@avclub-6997a8bd0e1042b70b60c5c879a1780e:disqus , a dictionary is not a moral arbiter of the permissibility, or the rightness or wrongness, of a word.  If it records a slang term, it does not follow that the makers of the dictionary are bestowing that slang usage with the approval of their lexicographical authority. …

That's a very interesting question, @avclub-230e46d19fe78a6c8dc715659a7188d7:disqus .  I would have to say that it's probably because lame is a very old word, of the same kind as blind and deaf.  All three of these were present in Old English.  Both blindness and deafness are used metaphorically as insults.  Calling…

@avclub-ea098057cb0d1379deaf8c1cf4a1fe3b:disqus , you're clearly missing the point.  Sometimes I just don't know where your head is at.  He can do this with any kind of music.  I just happen to recall that the first time I heard him do it, he was working on a video game song.  An incidental detail that you interpreted…

Having had the lyrics memorized since Kindergarten, I fail to see how they are incomprehensible.

If I had to pick, I'd go with America by Simon and Garfunkel.  No, I'm not joking.

@avclub-e57f718840a576abbb40a7d046c4e3b0:disqus , I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt because I know you've got a douchebag reputation to uphold, but that is colossally stupid.  You need to be educated.

New rule.  Anyone who complains that the world is too PC when people are offended by derogatory words should be thrown in the dungeon for at least seventy two hours.

This might explain the Jimmy Eat World album I found in my dad's CD collection.  I was too perplexed to even ask.

Something has to.  I've been puzzling that one my whole life.

Is it possible that anyone bought this album because they thought it was the actual Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

@avclub-10309c857c6dcd2c0322867b20c2a424:disqus , my childhood just shot out of my skull.  Thank you so much.

I'm really not sure on what basis Appetite for Destruction can be considered a masterpiece.  But I am extremely biased against GnR.  I tried liking them, I really did.  But there just doesn't seem to be anything to like.

I swear, this kid needs a medal.  I don't know if he's actually reposting comments that he's meticulously memorized and can freakishly recall at precisely the perfect moment, or just making shit up, but the effect is perfect.

I'll be the guy who says Supernatural is an OK album.  And lately I've been thinking the Dixie Chicks are due for a reevaluation on my part, as I come to terms with my youth wasted on an exclusive diet of country music.  The rest of 1999's list is pretty chill-inducing, though. 

The covers of supermarket rags are doing a terrible job of keeping me informed.  I'm going to have to start listening to real news or something.

Wait, hold up.  Drew and Scott Peterson are different people?

The analogy that Slate article mentions is only valid to the extent that a demonstration is a public action that communicates the views of an individual.  I could drive a herd of sheep into a Bank of America lobby and call it a demonstration, but I'd still be a heavy handed jackass.

More likely they think that it specifically applies to white Americans, and that any attempt to extend it to anyone else must be measured first against the interests of whites.

Well, I'm glad I don't have to blame Mr. Sullivan for it then.

Otter pops?