Aren't most of the villains in Star Wars more enjoyable than the good guys? Does anybody give a shit about Mon Mothma and her Bothans?

It's worth pointing out that the telecom companies donated nearly as much to democrats, who all voted no. The senators listed should be voted out of office for this and other reasons, but the idea that a simple transaction of money for favorable vote took place is misleading.

That was probably it—gchat is one of the least bloated programs ever.

You don't need to use Google, or facebook, or any other particular website. You DO (basically) need to use an ISP (and have a very limited range of choices to do so) so their logic is idiotic.

Jesus christ, I don't care if you're a hundred, you're allowed to fantasize about some 24 year old.

What did you think that list of names with green, orange and red icons next to them on the left in your gmail window were? I'm almost certain it's enabled by default.

They even switched it automatically at one point. That said, I reverted it back to gchat almost immediately for reasons I don't recall, but apparently I wasn't a fan at the time.

The ignorance here is astounding.

No, it's not. It's a gmail thing.

Oh yeah, right, "Google Hangouts" is way better.

Does hangouts not have searchable archives like gchat?

Is that the one "created by a schoolteacher?" Fuck actual scientists, I want my medicine to be created by someone who teaches social studies or algebra to middle schoolers.

More like quoting the Japanese guy and then making snide, dismissive remarks.

Wasn't this also true of The Phantom Menace as well? Not sure there's any hard data on it but googling seems to indicate the early reactions by the superfans were overwhelmingly positive.

I too am against a subset of people learning a useful skill.

He specifically said he ALSO enjoys going to bars, and paying extra for the atmosphere. I believe his point was that he's willing to pay extra in various types of places depending on the context.

Oh, yeah, I'm pretty sure Yankee Stadium is even more than that. Even at the Barclays Center beers are $10-12. I thought we were talking about regular bars, though, stadiums/arenas are a different beast altogether.

Not if it's challenging in a way that's tedious or unfair.

This sounds sad, but going to a movie kind of makes it feel like I actually did something that day, in a way that sitting on my living room couch doesn't.

There was an Alamo Drafthouse "coming soon" for like 3 years in Manhattan—they had the Coming Soon sign on the empty theater for most of that. Then it fell through. They eventually opened one in Brooklyn but it does make me curious how the hell it can be that hard to open up a movie theater, and why anyone would…