I agree—it’s totally camp. I’m not a fan of Coppola. His reputation exceeds his abilities.

I prefer that they have a stronger voice in the conversation than “box office,” to be honest, and I say that as someone mostly negative about the Oscars. I don’t think they control the conversation; they start it with nominations and they throw some weight around with the awards themselves, but it’s a good thing for…

No. Ford says it on the boat after the opening scene, and the old guy says “So do you!” and then they have adventures.

Motherfuckers that want to get their shit wrekt.

I started my kids on Card Etiquette very early. The youngest is 9 and can sometimes control himself. Also, really young kids can learn Whist. It’s a perfect introduction to all the other trick-taking games for later: Bridge, Spades, Hearts, even the Euchre-derivatives.

+1 Gnosticism

Are you kidding? I’m proud of laughing at that joke!

I was looking for the “you’re more bacteria than person” information and came across this link, which can be summed up as “you’re not *way* more bacteria than person, you’re only mostly more bacteria than person (because the ratio is not quite 10:1)”:

Bottle of wine, loaf of french bread, cheese, various other picnic items (honestly, wasn’t expecting to enjoy the movie).

See also: https://xkcd.com/1907/

+1 blue balls

Wha——-? You frauds! My entire worldview is up-ended.

That escalated quickly.

Long ago, in the mists of pre-history, there were apes that didn’t care if members of their group were fucking. Those apes are dead now, and they did not pass any of their “I don’t give a damn who’s fucking” genes along. The only apes that are left are the ones that care if those guys are fucking.

Yup. I did re-read it. No points for being close, I guess.

I hear you, but it’s not a concept; it’s an emotion. It’s really hard to be “gracious in defeat” in the modern era of athletics.

Is that the one that has the story about how he maintained 142 pounds so that he could be even more positive? I love that man.

He was so awesome.

Brooks uses imaginary millenials, Friedman uses Pakistani cab drivers. Everybody’s gotta have something.

I’m in the “so-called-higher-organisms-are-really-just-large-carriers-of-bacterial-level-micro-organisms” camp of biology. My existence is a tool for replication mechanisms, and an environment in which micro-organisms of many types can cooperate in their own continued survival and replication.