@avclub-46b57b7d1708b1c67cac989963a5c226:disqus Nope, that was all me! Please knock it off.

@avclub-46b57b7d1708b1c67cac989963a5c226:disqus Nope, that was all me! Please knock it off.

OK! So we have adequately established that trans people have way, way more than enough to deal with without people who aren't trans making declarations about the legitimacy of the ways they identify themselves. So let's just stop now.

OK! So we have adequately established that trans people have way, way more than enough to deal with without people who aren't trans making declarations about the legitimacy of the ways they identify themselves. So let's just stop now.

Could you be more specific, please?

Could you be more specific, please?

That's fair—dammit, now I'm even using the patriarchy's shorthand myself. What I meant was "an explanation that makes sense inside the ecosystem of a site that talks about feminism a lot but has been ported without regard for translation to somewhere else that doesn't talk about feminism a lot, which leads anyone…

That's fair—dammit, now I'm even using the patriarchy's shorthand myself. What I meant was "an explanation that makes sense inside the ecosystem of a site that talks about feminism a lot but has been ported without regard for translation to somewhere else that doesn't talk about feminism a lot, which leads anyone…

VERY PARANOID. Though I guess I would be, too. Unfortunately, this sometimes makes it seem like TV review people are eternally wearing sunglasses at night.

VERY PARANOID. Though I guess I would be, too. Unfortunately, this sometimes makes it seem like TV review people are eternally wearing sunglasses at night.

Charlie was being so evil in "Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom" as reprisal for Dennis threatening to bang the Waitress as a sort of blackmail. I see that as falling under "righting wrongs." Maybe if Ruby had, like, impugned the Waitress' honor or something Charlie's speech would have seemed less strange to me, but she didn't do…

Charlie was being so evil in "Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom" as reprisal for Dennis threatening to bang the Waitress as a sort of blackmail. I see that as falling under "righting wrongs." Maybe if Ruby had, like, impugned the Waitress' honor or something Charlie's speech would have seemed less strange to me, but she didn't do…

Nah, I don't mind despicable people; it's just that unless there's some small counterweight to all the despicableness, it just starts losing the comedy that comes from the contrast. But thanks for being so polite about your difference of opinion!

Nah, I don't mind despicable people; it's just that unless there's some small counterweight to all the despicableness, it just starts losing the comedy that comes from the contrast. But thanks for being so polite about your difference of opinion!

At least agreed on "like, at least 10 years."

At least agreed on "like, at least 10 years."

Huh, I totally didn't do that. Interesting!

Huh, I totally didn't do that. Interesting!

I agree about Jezebel leading to a lot of groupthink and preaching that doesn't work well on anyone but the choir. But hanging around there is kind of a perfect way for dudes to viscerally understand that, hey, a lot of the rest of the internet often feels just as unfriendly and off-putting to women as Jezebel…

I agree about Jezebel leading to a lot of groupthink and preaching that doesn't work well on anyone but the choir. But hanging around there is kind of a perfect way for dudes to viscerally understand that, hey, a lot of the rest of the internet often feels just as unfriendly and off-putting to women as Jezebel…