Those big-name atheists tend to argue versus religion in precisely these terms, though, judging everybody by the asshole fringe of their respective group. Islam is evil because of 9/11, Christianity because of the Westboro Baptist Church, etc. That's the thesis of "The God Delusion," isn't it?: religion is the most…

I'm definitely not a Trekker. I might be a self-hating Trekkie.

I'm comfortable with Rebel. I'm definitely not an Imperial.

I won't be pinned down by your labels, buddy.

I see her point. I don't like labels myself. Am I a liberal? Well, I'm sure as hell not a conservative, but "liberal" means very different things to different people. Am I an atheist? Yes, but many self-proclaimed atheists bug me, so I don't like throwing the word around. Am I a Trekkie? I've seen a shit-ton of…

First time I've seen a reference to Wittgenstein in a thread about Justin Bieber.

What about is even more so petty your face!

Bravo.

Gladiator came out in 2000. Your story is a pack of lies.

The only new Russell Crowe movie I want to see is Gladiator II (Christ Killer), by Nick Cave.

That's being-for-others, dude. Existentially inauthentic.

I hate these so much, I want to kill myself…so maybe they work, in a roundabout way.

I thought Leela's departure was extremely lame when I first saw the reruns on PBS, as a little kid, back in the early 80s (that is, years before I became the tediously PC person I am today). Though if the alternative to "PC attitudes" is the belief that marriage is always a beautiful, wonderful thing, then I'm happy…

I exaggerated about being an old man, but it seems that I have certain old man impulses. My tapes are doubly worthless, since they're in cassette format, and a lot of it's stuff that I grew out of long ago ("college rock" from the 80s, like 10,000 Maniacs and Midnight Oil…remember them?)…so, not much point in…

I smile so rarely that when I do smile, it looks really unnatural. Like Arnold in Terminator Genisys. Maybe I need to practice.

Wrong. This could not possibly be more interesting.

My question is: when everyone you know has instant access to an infinite amount of movies, TV shows, and music, what the hell do you buy them for Christmas?

I bought zillions of DVDs back in the day because I was enticed by the special features…but honestly, I rarely made use of them. E.g., As much as I love Hitchcock, it turns out that I'd rather watch something new than revisit an old film, to listen to the commentary track, watch interviews with the cast/crew, or…

Well, VHS sucks compared to DVD (and there's no reason to use that medium in 2015)…but compared to what came before it (having no means to watch movies in your own living room, or tape a TV show for future viewing), it was a fucking miracle.

Speaking as an old man, I think it can go either way. Sometimes I dive right into new technologies (DVD was better in every way than VHS, so sign me up). Sometimes I'm resistant, because the old way of doing it is good enough for me (I got my first cell phone years after everybody else: what do I need it for, when I…