It's not really a story. His ex wife won an Oscar for her editing on ANH and from all accounts, was the one responsible for turning it into a coherent narrative. That recognition, more than anything was probably the death knell for their relationship. The prequels and CGI heavy re-releases are probably closer to…

Wow. Goes to show that you never really know someone. I always wonder what kind of influence presages such huge personality changes. I think my evolution from generally liberal person to someone who actively campaigns for human rights and social justice has been one which has happened over decades as I've read more…

Making friends with a guy who just happens to be gay is a bonus, not a reason to make friends in the first place. Like making friends with a person who turns out to own a bar or an icecream parlour or a million puppies.

Like when people use 'bleeding heart' as an insult. "You're saying I have compassion and care for my fellow man? Yes, what a terrible person I must be"

I don't

I don't really understand shipping in general. I mean yeah I've watched shows and thought, "oh how cute is the bromance between Dean and Castiel?" but I don't need them to fuck each other. It seems just wrong to take characters who have a great platonic relationship and shoehorn sex into it. Maybe I'm showing my age,…

Forcing children to clean their plate is one of those parenting things my parents never subscribed to and as a consequence they have 5 kids who've never had any weight issues. They used to make us TRY some of everything to introduce new flavours and textures but if you were full, you were full. As a consequence I…

Ugh #3 so much. If someone posted slash fiction and drawings of me and one of the random people I work with, I would feel incredibly violated and grossed out. I can't even imagine how delusional and out of touch with reality you'd have to be to not only show this stuff to these actors but to expect a positive…

Yeah but since you're picking a major at 18 and not at 58, it's kind of pointless to wonder what the 58 year old version of you will enjoy.

People that complain about the state of marriage "these days" never seem to actually recall what marriage was like "back in those days". Women needed their husbands permission to open a bank account or get a passport, people stayed in abusive and loveless marriages because divorce made you a social pariah, and most…

A good hot Indian curry is both. A shit ton of fragrant spices, garlic, cashew nuts and cooked in clarified butter, that stuff is tasty as hell. Hot foods make you sweat as well which is a cooling mechanism so a lot of hot countries have hot traditional foods. You don't have to enjoy it, but it does have a purpose…

Given Mary Shelley's father was the founder of anarchism and her mother the founder of feminism, it's unlikely in the extreme that she would be promoting any 19th century conventional ideas in her writing.

that sounds amazing! Thanks for the recommend.

The only thing the movie has in common with the book is the title. The book is fantastic. The movie... eh.

Spicy foods cause the release of endorphins so acquiring the ability to eat hotter and hotter foods does have a beneficial effect on people. It's why it becomes addictive.

Because an acquired taste isn't just tolerating foods, it's actively enjoying them. Hardly anyone likes blue cheese or red wine at first try but a great cheese platter and a great bottle of wine is one of life's real joys for me now. Giving up on food that challenges your palette is like giving up on anything that…

My bad, I literally had no idea that was what you were doing. I'm literally the most literal person alive.

Well yeah they can do that, but there's a reason the Oscars are losing the cache they once had. So many terrible films have won while many films which go on to become universally regarded classics go unrewarded. They're not really a signifier of quality anymore, rather a sign you've followed the paint -by-numbers…

People who complain about the misuse of literally are become worse than the people who misuse it. Makes me want to start peppering my sentences with it just to piss them off.

I'm not sure what having a PhD has to do with anything. Cavemen could make art using nothing but dirt, water and their fingers, elephants can make art, developmentally disabled people make and respond emotionally to art. You don't have to be smart or educated, you just have to have emotions. But if you think art is…