I'd say it's precisely for those reasons - in an era where different music was less accessible, the mainstream was obvious and ubiquitous enough that it could serve as a common point of reference to buck up against, especially when most readers might have to imagine for themselves what the alternative the writer was…

When will it be revealed that this song sucks?

"Similarly, there’s a few cringingly clumsy plot devices, such as the
idiotic “knockout and run away from the guy about to kill you, rather
than just taking his gun and shooting him when he’s down” maneuver"

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Ah, I see it's Heller day.

In most American cities, they look at the global stereotype of Americans being boorish, parochial and ignorant and they say to themselves "What's the point? How can we compete with that? Any efforts to promote our own distinct, home-grown brand of perversely and stubbornly proud imbecility will surely just dissipate…

Yes, because of their reputation for suffering from iron deficiency.

"If you have a stupid devil, then you don’t show it"

*starts gnawing on stick of butter*

That's the story. Nilsson gets its.

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Not being mean to people on social media sounds all very well and good in theory, but then I'll check my twitter feed and this fucking guy Dave is all "Another beautiful day :)" like the condescending motherfucker thinks I don't know he's throwing shade at my recycling practices, like he's so fucking perfect, and,…

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Had that been the case though, the reviewer would have told us that while they also think it's important to get people back into supporting movies of substance in independent arthouse theatres, if independent arthouse theatres actually show any movies that are kind of arty, we'll just drive people back to those CGI…

“It was like being a worm, working your way into a rotten apple,”