The other thing that makes The Good Place Committee like your typical NY Times and NPR subscriber is they’re all safely insulated from the demons around us.

Paul Scheer nails that tone of positive, cheery uselessness. Everything he says undermines his authority but he never seems to notice. 

Definitely clocked the “these are all Democrats” vibe early. Ineffectual but nice. Standing in the way of positive progress by trying to appease everyone, even the people acting in bad faith or against progressive interests.

He needs to rename his show to just “Bill!” if he’s going full-on Jeb Bush

Both are atheists in the same sort of “only stupid people believe in space fairies and I don’t so I must be very very smart” Hawkins vein, but Maher has especial hatred of Islam that Gervais doesn’t (that I’m aware of). Gervais, on the other hand, has a bunch of transphobia that I’m not sure Maher has. They both have…

Good comparison. Between the two Gervais annoys me more but I'm not sire why. I can handle Maher's condescension and smug little smile better than Uncle Ricky's shit-eating grin and 'gotcha' delivery but they're both pretty bad.

Agreed. “My love life is like a Rush song: Complicated and wanky.”

Ricky Gervais too!

I wouldn’t want to say something too brave or controversial, but Bill Maher sucks ass.

As a life long Rush fan, this is going to be crippling, and will take a while to process. But to tell a little story, I owe my dad’s life to Neil Peart. When my mom decided she was done with chemo and was ready to go, my father confided in me that he would likely kill himself when she was gone.  Both of us are…

Damn, what a drummer he was. I remember reading a story that when the tech would change his drum skins, there would only be wear in one specific spot because Peart was just that technically accurate.

And I mean this in all sincerity.

So I’ve found it largely depends on the coffee. The lower the quality, the more likely I am to add things to it. I think the line for that is Dunkin and below. I can drink Dunkin black, but most of the time I don’t want to. Anything at that level or below (most chains, green mountain/gas station coffee, free workplace…

Someone please explain to me the appeal of Ricky Gervais. People have tried for me in the past but I still just don’t get it. Since when did “cringe inducing” become “funny”?

But he does pretend to be a funny asshole. Which is patently untrue.

This is no longer Gervais’ fault. It the fault of the people who hire him, over and over, to make the same unfortunate spectacle that he always does. Gervais is one of those rare people who, even if he happens to be saying stuff you agree with, he still comes off as an unmitigated ass. I remember when he proclaimed…

At last, we have an angry white man to tell us what to do!

Is that supposed to be a joke at his own expense? He can’t actually be that clue-less, can he?

Sorry I can’t watch, Ricky Gervais is just too offensive! Did you know that he thinks god isn’t even real?