I think Community is a brilliant deconstruction of sitcoms, but one thing it never nailed was its critique of the impossible contradiction between “hugging and learning” every episode (which Seinfeld had already famously eschewed upon the insistence of Larry David) and characters that fail to grow - and, indeed, often…

But at least he’s not a hypocrite, because that’s the worst part!

>Specifically, Lacina called out how Zero Dawn flagrantly tossed around phrases like “braves” and “savages” without including any deeper examination of said phrases, nor the historical weight behind them.

Well, having to interview somebody somewhat intelligent who could eviscerate your usual bullshit is important context.

Like it or not, part of that 1.2M pricetag is a recursive convenience fee for keeping people out - you know, the people that need affordable housing. Those people, by and large, don’t live in places like your town. Again: recursive. Closed loop. Circled wagons. Most of the benefits of segregation without having to…

Yeah, but, see, their neighbors have more money than they do.

Well now I really hope the mystery host is Seth Rogen.

I think the real problem is that Jim isn’t an investigative journalist, so there comes a point where you have to question the value of a person making entire videos which can be summed up as “everything is still terrible, just so you know” without being the source of any new information (or, ultimately, any new…

If there’s anything you learn once you start engaging with The Other as real, fully-fledged human beings with their own thoughts and feelings and desires, it’s that they’re just as fucked up as you are.

I don’t put anything past the comics industry generally, but, given how high-profile this particular property is, I’m not sure WB/DC would let Gunn make Waller a Butterfly. The fact that she’s “just a human” is important to her character and role, similar to how it is for Batman and Lex Luthor.

His second act could just be, you know, getting a real job (maybe even one that actually helps people!) and not getting any outsized attention from any group of fans ever again.

No, that’s that other other guy.

I don’t really understand how optimism factors into this one way or the other.

You don’t need to be very upset to call somebody names.

“Congratulations, you own a thing. We own the cosmological fabric upon which the thing’s existence and utility depends, but don’t worry too much about that.”

Chess is the perfect example of a sport that got a women’s-only league precisely because it was full of sexist pigs that were actively fucking with women’s ability to participate.

This is exactly the kind of bullshit that right-wingers pull constantly, so I’m surprised you don’t want to see it addressed.

You can’t be defamed by pure fiction, but clearly you can see the giant loophole created if people can write “fictional” stories that draw heavily from reality, and selectively “not technically defame” any real-life person they please. Do you want people to successfully plead The Butterfly Effect Defense to get away…

Sorry, not all of us can take the time and spend the money to get a doctorate on the subject of how the emperor’s new clothes are totally real and just too complicated for most people to understand.

This is a fixed point in time, but all the others before it, upon which it ostensibly depends? Nah, those are fine to change. Also, all the ones after it, which are ostensibly being preserved thanks to its inviolability? Those are also fine to change.