They should bring back the intermission before people start bringing pee bottles.

Is anyone else getting a little uncomfortable having their confirmation bias put in the spotlight like this?

Yeah, Season 1, Episode 20: https://subslikescript.com/series/Community-1439629/season-1/episode-20-The_Science_of_Illusion

That’s okay. That’s what I love about the show. It’s fun to just watch, but there’s a lot of extra content in the details. I’ve watched every episode several times, at least once with headphones, subtitles and my full attention, and there’s no way I can remember every single reference. As long as you don’t forget Troy and Abed in the Morning, you’re good.

You might like the TV show, Community, then. I know I do.

My community college friend once offered me a snake in a can, but when I opened it, it just contained nuts.

It really is getting quite Kafkaesque. Vibe legislation. Vibe litigation. Soon vibe adjudication. If the legal system isn’t already an incomprehensible maze, it will be if it’s run entirely by AI.

An outfit made of tiles? In this economy?

Makes me think of I Am Legend

Your succinct rebuttal captures so perfectly what I believe was very likely the attitude of that era.

Past all the obvious points like, “smoking is bad,” “smoking in the car is worse,” etc, this still seems like a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist and might make things worse. Even the standard electric lighters in the dash at the time seem like a better option. I always assumed those were a backup anyway.

This thing has a hopper that can hold a pack’s worth of loose cigarettes, but the user has to load them in there. Needless to say, orientation matters, so that’s one more thing that can go wrong. On top of that, if the device isn’t the primary source of cigarettes, then there’s just an open pack of cigarettes sitting in a hot car, going stale for most of the day. That is, unless the user primarily works in their vehicle, this device mostly just oxidizes cigarettes. Even then, nothing about the function of the device is faster or simpler than someone grabbing a cigarette, putting it in their mouth and using a conventional lighter, all of which can also be done one-handed.

Responsible drivers use the helmet:

It’d be funny if someone stole the lock and left the shoes.

Mind your business. He’s just trying to make ends meet. You don’t know how ruff it is for gig workers in this economy.

“Your boos mean nothing to me. I’ve seen what makes you cheer.”

I love that quote so much. I hate that it’s from Rick.

Yeah, i think that’s it. It was pretty much just a hyperbolic commentary on the 2000s and the world kept heading in that direction.

It gets a lot of flak for it’s eugenics themes. I agree that the problem isn’t a system that breeds people genetically predisposed to stupidity. I would have preferred it if the movie had chosen a different mechanism for the dumbing down of the population.

Personally, I think it’s socioeconomic. Rising wealth inequality is causing a decline in the quality of the average median level of education.

For the last time, I’m pretty sure… what’s killing the crops is this Brawndo stuff.

But Brawndo’s got what plants crave. It’s got electrolytes.

So wait a minute. What you’re saying… is that you want us to put water on the crops.

Yes. Water.

Like out the toilet?

Well, I mean, it doesn’t have to be out of the toilet, but, veah, that’s the idea.

But Brawndo’s got what plants crave. It’s got electrolytes.

Okay, look.The plants aren’t growing, so l’m pretty sure that the Brawndo’s not working. Now, I’m no botanist, but I do know that if you put water on plants, they grow.

Well, I’ve never seen no plants grow out of no toilet.

Hey, that’s good. You sure you ain’t the smartest guy in the world?

You wanna solve this problem. I wanna get my pardon So why don’t we just try it, okay, and not worry about what plants crave?

Brawndo’s got what plants crave.

Goddamn it. Yeah, it’s got electrolytes.

What are electrolytes? Do you even know?

It’s what they use to make Brawndo.

Yeah, but why do they use them to make Brawndo?

'Cause Brawndo’s got electrolytes.

After several hours, Joe finally gave up on logic and reason… and simply told the cabinet that he could talk to plants… and that they wanted water. He made believers out of everyone.

Will it help you forget or will it make you see every potential outcome?

This makes me think I’d enjoy a Beauty and the Beast movie set in Mongolia with this guy as Gaston’s character, but renamed “Galdan.”

Really looking forward to his version of Gaston’s song featuring, yurts, archery, yaks, mare’s milk, etc.