I guess I wasn’t trying to say there’s absolutely no-one that idolises homelander. Some people watch Star Wars and want Darth Vader to win. There’s not many of them, and social media tends to amplify the “edge lord” opinions.

Just that I thought sometimes pearl-clutchers can see people enjoying something that contains horrific aspects and interpret it as meaning those people support horrific things.

Anthony Starr is knocking it out of the park. Amazing performance.

The comics are from long before Trump. (2006-2012) Homelander is just what happens when you give a flawed person Superman powers. That’s the whole premise of the Boys. “What-if superhumans were real people with real flaws?”.

He’s the manifestation of “absolute power corrupts absolutely”.

The Boys is great because it explores how horrific a world like that would be, and how close that world is to ours.

Thankfully I’ve not seen people fawning over Home Lander. I see people say they exist, but I do wonder if that’s drive-by people mistaking fandom of the show for fandom of Homelander.

The guy is a forever child whose insecurity makes him a monster. You’re shown how all his “romantic” relationships are about him being mothered. He literally keeps breast milk in his fridge. He’s an infant given god like powers. There is nothing inspirational about him.

He’s a great villain though.

Indeed. It’s masking how bad the US economy actually is. I read recently that about a third of economic activity in the US is currently a few big tech companies pumping each other. Take that away and the underlying picture is ugly.

We don’t have 2025 data because 2025 isn’t finished yet.

Yes, but do you think that rate is good enough given they are still growing coal at a massive rate?

We imported all the consumer protection laws, so as long as this isn’t a recent change it will be the same in the UK.

You said it was their trajectory. It’s not. Renewables are a part of their plan, sure, but that coal graph isn’t turning around.

No problems isn’t excellent.

No problems is what I expect. It should be ordinary. Excellence means they went over and above.

…and very good at a 9 and exceptional at a 10.

Sounds like a good scale to me. You need headroom for a really good experience.

China is far from full renewable.

I’ve never understood why the HR people always see “not asking questions about the company” or “not demonstrating knowledge about the company” as such a red flag.

People are looking for a job, not a cult to join.

Do we actually know where the money for all this is coming from? The hardware and power bills alone should look like a huge black hole for any company doing this. Completely unsustainable, and yet Microsoft, Meta, Google, Apple all continue to function without issues.

The revenue generated is tiny, so where is the money coming from?