The capacity for rational thought and communication is one of the species-defining cognitive abilities that we, as humans, are born with, so it is an element of “human nature” just as much as in-group conformity or any other “ugly” behavior we see in politics. Creating a healthy civil society, therefore, is not a…

It’s a single-camera show with a twee indie soundtrack, deep explorations of feelings, intergenerational trauma, and Harrison Ford. It sounds like the working definition of “sitcom” is a lot more flexible than you’re making it out to be.

Just once, though, right?

Similar vibe:

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“I went to meet with Bill Murray and his co-director and a producer in a hotel suite,” Davis told Swisher.

There is a significant chance that the large amount of snow (not just there but throughout the country over the past few weeks) could be a consequence of global warming, which enables the atmosphere to hold more water vapor and, hence, to freeze more precipitating water. What’s frustrating is that it’s borderline…

Do you mean that you can deal blackjack with your butt or that your butt itself possesses the mental capacity and dexterity to be a blackjack dealer?

I like how you have the attention to detail that it takes to spot the double entendre in a movie title yet still use ‘literally’ as a general intensifier.

What about people named Shirley? Can’t he call them Shirley?

Could someone get the writers a thesaurus for Christmas?

Where is that? Is it close to Times Square in New York? Or does it transcend “location” itself and other conventionally understood parameters of spacetime? Is it a simpler version of Time Cube?

That would be objectively wrong, though. There are still gangs of full-time bikers who support themselves via their various criminal activities. And they sell drugs. What is more counterculture, in the strict meaning of the term, than that? And in the one sentence where he most explicitly states his reasons for…

Seeing as how bikers, drugs, anti-authority subcultures, cross-country road trips, and yearnings for freedom are all things and themes that still exist today and are relevant today, I’m guessing the movie would look like bikers getting rich from a drug deal and then traveling around the country learning about freedom…

Right, let's talk about that since it's relevant to the purview of a pop-culture site, unlike war and politics.

I liked her in Sharknado.

Before all the Meg’s what start getting out of control?

The second Addams Family movie climaxes with Wednesday literally incinerating the Thanksgiving myth of New England colonists and Native Americans breaking bread and living in harmony. This show, which is even more specifically about the same character, invents a brand-new historical fantasy involving New England…

Whether it was a “joke” or not, it was in service of an actual point (which you reiterate in your follow-up). Someone else responded to your point with a counterpoint. That’s how a discussion normally goes. Responding to it with the “just a joke” deflection, where you pretend to be the most laid-back guy in the room…

Be on the lookout for Conan O’Brien, Jack Black, Thomas Lennon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and other surprises.