Basically they invalidate the whole test by doing this, yeah. Of course they all taste the same, they boiled away all the flavor. What a waste of time.

Thank you. I’d been waiting to see how they’d handle this arc before I started watching the show - sounds like I was wise to do so.

It saddens me that the Critic’s vision of a Jurassic Park sequel is still better than anything that’s actually been produced.

Exactly. There’s two basic tests, to my mind:

Daria was fantastic, but this will be a disaster. The Jodie (sans Jane) pairing is your first clue.

You still don’t seem to know what the word “objectivism” means. Objectivist heroes don’t help those less fortunate than themselves, they don’t give the little old lady pointers on how to get the better of the shitty insurance company, and they certainly don’t put the welfare of others above their own. Acknowledging…

No feathers, no sale.

No dessert, no pasta, no pizza. I’m seriously considering whether I’d rather just die.

Well, I at least appreciate him being relatively frank about not giving a shit about the characters they built for 7 seasons. That said, I’m very, very done with the show in light of this.

I no longer like the principle characters on the show, and I no longer have any faith that the creators know what they’re doing, so why would I continue to watch?

Who has room for a whole watermelon in their fridge? For that matter, who would be able to eat a whole watermelon before it went bad?

What a god damn horrible waste of potential this entire season has been.

What? All movies are is “pixels and sound effects” too. It’s all fake, how is the one somehow more valid than the other?

It’s really only the teetotalers who constantly want to share with you that they’re teetotalers who are narcissists, much like vegans/vegetarians. It’s just that those are the only ones you notice.

My thought exactly.

“Disliked by the too-hipster-to-be-hipster crowd at the AV Club” is not remotely the same thing as “universally derided.”

Frankly, you know a hell of a lot more about harmonica playing than I do. Most of the time I can’t really tell what he’s doing, since it’s basically a very precise blur. I’m really pleased to hear that someone with more sense of the instrument than I thinks he’s as impressive as I do.

My bad, I wasn’t clear. Those pouches are for about a dozen different harmonicas that are on different scales. He swaps them out without pause. It’s, frankly, amazing.

Yeah. I’ve only seen recordings, but watching him live is really something. Again, even if you don’t like the songs, the sheer skill on display is objectively awesome.

You’ve never seen the man play, clearly. Say anything else you want, the guy’s a harmonica virtuoso, and can switch scales seamlessly.