Yeah. I mean, even if management wasn’t placing implicit pressure on staff, there are societal obligations to keep into consideration. If you’re taking time off for your self-care while your coworkers are crunching, it’s going to inherently create a dynamic that could quickly become toxic.

That’s not even taking into…

Nah. He’s flat out full stop wrong.

How vocally the public disagrees affects how evil Republicans will be willing to get and how hard Democrats will push against the administration. It can affect policy, honestly.

And besides, we need to be vigilantly documenting this crisis for the sake of accountability.

And how does…

Mexican Coke (and other Coke products made with cane sugar) is a popular import at least here in the Southern US.

wait am I out of the grays?

Dammit nope.

See, my philosoophy may be different from yours. Give me Kubrick’s The Shining or David Lynch’s Dune any day of the week. Terry Gilliam’s Watchmen I’d see. Zach Snyder’s I have no interest in.

I’m largely indifferent to straight adaptations, because there’s source material that already tells that story well. I’d rather…

I think you’re maybe being a bit reactive here. Non-challenging doesn’t have to mean bad, and it doesn’t have to demean the viewers of the show. And shows can be complex without being especially smart.

By virtue of being a sitcom, and of being the style of sitcom it is, it’s something you can veg out to. There’s little…

Normally I’d say that, but it’s Taika Waititi. Is it possible to turn out a film version of Akira that’s authentic to the source material? I don’t know. It certainly wouldn’t be easy. But it’s Taika, so it’s bound to be interesting regardless.

I think there’s an interesting potential thought project here. Star Wars potentially encompasses the full range of space opera, and the MCU has done a pretty decent job of building out lanes so that each sub-franchise has its own identity while still fitting into the larger tapestry.

So what lanes would you set out for…

Yeah. Cold Soba would have been a great choice.

I’m a little discouraged cacio e pepe didn’t make the list. It’s the definition of simplicity but such a satisfying comfort meal, and it’s one of those dishes that can really reveal a chef’s sense of the fundamentals. It’s easy enough for anyone to make, but getting that…

 It’s a shame, because the high concept behind those second gen X-Men movies was so good. Starting in the 1960s and jumping forward a decade with each allows you to play with the tonal and stylistic sensibilities of each era of comics and film, lets you tell a story about how the landscape and goal posts of civil…

Yeah. Here’s the thing. The Nolan films were probably objectively better than Batman & Robin. But I’ll definitely sit down and rewatch the latter. I don’t really have any interest in revisiting the Dark Knight movies.

Keeping toxic family members in your life isn’t a virtue. Political decisions are ethical decisions, and they have consequences on the people around you.

Hey look everybody. It’s the Nate Silver of old men who think we care about their opinions on SNL.

I do appreciate you bringing the hard statistics, but if we could get a line chart evaluating Emma Thompson’s hotness over time, that would be great.

Unless he didn’t want to be there. I got the impression he’s largely okay not having anything to do with Star Wars anymore.

I could see Mayor Pete being the insufferable kid who thought MAD was puerile and beneath him.

I’m with Shannon Miller 10000%. Janelle Monae just effortlessly breathes cool. And I’m with the commetariat pointing out that the absence of Prince on this list is just unforgivable. Here are some additional runners up in need of inclusion.

Grace Jones. An androgynous goddess who redefined beauty in the fashion world,…

It’s not like having seen those movies is that critical to being able to deliver the lines. And if they do need context, the director could provide them in about 30 seconds.

Fair enough! It’s not the first time that I’ve subconsciously impressed my own values or philosophy onto a work of art only to determine that wasn’t the intent.

I guess we’ll see how it turns out!

I don’t think so. That was the *promise* of Robert Baratheon, an illusion that was gradually stripped away.

I haven’t seen the new season, or all of the last, but this has to be where they’re going, right? Either with the semi-happy ending that the throne is dissolved in favor of something more progressive or a complete downer ending where someone else steps onto the throne, and the same cycle repeats? It seems like that…