The official response from the White House is “Sperm, shmerm. There’s NO WAY his hands are really that big!”

The article I read in the paper said that it’s a lovely painting of a dress, and the woman wearing it is incidental (personally I like it, but I can’t argue the contrary).

“Sean Hannity says he KILLED the Batman.”

Wes Anderson’s house is actually a meticulously-crafted miniature, 1/16 the size of the surrounding houses. It also can’t be seen unless it’s perfectly centered in your field of vision.

After I edit a post, it will say it was published but what I see is the unedited post. However, if I leave the page and return, the edited post shows. That’s been my experience, anyway. Less than ideal, particularly if I see additional necessary edits (although if I open the editing window again, my previous edits are…

I have the American Sniper arcade game. Pop your quarter in the box, spend 10 minutes setting the sight where you want it, and then wait motionless for hours until your target wanders into the crosshairs.

Chidi likely knew English BEFORE he moved to Australia, so the biggest question is really who did he learn it from (and at what age)? If he watched a lot of American TV and movies, his English being American-accented isn’t unlikely at all.

Blackadder 2 is probably the most fully realized, and Blackadder Goes Forth is probably thematically richest (at least it’s the one where the “Everybody dies!” ending is actually tragic rather than comic), but I still enjoy the original series most best. It’s the only one where Edmund is openly villainous (and as…

Let’s not forget all the times he used Henrietta Pussycat as a plaything. “When you’re a star, they let you do it.”

Bullshit. All of Fred Rogers’ sweaters were handmade by his mother. Every year she would give him two new sweaters, one on Christmas and one on his birthday. This is, at least, what he told Johnny Carson, and it’s so perfect it can’t possibly be untrue.

One commentator once compared the Atlanta Braves and the Tomahawk Chop to a hypothetical team called the New York Jews, and whenever they scored their fans would rise in the stands and shout “WHAT A DEAL!!!”

Illinois had to drop Chief Illiniwek a few years ago, but some people still surreptitiously Hail the Chief. The symbol was relatively respectful, the costume of the (usually White) student doing the Chief’s dance was historically authentic, so it was “cultural appropriation” without being overtly demeaning (in my…

Twice is my understanding.

“Aluminum” also predates “aluminium” (although “alumium” beats the both).

And Carol Danvers get her powers from alien sciencemagic. She doesn’t NEED to be buff to be powerful. Again, she has to be “fit” enough to be an Air Force officer, which Ms. Larson very well may be (the costume we see her in here isn’t particularly revealing, nor need it be); there’s absolutely no justification for…

Of course, you COULD have posted shirtless pictures of Robert Downey Jr., Paul Rudd, and Benedict Cumberbatch for comparison, but instead you chose a super-soldier and a god. Carol Danvers, before and after she receives her powers, needs to be fit enough to pass an Air Force PT test, no more (but no less).

Everybody who’s hoping (or even convinced) that the Points System is overthrown by the end of the series - which seems to be a substantial portion of the commenting audience, it seems - is this going to be like a Breaking Bad scenario where you feel personally betrayed if it DOESN’T resolve the way you think it…

Missing a joke that’s buried in the article is one thing. Missing the joke that makes up the friggin’ HEADLINE is quite another...

Yeah, I’m familiar with that idea, mostly (not entirely) through the works of Neil Gaiman (he used it in Sandman long before American Gods). That also answers the question of what God would want with an atheist: believers are safely in His/Her bank, but every non-believer that’s converted is a power-up. It RAISES the…

For that matter, why does God need believers? Is S/He insecure?