Don’t think too far into my post. It’s a simple-perhaps overly cynical-generalization, and not meant to be taken as serious commentary. 

Well I can’t speak for every other politician out there-some are absolutely in touch with the needs of their communities in a significant way-but I understand what you are trying to say.

The action of asking for power and authority is in itself somewhat disqualifying. 

Perhaps, but something tells me that a National Taipei University law student that cosplays in her free time (or perhaps professionally?) might not be quite as in tune with the needs of average people as one might hope.

Mission Hill’s depiction of an online game is also weirdly forward-looking, even if that was probably unintended. In the game, players can lose everything if they sleep or leave the computer. Other players can come and kill them or even sell them into slavery. In 2000, this wasn’t really how games worked.

I saw Desaparecidos live and it was one of the worst shows I’ve ever seen. Both boring and brief.

It’s a bummer what neoliberalism has done to some feminist causes and activism.

I was just in Russia hanging out with someone from this company. Even though they are in Saint Petersburg, I’m sure this company is full of pretty typical Russians. Their culture is still markedly racist and misogynistic.

It’s almost like there is already a better word: Muffler

It can be both. A diet becomes a fad when companies start to monetize them. This is pretty obvious with low-carb diets because they have been around for a long time and because they are so simple that any effort to monetize them comes across as very forced.

The title needs fixing. It’s unclear that he is explaining that people who didn’t vote for Trump are seen as traitors by Trump supporters 

Can math most of that with available data:

The film had an international release, so it is pretty easy to find these people.

Well what you are asking me to explain is not exactly suited for this forum. It might surprise you, but the critical discussion of marketing and its impact on society is something that takes up numerous books from many domains of interest.

I’m not sure it is the “success” that is troubling to the poster, but rather the ethics of these businesses.

“Should they be making money off this while existing in what’s basically a gray area on YouTube’s endless digital frontier, wrangling content that other people worked hard to make? That’s an incredibly thorny question.”

Pretty sure what happened was someone realized it would make the higher ups happy to include it on the list to generate clicks through controversy.

Polarizing and Worst are somewhat different categories. Sure it means people out there think it’s bad, but it’s also a big caution light to anyone feeling the need to double-down on their position.

“The products are often good, at least for a few uses.

I don’t know who Jessica Yu is, but this certainly doesn’t endear me to her. 

I generally start to read this stories with a bit of skepticism, but wow, this is egregious.