I'm happy I wasn't the only one who felt there was a striking visual similarity to bitstrips. I wanted to get a laugh out of this, but my brain is so used to being assaulted by the brutal evisceration of humor when looking at that aesthetic that my comedy-appreciation love just kinda shut down involuntarily upon…

It blows my mind how many people want freedom of speech to mean "but no one can get angry at me for what I say". What's the point of speech if you don't get an actual dialog going, actually exchange ideas? It's like converting the $10,000 you have to your name to yen so you can be a millionaire. You would be one in…

He absolutely should get scrutinized. I just feel like that scrutiny should be in the realm of "Holy shit, dude, your religious views are not really conducive to tolerant civilization at large (despite not deviating from mainstream Christianity by too wide a margin)", and less about him being a nasty, evil, hateful…

"The bullies weren't so bad, my parents threatening to kick me out didn't really bother me, my friends' assured abandonment I kinda shrugged at, the politicians echoing all those hateful ideas as an actual political platform didn't really make a dent, the millionaires pouring money into campaigns to oppress my rights…

Am I the only gay person who didn't see what was so bad about what he said? There are going to be people who think homosexuality is sinful, and that's not even a harmful thing. It's the Orson Scott Cards and Fred Phelpses and the Don Cathys of the world who are actually trying to oppress people. I don't assume my…

I can't say I've ever been a full-album-purchase type of fan of theirs, but that last album was the first time I bought more than one or two songs from any of their records. Hell, I think I bought all four singles. And that's saying something since they sure as hell didn't make that sale from radio constantly pounding…

The emotional beats were good, but they felt squandered by cheap exposition and half-assed resolution. They came about because of a confusing wrecking ball of a character with no clear motivation and barely any conclusion. Without any introduction, he came in, started wrecking shit, and then vanished with an…

Still a band? Yes.
Still relevant? Much less so.

I'm not so much "tired of hearing about misogyny" as much as I am afraid that if these journalistic trends continue, then calling it out is gonna get boy-who-cried-wolf'ed. (Similar to how the "politically correct" movement of the 90's became seen as the stuff of wet blankets and stuffed shirts and gave way to an 00's…

Let us not forget the mud ad.

Holy cow, is it just me, or is Davey Havok somehow at peak levels of fuckability right now?

Bless your heart for delving into the forums one must delve into to retrieve these gems. You are a braver soul than I.

…wow.

See, it's less that there's a killing-hookers mechanic, more that all the female characters in the game are either completely objectified/sexualized or wet-blanket shrews that are there to ruin the fun for the men. I know people say "It's GTA, it's supposed to be offensive and outlandish", but Saints Row is supposed…

Oh, by all means, I'm not saying that means Macklemore deserves respect as a performer. If you hate the guy's guts on his guts' merits, go right ahead. I do have a soft spot for the doofus, but I still recognize he is a doofus.

A quick defense of the word "problematic". I know, I know, if ever there was a word that renders the speaker 50% more punchable, there it is, but hear me out. You know that whole "I'm not racist, I have black friends!" argument? As in someone who likes black people enough to have black friends clearly could never have…

Really? All I've read of that criticism has been directed entirely at Macklemore. Which I agree is unfair as shit. They had the decency to have an openly queer woman write and sing the hook. If these folks are so upset at the lack of LGBTQ representation on the radio, instead of taking it out on someone who stuck his…

I misread that as "Lorde knows" on first pass and was all kinds of confused.

Which also pertains to the Tumblr-beloved argument of appropriating culture, and it's an argument (at least the way I see them argue it) that scares the fuck outta me. If Mariachi El Bronx is racist, I may be officially unable to keep up with the social justice pace car.

I personally agree that it's A/A- material. However, I'd probably stand with the B if in the presence of all the people (and there have been many) who hate Andy Samberg that I've nevertheless recommended the show to.