In fact, it’s lucky for us that he knows how to weasel out of paying taxes, because he’ll marshal those same skills as president!

You are god damn right. Best post today.

Wow, it’s almost as if pretty people get breaks that others don’t. I’m shicked, I tell you. Shocked.

How I wish awful people hadn’t co-opted “SJW” to mean “any person who thinks maybe other people deserve respect.”

Is “I watch blaxploitation movies” the white cinephile version of “I have black friends?”

That is awful. I’m really sorry about that.

Not really juicy enough to merit an email but:

That blew me away, as did his “that means I’m smart” quip. Of course, there are plenty self-loathing “temporarily embarrassed millionaires” in this country, worshiping the accumulation of wealth above all else, who root for that sort of thing.

The best theory I ever heard was that the creators of the show had set out to make something completely subversive (this religious family is absolutely awful and their lives suck) and nobody caught on.

Funny how nobody ever asked John McCain, who likely had his brain beat in during his POW days, or GWB, who always came off as slightly brain-damaged, if they’d take neurological tests as a prerequisite for running for prez.

OCD and minor hearing loss means I watch everything close captioned and I can tell you that differences between captions and the words spoken onscreen happen all the time. I get the impression the captioning companies work off an earlier script or copy of the show, and then changes are made subsequently.

Only when it comes to laws limiting guns and limiting corporations’ ability to piss on the little guy. They’re all for the government telling you who you can and can’t marry and whether it’s legal to walk down the street while black.

Regarding the “fundamentally confrontational presence” part, it is just amazing to me how cops dress nowadays. When I grew up (in Baltimore, no less!), they wore blue pants and white shirts with their vests under their shirts. Regular dude haircuts.

You know what will undoubtedly speed up the advent of superhero fatigue? Low quality superhero movies that are blantant cash grabs. Thanks for creating a self-fulfilling prophecy, DC.

Exactly. They had time, they were just greedy. Someone in a boardroom saw how well the Avengers franchise was doing, chewed somebody out, and demanded they get some of that sweet superhero team-up cash ASAP.

They call it “Obamacare” because it sounds really, really black and supports their racist view that the president is just a n***** out to give free stuff to other n*****s. Republicans are fucking disgusting.

No, it’s not you. Each episode has maybe 10 minutes of plot and then 35 minutes of “clever” little plot devices and painfully forced attempts at mystery.

Except for the part that none if that matters. The show has bent over backwards to establish the fact that Elliot is the unreliable narrator, so now they can use that to handwave anything that doesn’t make sense.

It’s pointless and this week’s episode was maddening. The creators clearly think they’re far more clever than they really are.

“Best watched binged” = “can’t be bothered to write a clear per-episode narrative so hopefully it makes sense if you watch more in one sitting.”