DAE remember that the OceanGate CEO bragged that Boeing helped them manufacture the sub?
At the time Boeing disavowed, but who you gonna believe?
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Zizek has said before that all his books are reworded versions of the same book.
James “JP” Staples has been expelled by Phi Delta Theta. When a Mississippi frat throws you under the bus for being too racist, you're not going to have a good time.
Some people think God is an English teacher and his cock is a giant red pen.
Just going to point out the irony that modern Europeans are descended from migrants that infiltrated the Continent and interbred with the locals until their genes and culture were dominant.
Blood Meridian by Cormac Mccarthy.
It's kinda hard to describe. I recon it's a parable about American colonization and the genocide of the native people. Like a map of how a project like that gets done and who benefits from it.
It's like a melodrama in that it's light on plot, and character motivation, but without the extreme circumstances unless you count the pervasive, persistent, and senseless violence. (that the characters themselves barely seem to notice) Not exactly a supernatural tale, but filled with dream logic, oh and the literal Christian Devil is one of the main characters.
This is the only book Ive ever read twice, back to back. I got to the end and was like WTF, turned to the first page and started again.
Satan plays the fiddle. This is not just the country song, but folklore going back to Medieval Europe. The early Catholic Church frowned on dancing which the violin was associated with.
In the 19th Century, Nicolo Paganini was rumored to have gotten his talent on that instrument through a pact with the devil, which may have inspired 20th century folklore about Robert Johnson and the crossroads.
Edging plutonium into criticality with a screwdriver is like lighting a match to get a better look at a stick of dynamite. It's embarrassing that it got two people this way.
A guy who committed suicide had advanced knowledge of his own death? Inconceivable!
I read the other day that Kim Gordon was 70 and my soul did that Private Ryan meme.