Who was even doing standup 80 years ago? I doubt we'll ever see his like again.

Recursion, thy name is Clayton Purdom.

Piels is, without a doubt, the worst beer I've ever had. It is atrocious.

Nah, you're okay.

Damn you for making me laugh.

It and Please Kill Me are about all you need. Both indispensable.

Forty-seven??? Jesus Christ. I wish I could think of examples of his writing that I liked - God knows I saw his byline enough - but still and all, 47. Man.

Or these fucking people - Rhodes Scholars, all - who voted for him after he swore up and down to repeal the ACA and replace it with "something much better, trust me" and then were shocked when one of his first orders of business was to attempt to repeal the ACA. What in the hell were they expecting?

Until now, I had no idea about that. I just spent a profitable ten minutes reading up on it and cackling. That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

It's got to be because they get a nominal "education" in college, right? Either that or the NCAA has some sort of antitrust exemption. I'm completely with you: I see no reason why there isn't a legitimate developmental league for football, like hockey or baseball.

Stupid question, then: prior to the development of fentanyl, if someone presented who was allergic to every other pain medication, what would you do?

I've had it a couple of times (for legitimate reasons.) I liked it a lot. The notion of something a hundred times more powerful is mind-boggling. Although wafflesandwich, upthread, makes a good point that it's apparently usually prescribed as a transdermal, which I suppose mitigates it. It still doesn't seem right for…

Okay, that makes sense.

You know, I have to ask: I mean, I'm all for advancement, and I'm in no way a doctor, but do we really need something a hundred times more powerful than morphine?

Fentanyl is fucking terrifying.

For dead, you don't look bad. Hey, is Hendrix there?

Agreed. With both parts. The Wild West days, as fun as they were (I mean, I barely posted, I was so intimidated) still had a certain gravity to them. Now, you're right, it would be a bunch of 88 assholes.

U R POOP LOL

Now it's all Twitter, tumblr, comment sections and reddit bullshit. (Except for this place.)

Honestly, he might not have. This fall was surreal for me for a number of reasons, and I wasn't paying particularly close attention to the Buck Follies. I do remember thinking "I hope America's taking notice of Francisco Fucking Lindor, because that dude's awesome."