You have to understand. It was a different time.

[substitute]

I just watched a documentary called HIDDEN FIRE: THE GREAT BUTTE EXPLOSION.

[insert beavis laugh]

It was horrible. Bullet points of the horrible:

• Standard post-Ken Burns style with sad violins, period pictures, and voiceovers reading letters and newspaper articles. "Dear Mama..." Did everything in the 19th century happen with a bassoon or a scrapy

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[momokeen]

After each disapproving "Forget it, Jake" statement she stopped and pursed her lips like a high school assistant principal announcing detention.

your analogies are the best, and your posts are always a good source of entertainment. :) <3

[microbie]

This one was my favorite: "A terrible constipated straining at the toilet of ivory tower liberalism."

[florence_craye]

That wikipedia article has managed to make a very funny Monty Python sketch sound horrible. Why even bother trying to describe it?

I greatly enjoyed your recap of the whole horrible Butte disaster. Enjoy it, kids! lol

[springheel_jack]

Awful, wow. Very reminiscent of the old negro space program.

[turnip]

I actually want to watch this now. But I don't want to have to pay for it.

[anonymous]

"Ken Burns has ruined documentary filmmaking?" the same way that Britney Spears ruined pop music, right? because she had a few big hits, and thereafter, nobody made any other kind of music.

i know i should ignore idiots like you, but every now and then i can't resist.

[substitute]

1. This was a deliberate exaggeration for purposes of humorous style, using a particular technique called sarcasm. I apologize for any literal interpretation that may have been implied.

2. I know I should ignore idiots like you, but every now and then I can't resist.

3. Helloooo Nashville!