Were we just having this discussion ar the '1997 was the nadir of modern popular music' threads?

I don't think I see equivalence of Guy's brand of douche-food and the more serious political and social events of late.

See - I don't mind those as much.

That's easily more credit than Guy or Trump are deserving of.

I don't even need him to do the elevating-comfort-food thing.

There's no way consuming that much hair gel is FDA-approved.

For my money, Bourdain's various food travelogues fill a similar niche in food media - seeking out authenticity in some of the most humble, unassuming surroundings and circumstances.

For my money, the underlying theme of Guy's take on food isn't unique, but certainly bears support: that "common" food is an important part of food culture, and warrants celebrating. That there are unique pleasures and comforts in it, that aren't to be found in the "high" cuisines.

I'd like to go on a gedankenexperiment.

Well, Imperial units, natch.

These days, I just assume we go through the pop culture motions of popularity -> backlash -> reevaluation, strictly as a kabuki theatre of how we've come to view our role (the royal "our") in fandom and as 21st century media consumers.

Oui, wee.

0.35 Lannister Units.

Bertolucci's The Dreamers taught me the French bathe, but exclusively for purposes of quasi-incestuous foreplay.

I wonder if maybe he could make it doing this professionally in the future?

As long as we're talking the onset timepoint - the demographics support a year of 1978; there's a clear trough right there in births in the United States. It's conceivable that it's not an uncommon demographic dip throughout the world, seeing as how World War II is a synchronizing event that's clearly shared by…

I don't think you're wrong - certainly insofar as we can treat The Public as sort of a monolithic Other for our heroes to contend with. Or the soft firewall that's kept the X-Men segregated from the Marvel Universe for so long.

I've still not wholly forgiven the Marvel editorial team for not having run with the incredibly necessary vitality and immediacy that Morrison's run introduced.

So, could you perhaps more accurately describe her powerset as "Convenient Plotdevice"?

I'm with you.