Have you seen Premium Rush?

Or, you know, that guy who says he's a space alien, snorts all of your coke and then moves to Germany.

I dunno, I don't forget about or ignore Bowie's or Monae's arguably pretentious public personae when I listen to their music. I think that kind of thing adds to the experience when it works and kills it when it doesn't.

Germans do the same thing, with trying to ape the French pronunciation. I feel fucking stupid every time I have to say eine Chance or order a croissant but it's normal here, even though Germans hate the French (as do Brits…weird).

…so what does it mean, for us ignorant Americans? Some tv presenter duo or something?

The problem is that children probably don't see as clear a distinction between the marketing and the narrative. They're only going to see the marketing image of the gussied up sparkly princess and I think there's a valid concern that that image will overcome the message of the movie.

They did the same thing to Mulan. I really don't understand how so many of my feminist friends manage to make so many exceptions for Disney because "strong female characters!!!"

LASERS. 8'OCLOCK, DAY 1.

It's actually a pretty widely accepted practice among folks who are as high-risk as she is. It seems drastic but the number Jolie was throwing around was an 86% probability of cancer, and even though it's not clear that that's quite as bad as it sounds like, I don't think it's worth just keeping hunks of flesh…

It'd be really cool if we could treat the woman attached to the breasts (who, you know, is a mother and a wife and a person with feelings who made a considered decision about her own health) as more important than her secondary sexual characteristics.

Now is the time to admit you didn't get the reference, hon.

Especially not in German. Or was that the joke?

Kevin McDonald's head looks a bit like a dick, but at least he seems happy!

Yeah, I used to love them too, but after that I just can't think of them the same way. What shitheads.

Can we say "reedman" now? Is that a thing?

Those of you genuinely confused about the word "mauer", it's the German word for (one kind of) wall, i.e. the Berlin Wall.

BURN THEM

I knew that. I just couldn't automatically post "YOUR JOKE IS NOT FUNNY" without being written off as a troll. And my week was ruined the moment I woke up still alive at the beginning of it.

So what elements do you think they're lacking, then? What don't they have that you want, and what do you think is better?

How was the idea that you can only listen to it for two years even implied by the comment?