I think that's more due to the sorry state of the left circa 2004, but even then I was never convinced he represented the left in as meaningful a way as conservatives on the internet wanted us to believe he did.

Yeah I was mostly poking fun at my hobby and its tendency to exhaust the novelty value of a game through repetition (even as it adds a significant amount of playtime). Although it's common for people to speedrun a game they've explored every corner of across numerous replays already, to create a new incentive and a…

"It's an interactive experience, not something to be exhausted."

It just makes me think "well, it probably isn't, but it might be good, and this person is kinda militant about it."

Think you can judge me, game? I'll restart and name myself THIEF out of spite.

I had a Shins phase sometime around 2008, having (still) not seen Garden State, and I remember being annoyed at people having this very expectation back then as well.

There's a weird entitlement people get about what they're owed by reviews and articles. Like the author needs to somehow atone for making an argument they didn't find compelling.

Just don't miss and hit Eleanor Roosevelt.

The idea that saying "black lives matter" is exclusionary always confused me. It's like if you say "there are red apples", it's the same as "there are only red apples." It's not an exclusionary statement — the point is to highlight something specific, which is that black lives are undervalued in a systemic way by…

I don't think South Park has a solution, it just tends to despise anyone who cares strongly enough about something to take a stand. Every major opinion of the show can be boiled down to "the people saying/doing X are hypocrites with selfish motives". It's reactive, not proactive.

That could be interesting. I could also see two human hosts along with two bots.

Hmmm….If I call Donald Trump a racist on the episode, I can make that $5,000 back and get to do it for free.

Yeah it's more of a medley interspersed with game sounds, but it's hard to ruin classic Sonic themes.

Chemical Plant is so good. 2nd place for me would probably be every Sonic 3 stage theme.

That seems like a bit of a strong reaction to someone making something. I enjoyed it.

Lazily shitting on an entire generation is such a baby boomer thing to do.

But on the other hand, "lol, Michael Moore."

To be fair, that's our fault for not being able to separate a good point from an obnoxious speaker. "I agree with everything you said, but you're fat and shrill and I don't like you, so now I'm turned off from caring" is not exactly a sympathetic position to me.

Weapons-grade snark aside, it's really stupid to give a war documentary an R rating for “language, some violent images, drug use, and brief graphic nudity.”

I agree, and feel similarly about Waterghazi.