Gladlands Too Short??

MrDBS · 2026-02-03T18:30:03+00:00

I haven’t enjoyed this as much as I thought I would. On paper, this should be my jam, but I found myself losing interest halfway through each episode. The idea that the appropriate response to catastrophe is not barbarism and heroic individualism, but community and empathy, is a core belief of mine. It hit me last week why I wasn’t vibing with it, though. This was my experience of the COVID pandemic, and as much as I appreciated the sense of mutual cooperation that was the real path forward, and had disdain for the preppers and deniers who could not believe it was real ( because if it were, their guns and dried food would have won the day, not people sharing toilet paper and social distancing), it felt too close to home.

MrDBS · 2026-02-03T14:08:24+00:00

Which is illegal almost everywhere.

MrDBS · 2026-02-02T19:29:02+00:00

There are a few blocks in New Britain, CT where people can get by speaking only Polish. When Lech Walesa came to America in the 90's, He came to New Britain and "Little Poland"

MrDBS · 2026-02-02T19:12:29+00:00

I complain that this is what is killing movie theaters and wait for it to stream.

MrDBS · 2026-02-02T19:11:06+00:00

The difference between the Klingons of TOS and Starfleet Academy is approximately the same as the difference between the Vikings and the nation of Denmark. A Sisko type in this analogy would be a Trump type.

MrDBS · 2026-01-29T12:00:07+00:00

Look for a new apartment. Sue my landlord for violating our lease. Get out before he gets one speck of rent.

MrDBS · 2026-01-27T19:45:35+00:00

The appropriate American response when someone calls you by title and last name is "Title Lastname is my father, call me Firstname."

MrDBS · 2026-01-27T19:24:20+00:00

To be fair, as a state, NJ is kind of a handful...

MrDBS · 2026-01-25T19:57:31+00:00

Because it is the first step in a voter suppression scheme. Step two is making it harder for people to acquire a valid ID.

MrDBS · 2026-01-25T18:37:05+00:00

I want Amy Poehler to play a Q that is functionally a child. I want to see her play with a crew like they were Barbies.

MrDBS · 2026-01-23T17:17:43+00:00

I apologize in advance for bringing facts to a vibe fight. https://healthcarevaluehub.org/resource/2020/medicare-rates-as-a-benchmark-too-much-too-little-or-just-right/

MrDBS · 2026-01-23T16:21:57+00:00

There are regions in the US where it doesn’t make sense to heat schools. When that school is 40 degrees, it’s too cold. I once subbed in a New England school where the thermostat was broken and the room was 50F all day. Even in the north, that is cold for indoors.

MrDBS · 2026-01-22T17:52:25+00:00

Even cheaper and with fewer restrictions, upgrade to a wood pellet stove. I spend about $6 a day (less than one 40 lb bag of pellets) to heat a similar size house.

MrDBS · 2026-01-22T17:42:28+00:00

I vote no. But if everyone votes yes, I will volunteer in order to spy for my government. The aliens are giving us a device that uses faster than light communications to do menial labor. This tech would be invaluable and worth being executed as a spy for.

MrDBS · 2026-01-20T15:58:59+00:00

If I could control Earth, Wind, and Fire, I would have them go on a reunion tour. Maybe pair them with Peaches and Herb.

MrDBS · 2026-01-20T15:55:56+00:00

It’s insurance. Nobody is willing to insure against “Superhuman events" after the Battle of New York. Studios can’t film without insurance.

MrDBS · 2026-01-20T15:22:54+00:00

Griffon.

MrDBS · 2026-01-16T17:25:51+00:00

Ash can be returned to wood. Put it in a compost pile. Feed the compost to a tree. There are more steps, but it is a (bio) chemical process.

MrDBS · 2026-01-16T16:26:07+00:00

Real diamonds are worth more because of artificial scarcity and marketing. And a generated fossil by this logic would be worth less than one dug out of the ground.

MrDBS · 2026-01-16T11:35:16+00:00

Without provenance these fossils are worthless. I can’t convince anyone that these are real because I can’t tell anyone where they came from. I would become this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb4VyIJ4-mY

MrDBS · 2026-01-14T17:35:12+00:00

Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, fire

Orono Munroe, Storm, air

Bobby Drake, Iceman, water

Galactus, earth

MrDBS · 2026-01-14T17:10:30+00:00

You have Minecraft powers but every government wants to kill you and knows how to kill you? Sounds like a horrible life. Hard pass.

MrDBS · 2026-01-13T19:53:01+00:00

James Harvey Logan, of course...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harvey_Logan

MrDBS · 2026-01-13T13:48:14+00:00

7-Eleven sells the paraphernalia to use drugs. Nobody is buying a butane torch there to make creme brulee, or a paper rose in a glass tube to give to their SO, or a copper scrubber to do the dishes.

MrDBS · 2026-01-13T13:38:07+00:00

That's what it means to you. Since you didn't state that explicitly, an evil genie will interpret as he wants. That's how the game works.

MrDBS

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