I know it runs counter to capitalism, but why not just release movies like this to libraries for free with a PSA or documentary attached? Birth of a Nation, Song of the South, etc. These should be preserved for historical context and teaching, but continuing to make money off them is at best bad PR, at worst gross and…

The U.S. military has bases named after Confederate generals? Do they also have bases named after generals from Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and Iraq?

I was temping at the time (fall 2000), and the interview was in the afternoon, so I basically had to tell my agency I was unavailable for the day. So I lost out on a day’s pay at least and any longer-term gigs that came in that day at worst. Which would be fine if I was in legitimate running for the job. And if I…

I know studies have shown that rich people have diminished empathy and increased sociopathic behavior*, but there has to be a point where you walk into someone’s house full of murdered endangered species and think “Oh shit, I’m in the home of a psycho” and immediately start strategizing the quickest way to make your…

“The subway? Isn’t that that filthy train thing under the street that the common people who can’t afford a driver use when they go home to places like <shudder> Queens?”

My one experience with Condé Nast was a weird one. I was brought in to interview for some entry level position and met with an editor (I don’t remember what division). After our meeting was done, I was told the publisher wanted to meet with me. I was sent into a big, fancy office where I was promptly told “Forget…

You would think my mom would’ve been all about that seatbelt life. A couple years before I was born, she was in a major car accident that resulted in her getting metal rods put in her leg, left her hospitalized for months, and caused mobility and pain problems that lingered the rest of her life. Nope. Even after Mass…

My favorite sports are the ones where one team doesn’t know they’re playing . . . and babies are killed while they sleep.

Born in 76, siblings in 80. I have no memory of any car seats ever being used. My mom was a bit of a hoarder, so I think if there had been one I would’ve seen it in the garage for years after.

North Shore

Recast and don’t even acknowledge it in the show. Sends a passive message of how replaceable some people are. 

Same here. I’ve definitely been known to cross the line of what’s considered politically correct (though I always do it with self-deprecation so the jokes on me), but some of the shit he posted is just messed up. It’s the kind of edgelord “humor” you get from someone who isn’t actually funny but desperately wants to…

If he wants to keep acting, all he has to do is find Jesus and resign himself to playing supporting roles to Kevin Sorbo and Dean Cain in an endless slew of “faith-based” films. There’s always work for horrible people in that subset of the industry.

During the W years, I had a girlfriend who was one of those “If he wins, I’m moving to Canada” types. What changed her mind was when I said “I’m not leaving. This is my country too, and I want it to be better. So it’s my responsibility as a citizen to stay, fight, and stop those people who stand in the way of progress.…

And holding the remote: Antifa!

The analogy I always use with these “America, love it or leave it” dum-dums is parenting a misbehaving child. If my kid does something wrong and I scold him or punish him for it, does that mean I don’t love him? Or, does it mean that correcting his bad behavior is my way of helping him to be a better person? I can…

He reminds me of the doctor in Cannonball Run.

Somebody needs to make a show called “Internet Detectives,” featuring a pair of paranoid white idiots who ignore the evidence and obvious answer for every crime in favor of the most outlandish and elaborate explanation that can only be arrived at after total immersion in the bowels of online hate culture. It would be…

Ugh, the police discount. My parents owned a sandwich shop/convenience store growing up, and I worked there as a clerk. I have very clear memories of my dad giving me the nod not to charge any cops that came in. Just let them take what they want. The idea being that it will make them more helpful if we ever need to…

All it will take is a splashy tribute concert celebrating black lives for white people to be like “We did it!” and go back to ignoring another important issue. Because every white person knows that once you have a concert, the problem is solved.