What's truly soul sick: The fact that that so many AVClub commenters think that you should literally be able to do whatever you want with your life, including choosing not to work or plan for your future, and still be entitled to taxpayer-subsidized healthcare.

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This is really long, and really poorly organized, but since you keep pointing out "CBO estimates" as if they're a magic bullet, I'd like to point out two things.

Everybody's qualified to offer an opinion on healthcare reform, regardless of their level of understanding of the issues involved? OK. By that logic, I might as well start espousing my views on recent developments in artificial intelligence, or the behavior of gorillas in the Congo, or the intricacies of Picasso's…

No, none of those people you mentioned are generally qualified to offer an opinion on the subject, because most of them don't know what the fuck they're talking about.

you've got to be kidding me
Alex Chilton might be the very worst example of someone dying without health insurance you would point to in making your case for universal healthcare. You're talking about a guy who abused his body with drugs and alcohol, not some poor fucker who was born with a heart palpitation. Here's…

Somebody needs to teach that girl how to play power chords. Pair that with her already-advanced picksliding skills, and she'll be unstoppable.

Did Jnco Mammoths (http://upload.wikimedia.org… really even qualify as pants? I mean, I had a pair of relatively mild Jncos. They were pretty ridiculous (they were Jnco "Slugs," with brown and green fabric stripes down the sides), but at least when I wore them my lower half still resembled that of a human being.

Yeah man. Unpredictable =/= entertaining. It was boring and flat as shit in parts. Her schtick got old 2 weeks ago.

toby keith
Totally ripped off C.S. Lewis, Jr.

Huntington is actually a cool little city. I almost took a job there earlier this year.

not sure if anyone's mentioned this yet, but. . .
A great way to make yourself feel old is to get on YouTube and watch movie trailers for films from your childhood. I was on the other day watching a trailer for Jurassic Park, which was by far my favorite movie as a kid (I was really into dinosaurs for awhile, OK?). …

1985. Man, the first 20 or so responses in this thread made me feel old as shit. I think that people born in late 1985 or early 1986 are probably the last to have any actual memories of the 1980s, and it's been a small source of pride for me that I remember shit like the Bush/Dukakis election (weird, I know—my…

Adam Scott's going to be on the show? You just made my night.

An alternative view. . .
I thought the scene at the dump was great. Even though the status quo was seemingly restored at the end of the episode, the harsh words Dwight and Michael spoke to each other really struck a cord with me—I think the exchange was the natural result of the development of both characters. Just…

I realize I'm probably the only one, but. . .
I kind of enjoyed the Kesha performance. I know "Blah Blah Blah" is an objectively terrible song, and I'd rather go through weekly dialysis than listen to 3OH3 (however the punctuation works with that one). However, it's a mercifully short tune, and the performance…

Or, you know, she's just not that funny. Occam's razor and all that. . .

CCCC, I think you're right on the money. With the exception of his reaction to not being eliminated after the Top 24 round (at that point, he looked genuinely shocked at not being sent home) his "dopey earnestness" appears to be more schtick than anything else.

I guess I just don't see the appeal. The only Siobhan performance I've actually enjoyed was "House of the Rising Sun," which involved the least amount of theatrics of anything she's done. Question to Siobhan fans: do you actually enjoy listening to her sing? I mean, based on what you've heard from her so far, do…

I'm not sure I get the whole "one note" criticism. What does that mean, exactly? Do you want her to try to sing old jazz standards or something? Would anybody really enjoy that? She's already somewhat limited by the songs American Idol has rights to use and now, by the theme nights. I think she's consciously…