tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post746314872710578375..comments2024-03-29T07:36:51.933-05:00Comments on driftglass: The Algorithm That Generates David Brooks' Columns Has Gone Maddriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-49709674434618338792017-07-08T18:55:42.558-05:002017-07-08T18:55:42.558-05:00Also sprach Zarathustra's Arsehole.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Also_sprach_Zarathustra_(Strauss)" rel="nofollow"> Also sprach Zarathustra's </a> Arsehole.rhwombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965197378050915417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-54473139466220958992017-07-08T16:08:45.598-05:002017-07-08T16:08:45.598-05:00
I remember when they took Trudeau off the Funny P...<br />I remember when they took Trudeau off the Funny Pages; it is way past time to put Brooks on them, next to Nancy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847529025861701877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-15953798095254632992017-07-07T13:38:32.025-05:002017-07-07T13:38:32.025-05:00"ethic of flexibility ushered in by smartphon..."ethic of flexibility ushered in by smartphone apps — not to mention the decline of civilization, the collapse of morality and the ruination of all we hold dear."<br />I never put such words to paper, no matter how half assed and cooked up the night before it's due the assignment turned out. And I have quite a catalog. Yours reminded me of the Bistromathic Drive from Life, The Universe, And Everything: "The second non-absolute number is the given time of arrival, which is now known to be one of those most bizarre of the mathematical concepts, a recipriversexcluson, a number whose existence can only be defined as being anything, other than itself. In other words, the given time of arrival is the one moment of time at which it is impossible that any member of the party will arrive." - Douglass AdamsLawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429309964648275918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-1252101589622482232017-07-07T12:19:10.742-05:002017-07-07T12:19:10.742-05:00Nice post, Driftglass. Love the C-3PO image, too.Nice post, Driftglass. Love the C-3PO image, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502268818083985860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-87503908539069698612017-07-07T11:01:02.387-05:002017-07-07T11:01:02.387-05:00I tend to interpret these types of Brooks columns ...I tend to interpret these types of Brooks columns as Death Of A Right Wing Pundit laments worthy of an alternate Tennessee Williams play of the same title. <br /><br />I'd say it wasn't just anyone who bailed, there was someone specific who bailed. My guess is was probably some young, up and comer in the Beltway "intellectual" conservative circle who Brook's thought was going to spend a evening giving him a metaphorical rim job in hopes of some "help with their career" while quaffing merlot on his NTY expense account. <br /><br />So instead of admit someone ditched him in Aspen to hang with someone more connected and powerful that Brooks doesn't have access to, he writes about how its broader social problem that he was recently reminded he isn't as significant, interesting, or influential as he thought he was.<br /><br /><br /><br />trgahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718897286384990852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-91334243943607442652017-07-07T10:42:39.696-05:002017-07-07T10:42:39.696-05:00Driftglass, it took great restraint to keep from m...Driftglass, it took great restraint to keep from making the obvious "Brooks has been bailing for years on the American Conservative debacle he helped create" point. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075842809644056330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-10981599015189852672017-07-07T10:28:26.139-05:002017-07-07T10:28:26.139-05:00Someone likely bailed on him recently, and therefo...Someone likely bailed on him recently, and therefore bailing is the new existential threat to the civilized world.<br /><br />And the fraying of commitments, the decline of civilization, the collapse of morality. How many times has that buy been married?Tom Shefchikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07144475224910518968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-9727836779158660412017-07-07T10:07:53.999-05:002017-07-07T10:07:53.999-05:00If I can take a stab at what David Brooks is going...If I can take a stab at what David Brooks is going through (pick one or three):<br /><br />1) He's still not getting laid, despite running off with a young assistant. Conclusion: the marriage will not last.<br /><br />2) Second mid-life crisis, which not even a red sports car can assuage.<br /><br />3) The walls are closing in, and "Charlie" is close, getting stronger.bluicebankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821812102554488543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-51089092980547522852017-07-07T10:06:35.543-05:002017-07-07T10:06:35.543-05:00The cartoon that inspired the classic Twilight Zon...The cartoon that inspired the classic Twilight Zone episode?Peter Janovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07590229306105292675noreply@blogger.com