Yes, the Fleabag award drop! I had to rewatch it like three times, because I was always laughing so hard I missed half of it. Then I made my husband watch it. The immediacy of it is what makes the gag. As said in the article, you know it’s toast as soon as you hear how expensive it is, but she picks it up, drops it…

I don’t watch horror movies because I am a big coward, so I haven’t seen (nor will I ever watch) Hereditary, but this comment made me laugh like a loon. Thanks for that hilarious image!

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde has pet dodos, and I always wanted one after reading that book. 

“Why don’t you call me sometime, when you have no class?”

You can also do it in the microwave! Works fast, tastes delicious. 3.5-4 minutes, husk on, perfect every time.

I recommend Station Eleven after you get done reading the Stand, if you like that sort of thing. Terrifying, indeed.

Yep. “Saves associates time!” is just corporate-speak for “We can hire fewer people!” It is kind of bleakly hilarious how hard they are leaning into it, though. Like these robots are there to make workers’ lives better. Ha. 

Here’s a link for any Canadians out there: https://etcanada.com/news/461359/paul-rudd-matt-damon-and-the-snl-cast-crack-up-in-season-44s-blooper-reel/

I can usually muster up a bit of a chuckle at a meme, but I cannot figure these out. Like, at all. Have I officially become too old for the internet?

YES. I don’t even like green onions or chives, which are routinely used as garnish and which I have scooped out of many a dish where they were very much not listed nor welcome. I am extreme in my hatred of raw onion flavor, though. 

That’s how I’ve been describing it to people! A true-life horror movie.

 I knew absolutely nothing about Chernobyl, since I was 10 when it happened, so this has all been very eye-opening for me. As well as riveting. And listening to the podcast discuss how true to life this actually is makes for even more astonishment. I agree, probably my favorite show this year. 

No kidding! Chernobyl is so good, especially if you chase it down with the podcast where Peter Sagal and Craig Mazin (creator, writer, exec. producer) discuss the episode. Fascinating and harrowing. I wish someone at AV Club would write it up, it deserves it.

You have the right guy, but the wrong movie. I will never forget this review: https://film.avclub.com/contract-to-kill-isn-t-just-bad-it-s-steven-seagal-bad-1798189772

Most chainmail in movies is just a loosely knit sweater.

That’s my question! I’m guessing sugar cream pie is essentially a kind of chess pie, since they sound identical. The very best pie I ever had was a sugar cream pie from an Amish bakery in Ohio. I still dream about it. 

Everyone seems to be taking this as “The last book in a series is always terrible” where it instead seems to say “The last book in a series will always disappoint the fans of the series.” That last point makes perfect sense to me, meant in jest or not. People develop their own ideas and theories as to where something…

“Do you know what a ‘boner’ is?”

His full body shake after that scene kills me every time, like he is trying to physically rid himself of the seriousness of it and get back to his goofy self.

Alan Arkin is and will always be Yossarian for me. Love that movie.