I was sort of surprised to read a take like this from the staff of the AVC in *current year*. You’ve got strangers telling you to kiss someone who seems unable to communicate consent on their own, so how is Prince Eric supposed to actually know that Ariel’s genuinely consenting? (Too bad she’s illiterate, otherwise…

Mary Kate, did you go back and re-read the lyrics before you let your angry grandfather write this piece?

People on here seem to be saying “this isn’t that misogynistic so why are we changing it?” You change the culture by actively changing conditions on the ground, including in the media people consume. Taking a victory lap for it is the part that is disingenuous, but part of any media’s PR is preparing people for the…

We all turn into our parents if we’re not careful.

The latest victim of this treatment is The Little Mermaid, which has apparently seen some songs rewritten to be a better example for young girlbosses everywhere.

And nothing will be done about it.

I hope it didn’t break her. Not because I like the live action Disney remakes, but because it sucks to lose fandom for something you’ve always loved. I hope she she still loves the shit out of a thing she liked and never loses it.

I feel like I just read a Fox News article.

As long as it isn’t the last two seasons of Dexter (haven’t seen the revival series yet!).

Someone should pull a Dexter and become a pranker who only pranks prankers.

I’ll start by saying a believable pretend mugging should be treated as a real mugging in regards to what a person can do in self defense, at least in terms of the law.

The thing to understand is that many parents are assholes.

A bit off-topic, but it’s still crazy to me that Kyle Mooney played Watson on the Sherlock Holmes vs Batman Epic Rap Battle of History. I think that was actually a year or a little less before he got picked up for SNL. His Watson was my introduction to him. Then I forgot and I thought his Baby Yoda was my introduction…

I’ve seen a couple pranksters whose parents are encouraging them by driving them to the places they prank in. I always thought that was kind of a strange thing to do as a parent. Like, you’re letting them have fun and do what they do, but maybe you’re not aware of the kinds of “pranks” they’re pulling. If I were a…

I’m in full support of both of those things stopping for all time.

In a country that was sane this man would have been punched in the nose for being a prat n camera and that would be the end of it, a simple lesson easily learned with nothing genuinely horrendous as a consequence.

Instead someone shot a guy in a mall because it was totally okay for him to be armed in a fucking mall and…

What in your mind warrants shooting a guy?

How can you say the shooting was unwarranted if you don’t know what it was?  Most of these “harmless pranks” for Youtube involve making people think they (or someone in their vicinity) is under attack.

Getting shot is not enough to stop people from engaging in stupid. This is when you know the world is doomed. 

I hope the guy who shot him followed up with “It’s just a prank, bro!”