Isaac Newton said he'd stood on the shoulders of giants because he was a huge asshole and he was making fun of his very short rival Robert Hooke.

Isaac Newton said he'd stood on the shoulders of giants because he was a huge asshole and he was making fun of his very short rival Robert Hooke.

All I really know about cooking I learned from Wikipedia.

All I really know about cooking I learned from Wikipedia.

You have to really suck at scandal to botch the suffocation of a baby panda. So she must actually be a good person after all.

You have to really suck at scandal to botch the suffocation of a baby panda. So she must actually be a good person after all.

Yes, and this explains why the granite dildos are always sold out at Smitten Kitten.

Yes, and this explains why the granite dildos are always sold out at Smitten Kitten.

@avclub-2ac233bc53744593f485e5752aaa692a:disqus  Hitchens was no scientist. And Dawkins is pretty insufferable, but my impression is he's contributed more scientifically than NDT (I am neither an astrophysicist nor a geneticist, so I dunno for sure, but Tyson has ~17 publications with an h-index of 4, which is equal…

@avclub-2ac233bc53744593f485e5752aaa692a:disqus  Hitchens was no scientist. And Dawkins is pretty insufferable, but my impression is he's contributed more scientifically than NDT (I am neither an astrophysicist nor a geneticist, so I dunno for sure, but Tyson has ~17 publications with an h-index of 4, which is equal…

@avclub-16db446cafb1ffb1466e71eaf97a4f49:disqus Ooops, phrasing! Meant to read this way:
"What a solid dude. He was totally wasted during pretty much the entire filming of movies 2 through 8!"

@avclub-16db446cafb1ffb1466e71eaf97a4f49:disqus Ooops, phrasing! Meant to read this way:
"What a solid dude. He was totally wasted during pretty much the entire filming of movies 2 through 8!"

@avclub-3bca94e353e508c1a49bf984fc5c346d:disqus "No need to start transferring the pressures straight people have among
LGBT just because we're deserving of the same rights and choices
straight people are."

@avclub-3bca94e353e508c1a49bf984fc5c346d:disqus "No need to start transferring the pressures straight people have among
LGBT just because we're deserving of the same rights and choices
straight people are."

I briefly forgot that Michael Palin was mentioned above, and at first thought you were referring to Sarah as one of your "all-time heroes."

I briefly forgot that Michael Palin was mentioned above, and at first thought you were referring to Sarah as one of your "all-time heroes."

There is nothing left in his heart but sarcasm, now.

There is nothing left in his heart but sarcasm, now.

Didn't he already admit to being wasted during pretty much the entire filming of movies 2 through 8?

Didn't he already admit to being wasted during pretty much the entire filming of movies 2 through 8?