Not sure if "greater focus on pop ephemera and ironically consumed junk culture" is true. None of:

Yeah, Rabin doesn't get enough love in the comments. But for me, his writing - especially My Year of Flops - was what got me reading here on a regular basis.

First it was Steve Hyden.

Just to add to the list of woe, Steve Hyden went last year. As did all the AV Club local sites.

I could be wrong, but it's almost as though @avclub-e53fc2424af041d07a7eef5cd8773505:disqus isn't actually that interested in goodbye scenes, from Trek or otherwise, but is actually a single-issue obsessive who's picked a thread at the top of the comments so he can grind his particular axe as publicly as possible.

Lock Garak in a deep dungeon in the morning and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues and all the gaolers will owe him money.

Cousin Lurky, I always just assume that references in the AV Club comments are to The Simpsons, unless I happen to know otherwise.

I, for one, would be interested to hear about all the times @avclub-c6447300d99fdbf4f3f7966295b8b5be:disqus goes running.

No, for Simon Pegg film quote errors you get away with a written warning.

Rocket science is actually relatively(*) easy. Just Newtonian mechanics and principle of conservation of momentum. Unless you're planning on flying into the sun, not much cause to get into anything Einsteinian.

@avclub-2d8ab0375d529c0ccfcdb1c61a09f1c2:disqus - that's because Travolta's been in so many flop films, when other films flop they have to pay him royalties.

And I think it's Hag, with an H, A and G.

Aw thanks @avclub-774c4a3e756c4d8f28b15a27ed4408c7:disqus that's hey waaait a minute.

@drdarke:disqus 
Marla? Marta?

Cor! Don't get many of them to the pound!

Liked for SUBTLETY IS FOR THE WEAK, because I'm really trying to make that a thing, @avclub-04d524031f29c89d78cae864bd6f0de7:disqus style.

Whoa shit! That guy is Bryan Cranston!

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oogied out by the idea of kissing a girl

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a big jerkish poop

Yeah.