“Portnoy began selling a T-shirt depicting Ponder as a clown”

AV Club writers are obsessed with the concept of tone-deafness. If a celebrity says something that isn’t quite tone-deaf enough, the writer resorts to a fake paraphrase that is the worst possible interpretation of what the celebrity might have meant. 

when the dust settles, this comes out as an unconventional, yet effective way to avoid a conversation with jimmy fallon.

That NYT profile is both well-rounded and sympathetic, and Macdonald comes off vastly better than how you summarize it. NYT: “At 58, he said, he was having the disturbing experience of recognizing some of his own opinions as the thinking of an old man. There were new ideas about gender identity that he knew were right…

Norm Macdonald has had the kind of week that makes publicists find a back-alley doctor to supply them with a triple prescription of Xanax.

You know who else is still expecting an apology?

I need to stop doing this because it ultimately doesn’t matter but...

And this thoughtless, vile cruelty is a big part of his brand and why a large portion of this nation likes him.

yeah ... you sure told us! I feel owned.

Sometimes I get the impression Recognitions is secretly a closet conservative, doing an extended “This is what the SJWs really think!” bit that’s just gotten way out of hand. He comes across much more as a parody than an actual person.

You are the epitome of sanctimonious. Luckily, you also have no idea how funny or un-self-aware you are. 

Wow. Looks like something caused Norm to dig himself in even deeper.

Sorry about that period joke. I guess I was just too tired from celebrating the 9/11 victory anniversary with ISIS.

He could’ve at least come somewhere close. Or just shut the fuck up. But nope! Down’s Syndrome! Ladies be shoppin’, amirite?

Tomorrow: “Sorry about those Down Syndrome comments, folks. I must have been on my period.”

All the male characters over 40 and their wives suddenly start singing the praises of erectile dysfunction medicine in the middle of dramatic moments.

Oh B.  B by a mile. 

The minute Netflix starts inserting ads, I’m canceling my subscription and going back to heroin.

That’s definitely a valid way to approach it. One thing I kept in mind as I played is something one of the game’s art directors told me at a press event. Which was that this is Spider-Man’s New York.

But I guess, for me, that still means I can ask questions about how that New York relates to the real one. I know not…

My solution to reconciling all of this was to just treat it as another fantastical element of the setting. If I can buy that a guy can run on walls then I guess I can buy a world where the police deserve the level of trust the game gives them.