It’s hilarious to watch physicists and other math types argue about philosophy but not realize they are arguing about philosophy. It’s one of the best comedy routines I am aware of. It’s the Mr. Bean of the academic set.
Day: July 10, 2019, 4:37 PM
Can’t Spell Prude Without Rude
What’s weird is that all these outfits that airlines seem intent on being offended over seem really tame to me. I mean, I know we’re as prudish as we’ve been since the tail end of the 1950s, but it really does seem some people would prefer burqas and such for women.
FA Dissociation
Something odd I’ve noticed about the Fat Acceptance movement is that most of them talk about their bodies as completely separate from the rest of their being. They always say odd things like, “It feels good to my body” or “This body is strong” and similar phrasings. It’s like they don’t even associate their bodies with themselves.
I wonder if that is not part of the problem, this dissociation? It’s just a very bizarre way of speaking that I noticed. I don’t have any firm conclusions about it but it seems like a clue to something.
I Hered It Through The Grapevine
Given her first nomination for THE SIXTH SENSE, which (while deserved. Shoulda won) was very much a surprise, I get why people thought she might get in for HEREDITARY, another great performance in a horror film. But I never thought she would, sadly.https://t.co/U9p4rb2efy
— [kie.ran] (@danblackroyd) July 10, 2019
I’d forgotten she was in The Sixth Sense. Will have to watch that again just for Collette.
But, yes, unfortunately for horror-haters the best movie performance of 2018 was Toni Collette in Hereditary. No others I saw were even that close. Sarah Paulson in Bird Box doesn’t really count because she was only in the film for five minutes or so.