That's hardly the point. Full disclosure: I like Malcolm Harris' writing a lot, I like his politics, and for what it's worth I like Breaking Bad, too. It's not about coded conspiracy, it's about unintentional aspects that are telling of a form of media, that let's face it, is dominated by white male show runners and…

No, they're not the exact same things, they're wildly different proportions. By drastically exaggerating both the conditions and terms of undervalued employment, I was hoping you might better see how intrinsically coercive and exploitative it is. You have trouble with the concept of analogies in general, pal, or just…

No, they're not the exact same things, they're wildly different proportions. By drastically exaggerating both the conditions and terms of undervalued employment, I was hoping you might better see how intrinsically coercive and exploitative it is. You have trouble with the concept of analogies in general, pal, or just…

Yeah, no one's gonna say it so I will: Justin Long is really fucking funny and deserves much better material than he usually seems to get.

Yeah, no one's gonna say it so I will: Justin Long is really fucking funny and deserves much better material than he usually seems to get.

Amen. What's most frustrating of all is that artists are fighting their battles entirely backwards. The only people artists these days seem to be shaming are the fans over the clusterfuck that is our intellectual property laws, the only thing they didn't actually physically labor over. Your performance is your labor,…

Amen. What's most frustrating of all is that artists are fighting their battles entirely backwards. The only people artists these days seem to be shaming are the fans over the clusterfuck that is our intellectual property laws, the only thing they didn't actually physically labor over. Your performance is your labor,…

"You can not mine for coal and watch your entire family die in poverty from lack of food, water and shelter or you can dig for coal for pennies to help your family scrape by until you ultimately die of black lung."
"I'd like to be compensated fairly for my labor in a safe work environment."
"Allow me to restate your…

"You can not mine for coal and watch your entire family die in poverty from lack of food, water and shelter or you can dig for coal for pennies to help your family scrape by until you ultimately die of black lung."
"I'd like to be compensated fairly for my labor in a safe work environment."
"Allow me to restate your…

@avclub-83de02c3cfc3634de1279cbc17a8fbae:disqus Oh I see. Yeah I would disagree that we need to take into account human nature at the expense of a logically deduced code of ethics, and I think in spite of what you say, modern philosophy has not broken with this trend. Evolutionary psychologists can certainly draw…

@avclub-83de02c3cfc3634de1279cbc17a8fbae:disqus Oh I see. Yeah I would disagree that we need to take into account human nature at the expense of a logically deduced code of ethics, and I think in spite of what you say, modern philosophy has not broken with this trend. Evolutionary psychologists can certainly draw…

@avclub-83de02c3cfc3634de1279cbc17a8fbae:disqus I literally have no idea what you're talking about in relation to my comment. Nowhere did I say word one about the relevance of instinctual emotions in a theoretical or pragmatic ethical argument. Did you mean to address me?

@avclub-83de02c3cfc3634de1279cbc17a8fbae:disqus I literally have no idea what you're talking about in relation to my comment. Nowhere did I say word one about the relevance of instinctual emotions in a theoretical or pragmatic ethical argument. Did you mean to address me?

Yeah I get that. My first point is I'm not sure why should it matter that incest isn't analogous on the specific point that there isn't a biological inherent in the same way that exists for some homosexual relationships because it's a fallacy. My second point is that for other people it is analogous in that their…

Yeah I get that. My first point is I'm not sure why should it matter that incest isn't analogous on the specific point that there isn't a biological inherent in the same way that exists for some homosexual relationships because it's a fallacy. My second point is that for other people it is analogous in that their…

"My counterpoint to your argument, however, is that sexual orientation is something that you're born with. It's hardwired into your biology."
I think this is, and always has been, a losing argument for LGBT rights (which I'm actively fighting for, to clear that air from the get go) from both sides. On one side, you're…

"My counterpoint to your argument, however, is that sexual orientation is something that you're born with. It's hardwired into your biology."
I think this is, and always has been, a losing argument for LGBT rights (which I'm actively fighting for, to clear that air from the get go) from both sides. On one side, you're…

"But now that homosexuality is largely accepted (and accepted for all the individuals involved in this discussion), it requires us, if we're honest, to reexamine other sexual taboos."

"But now that homosexuality is largely accepted (and accepted for all the individuals involved in this discussion), it requires us, if we're honest, to reexamine other sexual taboos."

The even more likely probability (and most likely probability any time anyone ever comments on The AV Club) is that he was appropriating a Simpsons quote.