I mean, sure. But this is like swatting a dog for licking itself.

The first episode of Girls is the most important thing to happen ever. Let's never stop talking about it.

Yeah! White people are awful!

String her up!

Eff the FFA, etc.

Stuck up, eh? Evidence that any of those actresses are stuck up?

In other news, Chelsea Clinton still works for NBC.

Just curious, but have you ever watched any other show on TV? Also, what's your basis for saying that "Dunham/Apatow/HBO didn't anticipate this kind of reaction"? Also, you're aware that the response has been close to rapturous in many quarters (which, obviously, feeds the jealous backlash).

Yes. But until then, everybody's jealousy (and/or self-loathing) will manifest itself in interesting, rage-filled ways.

So what? Is this show supposed to be a blueprint for the way to live your life?

Why do ya'll care about this show so much?

After Season 3 of Weeds, Nancy Botwin became the most unlikeable character possible.

Lindy's fun. Here's a tangent, though: I'm not familiar with her use of "douched". Any other examples of that usage? Definitions? Or is "douche" just becoming the new f word—any part of speech, any (usually pejorative) meaning?

Other than with respect to perishables, Wal-mart has to compete with Amazon. It will have a very hard time trying to exert monopoly power.

No. It's that we're not talking about a binary good/bad distinction here. You need a better argument than "small business owners can't compete with Wal-mart and therefore go under" to convince anyone who doesn't already agree with you that Wal-mart is bad for society as a whole. What's conspicuously missing from…

Oooh. I didn't realize we were talking about the good old days, when the economy was sparkly, we were nice to our neighbors, and everyone who lost a job had it replaced by a new and better job—always from a small business. I retract my other comments, then. (Also, you should read about how the rise of the…

I know all of that, but you need to do a lot more work to explain why the net effect is so terrible. I mean, think of all the milkmen who lost their jobs when refrigeration became widespread. (For that matter, think about how much Wal-Mart will be suffering from ever-increasing online competition.) Technology…

Gosh it sure sounds like the residents of those hundred rural, southern towns want to shop at Wal-Mart. Good thing you're around to set them straight?

What is the Catholic League and why should we care that it's stupid?

It is highly unlikely she was unaware of the aversion (shock) therapy—it's basically central to what the school does, and "[b]oth the children’s parents and a court must consent to the shocks," according to this NYTimes article titled "Parents Defend School’s Use of Shock Therapy." [www.nytimes.com]