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Mad Men was hard for me to keep up with because I just hated everyone and it made me angry

There are a few moments that nod straight to Breaking Bad though, like Tuco's entry. It had me fanboying and hyped for the directing/writing especially across shows. I also feel like you can really get a sense of the writers' personal development coming off of Breaking Bad, like they refined so much that was already some of the best TV. And the contrast between Walt's unreal saga and how Saul is so humanized; he's deeply flawed but just a guy trying to make it.

I really need to finish Better Call Saul.

I can't believe I forgot about Letterkenny. The riffing is just so good, it doesn't get old, and every character is perfect. And the music, especially season one's display is exactly my taste. The whole show is top notch, but season one is something special.

Schitt's Creek, too. Both are Canadian gems. I love how like half of the cast is Eugene Levy's family, and Dan Levy is bae. It's one of the few comedies to bring me to tears, I'm pretty sure more than once.

So many shows have to be tied for number one for me lmao. Every time I look back at this thread the list gets longer.

I was recently watching Archer again, so I'll have to see how the later seasons hit this time around. It's one of those shows I've watched multiple times over (all the shows I mentioned are, honestly) and it seemed to fall off, but I might have just been finally burnt out lol.

And that's a good point about Bob's Burgers. It's always pretty wholesome. I almost forgot about all the songs, too. They're so good!

It's Always Sunny and Bob's Burgers are standouts for me, along with a lot of this thread.

I guess I'd categorize them both as shows where every character, however minor, contributes perfectly to the hilarity and overall vibe of the show. Really, any show with great chemistry/cohesion and ownership of the characters, where you couldn't change a single thing to make it better. Psych and Futurama are a couple mentioned that fit the bill. Others are on the tip of my tongue but not coming to me. Oh, King of the Hill!

The best thing about IASIP and Bob's Burgers is there isn't a single off/bad episode in the first like 12 and 5 seasons, respectively. I stopped keeping up with both at some point when I was up to date and waiting. There's not really a bad episode in any of those shows.

What I really like about Bob's Burgers is how they record all together and have a lot of fast quipping and reactive energy.

Oh, and Archer! At least until things really switched up.

From a logical standpoint, I think sticking to fundamentals and, like Cowbee says, letting common sense do some legwork is a good approach.

There are so many learned misconceptions whether through propaganda or simple ignorance. I really think the best way to combat it is by explaining them away one by one, building from fundamental concepts on up.

Like the other day I realized a lot of people think communism or a social economic structure means everyone "makes" the same amount, regardless of labor. I thought this at one point. Conveying the correct concepts may seem straightforward from a socialist understanding, but there can be so much more to clear up along the way for a person that has never thought into it at any level.

Again, as Cowbee points out, the sensible analysis will show through, and I think it's finding a good approach to conveying that analysis that is so hard. As with teaching anything, a good grasp of the person's worldview/values/beliefs is key to walking through that analysis in an effective way for them to digest. The secondary issue is having a good enough grasp on it yourself to connect the dots that you might find intuitive or take for granted, which someone else does not.

I'm kind of obsessed with the "theory of understanding", for lack of a better term, so I hope I didn't ramble too much. Thinking about thinking is fun lol.

I'm still on bemenu since I used dmenu with dwm on X. I should probably check the others out.

This, logseq, and PKM in general for me. I guess it's not really "can't live without" because I hardly know where to start, but the possibilities for organizing my mess of a brain are enticing.

It would probably help to have a project to work on and actually use the things rather than diving too deep into PKM conceptually... Really wish I knew about them in school, though.

Midi chlorines is my favorite chiptunes album

Fair enough, but that is OP, my friend

Could take a subset and do ICANN lookups. Not sure about doing that at scale though.

It's also important to note that a lot of that scarcity is artificial. Sure, we're far from post scarcity, but strife is exacerbated by capitalist systems in all but the most privileged.