“It was a mask and it was stupid”

I came here to ask why Ron Jeremy was waving a collection plate at that kindergarten teacher. 

My wife and I were dirt ass poor and living in a literal shack when we had a hot tub. Bought it used for $50 from a wealthy college friend who was upgrading. In one anecdote I can confirm your observation to be 100% true!

That lemon pepper chicken and those scallops...I think I’ve seen heaven. 

A fine question. At a guess I’d assume it’s tied in with the ridiculous pro-slavery arguments about natural dispositions meaning they “required” caretaking and the glorious joy of manual labor due to their “physical” nature. Comparing an entire race to draft animals in order to justify treating them like animals seems…

You’re talking about my dissertation! At least tangentially. It’s called “stereotype threat” and it affects performance in all kinds of situations when a negative stereotype is subtly primed before measurements are taken. My favorite study was one in which Black students and White students were put through a simple…

I get you. It’s a thorny issue to eulogize someone who seemed both flamboyant and oddly private. Especially when that person seemed to be a fundamentally good person as did Horn. Ultimately I suppose I’d lean toward it being Siegfried’s choice how far the discussion goes in that direction, and the authors’ choice…

He seemed like he’d always be around. It’s hard to wrap my brain around how huge his impact was. 

I always got the impression they remained closeted and, as it was their preference, it seems proper to leave it alone. The rest of us have our assumptions (and I have to imagine most folks on this board agree in terms of the direction of those assumptions), but if they preferred not to talk about their relationship in…

The phrase “pumped out a massive tiger shit like one of those things you pump play-dough through” is killing me! I can’t stop laughing! You’re a poet. Also excellent comment/name synergy. 

Hey, it had to be a role where he was likable and harmless enough to counter Mnuchin’s opposite qualities, so his doofy telegraph operator stood out! 

Hehe...no schooling at all. I was talking about roles I saw, not his history overall. He may we’ll have had a villainous turn before Barton Fink. In fact Google tells me he played the bully-enabling coach in Revenge of the Nerds! I was just sufficiently shocked to see him shift tones in BF that it drove home how…

I’ve not seen it, but it looked intriguing. 

I was actually thinking of Barton Fink, but Cloverfield was a good turn for him as well for sure. If this turns out well, maybe David Spade will finally get his dramatic villain breakthrough role. 

The first time I saw John Goodman play a villain blew my mind. I’d only known him as Dan Connor before that. I could see James nailing this. I could also see it being Mystery Science Theater 3000 worthy. I’ll probably enjoy it as long as it goes to one of those extremes. 

I always want to punch him each time I see his face, but then the feeling changes to something else when my brain tells me he looks like the actor Frank Collison from Dr. Quinn (and a ton of other stuff).

Oh, I’d forgotten about Mellencamp. He dropped the “Cougar” because he thought it sounded pretentious but then pulled that shit with his kids?

The thinly veiled threats are always passed off as jokes...I bet Kimmy Gibbler saw some shit. 

The idea of the moai as a typo for the Parthenon just gave me a good chuckle.

And what’s that strawberry mean?!