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Bubblegum and taffy?

Hey, MC Chris is no rapper!  He's no representative of all that is great and authentic about hip hop!  Now, .50 Cent on the other hand…

Hey, MC Chris is no rapper!  He's no representative of all that is great and authentic about hip hop!  Now, .50 Cent on the other hand…

Don't haul your narrow prescriptivism in here, Apocryphal Winston Churchill!

Don't haul your narrow prescriptivism in here, Apocryphal Winston Churchill!

Dude, heavy metal music is so ruthlessly nerdy, even I can't get down with it.

Dude, heavy metal music is so ruthlessly nerdy, even I can't get down with it.

Daniel Inouye is, bar none, our most awesome Senator.

Daniel Inouye is, bar none, our most awesome Senator.

The butt of the joke, you say?

There's no doubt that class is king in Britain, but the idea that there's no racism because there's class-ism is insane.  We have class-ism here, too; it's perfectly possible to hate people for being different from you in more than one way.  Just because the two systems have different levels of importance due to

There's no doubt that class is king in Britain, but the idea that there's no racism because there's class-ism is insane.  We have class-ism here, too; it's perfectly possible to hate people for being different from you in more than one way.  Just because the two systems have different levels of importance due to

Everybody's got an accent, @avclub-7840431e46f0ebd7b683f39c36d78436:disqus .  The only proof you need is to hear someone with a different accent make fun of yours.

Everybody's got an accent, @avclub-7840431e46f0ebd7b683f39c36d78436:disqus .  The only proof you need is to hear someone with a different accent make fun of yours.

I have another perspective on this.  My best friend was born in South Korea, yet lived in America for most of his life.  He speaks perfect American English (though the things he says are often slightly warped and insane).  Yet if ever we talk about sports, and the subject of "That Game the Sounders Play" comes up, if

I have another perspective on this.  My best friend was born in South Korea, yet lived in America for most of his life.  He speaks perfect American English (though the things he says are often slightly warped and insane).  Yet if ever we talk about sports, and the subject of "That Game the Sounders Play" comes up, if

Wow, that was weirdly frightening and xenophobic.  Did you mean it to come out that way?

Wow, that was weirdly frightening and xenophobic.  Did you mean it to come out that way?

I loved Battlebots.  I was in middle school at the time.  Maybe those two facts are connected, but I don't care.

I loved Battlebots.  I was in middle school at the time.  Maybe those two facts are connected, but I don't care.