Thanks!

I am so happy that there is a heated discussion about music theory!

I am so happy that there is a heated discussion about music theory!

It's been my experience that people who learned piano as their first instrument (particularly if they started young) have a massive headstart on everyone else when it comes to picking up music theory. Almost everything's chords, in one way or another, and if you play enough you pick up the ways they tend to fit…

It's been my experience that people who learned piano as their first instrument (particularly if they started young) have a massive headstart on everyone else when it comes to picking up music theory. Almost everything's chords, in one way or another, and if you play enough you pick up the ways they tend to fit…

Oh MAN I got stuck playing cymbals on P&C exactly one time, as a high-school freshman, for about half an hour. After that, I always made sure to dibs timpani on anything that might call for a vamp.

Oh MAN I got stuck playing cymbals on P&C exactly one time, as a high-school freshman, for about half an hour. After that, I always made sure to dibs timpani on anything that might call for a vamp.

I'm playing my long-in-reserve Hijack One Thread Per Season card in combination with my It Is For A Good Cause and It Also Involves Kitten Videos cards:

I'm playing my long-in-reserve Hijack One Thread Per Season card in combination with my It Is For A Good Cause and It Also Involves Kitten Videos cards:

Fact: You can just hit the - on the top corner of the first post to collapse an entire thread, which is why I tried and failed to get firsties on this.

Fact: You can just hit the - on the top corner of the first post to collapse an entire thread, which is why I tried and failed to get firsties on this.

This is awesome. I kept thinking about recruiting an actual kid to watch and partially guest-review an episode with me, but I… don't know any kids well enough that "Heyyyy, ask your parents if you can come over and watch cartoons with me?" wouldn't be totally weird.

This is awesome. I kept thinking about recruiting an actual kid to watch and partially guest-review an episode with me, but I… don't know any kids well enough that "Heyyyy, ask your parents if you can come over and watch cartoons with me?" wouldn't be totally weird.

@avclub-68c81a145181a6b3092221895a3fd1a9:disqus you and me both! I definitely assumed the split here was about 50/50.

@avclub-68c81a145181a6b3092221895a3fd1a9:disqus you and me both! I definitely assumed the split here was about 50/50.

I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU BEAT ME TO FIRST THIS REVIEW HAS BEEN UP FOR LITERALLY TEN SECONDS.

I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU BEAT ME TO FIRST THIS REVIEW HAS BEEN UP FOR LITERALLY TEN SECONDS.

THE EMILY IS CONSTANTLY CURIOUS ABOUT THE WAYS EXPERIENCE AFFECTS PERCEPTION SURVEY:

THE EMILY IS CONSTANTLY CURIOUS ABOUT THE WAYS EXPERIENCE AFFECTS PERCEPTION SURVEY:

Her expression was a really funny detail, BUT I think it's clearly gotta be Beifong this episode. As ever—heading out to a BBQ all day, but will be considering screencap nominations when I get home.