re clerks:  But it's charming!

I think it was the episode entitled 'Step Fucking'.

I think it was the episode entitled 'Step Fucking'.

You mean that there are other teams in Major League Baseball other than the Yankees and Red Sox!?

You mean that there are other teams in Major League Baseball other than the Yankees and Red Sox!?

MCBAAAAAAIN!

MCBAAAAAAIN!

Or Cleveland.

Or Cleveland.

I hear ya.  I don't see what was so great about that at all.

I hear ya.  I don't see what was so great about that at all.

That's about right.  I remember feeling a great amount of relief when it was over.  It was about time. 
 
These days, we have a sort of cultural Balkanization where different groups of people follow different things.  That was one of the last things that nearly everyone (sounds like both of us excluded) was fascinated…

That's about right.  I remember feeling a great amount of relief when it was over.  It was about time. 
 
These days, we have a sort of cultural Balkanization where different groups of people follow different things.  That was one of the last things that nearly everyone (sounds like both of us excluded) was fascinated…

I am expecting some sort of idiotic indictment of nerd culture (or Batman in particular) as being the 'cause' of the shootings.  Thank God I haven't seen it yet.

The whole serial-killer thing is really played out.  It should be dumped into the trashcan of entertainment history.

The whole serial-killer thing is really played out.  It should be dumped into the trashcan of entertainment history.

OK, I gotta ask:  was anyone actually standing in line and paying money to get that guy's autograph?

OK, I gotta ask:  was anyone actually standing in line and paying money to get that guy's autograph?

I intentionally avoided all aspects of the over-coverage and over-emotionalizing of this story.  Facebook was hell during that time.

I intentionally avoided all aspects of the over-coverage and over-emotionalizing of this story.  Facebook was hell during that time.