Category: Nonessential Thoughts
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Idiocracy and Somebody Else’s Problem
Revisiting a movie that I still think is just okay, and how it just keeps getting more relevant
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Pointing the way to a friction-free existence
Thoughts as a non-artist getting his first glimpse into just how pervasive AI slop has gotten
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The Running Man, Grenades, Plastic Straws, and Ugly Scarves
Follow-up thoughts on The Running Man and the whole idea of implicating you, the viewer
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My Voyager Disc
My ongoing quest to let extra-terrestrial intelligence know that I have basic tastes
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The Paradox of the Thirst Trap
A random observation about how a culture that gets more liberal also gets more prudish, because if everything is sexy, nothing is
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Ride through mansions of glory on happiness machines
Mario Kart World and the joy of false nostalgia
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Disney Destinations vs Disney Settings
A simple but easy-to-forget observation about theme parks and chasing nostalgia
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Lost in the Kayfabe
A video about horror in professional wrestling is like peeking into a whole other culture I know nothing about, but suspect that they might have it all figured out better than I have
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F1 The Movie The Review
A blurb-friendly review of a car racing movie I haven’t seen. No, not the original one, the formula one.
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Your Taste, Should You Choose to Accept It
Mission: Impossible, Letterboxd, and making peace with being basic