prove that they’re really having sex, because couples writhing under the covers of the upper bunk in crew cabins is not convincing? When they started having crew go into guest cabins, you’d hear some moaning presumably recorded from the outside. Well that’s no proof because they can always loop in those sounds in post, in editing. But they’re not even bothering to do that any more. It was odd, as they came out of the cabin, supposedly the morning after, Harry and Bri both said thank you to each other. It’s as if they just met and exchanged gifts, not had some passionate night together. If they really got it on it must have been tepid.