Yeah, Dunkin’ Donuts isn’t the best. I work in Lower Manhattan where there’s a variety of major coffee shop chains. I frequent all of them and now have a clear ranking. I don’t know what’s around you but for iced coffee Pret-a-Manger is my favorite. Starbucks is fine, but slightly more expensive. Dunkin’ Donuts is the…

Okay not to draw this out, but I still think that if you’re looking at his work and all you’re getting from it is “war is bad/poverty is sad” that’s a very shallow interpretation. Not everything he does is as successful or thoughtful as other things, but there are definitely often much more nuanced gestures towards…

Lol, I think every artist has said, “You just don’t get it”.

Eh, I dunno art is subjective so I don’t buy trying to proclaim that a piece is “better” just because you prefer the style or technique. I’m not claiming that Banksy is the best street artist that ever lived, but only that to write him off as a novelty is a shallow understanding of his work. The fact that you only see…

Yeah, I think people (usually non-artists) often take for granted the level of skill and conceptualization that it takes to create art that has any kind of impact. His stuff doesn’t always work, but when it does I think Banksy’s ability to marry the perfect image in the right context to make a very clear statement to…

Well I think it’s kind of a cheap shot to bemoan that the fact that the art only engages in surface-level social commentary not necessarily because it’s not true, but because I’m not sure how much more you can really expect graffiti art to do. Ultimately, we’re talking about images as statements on very complex…

Yeah actually I hope would they would reject it. I don’t like the idea of someone hating a person for no reason but then still taking something from them when they needed it. Better to stand by your principles and just die.

I wonder if a racist badly in need of a transplant would take an organ from a black or brown person. Can you imagine? “No, doctor. I only want a kidney if it’s from a white person!”

Is that in the US or abroad though? The cost varies a lot based on where the surrogate is. Domestically, I think the starting costs are much higher.

Totally outrageous! I get your point about commoditization but I also feel like you can’t really put a price on someone willing to give your child life. $100k is nothing to them. Neither is $150k. If you could afford it wouldn’t you maybe consider paying more just to show your appreciation? Then again that’s asking…

It might vary, but I think $100k is about average. A gay male friend of mine has been looking into it for years and that’s the price he’s always quoted. $45k is an insult. Kim and Kanye are just being selfish and cheap.

Yeah, it seems like police violence in Seattle gets overlooked because it’s such a progressive city with relatively low-crime, but it’s absolutely been a problem there. There was also that incident (caught on video) of police body-slamming a guy and giving him permanent brain damage. I think my dad personally knew a…

I puked once in an Uber and my friend (who used her account to order to car) got charged $200. I’ve since wondered whether that fee was the policy or if the driver just made up some arbitrary amount to cover the cleaning cost. Guess it actually was the policy....

Agreed. I think of Cantrell as the brains behind Alice in Chains, but Staley was clearly the soul.

I actually am a little surprised that his death might be a suicide although I probably shouldn’t be. Cornell seemingly cleaned up his act and got sober years ago, but clearly the emotional/psychological issues that lead people to abuse drugs can be a lot harder to resolve.

More specifically it’s used to describe mixed-race Asians/Pacific Islanders.

As satire I actually think that title is kinda clever. As a serious piece of political commentary though this is very dumb.

Exactly what I was thinking. I haven’t seen a stage dive in like 20 years and considering that the average age of his fans probably still centers around 17 these kids had no idea what was coming at them, literally.

Ugh, parts of the rural coastal Northwest are a parallel cultural universe. I’m from Seattle but my family used to take weekend trips to the Washington coast when I was a kid. I remember once seeing a parade of pick-up trucks all brandishing the Confederate flag. You’re about 3000 miles away from any southern state,…

I’ve listened to DAMN. straight through multiple times since last Friday. ‘LOYALTY’ is the only song I ever want to skip. Can’t stop listening to ‘DNA’ though. Fave on the album overall might be ‘FEEL’.