This is going to get a lot worse before it gets any better. We are pathologically addicted, as a species, to learning precisely the wrong lesson from any given situation. Blind rage and a stubborn insistence on mistaking revenge for justice are the currency of humanity.

It’s just action/reaction all the way down.

Um, excuse me but I work at the patent office and I know for a fact that Taylor Swift has filed a patent on the writing of songs about relationships after-the-fact. It’s pending, but still admissible. I believe you will be seeing here in court, Mr. Harris, IF THAT’S YOUR REAL NAME.

Christ. There are many problems with the NBA (too many teams for the amount of talent by a wide margin, playoffs last 17 years per season because too many teams get in), but this is decidedly not one of them.

My best friend in a Ph.D in Linguistics and this is one of his areas, actually, so I asked him about it. Allow me to paraphrase:

“It isn’t exactly so, but the current British accent developed *after* the American Revolution, around the Industrial Revolution. The closest thing we have to what pre-19th-century British…

Honestly more shocked to once again discover that Grey’s is still on the air. Every couple of years or so I catch a stray “On Grey’s last night...” comment and think “What? No. That can’t be. Hasn’t that show been on since, like, the Reagan administration?”

And then I check, and lo and behold, there it is. Still…

“On one hand, the name changes from ‘man’ to ‘person’ or whatever they want to call it doesn’t really matter. They could call mortarmen bakers for all I care,”

But you very clearly DO care.

LOL. The show doesn’t need me or anyone else to defend it. It’s a massive hit that hasn’t slowed down. I just think its hilarious how butthurt some people get over it.

“So did Varys teleport back to Mereen for the end scene or did Daenerys’ fleet already make it to Westeros?’

They’re in-transit. There are Dornish ships in that fleet shot so it’s pretty reasonable to assume that Varys went out to meet her and the Dornish fleet is helping provide an escort.

Dorne is closer to Essos in…

No one cares. It’s a good show regardless of what it’s based on and quite frankly GRRM isn’t a great writer to begin with, so the idea that GoT has been sullied by TV writers is pretty laughable, all told.

“I’m glad you like this thing, but let me explain why you are dumb for liking this thing. But no really its OK to like it...but it’s dumb and stupid and I hate it. But it’s cool that you like it.”

Oh wow. Thanks for the heads-up. Seems like an interesting series.

No one in the UK ever gets to make fun of the US again after this. Someone make that the law, please.

The what? Is that a documentary?

Oxford English or Merriam-Webster? Because I already have the latter but would actually really like the former!

It’s not *entirely* surprising (it’s still stupid, obviously, but not surprising). Ghostbusters has a pretty big reach in terms of nostalgia (for better or worse). Putting aside its undeniable influence on the comedy films that came after it in the 1980s (and beyond), it was beloved by children thanks to savvy…

I wasn’t a child when I saw Ghostbusters or heard the song but hey, I’ve got a deal on a crystal ball to replace your obviously-broken one if you’d like. Mint condition! Only used by a little old lady on Sundays!

My favorite record as a child was actually a recording of “Peter and the Wolf” done by the Royal…

I understand where things like this come from, but it’s so unfair to Nintendo. I know, I know, “Oh woe to the big corporation!” but this kind of thing puts them in an impossible situation.

I found it! The wrongest post on the internet today.

I feel like you would HAVE to be drunk to agree to appear on any show hosted by Bill Simmons.

“As for the movie, do I expect it to be amazing? No, but the first one wasn’t amazing to me either, it’s a good cheesy comedy that people are applying massive nostalgia filter to now that there’s a remake coming out.”

I’m with you except for this. Ghostbusters informed every comedy that came after it in the 1980's and…