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Why is Apple even doing iPhone launches anymore? Everything is pre-recorded anyway (and will be this year too) – so just put it on you tube on September 12 and release the phones. Why so much drama around this. I miss the in-person reveals Apple did, but its also clear that once Jobs passed and pandemic hit, Apple much prefers these pre-recorded ones coz they don’t have to show the product at all.

*Barbenheimer* is both, the absolute worst marketing device ever and also the most successful one in a while. Its a reflection on Americans more than anything else that they cannot, and do not think beyond themselves. One is a movie about kid’s doll, and other is about a fucking man who helped invent something that killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people. The way media & people use the term is really an insult on the tragedy that unfolded because of the man. Its not a surprise Japan is pissed – they should really be and call out Americans. They can both be terrific movies, and thats beside the point.

Meryl Streep is one of the most overrated actress there is. There is literally no difference between any role she does. Take 10 movies and cut random scenes from each movie and see them – you won’t know the difference between any and you’ll be forgiven for mixing up all of them. I have no idea why she has such a following.

I need to unlearn my photo taking habits. With camera advancements in last couple of years, the iPhone has become my de-facto camera on all my trips everywhere. But because its just with me all the time, coupled with no headache of space on it, I have become extremely trigger happy. The end result is after each trip I am left with thousands of photographs to sift through, with so many duplicates and triplicates of the same thing. I have major FOMO of not capturing something, but then when I look back after the trip is over I have zero interest in majority of the photos. So the qn for me is, how do I take *less* photographs, but ones that matter? How do I get over that FOMO feeling and decide that experiencing a place is enough, and the photo that I take must account for *something*. I dont how to unlearn my habits, but I know I need to! Any tips?

I honestly feel like the latest trends in having multiple recycling/trash bins based on type of material is idiotic – like where you see multiple bins, one for *waste*, one for *bottles*, one for *paper* and one for *compost* etc. This is such a low stake decision for majority of people that it ought to be simpler than this for people to actually listen. 90% of time people do not have the patience to sort out what goes where especially in a hurry. The result is every fucking place I have seen this multi-bin approach (airports, malls, etc), every one of them has trash in it negating the very purpose of putting them out in the first place. Keep it simple – trash, or recycling – people do not want to spend time on low stakes decisions. And yes, accept the fact that maybe you can only recycle bottles/cans but at least do them right instead of this wasted effort of every bin becoming trash anyway.

One of my small nit against *Oppenheimer* is Ludwig Goransson’s music. While watching the movie itself, his music overwhelms & absorbs you completely, and I think its music while *watching* movie on big screen contributes heavily towards how it impacts the viewer. However, that said, there is nothing memorable about its soundtrack. Unlike Zimmer’s work on *Interstellar* or *Inception*, Ludwig to me doesn’t bring that timeless quality of Zimmer to Nolan’s movie. A large part of *Oppenheimer*’s music in fact sounds very much like *Tenet* which was also done by him. I honestly wish Nolan went back to Zimmer for his movies, but seems unlikely.

*Oppenheimer* was very, very, very good. Nolan is just a master at story telling isnt he? Forget Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer, what a bravura performance as Strauss by Robert Downey Jr, ooff! He owns every scene he is in.

Finally watching Oppenheimer today and the non imax theater is full!

Domestic air travel is suffering it seems while international air travel is booming according to Airlines. Good! Who the fuck will want to travel domestically if they can travel international for almost the same prices these days? I as an American genuinely do not feel safe traveling to at least half the states within my own country, so yeah I’d rather travel internationally than pay out of my nose here and contribute to states that are so fucked up that people should think thrice to even consider going there (Yeah, I am looking at you Florida).