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1. about 13 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   Nothing snarky about it. All experience is subjective experience, as was known 2000 years ago and is known today. If your subjective experience is that materialist cosmology is incomplete, you will maintain that belief. If your belief is that materialism rejects the existence of metaphysical concens, you will maintain such beliefs.

   My main concern is whether or not our evolutionary biology has nonetheless predisposed us to a belief in metaphysical concerns as a survival strategy, such that rejection of such beliefs is detrimental to our communal well-being.

2. about 16 hours ago on That is Priceless

   Carlos wasn’t satisfied with having a pony like all his neighbors; he had his heart set on a camel. Alas, there were no camels to be had on Tenerife, but Carlos was a man of imagination…

3. about 17 hours ago on Tom the Dancing Bug

   I gotta admit, though, Into the Spider-Verse and Across the Spider-Verse are both amazing, and I can’t wait for the final film.

   (They’re also aware of how silly their concept is, and aren’t afraid to turn the dial to 11.)

4. about 17 hours ago on Tom the Dancing Bug

   Unless the guy on the branch track is Santa Claus, though, this one’s a no brainer.

5. about 17 hours ago on Tom the Dancing Bug

   I see it as Bill Maher or (possibly) Ricky Gervais.

   On the Brit Box show “Upstart Crow”* about Will Shakespeare, the character of Will Kemp (the star comic actor, before being dumped for Robert Armin) is a thinly-veiled take on Gervais. I think Gervais is sometimes achingly funny, but he’s often unbearably smug about how “edgy” and “honest” he is.

   *Created by Ben Elton, who was also behind “Blackadder.”

6. about 19 hours ago on Phil Hands

   I don’t see this as critical of anything except the delay in approving the aid.

7. about 20 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   It’s a lament for the lost innocence of childhood.

   Bob Seger expressed the same sentiment with “Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.” (Against the Wind)

8. about 20 hours ago on Barney & Clyde

   Not surprising. He’s the guy who gave Barry his big break, hiring him to the Miami Herald in 1984…

9. about 22 hours ago on Monty

   There is “digital recording” (tape, CDs, MP3s etc.) and “analog recording” (vinyl). There is also “digital photography” and “analog photography.” Analog recording is continuous, while digital recording is incremental.

   All definitions of “analog” seem to relate to comparisons/reproductions/representations (consider the words “analogy” and “analogous”), so the definition you used seems to be misapplied.

10. about 23 hours ago on Barney & Clyde

    “Gene Weingarten” yields “Generating Ween.”