I was more irked by your defense of the franchise just to cap it off that you stole it. Steal like Transformers movies or really anything Michael Bay does. But youse gots to pay for the contrarian adorableness of the Minions my friend.

As a desk jockey he has the money. Duh. Ask mommy and daddy to deposit some money into your checking account so you can stop being a thief. Or better yet, study and don't worry about Despicable M3 and wait for it to hit HBO, which I assume you are stealing as well.

If you have the money to reward the artists/artisans/craft people who create the art and pop culture you like and admire you pay them. Same goes with quality journalism - this might sound shocking to you but I actually subscribe to several newspapers and magazines. Stunning, I know.

I'll join in on the Kevin Pang pile on: work harder at your job.

One could argue that a decent chunk of the Summer of Love experience WAS the release of Sgt. Pepper.

Has anyone noticed this new trend on Facebook (and other social media too I assume and maybe its not a new thing at all) where one of your friends' online persona just changes overnight and all of a sudden every 3rd to 5th post is a shill for some product, almost always skin care? I have this exceedingly dour cousin…

I assume the young lady in question is reasonably physically attractive. You mention your fear of her "seeing right through you" and other phrases such as that. I want to absolve you of this sin: she does indeed see right through you, as she sees right through every guy who approaches her or gives her that glance on…

In my hometown of Rochester, NY there is a phenomenon known as a garbage Plate (although only the establishment called Nick Tahou's is allowed to call them that - all the other joints simply call them Plates, usually with the name of the establishment in there somewhere).

This in no way answers your question but I have a fan theory about Jimmy: he is African American. It's just that this black character is played by one of the whitest humans on the planet. Watch the scene (note that Jimmy's nurse wife is African American) and replace Tarantino in your mind's eye as a African American…

Gen Xers were bitter in the 90s. We are happy as fuck watching you Millennials and Boomers shit all over each other every day though. We just wear our ironic t-shirts, get our tat sleeves touched up every now and again and watch our rare Italian horror VHS tapes while the two largest generations in American history…

There are tons of pop culture obsessives on this site who of course have heard of Lil Yachty at least in passing but might know zero about him. But there are others who are a bit more narrow focused in their obsessions (not a bad thing) and this fellow just passed them by.

Can someone not have heard of an artist and that artist be terrible at the same time? Is that within the realm of possibilities?

I haven't paid attention to hip-hop too closely for quite awhile but read this review for some reason. As an aged metalhead I have one observation: hip-hop is about to fracture into dozens of micro genres with each one having a flag bearer artist and there will be hilarious turf and flame wars. I'm sure this is going…

Ha - didn't want it to come across that way. Back in my pre-married days I had a friend with benefits (who I was of course "secretly" in love with) and she was really into being humiliated. She wanted me to call her all sorts of names and generally treat her like dirt when we were in the act, so of course I had to…

Reading Savage Love always reinforces how shockingly vanilla I am. Pretty girl, maybe wearing something racier than normal streetwear/evening wear - yeah, that's about as outrageous as I get. Fly your freak flag peeps, but I'll be over here like "Would you wear something like this? Maybe? No? OK, OK, I can put it…

I am one of the first people in the United States and therefore the world to have seen Star Wars. On May 25th, 1977, my 10th birthday (thank you, thank you very much), my mother pulled up to the local movie theater where my younger brother and I bought tickets for the early show. We probably saw that movie five more…

Since I Been Loving You by Led Zeppelin off of Led Zeppelin III. This is everything Page was trying to achieve in blending the blues with European classical sensibilities. Achingly gorgeous yet aggressive. Was a time a could play this solo note for note and even so could never come close to the phrasing Page was…

A couple of comments here along the lines of "Don't feel bad Dave - no one could have known" etc.

Reader Response Theory really helps here. In all seriousness I learned from this thread that Ms. Hinson has some, um, issues.

One of the best things you've done in awhile AV Club, bravo.