Well, I've had a woman say that to me before, and it's when we were discussing things, feeling each other out, that kind of thing. Before we'd had intercourse or I've (and I apologize for my flowery, romantic terminology) had a rummage around in her business.

@avclub-d4ff3c518d33328bfadc34f25b054267:disqus For some reason, Taco Bell seems to always just say, "Hi, how are you?" when I drive up. When I answer "fine," there's just silence. Eventually one of us will ask about ordering. I suspect Taco Bell employees might be automated systems, too.

"I can have conversations with only one type of person. Everyone I meet sure is dumb."

Trying to sound smart is also a red flag for not being very smart.

Butter pecan.

Yeah, I watched until Dollhouse "got good" and it still was full of the things I didn't like. So I'm pretty much in agreement with your scientific chart.

I feel like iCarly pretty much was this. The tone was manic but it was well-written and well-executed and the female characters were front and center.

People are so sloppy both with critical thinking and data.

I do think that, whatever your ultimate goal, if you try to write material, work up a bit of an act, and perform it, your appreciation of comedy will go way up because you'll understand a little bit of the process. In the same way that trying to write will get you to appreciate literature and your music appreciation…

Disneyland is a great example of how restrictions can stimulate creativity and excellence. The distance of the initial float, the "just enough" drops at the beginning of PotC (which were put in so you can get below the train berm) get your blood pumping a little, all that because Disneyland's berm encircles a finite…

And by extension, to take the form of Idris Elba; and if you could, wouldn't you?

Yeah, and I'm a little surprised she's not in this Inventory.

Well, the Doctor is kind of a unique character in that his physical body is supposed to change in-universe. It's not quite like just different depictions of a "single" character, like Superman. I think that's one thing that supports the idea that it is a good place to take a stand on diversity, since the Doctor is a…

I'm of the reverse opinion (I think Firefly was a nearly perfect TV show, and nearly perfect as a TV show, and Serenity was solid but not great).

Liked for "Er!"

I'd also like to point out (also as someone for whom the "compromising info" thing has had personal relevance) that socially, it always ends up reflecting much worse in people's judgment on the person doing the sharing. Sometimes people think they hold something over you because they have a video you made together or…

I think Dan was making a joke, I don't think he was serious.

In the DVD extras for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Peter Weir talks about the challenges of adaptation, and what he says is "When you pick up the book, all the lovely words fall out." He meant that all the skillful prose of O'Brian counts for naught, and what you're left with is "what happens,"…

The character (yes, I've read it, or at least, I've read Fifty Shades of Grey, not the second or third books) is intended to be adorable and funny, James just can't write any of that into the character. But that's what she's supposed to be (and a naïf, and clumsy, and "independent").

I'm a Gilliam fan. I really "like" Tideland but I can't love it. It starts off so, so good, but by the end goes just about exactly one betrayal too far (mild spoilers: every character betrays Jeliza (even off-screen ones, even "innocent" ones), and without some exception to that rule, it makes it feel ultimately less…