When I saw Cronenberg's The Fly when I was… I mean, not that young, but young?

Reagan was just a fluke, not some kind of ominous portent of a dystopian, Warholish future from which we will be lucky to escape alive.

The closest existing lake is artificial (a byproduct of a dam built in the 70s I think?), which, to my mind, gives the whole thing an even creepier vibe.

There's a new development near where I live calling itself "Lost Lake Estates" which feels like a horror movie set up, except I know there's no "lost" lake over there, which makes it all the more baffling they would choose the name.

I mean, I don't want to see that…

Trump isn't that urbane.

Elizabeth Warren? I know she says she didn't run because she wanted to learn how to be a proper legislator first, but I suspect there was an element of being a good soldier in that choice, too.

I think it is pretty clear that the Clinton "machine" suppressed a more robust field of potential candidates.

Paul Ryan is just imitating all the heroic men in Ayn Rand books.

I once drunkenly but publicly proclaimed that Borat and Children of Men were the best cinematic illustrations of the Bush II years.

It's how they vent the cow farts.

Yeah. I was much more sympathetic(ish) to Trump voters than I am now precisely because I could plausibly imagine that they were gullible and believed some of the things he said and/or they saw him as this Molotov cocktail and etc. (I didn't agree, but I could understand it.)

And WWII memorials.

I seem to recall that there was some study done that basically came to this conclusion. Like, yes, being well off/secure definitely is a big factor in happiness, but there's a ceiling for most people and beyond that additional money doesn't really do much.

Ah, yes, The Secret's secret.

I think I see what you're getting at, but (personal anecdote) I liked Buffy the Vampire Slayer a lot while I was in high school, despite all the actors being older, wittier, and more attractive than me or anybody I knew. Not to mention the writers/creators being even older. Whether or not those were adults putting…

I'm happy that it was Fox News and Facebook that broke our civil society and not video games or openly gay sitcom characters.

My first semi-serious metaphysical/religious thoughts all grew out of worrying about/sympathizing with HAL, so I get where you're coming from.

If Benny Hill is the Messiah that actually explains a lot.

I mean… a few?