I'm also pretty sure the Dodger would do a straight-up Matt Carpenter-Matt Kemp trade tomorrow.

What if I made you avocado toast after" is something that all men should really add to their seduction arsenal

Rickety Cricket is more a victim than a villain. He's done some terrible things, but mostly as a result of how the gang has ruined his life.

You're misreading that sentence. It doesn't say Book Amy wasn't a CFB; it says that Book Amy was more complex than just a CFB, which I think is correct. Hannibal Lecter and Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre are both dangerous psychopaths, but Lecter is a much more complex, interesting one.

No, Michigan is in the Sixth Circuit. The Sixth Circuit has heard the arguments in that case but has not issued an opinion yet. One should be forthcoming soon.

"The Walt Disney Corporation announces that it is continuing not to allow the release of any clips of 'Song of the South' for fear that people might realize that was some seriously racist shit. Disney wishes to continue to pretend that the movie was never released. Anyone who posts any clips of it will have their…

I guess "Pirates of the Caribbean: Johnny Depp's French Chateau Needs Remodeling" was rejected?

I don't think that really holds. In my state, as in many, the age of consent for sex is 16. But in my state, as in many, a teacher who seduces a high-school student is still a crime (I think until you're 18?) because of the exploitive imbalance of power inherent in the teacher-student relationship. Lots of states are…

Places with high populations of single, employed guys tend actually to be shitty places to live. It tends to foster domestic violence, substance abuse, and sexual assault.

While choosing Arthur Dent seems perfectly reasonable (and probably better), I believe she chose Harvey Dent. It is good to love a man who really knows where his towel is, though.

Consider the level of enthusiasm of the average college dudebro in entering a class called "how to get laid," and the level of enthusiasm in entering a class called, "sexual assault prevention." Assuming they are actually teaching consent in between sex tips, this seems like a great model.

[Brad Pitt drawl] You know, I think this [children's book] might just be my masterpiece

Being overcome by gases related to fermentation is actually a fairly common cause of death, although it's more often associated with agriculture than vinticulture. Typical case: farmer opens or climbs into container of silage/manure/other organic material that has lain unopened for weeks or months, passes out for lack…

Leon

Well, certainly, turning over the role of M to Judi Dench is unprecedented. Also, Olga Kurylenko's character Camille in Quantum was largely unprecedented for a lot of reasons, including that she never had sex with James Bond. Eva Green wasn't just important as a plot device, she carried herself much more as Bond's…

It would make some sense. Some of the refreshing things about recent efforts in the franchise have been making women more realized characters and less like props, as well as efforts to make people of color and the developing world less caricatured. These have been baby steps for a franchise that has been historically…

I mean, I guess if you don't have the time to build your own fusion reactor and bombard hydrogen atoms until you cause a tiny supernova in your basement, creating homemade elemental gold, this is okay.

A simple, though not perfect, solution would be to introduce objective sizing, like men's shirts and pants. Measure how long your inseam and waist are, measure your sleeve and neck. Women's clothes would probably require an extra dimension (bust and hip?) to size things properly. This probably won't happen for lots of…

You're vastly overgeneralizing my position; I certainly agree grooming standards for men can be sexist. I just don't think this one is. I'd agree with you if the grooming standard was something with strong gender-preserving overtones like "men can't grow their hair long." That's a grooming standard directed at men…

Wouldn't the nature of the problem be very different, if BYU said women couldn't have armpit hair or leg hair, precisely because it implicates sexism?