nycman

I’d improve it, by getting rid of it. A bunch of egomaniacs patting each other on the back. The world has so many more important thing to attend to.

It’s usually translated as “A Bar....”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bar_at_the_Folies-Bergère A minor but important difference. I also just realized I’ve never seen this painting in real life since I’ve never been to the Courtauld. https://courtauld.ac.uk I now have my first Post-COVID art adventure! Thank you!

"We’re gonna need a bigger bulldozer!"

Got to say I thought the same thing. The world is pretty fucked up when we value dogs more than we do humans.

The lesson is involve the lawyers before you set up this type of arrangement. That way you don’t need them after. Well that and....don’t mix business and friendship.

Stunningly beautiful, but also a stunning lack of rhythm.

Seriously bad photos. I agree. Her staff has no one to blame but themselves. You whored out to a fashion magazine and you’re surprised they fucked you? You don’t know much about whoring....or fashion.

It’s a run down Mediterranean port town with a few mildly interesting mid-century buildings. For the most part, the population is strangely arrogant. I wouldn’t recommend it. There’s too many other genuinely cool places in the world.

Care to share the secret? Having to scroll through entire threads every time is just about the only thing I don’t like about this forum.

I don’t really think a child that young should be exploited like that by the entertainment industry. He cute but not particularly talented. Christ the truth is it’s about a decade too soon to even guess.

My question is..... The surgeons couldn’t tell his bladder from his bowel? Note to self....do NOT get sick in India!

As a child.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are As an early teen..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_(novel) As a late teen... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Budd

I understand your point. I just wish they had made it more clear that the entire series was a fanciful farce. Once you start including real historical people and real historical events, truth and fiction can get easily confused. History is important as is historical accuracy. For me, the lines were too blurred and it felt like revisionist infotainment.

My interest in the show crashed at exactly the same moment. The cracks started to show before that though. Queen Latifah’s fanciful, and not completely accurate, retelling of the Hattie McDaniels Oscar story was the beginning. If you’re going to reference such specific and important moments in history, I think you have to stay as close to the truth as you can. Otherwise, it becomes a pathetic Disney version of history, that will in time be mistaken for the truth. In matters such as these the real truth is 1000 times more interesting and much too important to lie about. I understand what they were trying to to do. For me it failed miserably.

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