My point is more that it's not clear whether people in an analog to Medieval European society would even consider it incest. Tywin and Joanna Lannister were cousins. Lancel seemed generally fine with getting down with Cersei before his conversion.

Not saying it's not gross and not evolutionarily a terrible idea, but uncle/niece marriage was totally a thing well into the 17th Century, in large part because of how convenient it is for solving succession issues, with predictably underbitten results: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xYY7I…

It bears pointing out that soppressata and capicolla are only elitist if they are removed from their native context, exoticized, and marked-up. There are plenty of working class Italian-Americans (and people who shop at their delis) who would not flee at the sight of these words. The price tag, maybe, but not the…

If you dare, do a google image search for baby teeth x-ray. The horror. The horror!

I almost got through Coco's speech without tearing up, and then she went over to physically comfort Reggie and he accepted it, and…yeah, I lost it.

"We don't want to execute homosexuals; we just want to deny them one or two of the things that make life worth living. Nobel Peace prize, please!"

Who's giving it a pass? Discussing one bad thing that's happening does not give a pass to other, worse things that are happening. That's called a fallacy of relative deprivation. Without breaking any ethical rules and speaking only for myself and in no way for my employer, a large part of my job is ensuring that…

I recently re-read Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer. Parts of America are also already like this. Small, marginalized parts, for now. You don't have to convince me that religious fundamentalists of all stripes have a lot in common. I'll bet the miniskirt-wearing bouffant-hairdo-having…

Thank you. It is practiced widely by Coptic Christians in Egypt. It's correlated with ethnicity, and with religion only insofar as ethnicity correlates with religion. Most (but not all) communities that practice FGM are Muslim, but most Muslims do not practice FGM.

I have been thinking for a while that someone needs to introduce Paige to the Marx-ier parts of liberation theology, because I really think it would blow her mind.

My friend had an orthodox wedding to appease her parents. She said there would be crowns, and I didn't believe her. Foolish, foolish me.

The formalized composition of the shots is great, too.

*self-immolates*

I was in Thailand for an extended work thing a while back, and I literally could not find a single face wash that did not have whitening agent in it. I washed my face with shampoo after I ran out of Neutrogena.

And Rashid! I want to know more about Rashid!

I would pay much money for a bottle episode with Coco, Reggie, and Lionel.

I feel like the title of the show is analogous to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The situation is a lot more nuanced than that.

I think the hardest task on the internet may be explaining to someone that you are not arguing with them—you are agreeing with them using words they don't understand.

Uh, Benjen, I think maybe they need that horse more than you do….

*Sniff* Wun Wun