Yeah. I guess the bad-faith argument is that more people would have died without them, but my argument would be that NONE would have died if they weren’t so hell-bent on guns being easy to acquire.

Be prepared to never wake up.

wake me when something is actually done about these traitors.

I hope it is set on Tatooine. It seems like there could be a good opportunity to dig into what is going on there.

I said it before and I’ll say it again.  I really liked that movie.  

I’m pretty excited to listen to the How Did This Get Made episode about this movie in about 7 months.

5'8" isn’t really that short. Average American man height is 5'9", with the overwhelming majority of American men being between 5'8" and 5'11".

I did nothing but stress about insurance! I was the sole person with benefits at the time and ready to take basically any gig with insurance. 

and if you think your *current* job is soul-crushing and demoralizing and hopeless, try looking for a new job knowing your severance and unemployment will eventually run out, and that 99% of your applications won’t even merit a response.  It fucking sucks.

The last (only) time I was laid off I found another job before my 11 weeks of severance was up (I’d been with my former employer nearly 6 years and they had a 2 weeks/year policy at the time—now it’s 1), but those 7 weeks or so were a nightmare of stress, anxiety, depression, scrambling for freelance work, and…

Be careful what you wish for. I’ve been in that position and it felt like anything but a sabbatical.

There seems to be some cognitive dissonance in a capitalist society in which we want everyone to be working, multiple jobs if possible, and laud the richest CEOs as “job creators”...and meanwhile said creators are constantly trying to “trim the fat”, do more with less, fire as many employees and foist their workloads…

These folks are scared by a little chalk on a public sidewalk, and peaceful protestors outside their homes? They should spend an hour inside an abortion clinic and see what staff and patients go through at the hands of aggressive, angry, virulent mobs of pro-forced-birth crazies.

Can we just...not do this every damn time a Marvel movie comes out? No, Marvel movies are not high art. Yes, it’s okay to like them. No, just because they’re popular doesn’t mean they suck. Yes, it’s a shame that all studios are interested in making these days is superhero movies. No, Spider-Man shouldn’t win an Oscar…

This is the republican mindset pathology: It happened to me, therefore it is a real problem. It happens to others? Not a problem.

I was initially against modification of SCOTUS, afraid of the future ramifications of whatever party is in power monkeying with it to fit their goals. Later became reticent, but now have finally decided that if RvW is overturned, it’s the last straw for me. After McConnell’s bullshit blocking of Federal judge…

One of the best things I ever did for my productivity and my ability to focus is to turn off the notifications for texts and e-mails on my phone. Nothing takes you out of your headspace like that little “ding” of a text message. Now when I’m working, the phone is out of my eye line, preferably in my purse or in a…

The first season is incredible, but the second season keeps me from praising the show whole-heartedly.  I love Peggy, so, so much, but that second season tested my patience.

Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk is still one of the best villains in all superhero TV (and beats many in the cinema): with Killgrave and Cottonmouth in close second and third. The problem with DD and the other “street level” MCU Netflix shows was that they dragged on and on, with brief moments of excitement. Some…

Agents of SHIELD at 9th? That’s some weapons grade bullshit right there. You have to do better AV Club (again).