I understand that. My point is that since no one uses it correctly (looses a misspelled version of loses) my mind automatically corrects it to "loses" to avoid killing half of the internet. The AV Club seems to use "looses" (properly) more than anyone else. I think it is just to mess with me.

Pet Peeve
I am curious if AV Club interviewers ever get tired of certain interviewees who bring up "The Onion." I've seen it happen in other interviews, where people are especially jokey because they're talking to "The Onion." I see the AV Club and the Onion as two very separate entities, even if they were once much…

Not a ketchup bottle:

Again with the looses!
Now I just think the AV Club is messing with those of us so used to people misspelling "loses" as "looses" that we correct "looses" in our head because the proper word is so infrequently used. AV Club seems, now, to use "looses" whenever possible to mess with us.

Since RRoD is (supposedly) due to a bad soldering job that, when the machine heats up, causes the Xbox to freak out, I don't think copying games to the HD or not playing DVDs will make any difference. Supposedly the JASPER chip is the way to go (the newest, least-power-consuming chip). Since it is a bad solder, this…

Re: Stand By Me,

Also, Stand By Me, but I'm trying to focus on the negative.

Hollywood hates Oregon
First "The Burning Plain" and now this? Is Hollywood intentionally setting terrible films in Oregon (see also: Body of Evidence)? A native wants to know.

It is hard to have sympathy for Ms. Grace. Even after hearing about her husband's murder, I was willing to give her some leeway. But I don't think her response to the event has been at all positive or healthy. In fact, I think it is just a horrible means of public grieving. Her perverse notions of the justice…

Too much time online
"Instead, he lets a little kid loose to explore the terrain of his own mind, which turns out to be an amazing place."

Talk about firsties
My local theater beat this one by several months, when a guy killed himself during Watchmen:

Does anyone ever try to be the last person to clap during awkward applause situations? I do. One time there was another guy playing the same game - I think we annoyed the shit out of everyone by our smattering of claps after applause had died down. When you're hating where you're at, it is a good way to pass the…

Slow clap
My local paper tore this one to pieces noting that it had a nonironic slow clap in it, which is kind of like saying "I'm a director who is oblivious to cliches."

…and Dr. J with the "oop."

Idiots on the left: PETA, Code Pink, Environmental "Terrorists" (ELF). Percentage of base: 3-5%(?)

X-3 was awful. At the theater I saw it in, at the end an old man (in his 70s) stood up and said "Bullshit!" I liked that he'd stayed the whole time to offer his (very apt) criticism.

Or involve throwing rocks at birds.

It is a mystery why they chose the Beatles and not Slayer. I mean, my grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, cousins, friends and siblings have heard of the Beatles. But that guy who wore the black jeans jacket with safety pins in it in high school has heard of Slayer. Did they do any market research at all???

Hey! I make the John Landis helicopter-related jokes around here!

Not here in Oregon. It was retitled after… aw, screw it. Yes, Easy Rider.