Here’s the scene in the movie adaptation with Billy Crudup playing the guy in the comic here. I 100% recommend reading the Watchmen graphic novel (the only graphic novel on Time’s Top 100 Novels of All Time list), but definitely worth seeing this part in motion.

They banned Slaughterhouse Five. Just a little information on Kurt Vonnegut’s experience in World War II that eventually inspired him to write the book:

He was sent as a POW to Dresden. On February 13, 1945, British and American bombers destroyed the city by dropping high explosives followed by incendiary bombs. The resulting firestorm turned the non-militarized city into an inferno that killed up to 60,000 civilians. Vonnegut and his fellow POWs survived by accident only because they were housed some 60 feet underground in a former meat locker and slaughterhouse. Vonnegut’s job for weeks after the bombing was to gather up and burn the remains of the dead. His experience at Dresden marked him for life and eventually resulted in his literary masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five.

The Florida Department of Education banning one of the most important American novels of all time, that was written by a WWII veteran, from American schools, is the kind of dark humor commentary that you’d find in a Vonnegut book.

It’s a big win overall, but some of the scumbags still got something out of it:

Even though scalpers are taking a loss on the Pro, those who banked on people flocking to buy the PS5 disc drive are turning a profit. The Pro is digital only which means you’ll need to buy a disc drive if you want to use it to play physical media. It took a while, but the disc drive appears to be sold out everywhere which means people are buying them for inflated prices through resale sites.

Not the worst thing but still annoying, like whatever the opposite of a silver lining is.

A portable SSD. I need a new external hard drive anyway, so adding that November sales have reduced prices currently and that announced tariffs are designed to raise them very soon, there really is no better logical time for me to get one other than now.

Dang I originally just saw the “9 Episodes” count for the season and thought they were all out and more were on the way, not realizing that only three episodes are released at a time with the next parts just being the other six episodes. Netflix has been big on the “one season split into multiple parts released at different times” that I thought there was going to be Season 2 Part 2, not even realizing it’s just a weekly release schedule with three episodes per week. Turns out I’m not watching this as slowly as I thought I was haha.

I spent a few too many seconds thinking that famous actor Matt Dillon is a linux enthusiast before I realized that Matt Dillon the software engineer was who is being mentioned here.

I’m taking it slow this time and have only seen the first two episodes of Season 2. So far it’s really doing it for me and reminding me why Season 1 was such a spectacle to see. I actually thought the “music video” parts worked pretty well, mainly because instrumental music seems to drive most of the action to where these felt “earned” but I’ve only seen those first two episodes so that could end up wearing thin for me too by the fourth time it happens.

At the risk of discussing too much before I get through the rest of the episodes, did you feel the writing just got messy in general or does it seem like they were stretching stuff out in order to split the season up into multiple parts to delay the conclusion?

Franky knows what it means to be free!

You are thinking of the right word but a missing letter in the spelling of the word creates an innocent, humorous translation error. Drumstick is what these are typically called, like sticks used to play drums in music. Dumbstick instead invokes the comparison of a stupid, dumb stick, which is fun to think about.

The Guardian in the back has that look on her face like she just lost a bet that you wouldn’t return until 20 years passed.

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On top of that, they also completely ignore the real meaning of Russophobia which is the fear of movies directed by the Russo brothers.

“An hour saved is an hour earned.”

Saving this to read after I get the game and finish it!

I’m just realizing at least some of these art shares are connected and I gotta say I’m enjoying this series. Even without knowing the story it’s extremely compelling!

Nice! I’ve helped with fruit preserves way back in the day but never tried my hand at pickling (except in Stardew Valley), definitely want to give it a shot someday though.

How long did it take you to get your pickle juice ratios where you wanted them? I just tried a new pickle brand and the juice went so overly heavy on the mustard seed that I was sweating it off after.

I just watched this last week, OP this is 100% what you’re thinking of. The guy that directed this episode also directed Mandy with Nicolas Cage and Beyond the Black Rainbow.

For the curious, I zoomed in on the plate on the table and that is not a plate of fried or sunny-side-up eggs, they are cookies with little pumpkins frosted onto them!

Ghost Rider vs Galactus is interesting, I like the idea of an eldritch battle between supernatural horror and cosmic horror.

The Rocket Racoon & Doctor Doom will probably be a good time with what sounds like super geniuses in an Odd Couple setup.

My only confusion is the Spider-Man vs Doc Ock issue. No matter what way I look at it, Spider-Man fighting one of his most iconic villains doesn’t feel like it fits in this series about unlikely duos.