A reminder if you're wondering how safe the folks here were, when they filmed a version of basically this exact maneuver for Maverick (low fly-by over people on the ground), they only got one shot because the thrust of the jet pressure wave irreparably destroyed a guard station that was in the scene

I wonder why nihilism is so en vogue with the utes 🤔

best film adaptation of The Odyssey, wrong answers only

this AI feature was coded specifically for Calvin's dad.

not just old people candy–they also perfected the delivery mechanism for candy before you were born. I somehow avoided becoming diabetic as a child even though my grandparents filled this with M&Ms and left me with it unsupervised

Just remember when you yell at Hurricane Nana, this is who you're yelling at

Best day of the year to have a riverfront office view. I loved air shows as a kid, quoted Top Gun relentlessly, built model planes, just a total aircraft nerd. My mom got me to ride roller coasters at that age by saying they’d never let me fly planes if I was too scared to get on them.

I actually love the original C&H comic being riffed on here because it's always how I envisioned myself being a dad, explaining some weird physics thing to my kid in a way that gives him crippling insomnia

my nominee:

That last play, summarized

I remember 25 years ago putting on headphones and feeling the hair on my skin bristle at the synthesizer on Kid A's opening track. I wasn't sure how I felt about it. It was nothing like OK Computer. But I couldn't stop listening. Never my favorite album, but it started my love affair with Radiohead.

Did...did a plenary indulgence write this?

why would you make me do this