I have no idea what her intentions were or what kind of reception she expected but I cam definitely see how, to an Egyptian, the director’s comments went beyond dismissive to outright condescending. Calling a hypothetical critic by an imagined name and implying that they're a basement dweller tends to rub people the…

I have not seen this movie. How cringey are we talking? I liked Lolita but that's because I realized Humbert was a liar whose silences spoke volumes. If I hadn't I could have seen it as a book/movie about a charming pedophile, which is extremely cringe. Is this one of those things where the surface narrative and the…

I don’t want to score points off anyone, no one’s ever been able to point me towards the board where they keep track. Seems pointless without it. The reason I don’t hedge my statements as you suggested is because I don’t believe I should have to preemptively reassure someone that I agree with them just because I want…

I want the people arguing on behalf of positions I agree with to have their facts in order or admit when they don’t have an actual number but a range of figures. We constantly call out the opposition when they cherry pick, obfuscate and straight out lie. It’s not a huge ask that we hold ourselves to the same standard.…

I watched the first season and got the impression that this was just Futurama in a different setting and they had hit shuffle on the character's personalities, genders and conflicts. Like Bean is just female Fry with Fry's unrequited love arc grafted onto the elf. Does it get any better?

Yeah and that’s not the number OP pulled out of their ass. Executive overcompensation is a real thing but so is misinformation and exaggeration to bolster arguments. None of those are good and the first one won’t be solved by the others.

If you meant 43 million what you’re saying might make sense. I’m not even going to read anything else you wrote until you tell me the name, position, company and your source for which executive is paid 430 MILLION dollars every year, let alone one in every studio.

The Writers Guild of America, the union calling the strike, figures that improving their member’s contracts would cost Hollywood a collective $430 million per year

I feel like Meghan Trainor just made all of that up for attention. No proof, it just seems like something she would do. When you have no talent and your awful, awful music can't possibly sell on its own you have to do something to stay relevant.

Maybe they meant the flower she's named after.

I can sympathize with the main character's dilemma. I mean Bhoomi from the in-universe children's book. Clearly the most interesting thing about this film. I mean if someone came up to me shortly before puberty set in and said "Hey, you're going to be going through some changes. Your voice will get deeper, hair will…

Then we throw out the goal of affordable housing because all of those things represent significant cost increases over current methods of construction. This is just a continuation of current trends. Those with money will live in nicer, safer more environmentally cleaner homes and neighborhoods while the poor will stew…

I’m not a resident but it sounds like you might have the cause and effect backwards there.

I hated him for his awful portrayal of George Jones before it was cool. Also did he used to be better looking? Leading men usually aren’t weather-beaten and grim. He looks like he should be a character actor specializing in creepy graveyard keepers.

Maybe from before electric stoves or electricity itself? I probably could have been clearer that I was talking about new construction. Gas lines are a hassle and expensive to lay down but no one wants a big tank of flammable gas in their yard.

Thanks, I’m never quite sure what people mean by that term. It seems like intent matters and that can be hard to discern with any certainty at times. Sometimes I wonder if what we perceive as disingenuousness on the part of our opponents isn’t actually such a radical shift in priorities and even language that dialogue…

Wouldn’t including such a report be whataboutism? The conservatives may be disingenuous but overall the comparison shouldn’t even be made because we’ve reached the end of ICE cars. They can’t be improved enough to keep using them in the future so why use them as a standard? If we're going to compare environmental…

If you’re working at one of the big chains why aren’t you letting the hourly front counter people handle retail customers? Short-handed? I haven’t worked in auto parts in many years but that’s how we did it back then. If I wasn’t taking calls on the commercial line I was delivering their parts. Only did front counter…

I’ve lived in the south my whole life and the only person I've known with a gas stove was a foodie with money to blow. I'm in construction and have never seen those as standard in residential installations here. I think something like more than 80% of gas stoves are in the Northeast so eliminating them elsewhere…

“You shut your mouth mister! Lady Propane comes second only to Lady Liberty in my book and my, uh, ‘posterior health issues’ are no one’s business but my own! You get off my lawn!”