The 80s through the mid 2000s. A combination of 9/11, the 2008 writers strike, and the rise of reality tv did a number on story telling.

Yes, there has been a resurgence in “good” tv since game of thrones and breaking bad. But most prestige tv feels more like mini series with longer episodes and a need to see every episode in order for anything to make sense. The period I mentioned was the best for casual viewing and entertainment given any random episode of any given tv show.

Jimmy Neutron taught me

I feel like the other option is a Jacob’s Ladder experience

Here “common sense” means incredibly harsh.

Literally. Politics is all about the power dynamics between people. If there are two or more people there will always be a power dynamic even if the two are on good terms and do not exert power over each other.

It’s like how you can always describe the color in any given painting, even when the painting is monochromatic.

And this is why I don’t care about most small businesses. Unless they are a co-op or a genuine charity the vast majority are run by people like this.

They are puzzle games with a visual novel for the framing device

The robots in China are cheaper, especially when there are tariffs to import them.

The Doom Patrol hits that plot point a lot harder than the X-Men. The tv series is excellent.

This isn’t facebook, no one cares if he follows esoteric religious traditions.

The problem is that he won’t follow legal requirements that protect us normal people.

If you are as smart and educated as Carl Sagan, I’m sure weed isn’t doing the heavy lifting.

I want kids. I can’t afford to have kids.

Don’t spread that idea, that’s how we got here.

The law is that a person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. (Yes, yes I know “for now” and the rule of law has ended you pedants let me have my modicum of hope.)

For decades people have been “convicting” others in the court of public opinion which has caused the general public to think they know better than a judge and jury while only having information from hearsay, rumors, and the news. That leads them to disregard court findings and believe people to be guilty who are not and people to be innocent who are not. So people who they don’t like are going to prison in El Salvador and people they do like are president.

No it’s dr who

Yes, working instead of going to college.

I would take anything Hunter S. Thompson wrote with a massive grain of salt. He’s fun to read but gonzo journalism isn’t a great source for facts.

No, those are the drunk drivers, the angry ones specifically.

But some of them will fold. And china can’t be sure who will

In all honesty it’s not really even a punishment. It’s paying the community back for causing it harm.

Look at this photograph