I agree that a bewildering number of people are interested in the British royals, but as you say, they are the same idiots who go nuts for anything celebrity-related. The only difference in the attention paid to a royal wedding, as opposed to something like Angelina Jolie's wedding, is that the royal wedding is…

Royal weddings? Sure, but it's a very tiny portion of the population that could be said to actually celebrate that crap. Lots of us may take notice of the fact that they're happening, but I'd argue that's not at all the same thing as actually celebrating them; our country doesn't shut down for a wedding under any…

I've always been very slightly put off by the fact that all but one of those words are made up. "Compunctious," which means feeling guilty about something, is totally legit and was in not coined by the fine writers at Blackadder. Hair-splitting, yes, but don't go around thinking "compunctious" is a made-up word;…

I don't want to comment on the state of other TV comedies or their cultural longevity, but I do agree that the grades the reviewer has given Blackadder so far are madness. How much can she really like Blackadder if she doesn't love the absolute pants off of "Beer?" A B fucking minus? It's not as bad as Phil…

There's a difference between disagreeing with something and acknowledging it as immoral or destructive. I, for example, disagree with people who think Dan Brown writes compelling stories, but I'm not going to dismiss everything they stand for because there's nothing destructive about their belief. The KKK, on the…

I think Lack of Name was referring to the massive financial destabilization in Germany that began after the war, several years before the worldwide depression started, and was caused directly by the costs of the war itself and the punitive conditions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.

"There is no evidence that suggest Hitler would never came into power if wasn't for WWI"

I don't know, I think he's pretty goddamn bloodthirsty in every case; the first Scarlet Pimpernel is the only possible exception, but that's diminished when you consider that the entire would-be rescue was necessitated by Blackadder's outrageous lies about rescuing aristocrats. He didn't turn Amy over to the…

He's proposing legislation that would allow the House to sue the President; even if it does pass (which seems unlikely, as I'm sure Republicans intend to have one of their own the Oval Office again someday), it's not clear that members of the House would have standing to sue the President. House Republicans aren't…

S3 Blackadder is a direct cause of the deaths of at least eight people: the two guys who accidentally, brutally kill themselves in the election episode; the two actors; both Scarlet Pimpernels; Amy/The Shadow; and Prince George. And I'm probably forgetting someone.

Wait, what does everyone say bandwidth is?

It's more to do with the fact that it's a federal prison. You wouldn't go to a federal prison for murder unless the crime took place in DC. The crimes in OITNB mostly (although not always) adhere to the guidelines, which is why you have so much fraud and drug trafficking; it's a federal crime when the activity crosses…

Okay, I continue to not get your point. Do you really not see more nuance in the characters and their interactions? Except for some of the villains - the Mountain, Ramsay, etc, - no one falls neatly into a Good or Evil camp. Robb and Cat had honor, but they also made terrible decisions that endangered more lives than…

I don't get that at all, honestly. Brienne's nobility of purpose is actually what comes off as slightly out of place - Arya doesn't want to be rescued, and she wouldn't necessarily be any better off with Brienne if she had. The Hound is no bargain, but they've developed a strong relationship and he clearly intends to…

Sure, the Hound might deserve to die more than Brienne, but it's not a Good Guy v. Bad Guy pairing. The Hound is bloodthirsty, but he's a far cry from some of the show's unambiguously evil characters (like, say, his brother). The show has spent a good amount of time humanizing him, and I don't think the audience is…

No, she was already carrying the water herself. She took his money.

Exactly. The day-to-day torment he suffered was pretty horrific, but jesus christ, if someone is making your life that miserable you don't bludgeon them to death with a hammer, you dump their ass.

Yeah, I know. That's why I mentioned how horribly the Dothraki treat women. But that's not the point if we're only talking about one incident. The show changed the tone and content of two sexual encounters; you said the source material had both women resisting at first, but I just don't see it. Whether or not the men…

I'm sure he would have consummated his marriage, but how can you blame him for something he didn't do? He belongs to culture that was incredibly vicious and brutal towards women, but it seemed pretty clear that he considered his wife a little differently than other women, although that is extremely problematic when…

I don't agree. Dany is nervous on her wedding night, but she doesn't resist. And her husband does explicitly get her consent even though they don't even speak the same language. And Cersei's reluctance is only to the setting; she is totally on board with the fucking.