[sighs] Yeah … I know what you're sayin'.

More like TRAGIC Kingdom amiright?

Fer-al to Arms?

I like the way those French think.

It cuts off right as she takes a deep breath. The question is was that to hold her breath or to say she didn't want to do it.

At first I took everything she said at face value but the more I thought about it, the more likely it seems she made it up. I HATE that emotionally, but I keep coming back to her line about "I don't lie" earlier … and how she so clearly does, often. And how she has always been a character who has been deceptive or…

Exactly. Trump just Trumps. Kind of like a virus - can't fault it for doing what it do.

Ben Sasse brah. Basically the only well-spoken, principled dude left in the party.

You weep for Code Red, and you curse Mt. Dew. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Code Red's death, while tragic, probably saved lives.

Even when I was in 6th grade, incapable of anything approaching sound logic, and devouring copious amounts of Surge I still was thinking "man this probably isn't a great life choice."

I'M NOT ANY HAPPIER ABOUT IT THEN YOU ARE. But come on, we've both seen Breaking Bad. I really want to believe this show is telling a different kind of story - Walt's was about a guy pretending to be good, BCS is about a shady guy who desperately WANTS to be good. I feel like that has to count for something.

My biggest fear: Kim dies tragically and it's all Jimmy's fault.

It was. But then Vince realized he's still Vince and made this.

I really cannot imagine how anything from that could be seen as misogynistic.

Okay so this is a year later and I can't imagine anyone will see this but … but …

Weird. So you're suggesting maybe we just treat people (and ourselves) as more than the cause that defines them? Sounds like anarchy.

Ha. Well played. I couldn't agree more. I've seen so much of this in the Christian world - taking offense so easily - and seen how all it does is reinforce a "us v them" dynamic that helps no one.

Tolkien just hated the genre of allegory in general.

I wouldn't say the public face of unbelief (say Dawkins) is all that charitable (calling raising a child to believe a religion child abuse for instance). But yeah, just the sheer numbers of religious people in our country means that being irreligious makes someone an outsider. And as someone whose been burned by…

Dude. Take a look at several of the comments about religious beliefs on this thread. Yes, I get why it feels insulting.