Yup.  Just like in real life.

Yup.  Just like in real life.

Oldboy = The kernel of this story is "The Count of Monte Cristo".

Oldboy = The kernel of this story is "The Count of Monte Cristo".

@avclub-d12cfd57f077ca324ce6578da67b7592:disqus It's already been established that walker bites are fatal, even if the wound itself is not life-threatening.  We don't yet know whether amputating a limb will prevent this, but Rick doesn't have a ton of options here.

@avclub-d12cfd57f077ca324ce6578da67b7592:disqus It's already been established that walker bites are fatal, even if the wound itself is not life-threatening.  We don't yet know whether amputating a limb will prevent this, but Rick doesn't have a ton of options here.

If you're interested, here's my I've-devoted-way-too-much-thought-to-this theory on the existence of non-walker corpses:

If you're interested, here's my I've-devoted-way-too-much-thought-to-this theory on the existence of non-walker corpses:

@avclub-985d212e6afdce1ea7dc206c8d1963a1:disqus Or all of it to any of those would be fine. Climate change is multidimensional as fuck, and it's causing serious and worsening problems all over the continent.

@avclub-985d212e6afdce1ea7dc206c8d1963a1:disqus Or all of it to any of those would be fine. Climate change is multidimensional as fuck, and it's causing serious and worsening problems all over the continent.

Why is he worried he won't fit in at Brown? Did he get into a second Ivy League school?

Why is he worried he won't fit in at Brown? Did he get into a second Ivy League school?

Indeed.  Just like Married with Children trivializes the experience of actual poverty.

Indeed.  Just like Married with Children trivializes the experience of actual poverty.

This was just an observation, not an Iron Law of Sitcoms, but I should have been more specific.  I'm talking about shows that are grounded in a fundamentally realistic approach to blue-collar life, treating the relative poverty the characters as a suject of real pathos, not just an ambient factor or a source of wacky…

This was just an observation, not an Iron Law of Sitcoms, but I should have been more specific.  I'm talking about shows that are grounded in a fundamentally realistic approach to blue-collar life, treating the relative poverty the characters as a suject of real pathos, not just an ambient factor or a source of wacky…

I'm not sure it has as much to do with the writers as you, and Todd, seem to think.

I'm not sure it has as much to do with the writers as you, and Todd, seem to think.

Damn straight.
 
The most shocking aspect of this story has to be the revelation that the LAPD, an organization tasked with policing one of the most violent cities in the country, seems to regard cracking down on the dwindling population of porno-theater masturbators as a worthwhile use of their time and resources.

Damn straight.
 
The most shocking aspect of this story has to be the revelation that the LAPD, an organization tasked with policing one of the most violent cities in the country, seems to regard cracking down on the dwindling population of porno-theater masturbators as a worthwhile use of their time and resources.