Tell that to die-hard Star Wars fans.

I always think back to George Orwell's Politics and the English Language, in which he warns of words abused to the point of being nearly void of meaning.

It's become a meaningless word.

Not quite, but there's been a concerted attempt to force out (or at least denigrate) biological anthropology—stemming from the misguided idea that studying humans as biological entities results in sexism, racism, etc.

I think my neighbors had this game. I remember that mat!

Yeah, that kind of bugged me about the movie. "If you want science, talk to your father." Umm… What?

My background's in bio anthro, and I feel the same way.

"Also, let's not forget—let's not forget, Dude—that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city—that ain't legal either."

I'm really glad they talked to a linguist here. With all due respect to astrophysicists, I'm tired of some of them pretending to be experts at everything "science."

"Fucking dipshit with a nine-toed woman!"

Pfft! The AV Club has become a shill for The AV Club.

Oh no problem. Subjective opinions and eye of the beholder and what have you.

I'm going to spell AGREE TO DISAGREE in huge letters with white rocks.

Well… yeah. It was a show about people using humor to maintain their sanity during a war. But ultimately war just isn't inherently funny. The conflict finally came to an end, but Hawkeye's psyche couldn't hold out any longer.

Today in "Lemon of Troy Feels Old":

Oh man… The Office.

This is how Andy Dufresne got that library built.

The movie where the 18-wheelers came alive and started killing people?

Professor Peter Sheffield?

I was going to suggest Lauren Cohan (also from The Walking Dead), but Wikipedia says she was more or less raised in the US.