What, did you think that was the one bit of Americana that didn’t cross an ocean?

Traditional spiceless dishes, like Christmas pudding?

I think you have it backwards. The UK conquered the world, in part for spices (although that was more a Spain and Portugal thing), and used them. Then, you stopped importing them for a few decades as government policy and switched to “grease as the primary flavour”.

Does a steamed pud from a container count? Those things actually do kind of slap.

Also, Thomas+Allison.

It was one-sided and played for laughs, but it’s pretty much always there, so you might count it.

TIL. Did any of them deviate much from the original set-up, or is there a too-nice scoutmaster with an arrow through the neck in all of them?

Seems like that depends on a group of screenwriters with a masochistic enjoyment of denial. You have to think it would be a very tempting subplot to start.

As a result, most of the ideas people here have involve like three main characters. I’m not sure about 30 Rock.

You had to see that coming OP.

They even recycled a lot of the same basic characters and plot points. It’s has a pretty different feel though, so I’m not sure whether to be mad.

One nice thing about nature is that it has totally different problems than we do. Like, we should be glad we’re not wild deer, but they never have to deal with bureaucracy, or subtle mean girls shit.

I encounter negativity when discussing politics online. Somehow quite a few people get insulting and expect me to change my view after. It’s irritating and hinders my will to be open minded when discussions are tinted with insults.

In some cases, it has to be people that just get off on conflict. Trolls, but like a kind that pretends to be a normal community participant. In other cases it’s more like they’ve forgotten there’s someone real on the other side.

When you have a good conversation with someone you don’t agree with at all, that shit is fascinating, though.

Is mindfulness what you’re getting at?

I haven’t seen “look on the bright side” yet.

That’s frequently dumb, unhelpful advice, because it’s presented as a cure-all. But, the way anything negative gets amplified, it’s worth considering if you’re overlooking the good stuff.

Like, most Lemmings have flown on a plane, at near the speed of sound above all the clouds. Cavemen would have killed for that opportunity. When we look at the stars, we know what they actually are. We’re not having more and more kids unsustainably anymore.

Edit: Oh, never mind, I just missed it.

Maybe I’ll just add the abstract idea of hope, then. Things still could turn out okay even if they’re bad now.

“On the internet nobody knows you’re a dog”

If you’re noticeably weird in some way, any way, IRL can be harsh. On the internet, there’s more hostility total, but it’s not usually directed at you.

It has to be.

Yeah, type of crowd really matters. I mean, they all suck in some way, we’re only human. But not necessarily that exact way.

IRL activists also tend to be pretty funny (yes this is a self-own). Doing abstract good just isn’t a strong motivator on it’s own.

Yeah, it’s tough. We’re kind of raised with the expectation there’s good people and bad people, right? Some are savvy enough to know that’s bullshit really early on; others don’t care if it’s literally true and can just live in the fantasy. The rest of us have to deal with it if and when we figure it out.

It seems like there should be a way to live a good life in a world full of morally neutral people. I can’t really say I’ve figured it out.

Could be, I guess, depending on how bright a light you could make in whatever year. Also liability for the driver being distracted by it.

If they could do a rear sidewindow version, I guess that would be fine. No guarantee the projector didn’t take up the full glove box, though.

Very interesting.

Like, did he not realise that was dick behavior? Or maybe it was fake and he was trying to manipulate you a different way? What a puzzle.