Fascinating, thanks.

Love that the NYPD response was “No it’s cool, we do this all the time.”

I completely don’t understand how this scam works, can someone explain? If the seller is going to post fake reviews anyway, why bother sending a real product?

I know that expecting the Grammys to reward actual musical excellence is a fools errand, but “Lover” is just an objectively bad song.

good kinja

Nicely done. I went a little more direct.

this sucks so much shit!

well I’m feeling motivated

EWF is the best version, hands-down.

Sure, I don’t disagree with any of this! I meant “fluke” in terms of the victory not going to the stronger military force, etc. -- not that the event itself was totally random.  

Cersei knew—and was the only person who knew!—what was required to defeat the Army of the Dead, and how seriously to take that challenge

It’s a moo point.  You know, like a cow’s opinion.  It means nothing, it’s moo.

I mean . . . I feel like artists who “wouldn’t exist without [x]” but then later outpaced the original artist are actually pretty common? The Beatles probably don’t exist without Buddy Holly, etc.

Also that line had more to do with what Dylan was up to in the early 70s, which — until “Blood on the Tracks” in 1975 was…

Hah, I knew it as “Book Rule Double”

Private bathroom vs. stall makes a big difference here, friend.  Sure, it’s still a communal room, but if you’re lucky enough to have private bathrooms in your office, it’s a real sanctuary.

Springsteen’s first three proper albums (that’d be Greetings from Asbury Park, The Wild, The Innocent, & The E. Street Shuffle, and Born to Run) are a really special trilogy — he’s creating this unique kind of muscular soul-rock but mixing it in with Dylanesque slippery lyrics (that are generally better than what…

Six Feet Under is all-time.

Yeah, it should definitely be standardized somehow. You get to see it once at full-speed, once at 80% speed, and then you gotta make a call.  If it takes longer than 30 seconds, call on the field/court/whatever stands.

This is an under-the-radar “Almost Famous” reference and I am here for it.

Savage.