I love this movie. The premise is so silly, but the pacing is perfect and we get some surprisingly great performances. It’s also full of all the mid-2000s tech and military tropes. So much fun.
I think a lot of the Malört hate is hype. People love talking about how disgusting it is, and that’s just become the thing to do when anyone mentions it. The first time I tried it I thought, “I can understand why people don’t like it, but it’s just an herbal spirit like many others.” I tried it a second time years later and said, “Ah, okay. This really is disgusting.”
I got a TCL last year and it wouldn’t let me use the TV until I set up the internet. After 4 factory resets I figured out how to put it in store demo mode, and plugged in a separate streaming device that connects to the internet. Now I realize I could have connected the TV to the internet and then blocked it at the network level.
I thought I read years ago that airlines responded to Skiplagged by penalizing people who didn’t complete every leg of the trip they booked. I’m not sure why they would care.