All of America watching Euros rave about Waffle House, Chilis apps, buying Combos at a rural gas station, floating the Chattahoochee, and ranch dressing on the internet:
@todayyearsold Plus you have variations:
- convincing Matt Damon to leave home (Good Will Hunting)
- Matt Damon bringing someone else home (Stillwater)
- Matt Damon forgetting his home (Bourne Identity)
@its_The_Dr Chigurh operates by a set of internal rules only he understands. He is written fairly autistically this way in the book, less so seen in the movie.
He doesn’t kill her because she too is unbending in her rule set for her world. He recognizes the fidelity and respects it.
@spartinasouth@TaoistRonin It is bizarre. The ski valley is normal and nice as can be, but get down into town or Arroyo Seco and you sense it immediately
@justalexoki The aspirational pursuit of cars and single family homes are a load bearing pillar of That Dawg that americans have in them. It’s unironically of strategic significance
@PaulSkallas May be better to see this as refinement culture, specifically the car Jony Ives wanted to design for Apple ten years ago. The minimalist mid 2010s design language makes a lot more sense if you imagine it white on black with the badges swapped. Life becoming smartphone