Oh, man. Idea: When watching a vintage movie on a steaming service they should run ads from the same time period.

Watch an 80s movie with 80s McDonald's and Folgers commercials.

Agree with your take on Caillou. I also always thought Dora was yelling. My daughter never seemed to mind either though. 😕

But all of human creation is derivative.

To me it was helpful in trying to understand the perspective from which a group derive their actions. Much like you said. Usually a good first step in dealing with interpersonal conflict is to make an attempt to understand the other perspective. The end does seem to wander a bit, but I think there's some truth in the general premise that a large group of people feel left behind (in various ways for various reasons).

David Brooks wrote a good article in the New York Times today that tries to help shift perspectives a bit to understand this. I'd highly recommend reading it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/opinion/trump-meritocracy-educated.html

I think that was a long time and another marriage ago.

I don't get that sense with him now, but could see that having been the case 20 or 30 years ago.

Hello fellow northeastern Kansan. I totally relate to your cycling interests. I sometimes tell people that my hobby is hobbies.