I may have an outdated sense of what a potlatch was. I was using the term in the sense of destroying value, per this kind of definition:
“A potlatch involves giving away or destroying wealth or valuable items in order to demonstrate a leader’s wealth and power. “
This stuck with me: Years ago, someone on Reddit described their middle school in the ‘70s having to have an assembly to stop a potlatch/arms race between kids stacking Izod/Lacoste shirts. There were well-off kids wearing three or more stacked Lacoste shirts every day, and poorer kids wearing cheap generic polo shirts under real alligator shirts to try to keep up.
It was the spirit of Homer Davenport. Rejoice and have another slice of marionberry pie.
That was the joke, but I trust it’s much improved by the explication.
It’s what a manchild thinks is sci-fi.
Dixon.
Def my fave of that series too.
I’d be shocked if it were, as I think they zealously honor KYC/AML/OFAC.
PIA, just because I’m lazy and it’s been fine for like a decade. If there is something better, happy to hear about it.
Random memory, but the early Norton suite on the Mac was like this amazing Swiss Army knife; it has fallen from great heights to the pit of hell.
Yeah, it’s really stark looking back at it.
Friends was a relatively well-written show, with strong comedic actors. It didn’t need this level of aggressive laugh-tracking.
If you want to be a bit poetic: There’s a thing I know nothing of.
Yeah, the comedic utility is inverse to actual.
You could get a card that entitled you to a free battery every month.
GBR has crazy jellyfish. Otherwise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DswPLKfi00A
Hope they got all of the free battery of the month cards!
Piss-play fetish if you swim around the Great Barrier Reef a lot.
He had like 900 kids.
The Marching Morons
What a great comment!