There have been people unhappy about localizations as long as there have been localizations. It happens, especially when a game is popular and stuff is changed. Being unhappy about it isn’t a problem. The problem is an organized group trying to harness that to fight a culture war by harassing people they don’t like.…

This is something TGW tends to nail: the women are very stylish, but those in their 40s, 50s and 60s aren’t dressed to try and look 22. (Sure, the lawyers are probably wearing more varied cuts, styles and colors than would fly in most courtrooms, but let’s chalk that up to TV embellishment.) It’s great fashion…

One of the lesser-known perks of Canada is that our casual chain restaurants are way better. Rather than going for folksy/accessible themes, chain restaurants here just try to be a bit generically hip/fancy while staying reasonably accessible in terms of atmosphere, food selection. Prices are a little bit higher, but…

Well then he can have fun being completely disconnected from probably most of the important popular music being made in 2016.

You should get your friend to poke around Genius for awhile. (Or maybe he’s a lost cause, that’s possible too.). Genius lyric annotations basically serve as a beginner’s/outsider’s guide to important rap songs and also the site is more clickable than Wikipedia.

Hell yes, you’re right, this work is powerful but a) what you said and b) this shows how one particular identity can become great art, goddamn, I want to see more from all sorts of identities.

After who-knows-how-long of art avoiding and glossing over these truths, now it’s telling them. Loudly and cleverly and insightfully, with danceable beats and great verve. This is important shit and I want to see more of it.

Yes, it’s possibly more eco-friendly, and possibly cheaper, yadda yadda, we get it.