I was in Into the Woods in high school and didn't really like the second act. Thought it seemed like a major downer for no reason. I just played the same role at age 30 and I sobbed and sobbed after every show.

It should be a tool only accessible by reservation at your local public library on a workstation that looks like this.

Pretty much every drug for mental illness or a disfiguring condition has suicidality listed as a side-effect if anyone attempted during the clinical trial. They're required to list any major adverse events in their advertising even if there's no evidence of causation.

What's frustrating is that probably half these cases I see have definite reversible causes but no definable diagnosis. But who wants to cope with that ambiguity when there's a grifter on every corner who will give you a Very Special diagnosis and 20 supplements?

With the rise of crypto it became apparent how indistinguishable modern speculation has become from gambling. Instead of better regulating the stock market to protect retirement funds we decided instead to re-brand gambling.

We've had the technology to have instant yearly elections for at least 50 years but a majority of car dealership owners believe that the constitution was dictated directly by God so we get pretend that a system developed by agrarian perverts who drank half a handle of whisky a day is irreplaceable.

Always

I feel, like prior to the tech boom, profiteering was seen as an unfortunate byproduct of free markets. But now that the only space for cheap innovation is The Grift they've all convinced themselves that greed is a bold an noble endeavor so they can sleep at night.

The popcorn scene is unironically one of my favorite comedic moments in any film

Nice to finally see the full layout. which rooms had the Void Ceiling and the Babybel Cheese Wax Monolith?

Sending Pierce Brown a copy of Harrison's to help him get his shit straight while he writes book 7.

I'm pretty sure they stole that line from Bert in Mary Poppins

It is extremely disquieting to have chief residents who don't remember having a Motorola Razr or the Clinton Administration.

Like one of them didn't know what red-lining was. Had never even heard of it. I explained it to him in the simplest terms and I could tell it completely ruined his day. This man graduated 4th in his class at a top 10 law school

These are well-spoken and, in polite conversation, intelligent people. But once they start talking about material political and economic facts it becomes immediately apparent that there are many Facts They Do Not Know because they are completely insulated from reality by the media they consume

The conservative propaganda sphere is so absolute that even people who should know better will ignore econ 101 and plow ahead because they are so personally insulated from the consequences of conservative policy that no evidence to the contrary can really reach them.

I am related to two well-educated and very wealthy conservatives, a lawyer and a tech VP. They genuinely believe some absolutely untenable things about the economy and immigration. The genuinely thought that DOGE and the tariffs we going to provide debt relief and jump start the economy.

It's just really important to me that everyone see a completely zooted Carrie Fisher sing life day carols with a family of wookies in snuggies while Harrison Ford looks on with existential dread. It's an integral part of the franchise.