So a couple years before 4-Loco there was a product called “Sparks” that was similar (an alcoholic energy drink), though I don’t think it had as much alcohol (I expect it was around 6-7%). At the time I was going back to college and I had to take a required Poli Sci class that was kind of dull and not very hard, but…

To be fair, it would kind of be weirder if he showed up in a suit and tie...

I am certainly no fan of Regan, but he ran the Screen Actor’s Guild, was governor of California, and had been active in Republican politics for years when he was elected. Schwarzenegger is a somewhat better comp, but against all odds he turned out to be a reasonable centrist governor who made real progress on at least…

David Cronenberg directs Madden ‘18.

Evidence? Australia (to name one) has compulsory voting and I don’t know that there’s even a whiff of being forced to vote for a specific candidate...

I’m not sure how organic webshooters are any more contrived than manufactured ones (or the organic ability to stick to walls and lift a volkswagon). I mean, not canonical with the comics, sure, but it did let them get on with the origin story part a lot faster. 

This man is clearly a payed Crisis actor. #PhartusIsPhake

I actually prefer new #1s happening frequently because as an occasional comic reader they give me some idea of where I can plausibly dive in for a while. I do, however, wish there was some other easy way of distinguishing them (I guess the year, but that’s not always consistently available). 

“They sold out the office of the President of the United States (and effectively the country as a whole) to a complete buffoon because he was their last shot at it.”

Yeah, I think this is basically right. Not to say Trump might not have dropped an occasional n-word here or there, but I’d be surprised if that word itself is a frequent part of his lexicon. I’d expect more dog-whistly things that can be rationalized away like “those people have more emotional temperaments” and “if…

Different Hundley than the one who caught for the Mets back in the 90s.

In his defense (ugh why am I defending this idiot), I *think* what he meant is “people come to a comedy show to laugh, not to feel bad about racism”. This is, needless to say, a very limiting view of what comedy can address, but there are certainly successful comedians who don’t address social justice issues.

Those are some nice straw men you’ve created there. Thanks for asking people to defend a position they did not in fact state.

Sure, and if we had a long history of sexual assault crimes being taken seriously and prosecuted by the authorities, you might have a point, but we, umm, don’t.

“Men are not defending Chris; men are defending their own emotionally abusive behavior and normalizing it.”

“...who sent one dude a photo of his teenage daughter covered in semen...”

I assumed that from the context, but I was also like “yikes that’s an unfortunate typo”...

I agree developers have a moral duty to not create games to not exploit vulnerable people. However, my point is that the kinds of transactions you describe *also* prey on people, even if you can come up with reasons why it “shouldn’t”. If addictions were rational, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

Oh fuck yes. What may seem like an obviously inauthentic patronizing personality to some can seem like a galvanizing leader to others. It just depends what kind of figure they want to project that on.

I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised, but on the other hand, I don’t really care. I’m sure lots of people were juicing who *didn’t* have one of the best 10-15 SS seasons of all time...