I really loved the 2Tone stuff because I thought it was supposed to be anti-racist. I basically became a leftist through listening to bands with those politics.

This describes very well some of my former bosses and one or two co-workers. They’re just always trying out various masks to see if they can hit upon the one you believe and fall for.

THIS. And by ‘childhood trauma’ the majority of them had horrific early lives that meant they were never going to develop empathy or the ability to have normal relationships in adulthood. That’s not an excuse, just an observation.

I take exception to your comment about hyenas. They are WAY more interesting than serial killers.

I wanted to like this twice.  Once for the content and once for your name.  Well done, Doctor!

What I can’t stand about the mythologizing of serial killers is the prevailing belief that they must be “special” to have been able to kill x number of people or a real genius to be able to get away with it.

This is due to my comic book fandom, but to me the most illuminating part of the interview was that he finally went into some details about Johns.

they can easily resolve this!

No, they just have no clue how to write a good cohesive Godzilla/Monster story. Godzilla: King of the Monsters was exactly the same- amazing fight scenes, nonsensical and stupid human plot. The Godzilla from 2014? had a decent story but barely featured Godzilla for a majority of the movie.

What about trans men?

It might not stay that way. There’s been a push to include women in Selective Service Registration/future drafts, and even a court decision that said including only men was unconstitutional. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, comes from it.  I’d say “never happen,” but forever wars take a lot of bodies,…

I mean, the modern draft is putting recruiters in poorly-funded and low-income high schools and telling those kids that there’s no way out of their town except by picking up a gun and fighting a forever war on the other side of the planet.

Not to mention, there isn’t an American politician alive with half the spine needed to actually activate the draft and accept the inevitable end of their career.

And I’m not here to throw shade on white guys with long hair and beards. In fact, one is typing this comment!

Yes and I’ve also heard both. Either way good for her for just telling these folks to F’ off.

Good for her.

I Care A Lot was terrible and the worst part about it for me was Rosamund Pike’s performance. It was so self conscious, in the sense that she always seemed to be thinking, “my performance is sooooo good.” I despise that kind of conceit in actors. Julianne Moore is another egregious example of that, particularly in A…

That Rosamund Pike dress was hard to look at. I am not a fan.

This reminds me of the graphic in the X-Files intro where it shows a guy’s face stretching out to infinity and beyond