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   Big Lumby to All   
   'baby, you can't drive my car' review -    
   27 Jan 19 18:35:07   
   
   From: psukeoekusp@outlook.com   
      
   i know that matt garvey did notes for this last year in november, but,   
   since i haven't seen this episode yet, i'll give my thoughts about it   
   before the super bowl episode.   
      
   starting off, i liked a couple of the act one jokes. a few of the car-go   
   jokes were pretty good, including the whimsy of it's offices reminding   
   me of stories of the googleplex. as a guy who personally distrusts   
   google to hell and back for their recent atrocities, these jokes hit   
   home in a way. i also like how homer isn't as much as a jerkass as he   
   was in the past and has *mainly* gone back to his old self. it's a   
   relaxing change of pace, to be honest.   
      
   the a-story is that homer joins generic tech startup #83 (car-go), and   
   actually excells on his job! turns out, however, that the company's   
   tracking their data and is using it to advertise to them (sounds   
   familiar?), so homer sues them for privacy invasion. mr burns is also in   
   the episode, but doesn't really come into the story until act three,   
   where homer, smithers, and burns stops the cars, ruining the company. a   
   basic 'homer's new job' story, but a mildly fun one and one that is   
   deeply rooted in the current tech environment, where every piece of   
   tech's eavesdropping on the consumer, like privacy doesn't exist anymore.   
      
   it's nothing as well crafted as the golden era, but it's a cool little   
   bit of satire about the infidelity of tech nowadays.   
      
   6.5 / 10   
   it aight   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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