Ugh. That is the worst. It took forever for me to work up the nerve to introduce a boyfriend to the family for the first time, only to have my dad, in private, ask "isn't he a little, y'know, chubby?"

You know, high school me always wanted "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" for a slow dance at my wedding.

I think Adam's outrage at Hannah's two-word "car crash" text might be my favorite Adam moment. And not just because I too have dated someone who thought it was appropriate to simply text "in hospital".without any further details . . .

Aimee Mann - "Save Me."

Seriously dude - this shit needs to be addressed by someone. I don't know how. I haven't the faintest idea how - because I have no idea what happened to you to give you such toxic ideas about this sort of thing. I'm not trying to attack you here, I'm just genuinely curious as to how someone who has repeatedly…

I don't really have anything constructive to add here - I mean, I'm not insightful or experienced enough to add anything here that you haven't heard before. I doubt you remember, but you and I have argued a little bit a time or two before now - mostly because, as someone very much in love with a big, bald guy with…

I guess I get what you're saying, but at the same point I can totally get why these companions are so attached - not necessarily to the Doctor himself, but to the whole lifestyle. I mean, I don't know about you - but if a magical British man picked me up in his magic blue box and showed me adventure across all of time…

So, I've been thinking a lot about Parks and Rec, and why one of my very favorite shows on television just hasn't been working for me that well. It hasn't since the fourth season, really - as I found the fifth season to be largely underwhelming . . . when I watched it.

Chris Pratt, for sure. But as a few other folks on here said, I'm gay, so that's cheating.

This. It's just intended as a "like he doesn't respect or acknowledge women as people."

I'm actually with you on this one. The cruising guy was the only viable one, for me. Everyone else is too . . . how to put it. "Thin and waifish?" I'm just really not into scrawny guys at all - and the fascination with it in the mainstream gay community (or, at least, the only propped up in mainstream media) is kind…

. . . yes. Noogey. We'll go with that.

The best possible version of this trope is done in the Batman animated series. Kevin Conroy has two distinct voices in that show - one for Batman, and one for Bruce Wayne. They sound different enough to be believably different people, but they aren't goofy as hell like Bale's voice.

He can do better than Hayden Christensen.

Every time I try to remind people that that was an actual line, from an actual movie, nobody believes me . . .

I think you may have missed the point. The argument is that in a show about a gay male protagonist, the overwhelming amount of actual sexualization done in the show is directed at women, rather than men. The show is willing to poke fun at how har-har hilarious gay sexuality is, but it's not willing to engage with it…

On the one hand, I agree with you. The ads on Spotify are some of the most obnoxious shit ever, second only to the 7-11 slurpee ads.

All of you have improved my mood quite a bit. I also remembered that Mission Hill exists, and it had my favorite episode of TV about gay characters ever. (Plan 9 from Mission Hill. Though the episode with the knife sticking out of Gus' head was choice as well.) Also, Captain Jack Harkness. And Willow Rosenburg.

Man . . . I knew this would be bad, but in my heart I was hoping for better. I heard "Adam Reed", "new show", and "gay protagonist" and for a second I got really, really excited that I might actually have a show to watch where the gay main character is actually, y'know, worth watching. No more sanctimonious,…

I dunno. After becoming acquainted with his deep, abiding love of the movie "Babe", I'm willing to believe it. (Plus, I'm not sure I've ever met a guy between the ages of 21 to 30 who didn't like Star Wars. Plenty of girls, but never a guy. Just my experience.)