I didn’t exactly leave, but I did stop commenting, because it became very difficult to have a conversation in the comments. You’d get vague notifications, but there was no way to organically communicate without constant refreshes.

So I still read a ton of the articles, I just don’t comment anymore. Until tonight!

I get it! Puns are unique to the Kinja experience! We never had puns in the old AV Club, so bear with us.

Regardless of his opinion on concert photographers, kicking an innocent person in the face makes one an asshole.

no, pretty sure if you kick someone in the face you’re an asshole.

No one knows the reference you’re making.

I’m not surprised. Accounts of Homme being an asshole come about Like Clockwork.

I am going to fucking flag every single asshole who posts that goddamn copypasta.

Only if this wonderful Alison Hammond is the host. She is delightful. These dudes have endured dozens of these interviews, and she gets them to do this. Fantastic.

Actually, feminism helps avoid the female character binary of “Badass assassin lady who kicks stuff and never cries” and “hot girlfriend or wife who nags their fat husband and doesn’t let them have any fun”. Portraying a woman as multi-faceted - say, being a snarky alcoholic but also desperately wanting to connect…

The problem isn’t loving Rick, I FUCKING ADORE RICK! The problem is thinking that he is someone to be looked up to. I mean sure, you can admire Rick’s intelligence and confidence, but that’s one thing. Admiring the fact that he has manipulated his own daughter with abandonment issues his absence created is another…

Rick’s being really good at killing stuff doesn’t make him any less pathetic of a person.

The issue is that many of the shows don’t “glorify violence or celebrate some guy acting like an asshole.”

I think there is a certain personality type of fairly intelligent and perceptive person who goes through a phase in their life lasting maybe a decade, from about age 15 to age 25 or so, in which they realize that many people and many institutions of society are hypocritical and corrupt. But instead of continuing a…

Maybe it’s because I’m a girl but I think Beth Smith (or is it Sanchez again?) is so fascinating in that she’s got all of her father’s worst qualities - the drinking, the lack of parental instincts, the irrational attachments - and the toxic, sexist part of the fanbase seems to recognize those as flaws in her, but not…

I was an atheist before it was cool, and I feel as stupid as anyone else.

Saying something’s easy to hate doesn’t mean one hates it or that hate for it is justified.

It reminds me quite a bit of It’s Always Sunny; for a while I lived with a small handful of dudes who wanted to be The Gang, picking analogues in the show for who they felt best represented them, and emulating the various drinking games and habits they exhibited. It entirely baffles me that anyone would watch that…

One of the primary criticisms leveled against Rick And Morty fans is that they mistakenly valorize Rick as a sort of uber-nerd, a shit-talking asshole who’s too smart to abide by normal social rules. Rick is always right, and when he isn’t, he still comes out on top, probably with a catchphrase and an episode-ending…

You realize that the gender disparity is a result of men historically being hired more often because of what is between their legs, right?

Rick and Morty fans are almost as bad as South Park fans.