All I know about Mel Torme is that he's the "velvet fog," I don't know what that means, but it sounds filthy.

Hey, Matthew Perry opened US trade relations with Japan.

Hey, Matthew Perry opened US trade relations with Japan.

Well obviously they don't have Christmas long long ago on a galaxy far far away, that would just be silly.

Well obviously they don't have Christmas long long ago on a galaxy far far away, that would just be silly.

Not officially, it looks like?

Not officially, it looks like?

New England is scientifically the most American part of America.

New England is scientifically the most American part of America.

Hollywood doesn't make a whole lot of movies for black people, but when they do, they tend to not be the massive successes with black people that Tyler Perry's movies are. Tyler Perry is a success in part because he really doesn't have very much competition for black audiences, but he's worked very hard to appeal to…

Hollywood doesn't make a whole lot of movies for black people, but when they do, they tend to not be the massive successes with black people that Tyler Perry's movies are. Tyler Perry is a success in part because he really doesn't have very much competition for black audiences, but he's worked very hard to appeal to…

Well yeah, pretty much. I'm willing to suppose that the Flynn Effect shows something slightly more general (the ability to solve puzzles, perhaps) but it's still not necessarily a particularly deep and meaningful phenomenon.

Well yeah, pretty much. I'm willing to suppose that the Flynn Effect shows something slightly more general (the ability to solve puzzles, perhaps) but it's still not necessarily a particularly deep and meaningful phenomenon.

The thing is, there's a fairly well observed phenomenon where people have actually gotten better at IQ tests over the years since it's been invented. IQ tests aren't the whole story, but neither is some guy saying "Well I dunno, I guess it makes sense if people were getting dumber."

The thing is, there's a fairly well observed phenomenon where people have actually gotten better at IQ tests over the years since it's been invented. IQ tests aren't the whole story, but neither is some guy saying "Well I dunno, I guess it makes sense if people were getting dumber."

That is one of the reasons why I've kind of avoided seeing this movie. Even when people don't get all "eugenicky" about it, at the very least it seems feed into people's natural tendencies to be elitist assholes in a somewhat excessive manner.

That is one of the reasons why I've kind of avoided seeing this movie. Even when people don't get all "eugenicky" about it, at the very least it seems feed into people's natural tendencies to be elitist assholes in a somewhat excessive manner.

Then, somehow, we would explain it.

Then, somehow, we would explain it.

That seems like a fairly typical ratio for Urban Dictionary, really.