"The One Where Rachel Cuts Off Phoebe's Finger And Sends It Out To The Cops To Show Them She Means Business"

"The One Where Rachel Cuts Off Phoebe's Finger And Sends It Out To The Cops To Show Them She Means Business"

Scientology is, as the name suggests, the study of Scient, science's cheaper, off-brand substitute.

Scientology is, as the name suggests, the study of Scient, science's cheaper, off-brand substitute.

It's par for the course for lamers. Noel Murray is a lamer. Are you a lamer?

It's par for the course for lamers. Noel Murray is a lamer. Are you a lamer?

Interestingly enough, the Japanese whaling industry consistently loses money, as demand for whale meat is mostly limited to either remote fishing villages which have been eating it for centuries, or to the elderly, who remember eating it during WW2, when other meat became scarce. While whale meat can be readily found…

Interestingly enough, the Japanese whaling industry consistently loses money, as demand for whale meat is mostly limited to either remote fishing villages which have been eating it for centuries, or to the elderly, who remember eating it during WW2, when other meat became scarce. While whale meat can be readily found…

Halloween 3 is awesome - it's silly, yes, and the storytelling is fairly workmanlike… but it's still a pretty great little B-movie with enough odd little charms to keep me watching it whenever it happens to pop up on TV or on a friend's Netflix queue. The comparison to The Stuff feels spot on.

Halloween 3 is awesome - it's silly, yes, and the storytelling is fairly workmanlike… but it's still a pretty great little B-movie with enough odd little charms to keep me watching it whenever it happens to pop up on TV or on a friend's Netflix queue. The comparison to The Stuff feels spot on.

Actually, the trains did not, in fact, run on time.

Actually, the trains did not, in fact, run on time.

Gratitude for what? Providing us with shitty cartoons?

Gratitude for what? Providing us with shitty cartoons?

The second rule of show business is, you gotta go away to come back.

The second rule of show business is, you gotta go away to come back.

@avclub-d0cf409eb912cc0cc950b41b6d892d07:disqus I've watched both of those, and didn't find either to be terribly meta, unless you're referring to the sort of half-sighing half-winking, "we can't change major elements of our characters' lives, we always hit the reset button" lampshading they pull at the end of that…

@avclub-d0cf409eb912cc0cc950b41b6d892d07:disqus I've watched both of those, and didn't find either to be terribly meta, unless you're referring to the sort of half-sighing half-winking, "we can't change major elements of our characters' lives, we always hit the reset button" lampshading they pull at the end of that…

I always think it's weird when people claim guilt, self-loathing, etc. as exclusively Catholic, Jewish, whatever traits. I wasn't raised Catholic OR Jewish, but we got plenty of that shit in my family. I mean, shit, that's just plain religion. Don't tell me you've got the monopoly on guilt and self-loathing, Catholic…

I always think it's weird when people claim guilt, self-loathing, etc. as exclusively Catholic, Jewish, whatever traits. I wasn't raised Catholic OR Jewish, but we got plenty of that shit in my family. I mean, shit, that's just plain religion. Don't tell me you've got the monopoly on guilt and self-loathing, Catholic…