Dang, do I ever love DFW's rambling. It's so <i>enjoyable</i> compared to everyone else's rambling.<p>I have always wondered why he uses the word 'which' in a way that nobody else does, as in:<p>"...he had to eject, which basically means setting off an explosive charge that blows your seat out of the plane, which ejection broke both McCain’s arms and one leg and gave him a concussion and he started falling out of the skies right over Hanoi."<p>The second 'which' does not seem grammatically correct to me, but he does it _all the time_, and he probably knows the rules better than anyone. I assume it's a archaic form that he was the last holdout for?
So, there goes John McCain (he just died). It's a real pity, he seems to have been one of very few politicians on the Republican side that actually spoke his mind and that stood up to the bully.<p>His voice will be sorely missed, both within the USA as well as outside of it.<p>I lost a family member to cancer last week (@60), it went from A-ok to gone in the space of two months, it's a very harsh disease.
I'm surprised that these topics about McCain are appearing and sticking around. From HN's guidelines:<p>"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. [...] If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."<p>If this is the new standard then it's a worrying incursion of US politics into HN.<p>Can someone make a convincing argument as to how McCain's death is of particular interest to hacker culture? My feeling is these topics are sticking around because they're honoring a guy that seems beloved by both sides of the political spectrum (no dispute from me there), but it doesn't change the fact that this doesn't fit HN guidelines.<p>Edit: And before someone mentions it, I'm aware that I myself am breaking the guidelines by questioning the appropriateness of this topic. I think it's a fair discussion to be had when neither the flagging mechanism or HN's moderation staff are enforcing what should be the principal rule of the site.
This is sort of tangential, but I was wondering if anyone here who is a fan of David Foster Wallace has seen the movie on Netflix about him? I wasn't sure if it's good.
Edit: it's called "The End of the Tour".