My mom (born 1943) has one and bought one for my sister (born 78) some years ago. She likes the back stories (one of them was born right around when she was I think). She also likes quilting and sewing. I don’t know if that’s who their for, but feel free to generalize based on my midwestern born, bay area living,…

That is the weird part to me. I mean yeah, it’s indisputably racist, but it’s also just *weird*. Like framing “A (sterotype), a (stereotype), and a (stereotype) walk into a bar...” joke. 

You’re thinking of Stewart Bear...

You fuck it, and then you serve it to all your manly, non-bracelet wearing friends, and they prove their manliness by gulping it down to the last manly drop.

I think his podcast has a pretty large audience, and if I remember correctly he was the one who spearheaded the movement against that patent troll that was trying to (is still trying to? I haven’t heard about it in a while) extort money out of basically every podcaster because 40 years ago he had the idea to send…

If you have a kid in your life, I highly recommend We are in a Book from the Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willem (hell, I pretty much recommend everything by Mo Willem - he’s a delight).

+1, my kid’s a little old for it now (he’s 8), but it was often requested when he was 5-6.

Maybe hope that then he can be “caught” with a question about Spencer’s support and then he equivocates and that can be used against him?

Right, but remember this list is more about what the thing says about the person who reads it then the thing itself. I’ve never had someone talk my ear off about Goethe (but Ayn Rand - oh boy), so it also rang false to me, but I’ll infer that Overbearing Goethe-heads are out there somewhere (if only as an obscure…

I don’t think I’d call them “generic”, but totally agree that they are based on a gimmick./twist. Some of them for sure work butter than others. I thought Lullaby was pretty ridiculous, but the one that takes place on the island I thought was good, and could actually be a good horror movie in the right hands.

Tha cartoon version always seemed a little racist in a way that you could’t quite put your finger on (was he a Japanese stereotype? Or just a mishmosh of weird vocal patterns). It’s hard to imagine a RL version that doesn’t come across as straight up racist.

I find Watchmen remarkable for how it is very faithful to the script of the original comic while simultaneously missing the point of it entirely.

Christ. It looks like an unfinished digital model from the World of Warcraft movie...

Christ. It looks like an unfinished digital model from the World of Warcraft movie...

I assume Flula dies early. I *love* Flula Borg, but I have a hard time imagining him being anything other than comic relief and a funny death in this context.

I have no investment in Ellen, but it’s cool to see Twitch having success (I mean, I know nothing about him personally, but I enjoyed him as a dancer and choreographer on SYTYCD).

There’s slick Willie. Always with the smooth talk.

I mean, he pretty clearly means that the Latino community is comprised of people that have roots, usually within a generation or two, that tie back to very different cultures like Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, The Dominican, Haiti, etc, etc. That’s an ok point as far as it goes (though really more…

Yes! I mean, you could maybe make it a bit more of a “sketch show” like SNL if you wanted to make it feel a bit updated, but I totally agree.

I feel like Andy Daly can pull off bits that would be gratingly irritating in the hands of almost every other comedian.