“When a serial sexual abuser becomes president, it’s hard not to think that you’re hurtling toward a full-on dystopia.”

The issue with what Atwood did was that she didn’t do anything with the whole ethnic-cleansing thing. It was just a way to explain why there weren’t any black people, and I can totally understand why that’d leave a bad taste in people’s mouths.

The rise of the splintered media focus means no television show will EVER have the impact of, say, a “Roots” or “The Holocaust” or “The Day After”.

Other Great 2017 Pop Culture:

No True Scotsman fallacy. The Handmaid’s Tale (book) isn’t about marginalized groups; it’s about women.

It’s trying to say that The Handmaid’s Tale isn’t as revolutionary as it thinks (true) because it has no idea how to handle race (also true), because white women don’t care about black women (eeeeeeehh...)

Airplane Mode, has been described as “intentionally boring,” a creative approach the network honed with The Walking Dead.

yeah, you’re right, this is definitely not a world in which Gamer Gate is relevant at all anymore, gooooooood catch.

Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

Secret that’s not a secret if you’ve ever actually read my commentary over the years: I low-key like this show. It’s one of the few ways for me to bond with my Dad and little bro.... both of them *love* this show and talk about it to no end. It makes the both of them so happy and it’s one of the few avenues I get to…

I think this is probably the first time the show has even slightly addressed some the more toxic side of the fanbase. To which I can say kudos. I love the show and the more it steps away from the “Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings” stuff and becomes more self-reflective the better.

Two semi-unrelated thoughts:

I tried watching Rick and Morty then realized about ten minutes in that I was too smart to get it.

I really like Rick and Morty, but it’s fanbase is godawful.

I guess it’s just me but I can’t watch a cartoon that looks like it has been drawn by a 3rd grader on acid. I’m not saying that every cartoon character has to be drawn realistically. The Simpsons is not drawn realiistically and the animation does not offend me (even though the show should have been canceled about 15…

Come on! I’m just sitting here quietly, trying to eat my sandwich in peace. I’ve only got ten minutes until I’m supposed to be back in my cubical. And if I don’t hit my metrics this period, Susan’s gonna bump me another aisle away from the windows, and my succulents are already all wilty!

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty.

Anytime anyone tries to tell me how “smart” Rick and Morty is I laugh and just explain how most of their “smart” jokes are just dumbed down version of jokes that were better done in Futurama.

yo what the fuck

I’ve never heard the term “housing it” used like this. Is it a regional thing? It’s pretty cool, very evocative.