@avclub-8eee1846f9b9cd158dfc174d2db55269:disqus - Because Will is never shown to be wrong about his hatred of the Internet in the context of the show. In the meta-text that we have (talking about Sorkin), we can talk about the ways Will is wrong. Within the show itself, which is a document Sorkin claims 100% ownership…

@Sunspear:disqus - No, I agree that that kind of intuition can happen among politicos, but that's also the ability to assimilate lots of information in a very targeted area in a short time for short-term predictions, rather than looking at longer-term trends and being able to sense what will cause what two or three…

@Sunspear:disqus - No, I agree that that kind of intuition can happen among politicos, but that's also the ability to assimilate lots of information in a very targeted area in a short time for short-term predictions, rather than looking at longer-term trends and being able to sense what will cause what two or three…

Credit where credit is due: Dan Rydell is pretty awesome here when it comes to Rebecca and in his apology to Bobbi Bernstein.

Credit where credit is due: Dan Rydell is pretty awesome here when it comes to Rebecca and in his apology to Bobbi Bernstein.

I definitely agree. It might be that he's never learned the difference between second-wave and third-wave feminism (or hadn't until that egregiously awful WW episode). I just feel…patronized toward by that speech. "Oh, you've ever felt anxious or panicked? You must not be a good enough woman, then, because that's not…

I definitely agree. It might be that he's never learned the difference between second-wave and third-wave feminism (or hadn't until that egregiously awful WW episode). I just feel…patronized toward by that speech. "Oh, you've ever felt anxious or panicked? You must not be a good enough woman, then, because that's not…

@Sunspear:disqus - Okay, but this is a perfect example of why we need context. Before, you were making a sweeping generalization that made you sound innovative and enlightened. Now that you've given more context, the answer is clear: your U of C "intellectual" friend is a douchebag.

@Sunspear:disqus - Okay, but this is a perfect example of why we need context. Before, you were making a sweeping generalization that made you sound innovative and enlightened. Now that you've given more context, the answer is clear: your U of C "intellectual" friend is a douchebag.

Being a stuffy intellectual from the U of Chicago — I think it's more that we can't contextualize current events in the moment, because they're all tied up with everything else going on. We don't know what's important, what's lasting. And we can't separate our private attitudes from the zeitgeist. There's no objective…

Being a stuffy intellectual from the U of Chicago — I think it's more that we can't contextualize current events in the moment, because they're all tied up with everything else going on. We don't know what's important, what's lasting. And we can't separate our private attitudes from the zeitgeist. There's no objective…

Is that the one where they sing the names of the notes they're singing? A-A-A-A, blah blah blah… The musical theater snob in me doesn't want to classify anything from "Grease" as music.

Is that the one where they sing the names of the notes they're singing? A-A-A-A, blah blah blah… The musical theater snob in me doesn't want to classify anything from "Grease" as music.

If Maniac Magee (which — one of the best books ever , seriously, especially because of the Butterscotch Krimpets) is too young, how about Stargirl? Beautifully deconstructs the Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype years before Rabin even found the words for it.

If Maniac Magee (which — one of the best books ever , seriously, especially because of the Butterscotch Krimpets) is too young, how about Stargirl? Beautifully deconstructs the Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype years before Rabin even found the words for it.

In retrospect, the frequency might be accurate, but the language feels off. It felt less like teenage-boy descriptions and more like horny-old-man descriptions of teenaged girls. I can't tell how much of that is that it was written by someone who was accurately describing what teenaged boys thought at the time which…

In retrospect, the frequency might be accurate, but the language feels off. It felt less like teenage-boy descriptions and more like horny-old-man descriptions of teenaged girls. I can't tell how much of that is that it was written by someone who was accurately describing what teenaged boys thought at the time which…

I have to say, you're probably right. The Chocolate War was one of the few books my older brother recommended to me, telling me that it was exactly how boys think. He must have been about 14 at the time, and I was about 11. I was very suspicious of male classmates for several years after this.

I have to say, you're probably right. The Chocolate War was one of the few books my older brother recommended to me, telling me that it was exactly how boys think. He must have been about 14 at the time, and I was about 11. I was very suspicious of male classmates for several years after this.

Well, it was a Jewish day school, so all of those things were considered equally bad. ;)