I mean, I kind of want to be a pajama boy? Maybe I am a pajama boy. Regardless, I’m skeptical of anyone who doesn’t hear the phrase “pajama boy” and think “Huh, that sounds kind of nice”.

That’s not the impression I got from the interview, but it was an admittedly short clip.

And it’s not like his being horrible as a human and horrible at his job aren’t related to the actual impact he has on quality of life. The two aren’t mutually exclusive.

Letterman’s comment doesn’t read to me as a call for more…

Yeah. That’s not great.

The only exception being a couple of jobs I worked at where I really didn’t care about my reputation or promotion potential whatsoever. You’d have managers doing the whole passive-aggressive “You don’t have to come in, but we could really use you,” bit, and I’d just be like “Awesome. I’m gonna…

I mean, I’m not sure doing away with weekend and evening hours entirely is absolutely necessary. Time and a half and double time is something that employees often want, and I know I’ve been in that situation before.

I think the situation is how vague it all sounds. When you suggest crunch but make it non-mandatory,…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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,…

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…

Sounds like nonsense to me, but it’s a similar argument that’s often made in these various “Movies aren’t as good as they used to be!” arguments. And I think it’s in large part due to the fact that when we compare movies of today against movies from years ago, we pick the movies we remember, which are typically the…

I mean, it’s true to his original (at least English) characterization, but that doesn’t mean that it’s the only authentic approach.

He’s a tough dude, a seasoned veteran revolutionary who’s now leading the charge. There are a number of ways that could be conveyed.

Is the author indicting Democrats or indicting the situation they’re in?

Because it reads to me like the latter.

There’s so much to like here, but that also worries me.

Will it be fun in single player?
How do you even make a 16 person co-op mode work?