is it wise to fear cocaine hippos?

but of course!

But of course!

What a catchphrase eh?

Imagine if you lived with the arrogance that everything is both expected and easily explained.

But of course, I’ll check the etymology online dictionary for this one:

course: c. 1300, "onward movement, motion forward, a running in a prescribed direction or over a prescribed distance; path or distance prescribed for a race, a race-course" from Old French cors "course; run, running; flow of a river" (12c.), from Latin cursus "a running; a journey; direction, track navigated by a ship; flow of a stream;" from curs- past participle stem of currere "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run").

The phrase ‘of course’ is related to onward movement and forward motion. This brings a new wrinkle our understanding of expectations. When you expect everything to happen exactly as it has, you actively begin to expect that anything and everything that could happen might happen. When this happens, it’s tough to shock you. You already are living with a fatalistic framework…