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Trailer Park Boys
2001 · TV series · 22 min episodes · 12 seasons
Created by Mike Clattenburg
Follow the booze-fueled misadventures of three longtime pals and petty serial criminals who run scams from their Nova Scotia trailer park.
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Glad to see him go, maybe he can star in some Trailer Park Boys episodes ?
Exactly. That's the point.
Hanging out with friends? That's what we will be reduced to. Everyone living in a Trailer Park Boys episode.
> could all just do whatever we wanted
No we cannot, because that would be "selfish and entitled".
Lol, "Shitflation" sounds like something Lahey would say from the Trailer Park Boys TV show.
Trailer Park Boys - the best TV show of all time.
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I do like science fiction, particularly of the Star Trek style. I'm less into the Aliens (action/horror) stuff and more into fantasy/exploration stuff. Adventure in general is nice. Conflict is expected (as that's part of any plot), but I don't enjoy shows of inevitable doom usually (although Melancholia was good).
I also like comedy - British, American, southern American. I'm rewatching My Name Is Earl now. I enjoyed Trailer Park Boys for a while. Blackadder was fantastic.
I don't mind some violence, but that shouldn't be the focus. Likewise I don't mind sex (explicit or not) as long as that isn't the point of the show.
Gratuitous, over-the-top violence (modern Tarantino films) are very much not my interest.
i remember an episode from the sitcom “trailer park boys” [0] where one of the characters throws all their garbage in a local lake. his logic was that he never sees it again, so the lake recycles it somehow. i found the situation very funny and totally realistic.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_Park_Boys
Isn’t that the name of the episode of trailer park boys starring him and model trains as well?
Indeed, even with edgy "out there" content it is important to have "restraint" like you said...someone with a vision of what the product will be.
This can also be seen in the Trailer Park Boys TV show. Seasons 1-7 under the direction of Mike Clattenburg do have a lot of swearing and dirty jokes, but it is always genuinely good humor, or serving plot and character development maybe. I'm sure I don't describe it well, but "I know it when I see it."[0] The following seasons with other directing/production have lost that tact and restraint; like they just call someone 5-6 dirty words in a row, funny only for the shock value of the words. Not funny.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it
I've heard the documentary Trailer Park Boys also presents a somewhat distorted view of rural Canadia. Is that true?
If you search the definition of regulatory capture you get:
>Regulatory capture is a form of government failure that occurs when a regulatory agency, created to act in the public interest, instead advances the commercial or political concerns of special interest groups that dominate the industry or sector it is charged with regulating.
Specifically in this case however, the "public interest" could be described as the preservation and promotion of French culture. Which in this case, could be argued IS served by the regulation that awards can only be given to the product which shows in French theaters.
Since we'd have to note that it also means that it must pass all relevant French classification regulations.
Now, I'm Canadian and we have a series of laws called "can-con" (which stands for Canadian content) where all licensed broadcasters must show a certain proportion of their shows as approved can-con (based on the proportion of the creative staff who are Canadians). This does have an effect on shoring up the difference in culture. I mean - so - maybe that results in Trailer Park Boys - but come on! That episode where Rush shows up? Pure gold.
I think the requirement to restrict to cinema-only is a bit of a sledgehammer solution but I personally see the point and think it's overall a good thing.
Netflix CEO - then order up more than the measly 10 shows per season of Trailer Park Boys. Episodes...let's go.
> he argues that an optimal punishment system would combine a low probability of being punished with a high level of punishment if caught
the Trailer Park Boys series has an episode were small criminals decide to lower their crimes even more so police would ignore them.
This, absolutely agree. I am from an extremely small town in northern-coastal Maine that very often felt like an episode of "Trailer Park Boys". California was always a magical and far off land, and I ended up here mostly by accident. I don't think I'm as experienced as pedalpete (I've only worked in Southern California), but I can relate to the "from a small town, moved to California" thing.
I've worked for three startups, a mid sized company, and a large corporation, as well as have done a little freelance work. I'm currently starting my own .com company with one other person. I've attended events within the startup community, hacker community, and as events typically thought of as "corporatey".
Much of the startup community is, as pedalpete said, an echo chamber. However, there are great people and I'm very grateful to have such close contact with them and even call some of them personal friends.
I don't know the specifics of your situation, but based on reflection of my own background, you probably are in a better position than you realize.
Macu, if you're interested in setting up a skype or hangout call some time I'd be more than happy to be a sounding board for some of your questions in more detail. Even if I can't bring solid advice to the table, I'd be more than happy to tell you where I've made mistakes.
Yeah, that's the crazy aspect to this. I really like Go, Chrome, and a lot of the other things they offer. But to quote a character named Mr. Lahey from from the tv show "Trailer Park Boys": "Its all a shit-storm now."
You can't built bridges on top of shaky ground.