If David Foster Wallace went into a real halfway house and just wrote down crazy shit that happened, that book would have been way less boring.

@avclub-feed563580b7830d4532b55b593aba3c:disqus Sorry for calling you whiny. Unless you are.

I spent the early 2000's in and out of trouble, and at one point found myself in a halfway house and pretty oblivious to what was going in pop culture due to my more pressing concerns. Anyways, one day I'm sitting in the living room listening to a J Church CD and this crack dealer kid asks me what I'm listening to, I…

Do 16 year olds give a shit about this band any more? Isn't it more like whiny girls in their early-to-mid twenties getting nostalgic for when they were 16?

That was subtle and great. She was clearly not amused but let it slide, and they'd set up the character so well that it really took me aback that she let it go with just that look.

I guess it shouldn't surprise me, but seriously? People hated Corrine? Vic did cool stuff that was fun to watch, and was on the right side of things enough that I rooted for him at times, but it was abundantly clear from episode one that he was not a hero. I don't even think she lacked depth, the show made it clear…

They really laid everything out really early in the first season with (SPOILER?) Vic killing the cop and Gilroy's downfall…I went into the series having been totally spoiled about the ending and it didn't ruin my enjoyment at all. It never seemed like there was much question of how it would end, it was just…

I see a lot of criticism of this season, but other than the stupid Kid Rock moment I see it less as being inferior or "finding its tone" as it was setting the stage. Vic softened a bit when he ended up under suspicion, but he was such an obnoxious and unapologetic asshole at the top of his game that it really sold the…

I think this problem has already been solved with Law and Order reruns.

@avclub-21a8615938a206d4311a58a53ad8890e:disqus Don't worry, when the non-network television revolution's Kickstarter campaign is fully funded, Disqus will be the first ones with their backs against the wall.

@avclub-21a8615938a206d4311a58a53ad8890e:disqus Sorry, this reply system is kind of vague. I was piggybacking on your comment, nothing I said was directed at you.

Every second you spend engaging this idea seriously kills 10 brain cells and will continue to do so until you are left permanently disabled with the mental capacity of a stoned college freshman.

This thread might be some of the most ridiculous shit I've read since I was 18 myself. I own a TV, like watching it if something is good on, and don't mind thinking/talking about it afterwards on occasion…but holy shit, time to step back and take a deep breath. There was life before network television and I'm sure…

It's more of a way to recoup loss for wholesale produce suppliers than anything else. If you try to sell a 50 lb bag of carrots wholesale and even 5% are imperfect, you run a good chance of having the entire case refused by the customer and sent back to the company where it becomes a loss. Carrots are also a low…

Why is his stance on product endorsement important to the enjoyment of his travel show? I guess you could make an argument that it ruins the credibility of his writing on the food business, but I think those writings are where he took himself to task regarding said endorsements….

Hardcore junkies lose limbs or large chunks of them to infection. I knew a guy who was passively suicidal and shot up with dirty river water and had 3/4" craters all over his arms and legs as a result.

Real baby carrots do exist, they usually have a stem attached still so that you can tell that they are actual whole carrots. They are really expensive and mostly go to restaurants. The rumors about baby carrots are slightly more sinister than the truth, but you're basically right. They cut down carrots that are…

I get that and don't even disagree with the fact that they intended to do so. They aren't, or at least historically haven't been, concered with people's health. It is not a significant part of their decision making process.

Most libertarians I know (who are admittedly way more left-leaning than is typical) have no problem with any kind of chartiable giving and would be all over this sort of thing. My read from Ayn Rand however was that she thought doing anything altruistic was just plain immoral. I guess there's kind of a marginal…

Corporations will sell whatever people will buy….even to the extent that you can accuse them of steering people's towards junk, they're still responding to people's desire for cheaper goods. All things equal, of course they'd sell organic food, because it gives them bragging rights over whoever doesn't.