Harambe died for somebody's sins but not mine.

Privileged people really want the cultural cache of being martyrs without the inconvenience of, you know, actually suffering.

@ 5) Oh, I dread it when weirdos throw nonsensical insults at me and laugh at my confusion at their insular slang. It just cuts me to the quick, you know?

Drudge and Breitbart have discovered the AV Club. Whenever they post a link here, a whole bunch of assholes arrive via Disqus to insult us.

I've said this before—most of us truly want to be decent human beings, but it's hard to understand what decency is in today's political climate.

This was a bad joke, for sure. But I continue to believe that while jokes can definitely be bad, there are no bad SUBJECTS for humor. So when Nyle says "it is straight up disrespectful to make up sign language," I would have to take issue with that. Context is everything.

Sure, but you'd be surprised about how much debate there has always been and will always be about "accepted practices." When it comes to the Orthodox, Kosher is a must, as is keeping the holy days—but even there, there's plenty of spirited debated about complications and minutiae and exceptions to these rules.

See below.

We have few traditions that aren't open to interpretation and arguing. Jews have been doing just that for thousands of years.

What was wrong with "Phonograph Bunker?" Too subtle?

I don't quote unquote "PERSONNALY" know any intelligent people who write like you do.

Well, Jared doesn't even keep his own head covered, and it's not exactly a secret. Some Modern Orthodox don't do that either—they observe the holidays and Sabbath, and keep kosher, but they don't go out of their way to "look" any different than your average American. Meanwhile, some Conservative Jews (NOTE: not…

It's amazing how Trump supporters always sound exactly like you'd think they'd sound.

Well wait a sec—there are all sorts of quote unquote Observant Jews in New York, from Modern Orthodox (who are almost indistinguishable from everyone else, save for a cap or a discrete wig) to the Hasidic and beyond, some of whom appear to have walked right out of a production of Fiddler.

There was going to be more to this post, but I'm satisfied with how it came out.

Why is Trump

The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop can go straight to Branson (ie Broadway Hell)

The suddenly topical Neo-Nazis. Sheesh, everything is getting a reboot nowadays.

Right, sure. All those "hot" "ladies" I "get" in "there." Exactly.

Same.