A screed from Lileks.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
The Raj Koothrappali Approach
…to Constitutional law:
I don’t know if you watch Big Bang Theory, but Raj is Indian of course, and he’s lecturing his sister from India on Hindu rules about modesty and sexual propriety, and she just looks at him and says, “You’re talking to me about this, as you’re eating a cheeseburger!” He just looks at her and says, “Some of it makes sense; some of it’s crazy – whatta do?!” And that’s basically the Seidman approach to the Constitution, right? The parts he likes make sense, and the others are crazy – whatta do?
This reminds me of cafeteria Catholics, who want to pick and choose which aspects of the religion they want to accept.
So if we’re going to start ignoring the Constitution, I’m fine with that. The first part I’m going to start ignoring is the part that says, I have to do whatever they say.
Yup. Particularly the part where we’re supposed to pretend along with them that the Second Amendment doesn’t exist, or that it’s about hunting, while they try to disarm us.
[Update a while later]
Whine, whine, whine. OK, here‘s the link.
A Chemistry Museum
What would good displays look like?
Benghazi
…the motion picture?
Don’t hold your breath.
The Crippled Cruise Ship
I’ve been thinking of writing a piece about how the passengers were transported back in time to when immigrants came over in steerage (or worse, were slaves chained in the hold, lying in their own filth for weeks), and still may, but Lileks has some biting criticism of the media coverage so far.
Women
How some of them ruin everything for women.
Obviously, an unwelcome stolen kiss is rude. But “rapey”? Really?
Just another example of how the seventies feminists went more than a bridge too far.
And no, I’m not going to do my standard spiel about how Valentine’s Day is part of the war on men, but Jim Geraghty has some good thoughts.
But I will repeat that I always laugh when I hear about women wanting to know what men want on Valentine’s Day. Just show up. We’re not that hard to please. Especially for those of us who don’t have women.
And it’s not that long until Steak and a BJ Day (though I have to confess that when it comes to oral s3x, I think it’s far better to give than to receive, and I have no interest in watching fel**tio in pr0n).
Everything You Know About The Twenties
…is wrong. A meditation by Lileks.
Boba Fett
Sorry, Gen-Xers, but not everything, or everyone, has a back story. And that’s particularly not the case with one of the most overrated movie franchises in history.
Han Solo you might be able to make a movie about, but Boba Fett? Really? If so, it’s just a final demonstration of cultural and moral decline.
Ed Markey
…and his idiotic war on roller coasters.
What Happened To The Clovis People?
The zombie theory.