“The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Klay” is one of the few books I’ve ever cared about enough to read twice. If you haven’t done so yet, give it a try.
I once ordered a Hamm’s at a restaurant. My buddy, a beer snob, commented, “Why on earth would you do that?” The waitress, without batting an eye, said, “Maybe for colonoscopy prep?”
This strip is so true. Amazon lost money quarter after quarter, but investors were all in, while some competitors, like BestBuy, were actually MAKING money, but weren’t investment darlings.
Author Neal Stephenson points out that religion is an operating system for humans, instructing us how to dress, what to eat, where to be at certain times, who to marry, etc.
Disney used this gag in one of the old “Dexter” movies, with Kurt Russell. I just found it, and damn if it doesn’t still hold up. https://youtu.be/qNI3LngJsHc
“The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Klay” is one of the few books I’ve ever cared about enough to read twice. If you haven’t done so yet, give it a try.