Vice has always been problematic. Co-founder Gavin McInnes is also a founder of the far-right extremist group a Proud Boys, one of whose members was arrested in August for beating left-wing protesters in Berkeley with a lead-filled stick. And it’s impossible to ignore the gay-baiting of the magazine’s first few years,…

My takeaway was also that these two are somewhere between contemptuous and not smart.

I have problems with prison rape jokes for a few reasons. One, because it’s the sign of a lazy writer going to the sad cliche. Two, for the reality: because the penal system is absolute shit purposely designed for the government to get revenge against prisoners, with mistreatment by other inmates part of the “lesson”…

Sigh. I guess I’m just an old romantic. I’m picturing them up in heaven now, at God’s right arm, and Hef is rubbing up against her.

Was the next line of dialog, “Sorry — My friends like to throw rugs at me”?

In California TJs sell alcohol — not just wine — actually in the store. Details are fuzzy but I still remember the day probably twenty years ago when I found limoncello and gin for something like $4 a bottle. The car was so full I could barely get out of the parking lot.

I worked for the U.S. government for approximately twenty years when I could have been fired if they’d found out I’m gay. You think I’m patriotic now because of my white privilege? Not quite.

A Barbie doll looked at this woman and said, “Shit, I didn’t know you could be THAT white!”

One small change: straight white people.

I would never have guessed there’s a big prison market for Suavitel laundry detergent and dirty stuffed animals.

I’m Rich’s biggest fan but when he had to lift up his shirt to show the door man he was hot I thought, “Wait a minute.” The scene sounds fun and exciting but it’s also exclusionary which necessarily limits its appeal. Halfway thru this piece I got more interested in the unfit 40+ year olds who’d have been turned away…

I applaud Melania for, after years of enduring a First Lady who espoused strong beliefs and actually put them into practice, taking us back to the great LadyBird Johnson, who famously told America to “Plant a tree, a shrub, or a bush” before disappearing back into the White House to drink again.

Sigh. Because how else can a male feel manly when his wife is brilliant, has a great job and makes way more money than him? Whip out the dick with a less-threatening piece and presto, you’re a man again.

I don’t see how the same-gender bond can be stronger than the same-political-beliefs bond. I identify with far-left liberals of any gender or color but feel nothing but disgust and pity for Republicans even when they look like me.

Have we gotten an explanation or apology for the Sean Spicer Emmy appearance? I honestly need closure on this. The Root says it’s because rich white guys fail upwards, but it’s impossible for me to believe that rich white Republican men fail upwards even when rich white liberals — the Emmy folks — are in charge.

“If just a fraction of Beyoncé fans suspend their rage long enough to open their hearts to punk, surely Zex will see their record sales skyrocket, right?” 

Clearly there were some bad people on both sides.

Bare feet coming at me /= “flight from hell.” You need to include cold pasta and an 8" screen showing Adam Sandler movies for that.

> No doubts for you, obviously.

Let me get this straight. You think you’re creating doubt by saying a homeless man changed the direction he was walking?