Sorry, did you just use “What Dreams May Come” and “restraint” in the same sentence? That was about the most maudlin, indulgent movie I can imagine.

Not really relevant to my life. I am not a literature professor or linguistic researcher. I’m just saying that I could understand using the word in an academic context. I don’t really find it a very interesting question though. Like we’re not going to get a scandalous tape of a linguistics professor discussing the…

Except 1) that doesn’t really solve anything. If he were to have said “there aren’t any n-words in this race”, it’s still pretty problematic and 2) when you are discussing the meaning and usage of the word, not being able to use that word makes that discussion pretty difficult/annoying.

Monument Valley is a super cool game. No idea how that might translate to a comprehensible movie, but I expect that at the very least it will *look* cool.

Only a wall can prevent the next Marvin Benard.

Yeah, I do like Yellow Tango...

I mean, sure. If (e.g.) said white guy is a linguist, cultural anthropologist, or other academic/person who is interrogating the use of the word in society. Or if someone is teaching or discussing a book like Huck Finn.

I’m reminded of an old Conan O’Brien bit: “The bigot who is not familiar with common racial stereotypes”. E.g.: “I know it’s not politically correct, but I call it like I see it: the Irish can’t drive.”

I’m gonna say yes, but since I’m just you but like 10 years older (I started at Cal in ‘91), I’m hardly an expert...

Agree. Yeah, there’s plenty of shitty music out there (of all genres), but there’s lots of good stuff too if you take a little time to look. I don’t think that really represents a giant change from, I don’t know, the advent of popular media.

I haven’t been to a mall in maybe 10 years? 15 years? And the only stores I generally go into are grocery stores, board game stores, and every once in a blue moon a best buy. Like CalBearsFan99 (who I identify with because I to am a Cal fan/alum), I had no idea who this was and furthermore had trouble parsing the…

I can tell you the name of Macklemore (though not if it’s spelled like that), but couldn’t ID one of his songs. Certainly never heard of this guy.

“racist bullies with a clear mental disorder”

I mean, it’s not like we have to chalk it up to just one thing. He could be an asshole with CTE who is suffering from the effects of steroid abuse...

Yeah, I’m sure this exists, but a fantasy league that was just a draft, a depth chart, and then you literally don’t touch it for the rest of the year would be ideal as far as I’m concerned. 

So...I should stop doing that then?

Don’t feel too sorry. As far as I know he’s basically an installation in Vegas and has evidently done very well for himself. Maron interviewed him a while back and he seemed like a decent, if kind of odd, guy.

I kind of loved Dirty Work, while also accepting that it’s basically a failure. Good use of Don Rickles and Chris Farley.

Yeah, I kind of have a soft spot for Happy Gilmore/Billy Madison, probably because they came out when I was in college and smoking too much weed, but everything since then is nails on a chalkboard, though Punch Drunk Love (where he’s playing an at least *somewhat* nuanced character) was decent.

Edge of Tomorrow is goddam great (but fair point that it wasn’t super commercially successful).