I think this really is it.  At one point, Chris Pratt was one of “us” -- a loveable secondary cast member of a show that was widely loved here, and not widely watched in the world generally.  And then he became “them” -- an attractive movie star who didn’t perfectly mirror the values of Parks and Rec.

Yeah, I genuinely think people just got mad that he went from being an approachable chubby doofus to being what the mainstream considers hot, and they resent him for that in the bizarre, way too personal parasocial way that the Way Too Online specialize in

I never understood the group consensus that Chris Pratt represents some specific Evangelical evil. It sounds like his church operates that way at an organizational level, but HE strikes me as a kind of “apolitical centrist” type: complacent with his privilege (which certainly sucks, to be fair), but not actively…

The trick is not to care about what other people on the internet think. There are actually many things in the world to like!

I’m charmed, disarmed and agog at another show about people who live in fancy NYC apartments with no apparent means of support

Movers are amazing if you do your research on the companies. You’re almost certainly better off with your local United Van Lines affiliate (or similar) than you are with a truly local outlet. Ours were wonderful. They were on time and made quick work of loading the truck without damaging anything. The customer service…

Counterpoint: if you don’t move every year, and have more than a room or two worth of stuff (i.e. you’re not in your 20s anymore) then pay for a mover.

I have a buddy who I grew up with. He was fucking poor, like, my mom used to pack an extra lunch for me to give him, and sometimes he’d come to my house and leave with a bag full of my clothes poor. Anyway, this kid got his shit together and got himself through school and got a decent job. He managed to buy a rental…

I don’t mind them (almost) turning Allison into a villain, but I don’t think she mentioned Claire at all in Season 2 and now it is all that concerns her? Maybe her reaction this season is more realistic than in season 2, but it was almost like the writers said “wait, wouldn’t she miss her daughter?” and…

This show often gets mired in melodrama so I was afraid they’d handle this arc with similar handwringingness that’s brought to Allison’s BUT MY DAAAAAUGHTER arc, but I really enjoyed how it was a thing they acknowledged as important and then kind of moved on.  Loved the scene with Diego and Luther, where Luther wants…

Better yet: Don’t bring your dog to the office. Exceptions if you work at one of the following places: a vet, a kennel, a groomer, Chewy, or a ranch where your dog is the cattle dog. That’s it. Otherwise, Fido stays home or goes to doggy daycare.

I’m sorry but the use of ‘they’, ‘them’ and ‘their’ while referring to Ezra Miller in an article where other parties are involved is getting frustratingly out of hand. Can’t you just say Ezra Miller, Ezra Miller’s, Miller or Miller’s?

Not even a single disclaimer about possible dangers of vaping? How about a real.. ahem.. “Grown-up” sentence on all how you really should quit nicotine? Anyone? Johnson? Bueller? Yea, figures..

Granted, not as self-harming as smoking.  But not even a quick line about how inhaling anything other than air into your lungs is not necessarily a great idea?

I think the only thing that could work is if they did give him the Lars last name, but Luke on his own discovers his real last name somehow and insists on using it.

Yes, it seems much more useful than the “nag the living as a ghost” trick.

The person upthread who said that a sequel to Revenge of the Sith is different from a prequel to the original movie had the right idea. It’s pretty clear in the original movie that “Darth” is supposed to be Vader’s first name (even then, it’s kind of funny that Obi-Wan would be is on a first-name basis with his…

I always thought “Darth” was a title within the SW universe...Darth Vader, Darth Sidius, Darth Maul.

Too bad Qui-Gon never learned that “shrug off getting impaled on a lightsaber” trick that all the Inquisitors seem to know

I don’t disagree (see below) but there’s every possibility that a) McCarthy genuinely thinks he does quality work and/or b) simply prefers working on projects with her husband. I’d love it if she went off and made another Can You Ever Forgive Me, or at least worked with Paul Feig again (they’re both in need of a win),…