Oh my God, one of my Newswire tips got turned into a Sean o'Neal article? I've never been more honored in my life!

You would be surprised at how many privileged white alt-right gay guys there are out there.

Honestly, it sounds like we're mostly on the same page. We definitely both agree that the movies were bloated and terrible.

That was probably for the better, though.

I mean, splitting the narrative at Amon Hen also gave an abrupt end to the story. That didn't really cause problems.

Yeah, JRR Tolkien had some strong beliefs, but he was actually quite gracious about dealing with people who didn't share them. You could make a pretty decent argument that it's actually the main theme of LotR. Yeah, he talks a lot about the loss of tradition and the need to protect the past. But there's also an…

Also, after his editing of The Silmarillion, it's a bit much to hear him complain about other people butchering his father's work.

Honestly, it drags in the book, too. But it's not quite so bad because Frodo's internal anguish translates better to the written page than having Elijah Wood turn to the camera and make a bunch of angsty faces.

I actually liked the Kili/Tauriel romance, and I think Azog could have been salvaged, especially if they cut out the bloated battle but added backstory on the first attempt to retake Moria.

Psssssh. I was the pride of the AMERICAN side.

I didn't say that I agreed to indulge them.

my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart

Yeah, as a bisexual guy, I can confirm firsthand that a lot of girls are really into guys being gay together.

Python is the correct language for nothing.

Out of curiosity, what percentage of MDs would you say are Republican? I recently heard that it's a very conservative profession, which really surprised me, but then again I guess they get paid really well.

A lot of Canadians feel very meh about him; so I think that's where those posts usually come from. I mean, I have Canadian family who are pretty liberal, and their baffled by the Trudeau adoration.

The Democrats tried for eight long years to work across the aisle.

Except their brand is making fucking bank from this. They're meeting are probably about how Ivanka's gonna have to take another hit for the team to keep daddy happy so they still make their allowance.

Because his supporters are all heavily armed, completely removed from reality, and suffering the world's worst persecution complex?

Really? I just have "ALSKDGH;LAD SJFLKAD SJF;LSAKD JGLK JDS AG;LKFH FAFD"