Michael made the same collard greens mistake on The Office, but obviously to different effect.

That hurt me.

I’m impressed that 30 years on you’re still able to conjure that kind of anger over her dress.

We say Broham. Or if we’re feeling particularly fancy Broheim.

My potato salad is moist because I use hotdog water.

“Ninja”

But my potato salad is so moist!

You and I know Hammity isn’t worth the flesh he wears. Certainly not for a throwaway joke. That’s why we agree JImmy’s apology is the better part of valor.

It’s not even “compromising your values.” It’s realizing that some fights aren’t worth it, especially when your family becomes potential collateral damage.

In the spirit of “That’s not a name, that’s a major appliance!”- That is not a dress, that is a severe, twisted punishment.

“I will take every opportunity presented to me to rage about her hideous fucking dress.”

From the full essay: Molly says...

HOLY SHIT. That dress was an atrocity.

I probably shouldn’t admit this but Stef was my dream man for a long time. When Andie and Blane go on their first date and they stop by Stef’s party and Stef & Benny Hanson are lying in bed mostly naked (except for their elegant silky jammies, of course) and drinking straight whiskey... I was like, Damn, high school…

Andie, Blane, Steff, Duckie; none of those names were spelled right.

GOD I hated that dress so much. And she destroys two beautiful vintage gowns for that monstrosity.

Yeah, but Stef....

How many terrible sexist, racist plots were viewed as romantic, though? So many!

As someone who watches Blackish, Fresh Off the Boat, and the revived Roseanne*, I can confidently say that Roseanne is the least funny of the 3. Not to mention that in battle Pops and/or Grandma Huang would wipe the floor with Grandma Rosie, and Diane Johnson would destroy Darelene’s bratty daughter Harris.

The “[Families of color] are just like us” line is such white nonsense. It implies the families don’t face additional stress and conflict than whites. Of course the point of the shows is to dramatize that families of color deal with all the pressures of white families AND the additional bullshit heaped on us from…