https://doismiu.blog/tags/pluribus/Recent content in Pluribus on doismiu - dispatches from the infernal archiveHugoen-usWed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://doismiu.blog/posts/vince-gilligan-the-art-of-slow-cooking/Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://doismiu.blog/posts/vince-gilligan-the-art-of-slow-cooking/<p>My wife and I have a new Friday ritual. We sit down to watch <em>Pluribus</em>. Phones off. Lights dimmed. No second screen.</p> <p>In 2025, this is an act of rebellion.</p> <h2 id="the-problem">The Problem</h2> <p>Modern television is terrified of you. It assumes you have the attention span of a caffeinated goldfish. Netflix front-loads every plot point in the first five minutes. Cliffhangers hit every seven minutes. The editing is so frenetic the show itself seems to be having a panic attack.</p>