Yet another word game

[Larry Duff]

Answers on a postcard.

 

[Vcore89]

Postcard can evoke memories of places loved ones visited, often with accompanying messages that holds sentimental value and nostalgia.

 

[DutchUncle]

Nostalgia buffs unite to defeat modernism.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Modernism beats postmodernism for proponents of inductive reasoning, empirical evidence, and the concept of an objective reality, even though individuals perceive it through subjective lenses.

 

[4UTRMoutet]

Lenses need cleaning, I haven't washed my glasses in 3 days I'm not even joking right now.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

"Now" is one of those words that might slowly evolve into "once".

 

[Larry Duff]

Once in a lifetime

 

[Vcore89]

Once in a lifetime newly minted multimillionaires from Euromillions will have to prepare for the start of rest of their lives.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Lives of the Rich and Famous was a television program (1984-95) that focused
on extravagant homes and lifestyles of the rich and famous.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Famous people often become reclusive.

 

[Vcore89]

Reclusive only after the success of The Catcher in the Rye can be said of J.D. Salinger.

 

[milk of amnesia]

J. D. Salinger was one of my favorite authors when I was a teenager.

 

[4UTRMoutet]

Teenager activities include scrolling instagram reels.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Reels of nitrate film can be explosive.

All about... nitrate film​

Everything you need to know about the beauty and explosive danger of nitrate film, from how we look after it to the filmmakers who’ve been inspired by it.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/all-about-nitrate-film

 

[Vcore89]

Explosicve [ordnance] remnants of war contextually refer to unexploded [failed to detonate] or abandoned munitions left behind, especially of those during World War II.

 

[4UTRMoutet]

II is the Roman numeral for "two."

 

[Larry Duff]

Two sevens clash was a song by reggae band Culture about how the world would end on 7/7/77 which would appear to be an incorrect prophecy.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

An incorrect prophesy proffered by Peter Thiel, as a self-serving propaganda tactic that employs anti-humanist Nick Land's concept of creating a societal hyperstition, is that Greta Thunberg is the antichrist ushering in the biblical apocalypse.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Apocalypse comes from a Greek word meaning "revelation" or "unveiling",
but has come to be used to describe a significant ending, especially something
cataclysmic, unlike the film Apocalypse Now, which in
many ways was a pretty boring movie.

Critic's NameGene SiskelPublicationChicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
The review
It's precisely in the last 25 minutes that Apocalypse Now dissolves into gibberish.
I've seen the film three times with two different endings, and neither ending has been satisfactory.
That's because the problem with the picture isn't at its very end...

 

[milk of amnesia]

'End Time' prophecies are all over the internet.

 

[Vcore89]

Internet prophecy, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web in 2017 expressed his growing concerns about issues like fake news, propaganda, and the growing influence of powerful corporations and their algorithms, which he said were creating a "nasty storm" that threatened the web's original open vision.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Vision (ironically) can be obscured by optimism.

 

[AntonZweck]

Optimism underrates how difficult it is to achieve real change.

 

[Zodd]

Change is only possible once you realize what you have to give up in order for it to happen

 

[Bagumbawalla]

"Happen randomly" and "unpredictability" are terms you might hear referring
to some singular situation or event

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Event horizons are the boundaries around a black hole where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape.

 

[AntonZweck]

Escape From Alcatraz (2025) stars: Jason Statham, Morgan Freeman, and Scarlett Johansson.

 

[Larry Duff]

Scarlett Johansson covered Last Goodbye

 

[Bagumbawalla]

"Goodbye" is something one might hear when someone is leaving, or is
commenting on a bargain found at Walmart.

 

[4UTRMoutet]

Walmart is as ubiquitous as oxygen.

 

[Vcore89]

Oxygen [TV channel] is a network owned by NBCUniversal.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

NBCUniversal, in turn is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation of which the Gate's foundation
holds many shares- which reminds me that in time-travel movies, why don't the travelers
do some investing while they are back there in time.

 

[4UTRMoutet]

Time to get off this game and do something productive.

 

[Larry Duff]

Do something productive sounds like a very capitalist mantra.

 

[AntonZweck]

Capitalist mantra of ''greed is good'' is the idea that enlightened selffishness drives economic growth that benefits everyone through market mechanisms like Adam Smith's ''invisible hand''.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Hand to mouth, paycheck to paycheck, living on a shoestring, eking out a living are all terms
that relate, more and more, to today's economy.

 

[4UTRMoutet]

"Economy" is a glorified term for a prison cage in an airplane.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Airplane is a favorite movie of of may people, not sure why.

 

[Larry Duff]

Why do birds suddenly appear?

 

[Vcore89]

Why do birds suddenly appear, everytime you are near?

 

[Larry Duff]

Nearly there

 

[Vcore89]

Nearly there but never there.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

There is no there, there is a a quote from Gertrude Stein about Oakland, California- her childhood home.

 

[Vcore89]

Homeward Bound, by Simon & Garfunkel is generally well-regarded for its evocative lyrics about the loneliness of a touring musician.

↓ w/ George Harrison version ↓

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Musician(s), much like actors, can be divided into the top one percent, who gain fame and
money, and the rest who eke out some extra cash at local clubs

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Clubs that offered membership to Groucho Marx found themselves in a paradoxical situation.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Situation comedy is different from the style practiced by the Marx Brothers,
who's blend of slapstick and verbal acrobatics verged on absurdism.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Absurdism more aptly describes the philosophy of Camus than existentialism.

Although he is often referred to as an Existentialist, the school of philosophy that examines existence and man’s search for possible meanings of life, Camus preferred the term Absurdist, the belief that reality is irrational and meaningless. His 1942 novel L’Estranger (The Stranger or The Outsider) conveyed Camus’ philosophy of the absurd and the alienation of modern life. The novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957, the second youngest winner, at age 44, of that prestigious award. Camus was also active in politics as a member of the left that opposed Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union for their totalitarianism.
https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/understanding-albert-camus-novelist-playwright-and-philosopher

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Existentialism looks at man's relationship to "reality" and some see that
relationship, as absurd, others disgusting, some meaningless, others hopeful...
but Bagumbawalla sums it all up with, "What doesn't kill me makes me tired",-
oh, wait that's how I also imagine Sisyphus.

 

[Larry Duff]

Sisyphus was a theme for a popular Scottish lager advert in the 1980's.