Nathan asks "where did things go wrong" to several people, usually aiming to elicit a response about how the court case went sideways. When he asks her dad, dad's response is "when she was raped." And, uh, yeah, I agree!

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In talking with a close (woman) friend about the film a lot yesterday, this is one item we keep coming back to. It's essential to understand this story through a gender lens, especially given what we know about AI safety cults in 2026. YCSE does this in several ways.

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Thinking again about this Defunctland about animatronics and how Walt Disney would absolutely be a genAI guy now

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The more I learn about Walt as a guy (mostly from Defunctland, tbf), the more I feel like he’s just the 20th century’s Elon. What he actually envisioned for EPCOT was so fucking stupid it could only come from Billionaire Brain.

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Right, that’s the trick: people expect fraudsters to be masters of words and emotions who will cast a spell on you, but in reality it’s someone saying “I made the greatest thing on earth, don’t worry about the details, give me money?” and you being too afraid of missing the boat to say no.

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