I have been pretty abashed ever since the mechanism broke flaggable offenses down into stalking, spam, and "offensive profile" while omitting "racist as fuck" and "Ol' Sarge just says the same fucking thing about liberals every time he posts!"

I read that in an old Ripley's Believe It or Not when I was little.

You don't have to be able to spell "Charlemagne" or "the" if you're on audio-only media.

Bessie Smith.

Christ. I thought it was cool to like them again.

Is Gizmodo one of the robots on Mystery Science Theater? If not, I am not interested in this entire story.

But if he had gone to the White House reception, Mr. Lear would not have had to take off his signature hat. Because who takes off his hat in a dump?

The fact that he referred to himself as a "Democrat governor" suggests that he was still using The Republicans' Big Old Book of Playground Insults.

Are you suggesting that Trump's racism is accidental?

I watched a fight break out in the bleachers at Wrigley one day. The combatants were evenly matched but (surprise ending) eventually she kicked his ass.

Pair this with listening to the Sound Opinions podcast and see where that gets you.

Shhh. He seems to be saying that Muse and Lorde are punk. Give him a cookie and tell him to run along now.

Are we at maximum gutted now?

Hans Gruber was competent.

What do you do after swimming half a lap? Flail about till the lifeguard comes and gets you?

He is my grab-the-remote-and-frantically-plug-in-any-combination-of-digits guy.

Is it even possible to edit a somber reflective trailer to an AC/DC song?

I saw Taxi Driver in a theater. When Travis bought his arsenal, people went "Ooooooooooooo."

One of the main characters in the Dunkirk scene in Atonement is black. ("That's not right!"-guy when the horses are being shot.) I don't recall that being the case (necessarily) in the novel; race iirc is not mentioned.

And where were the American soldiers on that beach? Huh? HUH?!