It's a bit like a magic trick, though. Suspend disbelief and enjoy yourself. I'd really rather these guys did not endanger their lives for the world's entertainment.

She's wonderful. Just love that set-punch, set-punch joke-centric style that doesn't seem to be so much in fashion nowadays.

Rhea Butcher is funny.

hear, hear

Absolutely infuriating. Good for you.

Thx, just the break I've been looking for all these years.

A triumph!

True. Statist capitalist. No communes, no work units, no cradle to grave social safety net. Only vestigial stuff like state-owned cigarette manufacturers and a lot of authoritarianism. But the top-down hierarchical politics alone do not make it a properly communist state.

AD can benefit from the long tail this time.

I suppose the hope here is that the Party will have to stop cutting as many corners if it can hope to retain power in the future.

No love for "Spaced Out?"

absolutely agreed. bouncing focus outward, giving yourself something to do. +1+1