What's this? Actual data?? In a piracy debate?? Pssh…

@avclub-a8cf86b7e95be74b1204e22a9aab9cd0:disqus "Money is scarce. It's not scarce because there are a limited number of bills. In fact, most money isn't in bill form at all, so that's clearly not it. Money is scarce because of that first characteristic listed above: it's a store of value, and money, by itself, doesn't…

W R O N G 
http://www.techdirt.com/art…

@avclub-cab5253981b35abd8c20591477427e60:disqus Same. I'm from Ireland so streaming shows online is pretty much the only way I can avoid spoilers and stay a part of the conversation. Then I buy the boxset when it comes out on DVD. If I didn't do this I'd be waiting a fuck of a long time for RTE or whoever to start…

Since I'm from Ireland this is pretty much the only way I can watch it so… I will be getting the DVDs pretty soon though.

*cough* 
http://www.tv-links.eu/  *cough*

Fucking yes.

Relevant: 
http://achewood.com/index.p…

@avclub-75a04ea0cbb9289084240583b76892d8:disqus Oh god, I know the article you were talking about. After I read it I hugged my cat for about an hour.

@AnneNoise:disqus Wish I could say the same about his ignorance surrounding asexual people.

POP POP!

This it? “Orthopedically, the horse is a disaster waiting to happen,” says veterinarian Bob Harman. “They’re so big—a 1,000-pound animal on little toothpick legs—and they’re working at high capacity.” 
http://www.popsci.com/scien…

It's not Miyazaki but Whisper of the Heart to my mind is a more realised and adult version of Kiki's Delivery Service. (I love Kiki's Delivery Service though).

@avclub-57d52315bb7494c8b0679a446fe95c6a:disqus Yeah, that's an interesting way to see it. I hadn't thought about that before!

Didn't one figure into an episode of The Sopranos? The one with Ben Kingsley.

It's that speech where he says the Borrowers are an endangered species.

Takahata's best: Pom Poko/Grave of the Fireflies

If you can try to get the new mix of the English dub of Kiki's Delivery Service as it restores some of the original Japanese music. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Nausicaa is a little rough around the edges. Whither Porco Rosso?

I've been looking forward to that bamboo cutter story for ages. I first heard about the story from a subplot in Okami.