Could Alzheimer’s stem from infection? That is actually an hypothesis that is gaining traction lately.

Other species of a bacteria could use the same pathway? That makes me wonder if some neurodegenerative diseases, everything from Alzheimer’s, Parkinson or certain forms of senile dementia, could in actuality be the result of infections by hitherto undiscovered germs.

The chair of the department of medicine where I trained used to say that he could give you a dozen different ways that anything, no matter how benign or banal, could kill you.

I am still enjoying it. I am a little gunshy in the shift of narrow focus on the group and their immediate surroundings (which we have had for most of the show) and into a larger world with multiple communities. But I think that represents story growth so I am willing to see where it goes.

Am I the only one who wants to see all these death scenes regardless of who really kicks it next season?

Air ten of them in all different markets. Have fans go ABSOLUTELY NUTS arguing with each other for 24 hours, then put the actual one on the streaming and subsequent airings.

Hey quick reminder: Fuck Scott Gimple

Do we know this is all just to stop spoilers? Maybe all 11 will actually air. Imagine this - season premiere, opening scene: we see Negan kill Rick. “Holy shit!” And then it flashes to Negan’s men talking, doing stuff, eventually pulling someone out of a makeshift jail cell (or whatever) and it’s Rick. “What?” The…

I know they were going for a “Who Shot J.R.?” moment here but this was a terrible misfire.

I mean, a TON of people commented on that, myself included. Here is the io9 recap, in which the scene you bring up is discussed at length in its grossness, both in the article itself and in the comments. It was fucking disgusting and unforgivable, and it basically ruined Jaime’s character for the rest of the series,…