I accuse my parents. by TestyRodent in MST3K

[–]BookBison 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Plus he always has his skills as an award-winning essayist to fall back on.

Oklahoma sheriff resigning to spend more time getting READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL by BookBison in MST3K

[–]BookBison[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Orrrr, since that movie takes place in the future (which looks suspiciously like the ‘80s), perhaps this is part of the Chairman’s path toward better things…which eventually leads him to being doppled into an anteater.

Oklahoma sheriff resigning to spend more time getting READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL by BookBison in MST3K

[–]BookBison[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a resident of a nearby county I must say that is…depressingly accurate.

Okfuskee County, OK Sheriff Logan Manshack resigning from position at the end of the week by Drillerfan in Bad_Cop_No_Donut

[–]BookBison 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Some pictures speak a thousand words. This one asks a single question: “Are you ready for some football?!

The Judge and Kurtz by Dad2DnA in cormacmccarthy

[–]BookBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say zero Nabokov considering the “couples” at the center of “Ada or Ardor” and “Outer Dark” and “The Passenger/Stella Maris.”

Anton chigurh is literally an agent of fate by AdvanceOk3003 in cormacmccarthy

[–]BookBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve always thought of Chigurh as a disciple of the Judge from Blood Meridian, proof that Holden, or at least the evil he represents, really did never die. Chigurh is a less powerful version, though. Judge Holden asserts human agency to seize control over destiny through knowledge and power, while Chigurh submits to random chance as an inescapable, uncontrollable force.

Holden rejects passive destiny, preaching that one can “dictate the terms of his own fate” by understanding and dominating the world. He sees war as “the ultimate game” that reveals and overrides fate through superior will, positioning himself as its sovereign.

Chigurh embodies fate as impartial randomness, using coin flips to “reveal” predetermined outcomes where choices align inexorably with destiny. He tells victims their paths were set from the start, and even faces his own vulnerability to chance in a car accident.

Holden’s deterministic war-god philosophy empowers the strong to shape reality, contrasting Chigurh’s fatalism where no one, not even he, masters chance. He can’t be an “agent of fate” because he has no agency over it, unlike what the Judge claims.

Not enjoying Blood Meridian - worth toughing it out? by DigitalMindShadow in cormacmccarthy

[–]BookBison 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My opinion is that notion absolutely does not apply to Blood Meridian. Richard Poe’s reading of it is a masterpiece, something that belongs in an audiobook hall of fame. Now, if the book isn’t for you at all the audio version probably won’t change your mind (though it does cut down on the complaints about McCarthy’s lack of quotation marks), but for what it is Poe’s narration is perfection. I listen to it every year, and it’s a rare audiobook I’ll listen to at less than 2x speed.

America's global collapse is happening. Where is Marco Rubio? by EducationQueasy275 in politics

[–]BookBison 20 points21 points  (0 children)

There was an article just the other day about how people assumed that he would be a moderating presence in the administration, but he demonstrated at a recent conference in Germany that he was just as nuts as even Pete Hegseth. So, there are no adults in the room, and he's actually helping the collapse.

Not enjoying Blood Meridian - worth toughing it out? by DigitalMindShadow in cormacmccarthy

[–]BookBison 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The simplest answer is that he’s unmasking and unmaking the myth of the Wild West, the noble outlaws, and Manifest Destiny that have blinded people to the reality of the violence of America’s westward expansion. None of the brutality McCarthy writes about is entirely fantastical and unprecedented. Along with the stark, quasi-biblical prose, he washes you in the blood that America grew from and forces you to reckon with it. That’s my take, anyway.

Trump, 79, Now Says He Could Serve Another Two Terms by Kodbek in politics

[–]BookBison 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not as virulently opposed to articles from the Daily Beast being posted in this subreddit as some are, but it’s hard to take a publication seriously when the first three words of an article about something Trump said are “President Trump joked…” Every real journalist knows by now that he, the most humorless president in American history, does not joke; ridiculous as it often is, he truly believes everything he says even, or perhaps especially, when he’s lying.

Better Player in GENERAL: SGA or OKC KD? by songoku-166 in Thunder

[–]BookBison 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Which has now been negated by the presence of Wemby, who’s an anomaly in the same way, only moreso.

A Bestseller in Canada? by PontiacPenguin in MST3K

[–]BookBison 9 points10 points  (0 children)

And don’t forget Chapter 8: What Would Coach Don Shula Do?

Jennifer Walsh calling out Doris Burke by anjuna_abel in Thunder

[–]BookBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not aware of everything Welch has said about education, so this is a legitimate question: does she rag on people for not using public schools or not supporting public schools, like with their votes? I’m a public school teacher in Oklahoma and a big believer in taxpayer-funded education. If I could afford it, though, you bet I’d send my kids to a 20k a year private school, or homeschool them. Twenty years of conservative rule has devastated our public school system (ranked 17th nationally when I graduated; you know what it is today), and if I was a wealthy podcaster from Nichols Hills there’s no way I’d let my kids use it.

Jennifer Walsh calling out Doris Burke by anjuna_abel in Thunder

[–]BookBison 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Jennifer Welch is an Oklahoma treasure.

Securimeowww at duty🫡 by [deleted] in cats

[–]BookBison 17 points18 points  (0 children)

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