I've thought more about this and he's a punching bag because this shit is hilarious. Yes, there are political angles, people who hate detached gala-liberalism. There's a millennial comedy/irony backlash against the idea of someone like Matthew Yglesias thinking this is the coolest shit ever. Forget all that though,…

what? I just mean that Toby Keith's "Boot in the Ass" 9/11 song is the era equivalent of Hamilton's super bland liberalism

it's widely reviled by the underground left, who see it as emblematic of everything wrong with mainstream liberalism.

Breitbart is horrible, Bannon is an an asshole, infowars is insane— but the guy isn't wrong here. This is a shrewd move that I would respect the hell out of anyone else for. If it turned out Warren Buffet was getting Seinfeld money, we'd be amazed at how he was brilliant AND had a good sense of humor

I've been locked out of my account for the last week for some reason, so I'm just seeing this.

I've been locked out of my AVclub account for the last week for some reason, and I want to say that all the shit I said in the middle year about the people in real pain, well they didn't wait for 2020, and now we have President fucking Trump

Trump in terms of policy isn't really that much worse than a typical republican. His "respectable, principled" running mate cut funding for social programs in his home state and spent it on gay conversion therapy. The Republican platform is full of reprehensible garbage, and that has nothing to do with Trump.

"I don't think botin's work has aged very well"

I definitely think there's some truth to the Simon Joyner thing, especially lyrically. That ignores Mike Mogis though. As far as the comparisons, I think Oberst falls more in line with the contemporaries I listed, or maybe someone like Lucinda Williams, and comparing him to Bill Callahan—awesome as he is—kind of…

If you still hate Conor Oberst because of "emo" or some shit circa 2003, it's just your loss at this point

The punk version of Tame is so much better though. Those songs are really good, though. Especially Bride of Usher and Violent Inside. If they had waited and just released the best songs of Never Hungover and Of All Things as one album, that would probably be my favorite album ever.

yes, because we have so many skilled STEM graduates

Post-Gawker item, I'm not sure if it's still true, but it used to slightly bother me when tumblr dorks would harangue certain comics while giving Louis CK a complete pass. While Louie is always self-deprecating—and has very strongly qualified/prefaced his use of n*gger and f*ggot—just look at Louie's friends (Dino,…

Jo Firestone is one of the most underrated comics right now. This was great. Teti and Firestone had a cute chemistry

Shut up you fucking baby was very different in 2002, when i think it came out.

I'm from north jersey, went to college at the biggest state university(located in central jersey), and there is no way Mexican is the most popular delivery food. Pizza and Chinese lap them many times over. Mexican delivery? What? I'm not sure I've ever ordered mexican delivery.

ive seen homer's enemy quoted as the real "jump the shark" moment, not because it was bad—it's an absolute classic—but because it goes full meta and deconstructs the show. Once you've done that, it's hard to go back. A lot of the writers supposedly hated it.

I dont even think that's a horrible joke. First couple seasons Arrested Development is unassailable to everyone, and it's full of that sort of joke

Is this for real? The simpsons killed ralph? Please explain what is going on to me, someone who hasnt watched the simpsons in 15 years. This doesnt sound like the simpsons

im not voting for trump or anything, but there's nothing genuine about Hillary being a good sport in a desperate, late attempt to court the millennial vote. "I think they should make an app called Pokemon Vote!"