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Have any of you read the Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler? Truly frightening, even moreso than Handmaid's Tale.

1. You've obviously never seen Grave of the Fireflies. 2. I loved Interstellar up until the end, when he

I read a piece that said the 20th Century gave us 4 main types of dystopian fiction: Orwellian, Huxleyan, Kafkaesque, and (I love this) Phildickian. https://www.damnitiloveamerica.com/dystopian-fiction

I wouldn't really call it dystopian, at least not the first book/season. By the 2nd book, it's an arguable point. (I have read all 3 of the main books, someone else wrote a 4th book that I haven't read.) The books are FANTASTIC, and I really love the translation work by Ken Liu (no relation to...

Just out of curiosity, and for no political reason whatsoever, what are your favorite pieces of dystopian fiction? Are you a fan of the classic novels, like 1984 and Brave New World? Maybe something more modern and specific, like Handmaid's Tale or Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents...

This chart doesn't quite go back that far, but... (High of 130.4 % in Mar 2021 and a low of 31.8 % in Sep 1974) https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/united-states/government-debt--of-nominal-gdp

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_5quhamGjw

That's the thing. These dollar amounts seem huge, but when you look at them from the perspective of the largest economy in history, they're tiny.

I'm assuming you're being sarcastic or deliberately misstating things. There are 335 million people in the US. That means each person would get about $350. Enough for dinner and an electric bill.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKOULtglSQ

Yes, but you have Lordi, POTF, and Nightwish going for you.

Dave is the cellist here. Or is that a bass? I think it's a double bass. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_lvhFgilgE

The good thing about this game is we can play as hard as we want, it won't matter in the end.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtkdDNlD8dE

He was an assistant coach at Montana State for a year, while his daughter was on the team. When she left, so did he. I agree, it seems like he doesn't have a real drive to do it.

He's the Jenny McCarthy of the NBA. Unless that's Kyrie.

This aged well...

If you get the chance to have Anneke sing backup for you, you take it. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf66JS9qPK8

After making songs about suicide, loss of pets, and beating the crap out of rapists, Bloodywood takes aim at... cooking. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nihFu0YjkcE

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc