I think that people like debates in theory because they’re a thing you can point to and say “Kids, this is what democracy is all about.” In practice, though, I think people mostly see them as consequence-free pissing contests that are fun to argue about in a superficial way(“Who won?”) but don’t really teach us…

an elaborate tantrum designed by a teenager

Wow, almost a whole year of waiting to not give a fuck.

A friend on Facebook who loves him some Trump shared 50 Cent’s declaration that he was going to vote for Trump the other day. I asked him why on earth a multi-millionaire choosing to vote in his own self-interest and against everyone else means that I, someone who will never have anywhere close to a million dollars in…

Minus the pointy teeth you could have told me that first was a scene in the “Black Hole Sun” music video and my spotty recollection would have agreed. Slightly creepy, hardly scary.

I’m going to guess it’s the CGI that probably kills it. The big reveal scene when we first see all the witches works because they’re all real. It’s all practical effects and makeup.

Phil Collins’s ex-wife has commandeered his $33 million South Florida mansion

Fuck this. At least this give me the excuse to buy the DVDs with all the rare specials that never get shown anyway, i guess. Silverlinings everyone!

I know network TV isn’t as big of a deal as it used to be, but all this does is make the specials (and by extension the characters) slightly lower-profile. The network airings definitely helped keep these characters in the public consciousness after all these years.

As I sit here with my blu-rays of the Christmas and Halloween specials, laughing.

Wow

As a historian who I'm friends with says, there is nothing new under the sun.

“mask debaters" huh never thought about how much that sounds like something different. 

I mean, yeah. Holy shit.

Ho. Ho. Ho.

No. I have seen worse Die Hard sequels.

The pilot was online at some point (in a very unofficial copy), so I got to watch it. And...yeah, it was not good. Just so misconceived and poorly done (none of which was because of her).

I would watch the hell out of a show about Saru hanging out, eating blueberries, and reviewing science reports. Based on my description alone, that would be the best show I’ve seen in 20 years. 

Technically there are other alternatives to dilithium, the most notable of which was the Romulans using artificial singularities to power the warp drives.

Dilithium is efficient, but is it the only possible resource to allow warp travel? Zefram Cochrane built a warp drive in Montana, and there is no dilithium on Earth.