In the fall? But I want to watch this movie today! I don’t love the choice Peter Facinelli as Raniere because he will always be Mike Dexter to me.  But Greg Kinnear, my casting choice, is probably above Lifetime’s reach (though maybe not for long if he keeps doing those Christian movies) so I guess I’ll have to settle.

“... a title guaranteed to attract wide-eyed parents (who buy collectible plates with pictures of cats on them) round the country like moths to a morbid flame.”

weirdly well cast

I just want to shout from the rooftop about how yes, these are exactly concentration camps. The only thing they aren’t doing is executing them, which is not necessary for the term to be correct.

1. Yes they are.

“If you know a higher authority on the matter that disagrees, we would be happy for you to name it.”

accuracy 0/10

Please don’t use misdiagnosed fallacies as a rhetorical device, it affects my blood pressure.

I mean, putting prisoners to work as unpaid labour is not only the dictionary definition of slavery, it’s also the one kind of slavery specifically allowed by the US Constitution.

“Experts?! More like shills for Big History, amirite?”

Let’s call “refusing to acknowledge the incremental steps that led to the Holocaust” what it is: Holocaust denialism.

Because it’s something that you paid for and want. 

Exactly! I posted a Subway anecdote about getting a sub with a single slim slice of cold cut on it, and the store manager basically ghosting me, rather than just offering me a coupon off my next purchase. I actively boycott that outlet and am not shy about  saying why.  I don’t understand why restaurants don’t have…

Gift cards are the best solution. The customer feels like they’ve been compensated and the restaurant gets a return visit, not only for the revenue but for the chance to prove the mistake was not typical of the quality of service.

I think the only contexts I’ve been in where “>1 chicken breasts” is a plausible amount of leftovers are like a catered meal after a wedding, or someplace where the chicken comes in buckets.

They could have offered a gift card or certificate. Bonus for the restaurant if they spend more.on the return visit. They could have also offered extra desserts to take home.

You can’t stop me from reading fanfiction at work!

Man, there are some weird fuckin’ commenters on this one. 

or reading a few pages of an erotic novel at lunchtime

Right because being physically /mentally exhausted with work and kids and other commitments has never made someone too tired for sex. I do not want to have sex while practically falling asleep and I absolutely do not want the person I’m with falling asleep during sex (I’ve experienced this and it sucks. How am I ever…