Yeah, anyone who doesn’t seriously consider whatever fad diet is popular at any given moment— or who avoids books trying to start the new fad diet— and actually looks at the research sees that raw caloric intake seems to be the predominant variable when it comes dietary health. It’s hard to accept because we’ve been…

Eh. She signed up to be a trophy wife and to inherit some money from some old fat idiot. Not the most noble of decisions, sure, but I do feel a little empathy for her. She didn’t sign up for the first lady bullshit and everything that comes with that. Hell, I feel for her because the big, fat, greasy dolt still hasn’t…

This is one of the most fascinating posts I have ever seen on this site. I agree with Burneko that there are a number of legit, meaningful arguments that one could use to bolster the assertion that MJ is the GOAT, and, yet, you went in the complete opposite direction just made a bunch of shit up. Literally everything…

By simply being an American citizen you’re supporting an institution with a clear history of slavery, genocide, oppression of every kind of pretty much any and all minorities who have ever existed.

Ahem, it’s “What in the Sam Biddle”....

I’ve only entered one poker tournament in my life and I made it to the final table (more than 100 players started) simply by not continuing to play when I had shitty cards and continuing to play when I had good cards. I know shit about poker and that was literally the entirety of my strategy. And even though I…

This video is the “alt-right” in a nutshell: weak, ugly, insignificant, impotent sad little men. Bet he blamed his inability to tear the sign on some conspiracy between a president born in Kenya and Mexican rapists. Not his own abject incompetence at life.

Nah. That would mean that things like justice, karma, God and general goodness and decency actually exist in this Universe.

He didn’t fail. Thanos succeeded. Tony had no role to play in these events. It’s not like AoU where he contributed to the situation. People are saying it’s a “gut punch” but it’s more what they bring to their own interpretation of events than what the movie earned.

The movie was fun and I enjoyed it, but, yeah... It continues the Marvel tradition of not really earning any of its feels but telling you it did. Like suddenly we’re just supposed to accept hat Thanos—who was nothing but a sociopathic warlord throughout the MCU—is a thoughtful dude with a soft-spot for Gamora for no…

Parker’s death didn’t work as well as it could’ve though. He didn’t die because he was an Avenger, he died because he was just half of the random people Thanos killed. If Thanos had killed him directly because of his efforts as an Avenger, it would’ve worked even so much better because Tony would’ve been directly…

Well, if my memory holds, the monster just sort of vaporizes out of existence. But you’re right about the other things. The teens of Angel Grove were sort of a little cool and laid back considering that their town is violently attacked by giant raging alien monsters dozens of times per year. Didn’t even phase them.

Sure. I’ll grant that. I think the difference was that Black Panther felt more grounded and therefore more real. The effects of Wakanda’s isolationism, for example, had effects on the “real world” and on real human beings. It didn’t take place on some faraway planets where the oppressed weren’t even humanoids.

Nah. Black Panther has much more in common with Captain America. Straight-laced, pure-hearted heroes.

Exactly. The movies just don’t have any real nerve or courage.

The Marvel films are all slightly above average in quality. They all have their quirks that play better toward some audience members than others. I don’t quite understand the appeal of smug, sardonic white guy gains superpowers and becomes a slightly more likable smug, sardonic white guy. Fanboys love the Captain…

It’s as American as slavery and genocide to believe that “self-love” means spending all kinds of money on shit you don’t need.

I always thought it was just as good as Friday Night Lights—which, if anything, actually is sort of explicit in its fondness for the cult of high school football— except it took itself so much less seriously, and filmed its scenes much more coherently, and therefore was infinitely more watchable. But I get that I’m…

Exactly! I know the same kind of people who didn’t even really like him, but now that he’s the man, they’re all about supporting him and believing him about everything.

The issue is that Trump already has crossed a bunch of lines that GOPers won’t stand for. They just can’t admit it. They will blame the media or the commie pinko queers or whoever for spreading fake news. Then they don’t actually have to believe anything Trump has done has been done.