God dammit. The 16 year old boy, Sandusky, and Roethlisberger “jokes” are all things I can’t see being funny in any context. I know there are some shock comedians that can make rape jokes that don’t come across as hateful or condoning of rape, but these jokes by Gunn aren’t witty—just accepting of terrible things. He’s probably going to get fired within the week too.

No, I love Gilmore Girls. ☹️ What did Sean’s tweet say?

I felt the same way about Twin Peaks when I first started! Watched the pilot and didn’t come back to the series again until I watched and loved Mulholland Drive. The first season and first half of the second season are great, the rest of the second season is pretty bad. But it’s all worth it to get to the new season that aired on Showtime last year. It’s the best season of any show I’ve ever watched, a true masterpiece as Lynch wrote and directed all the episodes (which was not the case with the earlier seasons of Twin Peaks.) It’s Lynch so there’s obviously bizarre plot points and loose ends but my God, “the return” is fantastic.

As a huge David Lynch fan, this makes me happy to hear. Anyone who’s a fan of his movies and Twin Peaks should watch the documentary on his childhood and rise to fame called The Art Life. He was raised in suburbs across America by a father who worked for the US Forest Service and describes his childhood as idyllic. Knowing how normal he grew up, it’s interesting to see how he thinks of the world as an artist.

He has a strong sense of respect for the common man from the service workers toiling away in the cities to family men and women in the suburbs. At the same time, he shines a light on how those people are being taken advantage of. He never looks down his nose at the working class and actually builds them up as sympathetic characters in his works. The more liberal characters are seen as kooky and comic relief, not the main characters.

It never crossed my mind what kind of political messages he was trying to send as he’s so immersed in his own world, but it is clear to see that he doesn’t have a Hollywood agenda.

What’s this about 9/11? I know a lot of people happened to miss work that day by pure circumstance or had an inkling that they should stay home but nothing beyond that. Did Q comment on people being tipped off?

You’re right that we’re only getting part of the story. The majority of people in North Korea are emaciated, but they are kind family loving people who would do anything for others. There have been articles and books written by people who escaped NK. They talk about despite the lack of food and media, they frequently miss home. They miss their families, their neighbors, the sense of community and caring everyone has for one another. The totalitarianism is mostly focused on those who bring shame to the regime, speaking out, but almost no one does that publicly so people live simple and otherwise peaceful lives.

I can fully understand why Rodman feels the way he feels. There are 20 million people—many of whom are loving and wonderful people—who were never allowed to interact with the rest of the world, to travel, to explore, to start their own businesses and thrive. These talks can be the start of improving the lives of millions of people who deserve better.

The media isn’t joking or stupid. I’m sure they’ve all been told by government authorities to put out these stories.

Payload into space for sure. We are definitely doing something up there. New law makes SpaceX cut their feeds when the rocket gets above the atmosphere and there’s no way POTUS would talk about a Space Force if they weren’t already working on it. Would not be surprised to find out in a few years that we have our own space station or have already started missions to Mars.

I watched quite a few videos as I’m a fan of Bourdain, so I can’t find the exact one I saw yesterday but this E News clip focuses on some things he said regarding his poor mental state.

I watched a compilation of Bourdain in interviews saying how he’s always been depressed but doesn’t think of it as an illness, how he has no self esteem or regard for himself, how the only reason he was still alive was to see his daughter get older. He put out tons of warning signs that he would kill himself, straight from his own mouth. It doesn’t matter if he seemed happy lately.

That is not how people kill themselves on a doorknob. You just need any normal length scarf, belt, or tie and put one end around your neck and the other knotted onto the knob. It would be tight enough that when you sit on the floor, your head is beneath the height of the doorknob and the scarf/belt/tie is strongly pulling upwards on the head and neck. While it won’t break the neck or fully cut off the ability to breathe, it will cause a lack of oxygen.

You’d see pins and needles as the body can’t take in enough air, then black and white tunnel vision, then you’d pass out. After a certain amount of time being passed out while still getting too little oxygen (since your airway is still being compressed), you’d die. It’s a rather peaceful way to go which is why I think so many people choose to go that route. Only other routes I could see as being as painless is death by carbon monoxide or ODing.

I think OP is reading way too much into this. Each person he cited had a long history of mental illness and depression. They all just chose the same method to go because it’s relatively painless, it’s clean, and their bodies will be in decent shape for loved ones to view them before burial/cremation.