Some people never grow out of this phase. I have a relative in his forties that constantly shits on anything remotely popular. I’m just like, can’t you enjoy life a little bit without worrying about being cool all the time? I would find that so exhausting.

They are just a bunch of enthusiastic and fairly talented a capella singers. I ain’t mad at ‘em.

THIS. They’re nerdy musical theater kids who MADE IT doing music. They’re campy and glammed up and over-the-top because they’re MUSICAL THEATER NERDS! What do they have to be embarrassed of?!

If you want Ernest, go to the source:

I agree. Perhaps the music isn’t for everyone, but they have to put in a lot of time and rehearsal for what they do - actual work. They should be proud of their profitable enterprise and work product. Can’t we just dislike something without hating all over it? It’s not like they are getting arrested for pedophilia,…

But why should these talented accapella singers who are making lots of money singing be ashamed? Not everyone will like them--I don’t--but I don’t get why they should feel bad or anything.

In high school, I spent too much time being “too cool” for certain activities and shitting on those who participated.

Meh. I don’t find them particularly boring and I do not find their lack of embarrassment problematic at all. They are just a bunch of enthusiastic and fairly talented a capella singers. I ain’t mad at ‘em.

Anyone who lives in New York, DC or Los Angeles has to take a 10-year moratorium from leaving those places. Or if they do leave, they’re not allowed to write about it.

My MIL is a social worker and I remember her telling me that a lot of former addicts get really into fitness because it gives them something to focus their energy on, essentially.

Not only does cutting out booze dramatically reduce your caloric intake, you suddenly have to find something to do to distract yourself. Pumping iron seems healthier than commenting on the internet...

I think you’re missing the point.

People largely ignore microaggressions that aren’t directed at them or a group they’re a part of.

When people who are part of a marginalized/targeted group raise their concern, they are told that they are “too sensitive” or “overblowing” it.

People outside the group see marginalized…

I can’t even imagine the inner turmoil of working for a place whose readership is one step away from actively hating everything you stand for, and I just wanted to say: I appreciate the work you do here. Aside from a few shining bright spots like Arnheim, this comments section is one of the least tolerant places on…

Look, if you want to say something in these comments all I ask is that you be respectful to one another. Disagree on whatever points you want but please treat each other decently.  (Assholes and transphobes get banned.)

Jennifer dumped me.

JERRY WRESTLED BEARS FOR A LIVING, BUT HE WASN’T HAPPY ABOUT IT. SO INSTEAD HE CHANGED HIS PROFESSION TO GOLFING! HE WASN’T HAPPY WITH THAT EITHER! HE JUST REALIZED HE WAS AN UNHAPPY DUDE IN GENERAL!! SO HE SAW A PSYCHIATRIST, AND THE PSYCHIATRIST-

Here is a pretty accurate overview of the game.

Krazy Kat was essentially one gag, beautifully drawn: the male mouse hitting the female cat in the head with a brick. She loved him for it.

Face facts, people, Nancy and Sluggo have always been trend-chasers.

I have no emotional attachment to Nancy the way it was before; the few times I ever saw it as a kid, I knew it as one of the “boring” comics in the newspaper. But those four strips linked up top are reasonably amusing. I say, go nuts, Olivia What’s-her-name!