I guess my main take away is: people actually think New Girl is funny? I watched the first season and maybe some of the second, I'm not sure, but mostly for Schmidt. He was the only redeeming character. The whole, "Oh look at me, I'm so quirky and crafty and beautiful but can't get my shit together" schtick got old…

That is 100% my interpretation as well.

Either I have a case of the stupids or a case of the Canadians because I can't get these videos to work.

I do think he has a point that it is difficult and complicated to make moral judgments about different eras (and, I would add, different cultures). It doesn't mean we can't make moral judgments, but we should at least acknowledge that some of these issues are not as black and white as we like to think they are.

I can't stand the expression "hater." It ends up being a simple-minded way to dismiss criticism, and discourage critical thinking. The term wasn't around when I was young, but I got called "negative" a LOT. What I see now is that I did tend to speak up about the things I saw as problems, and keep quiet about the…

YES. I also suspect all the restaurants and events they went to and name-dropped were product placement and also part of the Sharpie deal. This whole thing smacks of the worst kind of viral marketing. Blech.

As someone who lived through the 1980's as a teenager, all this 'indie' stuff sure reminds me of the Gap, Benetton, Roots and other massively famous, utterly branded, inexplicably consider to be edgy 'alternatives' to whatever they were doing back in the small town you moved from to gain the status of living in…

My milke-shakes bringeth all the younge men to the yard.

Hahaha, I didn't even notice but its kind of hilarious.

What is so Feminist about never critiquing/making fun of/laughing at the awfulness of celebrities who want to be famous but are bad at it and have no dignity? No one complains that men who make fun of Carrot Top (he has two words?? I dunno...) or Pauley Shore are Man Haters or whatever. I disliked the 8- 10 minutes of…

I got broken in by being the only male in the office. I'm working away at the computer. My 3 female co-workers are to the left, right and diagonally behind me in our square office.

"By the terms of the agreement, officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchanged. You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from a consciousness of duty faithfully performed; and I earnestly pray that a Merciful God will extend to you His blessings and protection. But for the love of…

You could always thaw him out if you get lonely. He'll be blind so just say your name is Leia and you have a sore throat.

when the lines between "real life" and "wondershowzen" blur....

Monkey steals the peach...