I’m one of the battery drainers! It’s really fucking odd. But yeah, I gave up on wearing any watches decades ago, just got tired of constantly replacing batteries (it gets expensive!).

The “never-broken-bones” bit was tongue in cheek, but whatever, thanks?

Probably because it’s a truly disgusting combination!

I was being tongue in cheek re: broken bones; I don’t genuinely believe milk drinking had much if any effect on my never having broken any.

You’re burying your head in the sand if you think anything to do with any other manner of farming isn’t somehow taking advantage of (if not flat-out abusing) other cultures on this planet or harming various ecosystems in the overreach of its scale, if you think its carbon footprint is that much smaller, if you think…

Not sure which science you mean, but I’m one of those adults who can still read the lactase gene, which means I still actually crave dairy past childhood. Not all adults do, but some do. There’s actual genetics involved here.

You’re flat-out kidding yourself if you believe we exist in a system where most things you consume, whether your vegan, vegetarian, or otherwise, are all that ethical, or somehow involve less corruption or misery, but okay, bro.

48 and never broke a bone. ALSO I was athletic and a professional dancer. So at some point I probably should have broken something. So... milk. Yeah, good stuff.

THANK YOU.

Agreed on all points.

Having said that, I don’t think we need a 10-minute extended theatrical cut already. Just release the Blu Ray ffs.

Aww, thank you! I’ve been gone so long, and am still rarely around, I’m shocked anyone would even remember me! Thank you for that.

What a lovely sentiment! Thank you for asking!

I love these posts just as much as I remembered, omg. That action shot! I cackled!

Fellow must-wear-shades-even-on-overcast-days person here, thank you for this.

Agreed.

I’m days late to this, and I’ve already expressed this on Twitter, but I wanted to add it here, just in case you are reading the replies personally, Debra. Thank you for your strength in expressing and sharing all of this. Your reasons for wanting to are obviously vital, but that doesn’t make it an easier thing to do.

I just did a couple weeks ago! Hard to believe he died 25 years ago already...

October Sky is beautiful, particularly tickles my “I love all space-related things” bone.

I showed this to my roommate a few months back — he’d never seen it — and we had to pause it for a few minutes at this point because he could not stop laughing.