I was about to say …

Vox can speak for itself. Big sections of the public knew they were being sold a bill of goods.

Characters in Jurassic Park are portrayed as flawed, imperfect people who make mistakes. None of the plot relies on them being idiots or anything, but people screw up, panic on occasion, and don’t know things from time to time.

Dr. Grant using a stick to test the fence is a mistake, albeit a small one without real consequences. While it doesn’t distract from his character arc of how he feels about kids, it is his character simply messing up.

I also disagree with the person you replied to. While their assessment is correct, Dr. Grant is a character with a lot of time working in the field and therefore has a lot of practical skills. He does way, way better than a doctorate in mathematics working in academia would. Writing off all people with a doctorate (or experts in general) as being hyper specialized is a mistake.

I had no idea Rodney Dangerfield was playing such a key role in the South China Sea.

Nothing is stopping them from doing it, which is why when the cops get a report of someone pointing a gun at people they have no choice but to assume it’s real (unless it’s obviously shaped like a super soaker). If the person training their gun-shaped object on passersby points the gun at the cops they usually get shot because the cops aren’t willing to bet their life that it’s not some asshole who put orange acrylic paint on the tip of a real gun.

There are some hobbyists that paint their guns to look like a Nerf gun or a Nintendo gun controller. The general consensus is “it would be stupid to take this out anywhere other than the range”. This is much less common than the opposite: toy or pellet guns that look very realistic.

Boneappletea

No, fuck that! We spent twenty years nation building there and the first time they needed to stand up on their own the ANA folded up and ran.

They weren’t willing to do the bare minimum to avoid Taliban rule. It’s not our fault they were too stupid to see the consequences when they rolled over and let the fucking cavemen take over.

Ebaumsworld.

That’s “the Achiever” with different wording.

Proof that if a system or technology exists, nerds will try to run Doom on it.

Where’s your sense of adventure?

/s

Ok.

With Brando the Mando Sando it boils down to work ethic and process.

He has said in lectures that while writing a first draft, an author should be able to push out a thousand words an hour. That’s pretty reasonable if you’re a decent typist and you’re just focusing on getting rough ideas down. Once he’s got a draft, he throws it to his editor(s) who gets to work. If he’s gotten a draft back from them with notes, he gets on that. Otherwise, he’s cranking away at the next first draft.

The man is prolific because he’s got his team dialed and treats it like any other job. He shows up with a plan and executes.

Holy shit, I had to look that up. It looks like they said he was stabbed, but the woman featured on the episode said it was staged.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Greco#:~:text=He has also appeared in,said it was all staged.

So that’s what the bottom of the barrel looks like!

Cheddar, if you will.

The ones in their imagination.

It’s a reflector for tanning.

Pardon me, I was told that it was only a kiss - it was only a kiss.

The bar is pretty low these days.

“Once they go up who knows where they come down? ‘That’s not my department’ says Wernher von Braun.”