The song manages to be both catchy and boring, a weird combo that Lewis has down to an art. The video is whatever. I don't hate Hathaway either, but she can really be hammy sometimes.

The initial article is taking the "aww cute" tack, and many comments are following suit. That's the only justification of the site posting it, as "ehh whatever" doesn't get page views. I know that a whole lot of children are like this. It doesn't relieve us of adult responses.

But as adults, there's something wrong with pointing and saying "Aww cute!" There's still another child that this malice is directed toward.

"And I bet the people calling this kid a psychopath like to watch horror movies or dig The Hunger Games books or play WoW and shit."

Proving what?

Fake. Two different people wouldn't both converse by hitting the ENTER key twice like that between all unpunctuated phrases. Nathan's fucked up.

Correct. It's a false totem of "success," enforcing status quo materialism, and used as ammo by intellectual lightweights like Lily Allen, whose entire musical output is based in 7th grade mudslinging and could stand for some self-analysis now and then.

Beyonce is boring-as-hell, but she can sing.

I'm not disagreeing, but Christ, we're in a bad musical state when the brand maintenance, PR, and work ethic of a pop singer matters to anyone who doesn't work with her.

That's an interesting way of looking at it. I'm talking more about a refusal to believe in an inherit power hierarchy. I'm not saying that defines your husband; I don't know. But if you believe you're on equal footing with all others, and don't power trip, that can come across as "beta," when actually it's a form of…

It may have more to do with the assumption of peking order labels like "alpha" and "beta." Many "beta" people reject power structures, philosophically, and probably aren't cool with those terms.

I think both genders are equally transparent when they're really flirting, but most sane men tend to be more reserved about it, so it's harder to detect. Flirting with someone you're not already dating is like navigating around land mines for guys. Do it wrong, and your technique will be the subject of a Jezebel…

Yes, I was agreeing with you.

Although this is strangely worded, that's actually correct. "Entitlement" is a word that the political elite began using to let those in lower economic spheres, or of non-white ethnicity, or women, know that they don't deserve certain things. It's a word the GOP used when complaining that Mr. Rogers told kids they…

The attitude of the movie bothers me more than that of Ms. West (who is being purposely glib, but not really expressing a stance on this matter). I know it's told from a subjective POV, but Hazel still serves as the moral centre to the story. Her cynicism is meant to be our own. And at the end, the guy describes her…

"When Hazel's parents force her and her ever-present oxygen tank to go to a cornball Christian support group run by a doofus with nut cancer (all hail Mike Birbiglia)"

It is stupid, and yet, Rihanna and her people depend upon her image creating a so-called slut panic. It's an easy way to manufacture controversy with milquetoast pop stars. The tendency of Jez and its bloggers to act as though Rihanna would be their best friend if only they were introduced is also so stupid.

This is a good article, but you're really downplaying that shock value has been a persistent staple of HBO programming since OZ. Even the grindingly sex-negative GIRLS is reliant on it, particularly in its second season.

I used to once a day, but found it drained my energy. Now I try to go for long streaks without, which sends my sex drive through the roof and feels awesome. I know you're supposed to be all pro-masturbation, but honestly it just made me lazy.

There are fedoras in space!

That describes 90% of the Internet now.

Now there's a hateful little comment.