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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Alexandra Daddario in the AMC show The Mayfair Witches.

She ostensibly plays a brilliant brain surgeon. She starts experiencing some spooky witch and demon-related goings on.

She meets up with a guy working for a paranormal research group. He tells her in no uncertain terms "Do not leave this magically-protected apartment. You are in great danger." She agrees.

Five minutes later she walks out of the apartment onto the street. She immediately wanders into a New Orleans street party, is handed an open drink from a stranger, drinks it, and whoopsy daisy gets magically roofied into a demon-engineered hallucination of her dead mother.

Brilliant. Brain. Surgeon.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I worked with a few PhDs in the past. PhDs do not equal common sense.

[–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

As a hiring manager in IT for decades, I learned early: do not hire PhDs

They can write a paper about why the program does not work. They are not willing to sit down roll up their sleeves get intimate with a debugger and make the program work.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've known some incredibly stupid doctors though. They're extremely good at their field but anything outside that? Horrific!

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ben Carson, though RFK makes Ben’s stupid appointment look inspired.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I was just thinking of two doctors I met in person but yes, some of them in the news as well!

The one I remember the most had some really...interesting ideas about food safety and only stopped some of them when I pointed out food safety knowledge has been furthered since her grandmother's time. Just like. You know. Medicine has.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

That's bad writing not bad casting.

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

After increasingly cussing the TV as the level of stupid rose higher and higher, we made it to the part where magic purple witch spray was used. I paused the TV and my girl and I just looked at each other, we were done.

Also, who the fuck writes in a fucking basement in New Orleans? Not motherfucking Anne Rice. So stupid.

We're finishing up the second season of Interview with a Vampire. Other than a bad Southern accent in the first season, it's excellent and super queer. Highly recommend.