Worked with Morhaime for many years, he was the only non rotten “upper management”, in my experience always extremely polite and humble, yes humble. When I first started at the company (it was around 30 people) and it was like my second day, I was going into the building, he tried to get in behind me, I didnt let him…

He is the only human known to have given 1/1 000 000th of a shit. Most people can’t mange giving so little of a shit with such accuracy.

Freddy’s is fantastic. Smashed burgers, super-thin and crispy fries, all their shakes and desserts are custard-based. They’re basically Steak ‘n Shake with a leaner menu.

There is no “best fry” or “worst” fry. I think Brussels sprouts (or Beelzebub’s Cabbage, as I like to call it) is the most horrifying life form on the planet— yet I understand there are people who will actually cook them and put them in their mouths, for some reason. In-N-Out fries are certainly different than other…

There are numerous places along the various boardwalks in New Jersey that serve fresh-cut fries (as in, you can see them get pressed through the cutter and dropped in the oil right before your eyes) and they are delicious. I grew up eating those fries, and still have fond memories of them. I also lived in SoCal for 6…

I agree with the author. In-N-Out fries are bad. I love their burgers and anytime I’m anywhere near a location (which isn’t often enough) I make sure to head in there. But I never order the fries. And it’s not about fresh cut fries either. I’ve been to lots of places with fresh cut fries (to me, Penn Station has great…

Someone answered with specifics, but the fries are objectively bad. It’s not a hot take. If they’re hot and you salt them, they’re fine with a burger. But they lack any stamina whatsoever. It’s got nothing to do with them being fresh-cut, either. But fresh is not always a flex.

I wonder what happened to the commenter who used that as his handle? I know it’s going back a bit in AV Club history to even remember him.

Back when studios didn’t clear the runway for box office. Hard to think that the kind of busy weekends that were the constant in 82-85 (86?) could ever happen again in the meticulously planned release schedules we have the past few years... or if they will ever happen again because *gestures around at everything*.

Released the same weekend as Overboard and Moonstruck, Broadcast News was part of a wave of late 1980s romantic comedies that primed the pump for the ’90s renaissance that followed.

Here ya go, one photo of the Santa Monica Promenade, although it may be a bit dated.

I’m just so fucking tired. I think I have RWNJ PTSD. I’m sick of being hypervigilant because of these chucklefucks and sick of being diplomatic. I’m just angry and tired and I really, really wish I had a fellow non-white BFF woman to commiserate with. Instead I’m here in fucking MN with its really low diversity and…

The Promenade is in the background.

so like if i were to say this comment, while pedantic, is useful, NAY, informative, I’d be doing better?

You are conflating two distinctly different issues, Alex. And you seem to realize this very clearly, but it doesn’t seem to stop you from writing an article of ill consideration.

I get that. It’s just fucking weird and ridiculous. 

Thanks for the conversation.

I may have had a decent final texture because it got too thick, and I abandoned the hand blender to finish up with a spoon.

It was lovely. At a party, one fellow mentioned that he had played in a band, and another guy said in a way that (probably unintentionally) came across as utterly condescending, “Oh...I never realized you were any good at music.”

Back in the late 90s my girlfriend and I went to London. Our hotel was near the theater district so we frequently passed the theaters on our way to and from the hotel. One afternoon we were walking and two young English women going the opposite direction stopped us and asked if we knew where Cats was. Having passed…