Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org

@Av8rdan I think the biggest cause of that is simply population density. In America, we have to lay *a lot* more track between big cities, and that's really expensive.

I do wish we had better rail though.

Let's not forget to add the surgeon general's warning label to Dungeons & Dragons and Rock & Roll too while we're at it.

@ketmorco Yeah, if that's all it is. I think we can all get behind the idea of lunatics harming innocents due to delusions being "bad".

But when the concept of "rights" get invoked, there's usually a little more to the message.

@WmShakesp3are Nah, in the past, without the internet and 24 hour news, they had a much easier time concealing the hidden corruption.

And when it got too blatant, they actually punished the person (at least removed them from power, even if they didn't face charges).

In other words, back then, they pretended that they weren't crooked.

Today, they don't even give enough of a shit to hide it.

@Szwendacz @argv_minus_one@mstdn.party Plausible.

@PattyHanson @cdarwin But he didn't have that right. It was his delusion that's at fault here, not his rights.

@cdarwin This whole framing about his "rights" falls apart once the linked article notes he was arrested and is being charged with murder.

@garyackerman In high school, I was once assigned a book report on a book so boring that it put me to sleep within a page or two. "Essays on the American Frontier" or something like that.

I gave up, wrote a bullshit report, and flipped through the book to cherry-pick some quotes I could use to support my made-up points.

I got an A.

Sometimes the students can tell when the teachers haven't done the reading either.

@pseudonym The original joke about them liking music was the two of them playing "dueling mozart" on pianos, so even then it was old people music.
I got the point of the Alice Cooper joke... it just seemed very weak.

Now, granted, part of this may be that it's the pilot, and pilots are always a little weird and awkward.

Also, it should be noted that Williams' physical comedy is truly timeless. It's just the writing around that is... not great. To the point where it's super obvious any time Robin improvs a line, because those are actually funny, and even the other actors can't help but laugh.

@garyackerman A lot of times, if you call them (and wait half a dozen hours on hold), they will actually issue a credit for downtime.

It's just not worth the trouble to most people.

It's weird how comedy evolves.

I love Robin Williams, so I'm trying to watch Mork & Mindy.

But the humor is... I guess "old" is a nice way to say it.

In the pilot, one of the "jokes" that had the "audience" in stitches was the idea that two old people could enjoy playing music. That's it. A moment later the audience was dying because the old lady was able to name-check Alice Cooper.

I just don't get it.