I'm sorry but this is dumb.  What I said is that there is no evidence that this was something Seau did purposely, and that is true.  That's the primary layer here; if you read what Tobias wrote about him, it makes it seem like it is a known fact that Seau wanted his brain studied, and that is patently untrue.  Below…

Surely you're not going to stand by the notion that suicide by gunshot wound to the chest is so abnormal that it automatically means that the person wanted their brain studied, right?  Because that's crazytown.  Just to pick one (superfamous) example, that's how Vincent Van Gogh killed himself.  If Seau was gung ho…

beloved San Diego Chargers star Junior Seau, who shot himself in the chest to allow for examination of his concussion-addled brain

I was thinking about this the other day - if I had to recommend just one season for someone to watch, to get a feel for what the game can be like at its best, with colorful characters and interesting strategy, I'd go with the Amazon.  Holy crap I love that season.

"Maaaaaarge…there's a spider near my car keys."
"You did the right thing by telling me."

If that dude put your wife/girlfriend's bikini bottom on his head, you'd rip his old man dick off.

The story of Christina's continued attractiveness is absolutely one of the dominant sub-plots of the season.  I mean, Chelsea cleaned up nice and all, but Christina didn't even need the shower and the 3-course meal to continue to be superfine.

Anything that's intimate (should) require permission.  And underwear is intimate.  If a girl shows you her underwear, she's given you a certain level of trust (or, to put it another way, you are on your way to Sex Town.)  Even if you don't want to go so far as calling it harrassment, it's deeply, deeply disrespectful…

It seems like every season there's a group of just completely terrible players who flirt with the idea of upsetting the apple cart around the 6-8 spot of the game, but then nothing comes of it.  All three of those players would have been better off drawing rocks than going with any of the three good players, but…

That, in my opinion, is a form of sexual harassment

When Tarzan was wearing the panties, did anyone at any point tell him to fucking knock it off?  I missed that, and only caught the discussion about it at Tribal.  Because that shit is super-creepy.  It was hard to separate how upset Kat was about being voted out with how (theoretically) upset she might have been about…

Interesting question.  There's actually a case in Florida involving a transgender man married to a woman (Kantaras v. Kantaras) where the court said that the person's chromosomes determined their sex.  So I assume this still applies, although if an issue occurs between Laura and her wife in the future and it ends up…

"Reading between the lines of Against Me's song, 'I Am Totally Planning To Transition to Female You Guys, For Real, Like I Am Dead Serious About Doing This', one can see vague hints of Gabel's desire to live as a woman."

I feel like Marquesas is a must-watch.  It's another season that kinda sorta peters out but has some serious memorable moments and characters along the way.  If I was winnowing down a list of seasons to skip and seasons to watch from 1-10, Africa, Thailand, Vanuatu and Palau would be my skips and Borneo, Australia,…

@avclub-ef062084a1c4a3584af1d4f8e514ea50:disqus A couple of years ago I caught up with all of the seasons I had missed (everything from Africa through Vanuatu, with the exception of Amazon, which we watched when it happened) and I knew all the winners ahead of time.  It's not an ideal situation but it allows you to…

Pearl Islands is a great season, although it does sort of run out of steam towards the end once the Morgans have been eliminated and the focus inevitably has to turn towards (ugh) Lil.  I'm sure other people know this too but supposedly the story is that the reason the Outcasts voted Lil back in wasn't because they…

Older guy.  Expensive shoes.  Definitely a complete cipher.

Maybe not chief, but they still couldn't care less what anyone here fucking thinks of them.  Me, you, everyone else.  Maybe it's time for you to think about unclenching your asshole and taking the piss out of the artists you love instead of….this….thing….that you've decided to do.  It's superweird and unhealthy.

Or it is possible that you are a humorless weirdo who is way too invested in the notion that you are the last person who Gets It and it is your duty to come to the earnest defense of a bunch of musicians who wouldn't know you from Adam and couldn't care less what any of us think about anything they do because they…

This is a strange niche you've carved out for yourself, defender of famous musicians from modest criticism by internet commenters.