I've always been surprised how much love he gets - based on interviews I've seen him do he's never come across to me as a particularly likable guy. (Admittedly scant evidence.) I've just assumed his prettiness must temper his douchiness.

Haha, you wrote this about a person you don't know who makes jokes for a living.

I wasn't really speaking about this ad in particular, I know it's a different angle than most of the other anti-smoking material out there. I was just using it to launch a rant about these campaigns in general and talk about myself. But even ads like this one always strike me as being less interested in helping and…

The nature and detail of these things makes me think they're as much about easing loneliness as they are about sexual gratification. Not everyone comes into the world equipped to acquire the affections of other living humans. It's sad.

I had successfully quit for two years previously, and then for another year after that. A large part of my difficulty with keeping off them completely has been alcohol - the lowered inhibition, reduced judgement and proximity of other smokers has a way of pulling me back in. And having previously smoked two packs a…

I'm Canadian too and my current warning is the one with the eye surgery. They all seem to be rooted in the notion that our primary problem is cognitive disability. But more troubling than an approaching disease or being a social pariah is the control over my general well-being and mental state these goddamned…

Most anti-smoking campaigns seem so misguided. I've struggled with quitting smoking since I became aware of how difficult it would be to do (or I should say how difficult it can be to do, to include those smug folks who jump on every opportunity to point out how easy it was for them). I can only see these ads as…

This was my first thought too. So tastelessly overproduced.

Whenever Catholicism is criticized, I hear a lot about the good the Church does and the well-meaning people within it. Now, I can rationalize the devotion of the ill-informed and uneducated. But how could any informed individual, knowing the extent of the corruption alone, continue to support and legitimize a hate…

Yes, it was.

Clever and satirical was what I was going for, but then I felt bad that I did it poorly and duped well meaning folks. I wasn't serious.

Fair response. I don't disagree. Multiple shoes and money in the bank are the least anyone should have.

You know, now that you mention it, I could be considered privileged just on the basis of having the time and means to criticize the show at all. Sorry, I actually shouldn't be so glib: I genuinely understand the criticism leveled against the show and Dunham, there's just something so absurd about it largely coming…

Ugh, the privilege is intolerable. I'm typing this comment in my apartment, where I live alone or maybe with a single roommate, on a low-end Macbook Air - not some $2200 Macbook Pro. My Brita water filter is spent and I can't afford to get another until next week. Until then I have to drink safe but odd tasting tap…

You can probably put the umbrella away. I've rarely seen anyone on this site rush to the defense of any of the Girls cast. There's recaps 0f the episodes, but it seems to me that the comments are often pretty negative/critical about Dunham and her show. Or, at least, the negative ones are the loudest.

I'm not sure how anyone could debate the claim that there's more conventionally beautiful people in front of cameras than behind. Just because some beautiful people write and some less than beautiful people are stars doesn't change an easily observable fact. Dunham just can't say anything right.

Well, you know, I'd prefer not to burn a quarter of 365 days on hangovers. So maybe I should do something about that. And maybe work harder and make some more money. Oh, and read all those untouched novels on my shelf, and also write my own novel. And lose about 20lbs. And reverse the balding process. Quitting…

I've been on the other side of this. I prefer to spend much of my time alone, and I've occasionally had friends who needed almost constant company or attention. They weren't people I disliked - in fact, I enjoy spending time with them - but we just weren't compatible in the sense that I've always been content to go…

Sucks sharing a planet with other people, doesn't it.

Except it's not only her face that people are defending. It's the face of many, many others who look exactly like her that have never done anything remotely 'evil' or 'nefarious'. Have you ever looked around when you go outside? I see twenty people a day who look like this. We're criticizing branding people based…