it was called ‘selective shading’, and was practiced by Christian gardeners who thought briefly ‘robbing the soil of God’s light’ would make more humble plants

COVID-19 should kill John Wicks dog, then the world would be cleansed of the virus by Monday

Literally every one of the show’s best episodes came after he left.

I would argue that Alamo Drafthouse it he real clear winner. It’s the only place I’ll go see a movie. Big comfortable leather reclining seats, drinks and food delivered to your table, a firm no talking/texting policy that they actually adhere to, and a decent sound system set-up.

here’s $20 go see a star war

I really liked the Firewatch story! It was very touching and really went a different direction than I expected.

... and cue the butt-hurt white dudebro fanboys about changing the gender of a character where a: it makes zero difference to the character but b: makes a huge difference in representation on the screen, which far outweighs the need for “fidelity” here.

I miss Every Frame a Painting.

Patriarchal men are open about how much they love Patriarchal sex.

it’s always going to baffle me why guns and violence and outright gore are hunky-dory for the wider audience, but implied sex continues to be off-limits.

I don’t think a finished Zack Snyder film would be better than an unfinished Joss Whedon film.

Yes, let’s coddle a guy who says off-the-cuff things like, “As vulgar as they may be, it doesn’t matter that much, but you have to find some sort of orientation. As I always say, the poet must not close his eyes, must not avert them.” Surely it’s that his pitifully limited experience with English has prevented him…

Star Wars fans want something original- but not too original. Unique- but not too unique. Serious but not too serious. And fun but not frivolous.

Hmm.  To me, a person with (shameful, I know, but I’m gonna say it anyway) exquisite taste, RDR2 is in the top 3 games of all time.

I do the exact opposite; I stand up as soon as the plane takes off

I don’t know much about this game. It sounds like it’s a post-apocalyptic mailman simulator?

lol wow

“I’m not being disingenuous and know quite a lot about the forces at play.”

I literally outlined in my comment what happens when financial advisers damage their clients.