I don’t know anything about the book but that trailer is amazing.

My only brush with a celebrity was with Leslie Nielson. It’s not a bad story.

There is a strong case to be made that Airplane is the funniest movie ever written. Pretty sure I’ve seen it 20 times and every viewing there’s a joke I missed before.

(walks into any given medical research lab)

His quote about Forbidden Planet is pretty great too:

Oh shit!  I had the fish

I just wanted you to know, goodluck.  We're all counting on you.  Feels appropriate now.

“When can we land?”

As noted in the video, he played starship captain J.J. Adams in the 1956 classic Forbidden Planet. That film was one of Gene Roddenberry’s principal sources for Star Trek, and Nielsen’s character was an archetype for Captain Kirk, right down to the gruff delivery, paling around with his second in command and his…

/takes a moment to appreciate Leslie Nielsen

Look, it’s Enrico Palazzo!

At least commas have a nice gentle curve. Could have ended up hitting a backslash or something instead, and that would probably hurt.

Fine, have your star, you filthy bastard.

It’s “amazing” how all the concerns for historical accuracy always arise when a video game allows us to play as either a minority or a female.

So you’re saying they thought Aloy should’ve been Aboy?

high anxiety related to the pandemic, being stuck with alcoholic boyfriend in the house, tons of homework, finances are low

Requisite Not A Doctor caveat, but if Letter Writer 1 is having any other changes in behavior - inability to or feeling like she doesn’t need much sleep, bursts of creativity, fast talking and/or feeling like people can’t keep up with her . . . it could be mania. Being DTF anyone and at anytime is a not uncommon…

Being drunk doesn’t make someone racist, it just removes the barrier between their racist brain and the outside world.

Comes down to whether the current GF would be willing to take that advice. If she’s this irrational then she may well refuse.