I thought about how awesome it was seeing them crushed. Does that count?

Who'da thunk…

Hey, screw you, buddy! Monster Jam is a lot of fun if you like cars/trucks at all. Just make sure you go to one of the large, outdoor events. I went to one at the Allstate Arena and it kinda sucked. Not enough room and the upper deck filled with racing fuel fumes pretty quickly.

I once knew a guy from Alaska who thought it'd be a cool idea to take a train from Fairbanks, I think, to Chicago. Three. Solid. Days. On a train. He declared it not very romantic.

Couldn't a said that a little louder, Ike?

I think that, as a tall, hirsute man of 31 years, I would get arrested and placed in a drunk tank for awhile.

I still think you're missing my point. You seem to be saying, and correct me if I'm wrong, that she was there to entertain and titillate the onlookers. She wasn't. She was there to get a shot for the film. She was DEFINITIVELY NOT there for everyone's amusement.

Try to get her number?
^^joke

Hard to argue with the results they've had with that strategy. But I think a lot of that hinges on misinformation and presenting rumors and conspiracy theories as hard truths. Which is a shitty thing to do and also not really compatible with the well informed self-image a lot of the left likes to subscribe to.

Doesn't matter if they were filming Debbie Does Manhattan. She's there working on a film. She owes the director and the production company a performance, not the onlookers.

You are correct. (I hadn't read the linked article yet). That seems like a misstep on any number of levels.

Basic Instinct

He can't bring back Jim Crow in one fell swoop, true. But he can certainly set the tone and make changes that allow it to creep back in over time. Not to take away from your point about the impending drug war escalation. He's just a shitty candidate for the job all around.

"Turning heads ≠ date rape."

That's something that I think a fair number of people are missing here. This kind of thing was a Big Damn Deal in the '50s. Of course you're going to grab your camera and go have a look. Of course you're going to stop and stare. I'm sure some of those guys were leering in an inappropriate manner, but a lot of them…

I was SO confused the first time I saw The Dick Van Dyke Show. I actually had to ask the other people I was watching with (my coworkers, we took group breaks and the TV was always on TVLand or MeTV or something similar) what was going on.

As a fellow who shares the "carnival worker" physique, I appreciate that.

Trying to untangle the mess that was Marylin Monroe's psyche probably requires a PhD. I know very little about her and her life but it seems tragic. I don't doubt that being THE sex symbol at a time when the culture was largely a monolith and simultaneously quite prudish could create a multitude of severe issues.

Well somebody did!

Not really. At least by modern, Hemsworth-ian standards. He was skinny bordering on sinewy.