Have you considered that there could be a difference in short term and long term trends?

Yes, that’s why I mentioned that changing trends were never brought up. If reasons were given, backed by data, maybe people would be more receptive to the return to office. Instead it just ends up looking like a power play or real estate justification, which workers don’t care about.

> Fart sounds

When that happens, have you asked the person to be more mindful?

> Do I suddenly communicate like a caveman just because my face shows up on a screen?

I have seen people be rude and disrespectful in larger virtual meetings when they wouldn’t have behaved that way in person.

> You may also be jailed for two months for not liking Trump - that's happened a few times

Do you have a concrete example story that illustrates this?

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> But there are certain preconditions I cannot apply. I cannot, for example, say "you may come into my house only if you murder my neighbour".

How is that a relevant argument?

what is the central prophecy? is there a deity?

Visionary, masterful, iconic.

> Any consolidation like this seems like a negative for consumers.

WBD was on an increasingly unprofitable path, and we know where that road leads.

The exact same road that generally leads to the same sort of problematic consolidation?

At best, WBD could have gone bankrupt and a court order could require it to be sold as parts with no one studio getting a significant chunk, scattering WBD's IP moat across many competitors.

But most likely it just means someone like Netflix would have the chance to make a smaller offer for the same kind of deal on a WBD with a worse negotiating position. Same consequences, different day.

> The exact same road that generally leads to the same sort of problematic consolidation?

But more drawn out. This way, creatives, consumers will get a reinvigorated outlet, rather than seeing it spiraling downward.