I pray you are right.

It's like the political equivalent of the 3 Stooges Effect!

Which probably only serves to show how incredibly unlikely it is that he'll actually go to prison. As much as I want him to pay, we can't forget that he's a rich white man, which means he's not legally obligated to pay. Dammit, now I'm being a killjoy, too!

Holy fuck… you may not be much of a dickhead these days, but you're clearly still committing to the killjoy part of your moniker! For a moment there I forgot that Shkreli is a rich, white man, but you just had to bring me crashing back to earth. *edit* Just so we're clear, I'm just teasing…mostly.

The last year or two have seen a tremendous influx of exceptions to my "Generally not wishing anyone harm" rule. I imagine that's a pretty common situation.

That's the thing, when you're part of a community, you accept certain responsibilities.

Came here to make sure someone made these jokes, and do it myself if no one else had stepped up to the plate.

I presume this means you've preemptively found somewhere to pirate it? 'Cause who the hell is going to pay for this shit?

Yes, squicked out. That's the reaction I had. Definitely.
*clears throat and glances around nervously*

There's actually almost an uncanny valley effect with this sort of thing. Things work best if they're either left mostly unexplained (adds mystery and chance for the reader to fill in gaps) or else explained in excruciating detail, usually in a supplemental medium. If there was some Star Wars novel that focused…

Better love story, yada yada yada…

"Florentine dog-wanker." I'm dying here!

Were Linkin Park really nu-metal? I know they were nu-metal adjacent, but pretty much everyone I know considered them more rap-rock than nu-metal (which I realize is a pretty minor distinction, but still…).

I think you mean they LOVE CAPITALIZATION!

Does it help, or does it make you even more certain that we're all going to die horribly?

Bad! Bad AV Club! Autoplaying videos with the volume cranked way up? That's a paddlin'.

Yup, now that you say it like that, you're definitely right. I was misremembering it.

At the time, I was mostly reading a bunch of indie/small label stuff (lots of Oni, Dark Horse, books like Finder, etc. and a handful of DC titles). Although I'd been more of a Marvel fan growing up, Marvel's "fuck the reader" policies in the late '90s-early '00s drove me to DC for a while.

No, I think those were Rape Wolves. This dude's okay, because he believes in consent, probably.

Huh… he looks pretty much exactly the way I've always imagined someone named Dick Wolf would look. A little bit like a dick and a little bit like a wolf.