Yeah, I've been noticing this weird twist on crime/spy/military/whatever skills as revenge-fantasy-enabling superpowers in a secret life. I noticed it really strongly in Lillyhammer (which I find pretty decent if not great), when Mr Mobster (living a secret life) observes a youth mouthing off to a respectable guy then…

I don't have a very high opinion of Kerry but I think he gets a bad rap on the "I was for it before I was against it" thing (which referred to voting for one appropriations bill over another in any case). For the broader issue of the war, He supported authorizing the President to use force, and disagreed with the…

I wonder if this is the turning point in a backlash against the mainstreaming of "nerd culture." Could this be the first step in a long road back to the halcyon days when people were embarrassed to be grown-ass adults reading comic books; when it was okay to make fun of someone for having replica fantasy movie props…

It's genuinely interesting. Because he's right in a way objectors usually ignore (he's a great Wayne). I've had this argument over Affleck as Wayne/Batman and what I've realized is that detractors are not arguing that Affleck can't play a good Batman, but that he wouldn't be a good Batman, more or less.

Yeah, I think digital has a better chance of being preserved forever at this point.

You could have a climactic chase through Evergreen, culminating in having the fly the Spruce Goose away from the bad guys!

This is an example of a general phenomenon people do, where they have something unusual and then everything in their life is assumed to be traceable to this characteristic. I've noticed Todd Van Der Werff doing this in his writing, regarding being adopted; it sounds like this kid doing it with his missing fingers, etc.

I would like to make "octopus" happen as the singular and plural form. Let's do it. I have a zoology degree so I feel like this is my right.

I have a "friend" who keeps trying to tell me I look like Paul Ryan and I keep trying to shut him up.

@avclub-9ff7c9eb9d37f434db778f59178012da:disqus I think your crankiness might have got the better of you. I entirely support the sentiment of hating the threat of suicide as a means of controlling someone else, so we should probably start from our vigorous agreement rather than reach for things to get upset about.

Did the anniversary happen before or after you were split (or openly knew you were)?

Yeah, the diverse ways abusers have of making their partners feel small, incapable, dependent, etc. are pretty amazing.

I think we need to be careful about the generalizations about what "real" suicides will or won't do in the lead-up.

Oops, ah, yes, as you already said.

I can only see one way to maintain safety as well as the desired level of anonymity (he needs to be a stranger vs. he needs to be checked out and accountable) and that's with a trusted intermediary. Essentially, a good friend you trust with your life and to have your back who will be the person who's…

I don't want to put words or menses in @avclub-0dc58c8b977e3911dc82d204d424551a:disqus 's mouth, but I suspect there was always a turn-off factor, and the newness of the relationship and magn itude of desire just overcame it or was turned into a turn-on, the way a partner's sweat smell can turn you on when things are…

@avclub-518aedbf95e34c72567f82fd1ad92f76:disqus "Fresh cut grass" in this case must be a euphemism for "cum flavor."

I lost 140 pounds last year and am now HWP (if you ever saw the Taste Test video I did in 2009 at AV Club you can see my at my peak weight, probably 340+). I get more attention now because I'm better looking. But also because I feel better, unashamed, etc. I look better, I feel better, etc.

I think Eamonn Walker would make an excellent black James Bond.

You're so right. I can hear this song.