Yeah, but I use that expression all the time, and even I wouldn't apply it in that context. It's just kinda weird. Plus it only kind of works when you're modifying something that's bad.

So . . . one day off?

I think part of the problem is that without the pictures and video, empathizing with the victims requires abstraction. And social science has shown us that we're psychologically programed to have difficulty humanizing members of an outgroup when we think abstractly. That's how you can have racists who think that…

I'm not sure if he struggles with reading so much as critical thinking and reading comprehension.

I mean, I can't speak for the controversy. But I'm a huge pop culture nerd, and I've never even heard of the show or the disagreement. So that's got to be kinda a factor.

Google anything-racist and you'll find some pissed off people. It's the internet. The fact that it got poor ratings and was generally disliked by critics is for more likely the culprit.

I mean, Sanders sometimes veers into a very similar outlook on trade as Trump. Warren is much better informed, though, she's certainly far more well-informed than Trump could ever hope to be.

Okay, so maybe Donald Trump won on the most overtly racist major party platform since Goldwater.. But let's dedicate a whole episode to Shia LeBeouf and the lady from that Popeyes in Atlanta because, you know, both sides are bad.

I never thought I'd say this, but Shia LeBeouf needs to go back to making Transformers movies.

That's certainly a problem as well.

It just seems that you really don't have to be very smart. It's especially obvious if you ever watch anybody give testimony in the House, and just pay attention to the questions that they are asked. The only way that I can think of to fix that would be to expand the district size. But I'm also open to different…

I understand what you're saying, but you don't see those exact same types of limitations being enacted against Mosques and Muslim advocacy groups? Plus I'm not sure it would even be effective. In Europe, there have been a number of efforts to police the behavior of fundamentalist Muslims, and it typically seems to…

It'd obviously have to be more than a law

I've always assumed that the average Congressman in the House is pretty stupid. I mean, there are only 700,000 people per district. Assuming that only half of them vote, and that gives you only 175,000 votes needed to win. And that's not even taking into consideration the majority of safe districts where you just…

Don't worry. Myanmar and Liberia still aren't on the Metric System either. So we still have them, at least.

It gets a lot of flack, but I've always been a pretty strong supporter of it. I guess I'm wary of allowing value judgements on speech, because I'm inclined to think most value systems default towards a dominant ideology. So while I believe that the majority of Americans oppose things like prejudice and bigotry on…

On paper, this sounds great, but in practice most of these laws in Europe have just been a way to limit the American tech giants. Some of them are reasonable, but a lot of them are straight-up ridiculous. I have very little trust that the proposed restrictions would be enforced in any reasonable way. And it's not…

Yeah, I've always been able to stay decently in shape. But obviously it's hard to do that when you're pretty much stuck in bed. It sucks that people have such an obsession with youth, though. I'll admit that I've never been into older guys, but that's more a matter of the age difference, not attractiveness. I…

Been waiting a while to say this, but: username/comment synergy Cap'n

No, this was in Fort Worth. Honestly, it really surprised me. All of my jokes about Texas aside, I expected that the urban parts would basically be like any other diverse city in the country.