Now seems as good a time as any to post a link to my favorite Slate article, which discusses the history of Traditional Chinese Medicine as Maoist Propaganda. Give it a read!

I dislike that her rumored bad attitude is being used to dismiss her feelings on her own rape. Also, not to be that black girl, but her comments on not being raised to
be coddled, and being raised to stand on her own two feet have a lot to do with how black women are raised to be survivors of all sorts of abuse and…

I have bad news - even brown people from foreign countries have started putting chemicals into their medicines. To be on the safe side, I'd recommend avoiding any medical treatment invented within the last 500 years.

I think this is the fault of Big Pharma, pumping toxins into our children's bloodstreams. Clearly these kids need to eat more organic food. Also, they need to get some healing crystals. Healing crystals fix everything.

Considering that Gabby is the one that went through that horrifying ordeal, she has the right to deal with it however she sees fit. Unless she's demanding fellow victims to reject victimhood and join her on her rape survivor crusade, I fail to see how she's wrong for deciding that she doesn't want to feel like a…

My scifi inclination is telling me that those anti-vaccer's have allowed the polio virus to incubate and mutate in humans, such that the efficacy of the old vaccine is diminished.

Once software is created, it costs nothing to add a second and third person to the database, well...next to nothing. What you're saying is people with less money should have to pay more money than people with more money, thus causing the people with less money to have even lesser money. Do you work for the government?…

Well I just spit out my corn pops when reminded of this episode.

Alec Baldwin is less sad if you imagine Jack Donaghy saying the things that come out of his mouth.

"I won't be in tomorrow, Lemon, I'm being subpoenaed by the Gay Department of Justice."

Ugh, I hate when people think that doing anything in a slightly stylish manner is some sort of crime. Also: earbuds suck, they hurt my ears. Headphones are way superior. Plus they can look really pretty!

I do not own a sleeveless sweater vest like that, but I do admit to owning a pair of red athletic shoes. (Merrill, not Converse.)

Life Of Brian summed up society so incredibly well. Beyond being a religious parody, it really nailed how it's a natural human instinct to want to follow something-it makes you feel safe and sound.

Heh heh. A few years ago a friend and I were walking down the street in downtown Portland. I would call her a "hippy chick" rather than a hipster, but mostly she was just down to earth and into comfort and a simple lifestyle. Anyway, we passed a shop with a dress in the window and I said: "You'd look good in that m…

Brian: "You're all individuals!"

I'll second this, and I happen to be old as shit.

Hipster has no meaning in itself anymore. It only has meaning in comparison and thus is only relative. By that standard, I can guarantee that 80% of the people visiting this site can be considered hipsters by someone.My impression is that when some people call someone a "hipster", they really mean non-awkward nerd…

I'm in my late 20s. Some of the people I work with who are in their late 30s and early 40s like to call me a hipster, ostensibly because I wear pants that fit and I ride a bike. It drives me insane.

Does the word "hipster" even mean anything anymore?

Not quite. Broadband/network congestion is a fictional narrative marketed by the ISPs with interest in keeping TV viable.

Apparently, I'm the only one who remembers the circumstances around this sketch on account of my giant girl-crush on Page, but the month or so leading up to the show was full of rumors about how Page was a closeted lesbian. As the show drew close, people openly wondered in the media if Page would use SNL as…