Oh yeah, I'm agreeing with you all down the line. Though interestingly, this conversation points out an phenomenon I'm noticing more and more in media wherein audiences are so hip to subtext that it's barely subtext anymore. Like, SU fans all know the Crystal Gems are representative lesbian characters and the writers…

For me it's the kind of thing where I think people shouldn't try too hard to "this=that" because they will invariably take things literally and be upset if the character doesn't always line up 100% with the condition. Characters, especially animated characters, have a flexibility to their actions and if someone is…

Even her stint on The Surreal Life was telling. She carried her pain so close to the surface that you could see it in her face. On both shows she came off so brittle and fragile that I wanted to give her a hug and tell her that she was okay. You get a lot of distance and fakery on Reality TV, but Chyna was one of the…

Awww, no trial suspension? That's a strict school district.

Oh, what I would have given for Steven to say, "I'm going to the stock market! I have a business!" when they were playing adult in the trench coat.

Thanks, man, for picking at that scab. I was just getting used to not having Gravity Falls in my life…

I've seen comments regarding Onion as non-neurotypical and I definitely believe he can be read subtextually as that, I definitely also believe that it isn't necessary to read the character as that to get the point of his role on the show. To state the obvious: He's the Weird Kid. Not the kid who was just really into…

Awww hell… We got some fanfic to get writing!

Yes… However, there are two possibilities that would make it jive with the chronology as-is:

You have no sympathy for Onion, yet all Onion wants is to be your friend… and for you to maybe kill an insect.

I don't think it's all dialogue B&C lacks, just the opening narration. Whatever the case, I'll probably pony up for this because I'm a total dork for Fury Road.

Gotta mute the opening voice over too if you want the Black and Chrome effect.

Yep. The other thing that's lost on us is how uninvolved a lot of parents were. It's a constant refrain I hear from people who came of age in the 70's. Parents gave their kids much longer leash then and the kids were feral by our standards: Free to do what they want with parents who had no clue what they were up to.…

Are you saying gamers are touchy and immature? HOW DARE YOU SAY GAMERS ARE TOUCHY AND IMMATURE! I'M GOING TO BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN FOR SAYING GAMERS ARE TOUCHY AND IMMATURE! RRRAAAAAA!

They like the previous version. You know, the same version they were carping about prior to release, saying it would suck and all that.

A couple points: Concerning "straight" boomers, they by and large didn't think of themselves as more conservative than their parents (aside from those REALLY into supply-side economics) because the generation that voted for FDR was "establishment" regardless of left-or-right lean. Also, the social liberal vs. social…

The nuttiest sound in the galaxy!

*Imagines this as someone who makes the daily commute to West Hollywood from the West Side and back… Goes and cries*

I grew up with 67-70 on Nick-at-Nite and as square as it was, I found (and still find) Friday and Ganon to be compelling characters. Friday because he is the personification of "Lawful Good." He's stern and has an almost Dredd-like dedication to the law, but he's also fair. A true straight arrow. Ganon, meanwhile, is…

Zero surprise there.