I guess it fits the literal definition, but ad hominem arguments aren't always fallacies.

Counterpoint: stand up audiences are full of idiots. Seriously, listen to any comedian working the crowd. You'll hear: drunks who can't finish their sentences, guys who speaks in catchphrases, people who clearly don't get the joke, but laugh anyway, dipshit hecklers, people who clearly just came because it was…

Yeah, there's some nasty noble savage bullshit in that second one, to be honest. The idea that every North American tribe was like ten guys in a tipi singing kumbayaa needs to go away.

I too can read wikipedia.

No argument here. That show is a complete turd and the Mike Tyson Mysteries isn't much better. Aside from Rick and Morty, Adult Swim hasn't put out a good new animated show since China, IL and that was four years ago. A big chunk of their animated lineup is made up of shows that have been around since the 2000s (Aqua…

And then the video doesn't work right because [something about Firefox and video acceleration] and then you're like, "I really need to reinstall this crap, but maaaan," and then you find it on Youtube instead.

Same. Of course, the kids were a little off-putting as well. I always thought their faces were weirdly nonexpressive. A lot of the time they just looked like brown smiley faces with funny ears.

So it's like HD Simpsons, where the clean lines and smooth coloring transform vibrant and stylish art into something creepy and uncanny?

My mom always hated it for some reason. I think she thought Miss Frizzle was creepy. She does have a little bit of that "now don't tell your parents…" Mary Poppins vibe, and is weirder in the books as I recall. Anyway, I always thought show was kind of boring, but I may have just been too old for it when I saw it.

I figured out that it was someone from Newcastle, but I'm not sure I could have done it in time. I had to think about it and that can be deadly on Jeopardy!.

Not quite the same thing, but X-Files backstory has Dana Scully go from medical doctor to FBI instructor to field agent while still in her twenties. We were just supposed to ignore the fact that she was barely old enough to have reached one of those positions, never mind all three.

I think "reactive" would probably be a better word for it. Usually that burst of heroism only comes after like an hour of her sitting around frowning and talking to her friends about how she just doesn't know what to think anymore.

There's an interesting class subtext to a lot of those movies. Our heroine, usually a suburban white lady, has a "perfect" life — beautiful home, loving family, great job, plenty of money, well-adjusted, etc. Then another woman, who is almost always less well off in some way (homeless/no…

THAT WAS A WEIRD ONE!

I'm pretty sure KOTOR 2's writers would agree with you guys, actually.

If it helps, those kids are still around. "Nerd" and "dork" may have lost their meaning and I've been told it is now possible to spend an hour around a group of 14-year-old boys and only hear the word "fag" once or twice , but I'm sure old classics like "loser" and "freak" are still thriving, and I bet there are lots…

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I'd break it down like this. There are people who get called nerds and people who call themselves nerds.

I doubt it. There were probably people sitting in classes with you who were suffering through any number of personal traumas. It didn't necessarily show on their faces though, and even if it did there are few people as oblivious and self-involved as teenagers.

I just thought attacking a movie based on its trailer was sloppy criticism. Plus I'm not sure how much "male feminist" cred Whedon has left after Doll House.