There is actually something to that- plastic wrap used to mean polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), to the point where “saran” became a generic term for the material. Due in part to concerns about chlorinated plastics, most plastic wrap now is low density polyethylene (and sure, it’s also cheaper anyway). Even the Saran…

Gedankenexperiment: A German word that translates roughly to “I failed the licensing exam, so I’ll just have to imagine doing this.”

It excommunicates you from the Church of Good Beer. 

I bet Bert Cooper would have liked to have had that Noguchi coffee table.

Pompous trim level names like Inscription, Prestige, and Autobiography.

That’s perfect: for the man who mistakes Halo Top for real ice cream, a lawyer who might mistake his client for corn.

Maybe “padded roulette” was really a coded reference to the black eyes and bloody noses the league will prominently feature.

Later this season we’ll see Beachworld having the most chill robot uprising of all the parks. 

If no one has said anything about the second set of quadriceps Björnsson has apparently had grafted to the front of his legs, I can’t imagine performance enhancing drugs would be a big deal either.

Also makes a great double bill with Mrs. Doubtfire if you happen to be looking for films that teach the lesson that the best way for a divorced father to stay in his kids’ lives is to behave like a psychopath.

It would be more efficient if this crow could travel from point A to point B in a straight line, traveling as, I don’t know, some sort of analogy to a flying creature.

Sure, his first big-league start was a tragedy, but once he gets a few more, it’ll just be a statistic.

Just remember that if someone tries to offer you a golden crown, DO NOT ACCEPT.

Yeah, you’re right. 1980s cyberpunk is best thought of as an alternate universe where immersive VR coexists with payphones; better to enjoy the setting on its own charms than to try to make it fit a more modern vision of the future.

It’s a great shift from the first season depiction where he was openly grotesque, a monstrous form meant to keep a child scared into submission. Now that David has control of his abilities and Farouk is dependent on his help, Farouk goes manipulative and somehow seems even more dangerous.

Yeah, there were elements I liked, but it’s definitely near the bottom of Gibson works for me. Some of his earlier cyberpunk stuff would require rather loose adaptation to not seem dated. The Blue Ant books would adapt really well, but they’re pretty low-key in terms of action, and the first one ties in pretty heavily…

All I’m saying is that if she took a bit more time, her quality issues would be cured. ‘Nduja agree with that?

She grinds them out too quickly.

Some sources have tried to connect the writing of “Yes! We Have No Bananas” to the Panama Disease blight that ended large scale cultivation of the Gros Michel banana. The worst of the blight wouldn’t occur until 1950, though outbreaks happened throughout the first half of the 20th century, so it’s possible there was a…

“Per day” is just a bad Google translation of a Serbian phrase meaning roughly, “And this car is yours for as long as you can keep it running.”