It’s absolutely true there’s a lot of white people who don’t care, who couldn’t even begin to comprehend, as you say, the context of how their existence is fundamentally different from yours. And it sounds like you’ve encountered a lot of those types, and that sucks.

My biggest issue with Jaskier was when he complimented Geralt on his use of ‘reverse psychology,’ because that is certainly a thing someone would know about and casually reference in a medieval timeline.

Yes, that’s more about lazy writing, but having it come from Jaskier somehow made it worse.

Initially, I had the same reaction, but the character grew on me. By the sixth episode, I could appreciate his presence (if nothing else as the jester-speaks-the-truth foil). Still a bit annoying, however.

Holy crap, that’s crazy. I thought Jai Alai was the only killer sport ball, and with the acceleration from the basket, that thing’s moving close to 200mph.

Literally lethal? How many players have been killed?

Correct. Fletcher and Marple are not trained police investigators, where Barnaby and Poirot are. There’s obviously some crossover with the settings, but again I’d argue the fact there’s an outsider - non-police - figuring out the crime is integral to calling it a cozy.

ScottyEnn’s answer is pretty complete, but I’d add that the amateur detective component is one of, if not THE key component of defining a Cozy. While the relatively small ‘community’ of the Thrombey family feels Cozy-ish, I’d argue Benoit Blanc being a professional detective pulls the story out of into more…

Don’t disagree with the excitement, but Knives Out isn’t a Cozy. 

Saw an article recently where the showrunner said they cut a lot of Geralt’s dialogue when Cavill was cast because “Henry’s a great grunter.”

Erik Singer would be disappointed there wasn’t six months of dialect coaching behind the accent.

Romaine lettuce is garbage anyway. Stick with iceberg. “The lettuce that doesn’t try to kill you.”

#13 has me a bit concerned...

Or save yourself a couple of interminable hours and don’t.

“For the past few years when I am home alone I swear I hear someone calling me. But when I go to look there is nobody and everything is quiet. Or when I am wearing earphones I hear someone or something calling out my name but again there is no one. It gives me the chills everytime [sic] and I sometimes feel watched.”

This in no way gets you the ‘Best Parking Spot Every Time.” It may qualify for ‘Most Efficient Parking Strategy,” but ‘best’ has nothing to do with it.

If you want a slightly fancier experience, get to Rioja in Larimer Square. Everything is good, but the artichoke tortelloni is out of this world.

Now that he’s been indicted, he’s no longer making active political donations. Shouldn’t he be “former Democratic donor” now?

I think we should remember humiliation is a feeling humans experience.

The trailer for this movie looks 1,000,000 times more interesting than the book.