aug 31 in idea barrages

Hallucinate your past in deep isolation pods in a process we like to call “tanks for the memories”.

A documentary called DAMP IF YOU DO: THE CONSPIRACY THAT KILLED MOIST-ROASTED PEANUTS.

You can tell a lot about our culture and economy by checking in on QVC. They’ve reached the point of desperation for shallow innovations where they’re just like “goat milk soap sold… uh… donkey milk soap”? We are in the donkey-milk soap stage of our society.

Why call it a “houseboat” when you can call it a “sea shanty”?

I mean, yes, I was just singing to the tune of the old song “Black Betty” the words “WHOA, twist ending, Shyamalan, WHOA, twist ending, Shyamalan, twist ending had a ghost, Shyamalan, clever I suppose, Shyamalan”. You make it sound weird.

If you learned something from it, it can’t have been all bad. If you didn’t learn anything from it, it can’t have been all good, either.

The problem with complaining about the post-pandemic economy is, like, we’re still in the middle of the pandemic. If you’re in denial that we’re still in the middle of it, well, that’s the first hurdle to get over.

The answer to both questions is now clear: Waldo and Carmen Sandiego are hooking up on a rented private island in the Bahamas.