I met David Sedaris at a book signing a couple weeks ago, and we talked about both HWYW and David Rakoff. He really is a delightful human being (Sedaris, that is, though clearly Rakoff was too).

Yup. My workplace is dysfunctional, and part of that is exactly what is described on the show, that half the staff is comprised of various relatives of the management. I've wanted to quit dozens of times, but I can't, because the idea of having to look for a new job is even more disheartening. "If you don't like it,…

Instead of watching shit like this, why can't people who enjoy watching others suffer do it in a more constructive manner, like by hanging out in an S&M dungeon or something?

As far as these kinds of shows are concerned, I always thought this one was fairly tasteful. Having dealt with a family member who required an intervention for drug use, I can say with some authority that they did a pretty good job of portraying what an agony this is for the people who love the addict.

Finally, a reality game show I could do.

@avclub-cfe912f5cb3aa572bd1c9ae2a9b82207:disqus Me too! I grew up in the Atlantic City area.

People from New Jersey talk funny and are kind of dumb! That's an unexplored comedy goldmine!

Truth.

Generally not as they're portrayed in movies.

Yes, squeezed in between repeated airings of Hostel, for some reason.

I will not look for it, thank you very much.

He has that world-weary, bedraggled "divorced father taking his kids to Chuck E. Cheese" look to him now, it's weird.

Hmm, I do owe some library fines…

I fully expect to see "the return of Paris Hilton" on the far left of the Tolerability Index in a month or two.

I hate to be rude, but if this was the kind of quality writing that got picked, I'm a shittier writer than I thought.

You know what I'd like to see? A buddy comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Danny McBride, but the gimmick is that they play each other, rather than themselves. Where's my blank check, Hollywood?

That's fantastic.

My favorite has always been "I like to have fun."

Yeah, and I'm also finding myself disagreeing with the movie reviews more than I used to. Who do I turn to now that Ebert is no more and my favorite reviewers are elsewhere? WHO???

I think that's something kind of arbitrary that people say on dating ads to make themselves sound interesting, because it's hard to spin "I don't like to go anywhere" as a positive thing.