Comments by "secretgoldfish" (@secretgoldfish) on "Lex Fridman on Taxi Driver" video.

  1. Accept (and wallow in) your 'oh me' loneliness folks (and with a heartfelt sigh)....it's what the algorithm (and its creepy creators) always intended......plus you can always have a dehumanised 'relationship' with an OnlyFans girl where the manipulative algorithm will at least get a cut of the proceeds too!
    1
  2. Lex is a kind hearted (and lonely) caring guy but is often more than a little naive too while he confuses less-challenging politeness-over-prioritisation based conversation with wisdom (as the 'please like me' algorithm intended). Travis in Taxi Driver is a good lonely character study because he ultimately chooses to do something selfless DESPITE what his inner damaged, cynical (and paranoid) self tells him. The joker film which aped this (and King of Comedy) unfortunately had none of the same redeeming features (outside of looking striking) while it seemed to just promote more cynical, dehumanised (and now increasingly normalised) nihilism instead ......with some of that self-justified (and then self-serving) sense of victimhood as well which is also now increasingly popular (alongside hoping that we'll umm 'empathise' with villains)
    1
  3. Travis in Taxi Driver is a good lonely character study BECAUSE he ultimately chooses to do something selfless DESPITE what his inner damaged, cynical (and paranoid) self tells him.  The joker film by comparison, which aped this (and King of Comedy), unfortunately had none of the same redeeming features (outside of looking striking) while it seemed to just promote more cynical, dehumanised (and now increasingly normalised) nihilism instead ......with some of that self-justified (and then self-serving) sense of victimhood as well, which is also now increasingly popular (alongside hoping that we'll umm 'empathise' with villains!)
    1