“I have no knowledge of this subject, no interest in learning more about it, but felt the urge to express something about it based on my assumptions,” that’s a very online sentiment right there.

...do you think he spends the entire seven-book series under those stairs?

One could reasonably argue there are fewer lessons to be gleaned from Harry Potter (an adventure story about a rich kid at boarding school) than Mr. Rogers, Reading Rainbow, or Sesame Street (all very specifically didactic programs expressly engineered to empart lessons).

maybe the books after Order are good but my reread definitively halted with that one. It left me thinking the series buckled under the perceived necessity to escalate the conflict, tie the saga together, and integrate contemporary political commentary. 

I dunno; I remember going to a wedding decades ago where there was no theme, but the simple fact that they exited the ceremony to the Star Wars fanfare had me wondering if they were ready for this big step (their ages and the fact that they were basically a match made by their youth pastor didn’t help).

The other aspect of it is that being a die-hard insane sports fan is SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE and even encouraged, wheras being a die-hard fan of some nerd thing ... isn’t.

keeping negative thoughts to myself

Oh there’s all sorts of examples; my point is that while rereading Sorcerer’s Stone and Prisoner of Azkaban scratched a nostalgia itch, I will flat-out argue that Chamber of Secrets and Order of the Phoenix are unequivocally bad books and I arch an eyebrow at anyone over 25 who says otherwise.

...are Potter adults still a thing (or at least a prominent subculture)? Maybe the death of tumblr has cut off my exposure to them, but I get a stronger impression the series lives on through kids discovering the books/movies; many of my nieces and nephews went through Potter phases which distinctly ended at a certain…

Extending the metaphor, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with whipping up the occasional box of Kraft Dinner after a particularly long day.

Counterpoint: have you tried rereading those books in adulthood? There’s plenty of childhood media I return to regularly, but rereading Potter I quickly realized they’re very much for kids and best left in the past. I wouldn’t publicly censure adults for still being in the pocket for Potter, but I’d be keeping some…

Fine…A few fucks ago I commented on Jacob Elordi’s hosting gig

iirc it ends with a lawsuit and a renewed professional commitment.

Maria Menounos angrily tweeting out Nicole Kidman’s home address

The new ads should consist of people confronting Kidman over holes in plots she didn’t write. It would be super charming.

I’m a traditionalist: bring back the Coca Cola Refreshing Filmmakers Competition! 

I did it just to spite you! And I’d do it again!

...it should be harder to buy cheap decorations?

Jeanne Dielman would like a word.

If the movie’s good! Sometimes a movie should’ve been shorter, sometimes it shoulda been longer, sometimes it’s just right.