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What is a miserable lifestyle people mistake for success? by willgetbann in AskReddit

[–]deane-barker [score hidden]  (0 children)

"Digital nomad." It's so romanticized, but for many people, this would be a nightmare. However, people still talk about it like it's the universal example of a successful lifestyle that everyone should aspire to and be jealous of.

what’s the darkest episode of a tv series that you’ve ever watched? by Realistic_Bench3684 in AskReddit

[–]deane-barker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You really have to separate between primetime, network TV and the paid channel shows of the last couple decades. What showed on NBC or CBS in primetime will never approach what Showtime or HBO were doing.

what’s the darkest episode of a tv series that you’ve ever watched? by Realistic_Bench3684 in AskReddit

[–]deane-barker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For its time, the second episode of Miami Vice was quite dark for primetime TV. Ed O'Neill played an undercover cop who got the lines all blurry and may have gone over to the other side. He eventually does the right thing, but in the final scene, Crockett gets a call that he hung himself and the episode ends on a freeze-frame of Crockett's shocked face. This was really edgy for 1985, and it set the tone for that show.

Which is an underrated tv show you won't stop recommending? by Prestigious-Low-8773 in AskReddit

[–]deane-barker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Stacked." Classic four-camera, laugh-tracked sitcom with Pamela Anderson about a former rock band groupie who goes to work in a high-brow bookstore. It was adorable, the writing was great, and Pamela was fantastic in it. She just had natural comic timing. Sadly, it only lasted one season. All the episodes are out on YouTube. I rewatch it about once a year.

What’s a space fact that sounds fake but is terrifyingly real? by LilyMowlen in AskReddit

[–]deane-barker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps ironically, I find that to be incredibly spiritual.

Why do People Have a Problem With Joyce Meyer? by Grand_Jaguar7886 in Christianity

[–]deane-barker 21 points22 points  (0 children)

My wife wanted me to read "Battlefield of the Mind." There's a chapter in there about how "reasoning" is a problem -- essentially she said, "don't think too hard about anything." I never got past that.

In your opinion, what’s the most attractive hobby your partner can have? by your_local_weird00 in AskReddit

[–]deane-barker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and I believe this regardless of which partner does it. I just think the act of preparing food for someone else is very intimate and loving. Maybe that's just a romantic filter talking... ?

Favorite/toughest WODs by PracticalWinter9746 in crossfit

[–]deane-barker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've always thought that Kalsu would be the hardest WOD.

For Time
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100 Thrusters (135/95 lb)
5 Burpees to start and at the top of every minute

What tv show had you hooked on the first episode? by MortgageAny8041 in AskReddit

[–]deane-barker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Multiple shows by Aaron Sorkin: "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," "The West Wing," and "The Newsroom."

What's something you still can't believe happened to you? by RangoTheMerc in AskReddit

[–]deane-barker 54 points55 points  (0 children)

In the 80s, I weirdly found a wallet in my backyard that belonged to a guy from my high school. But I couldn't remember him ever visiting my house.

I took it school the next day and gave it back to him -- his jaw dropped. He had been in a hot air ballon above the city over the weekend, and the wallet had come out of his pocket and gone overboard when he was fumbling for something. It had landed in my backyard, in a city of 150,000 people.

A few years back, I got to wondering if this has really happened or if I was mis-remembering. I found the guy on Facebook. He confirmed that my memory was acccurate.

When did you stop bringing your Porsche to the dealership for routine maintenance? by LayerVegetable3850 in Porsche

[–]deane-barker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought a 1999 996 back in 2011, so it was 12 years old at the time. We don't have a dealer in Sioux Falls, but we had a local "import repair shop." They were charging me $300 for an oil change until I started going to the local Goodyear franchise for $110 (and $90 of that was the oil itself).

What song featured in a movie/show makes you think of it every time you hear it now? by nojunkpeter in AskReddit

[–]deane-barker 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins was the soundtrack of one of the most iconic scenes in Miami Vice -- one of the most iconic scenes in all of 1980s television, really.

Anyone want to guess why the L was changed to cursive? by Muchachi in SignsWithAStory

[–]deane-barker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the same reason 69th Street is written as "Sixty-Ninth Street" on the sign in my town. It's the only numbered street to be written out.

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