but have other people assume he’s a kung fu master, because, you know, racism

I have no idea why, but this article has brought a whole slew of people who don’t understand they as a pronoun. Bizarre.

I get that new concepts and words can be hard. The singular “they” in English only goes back to the 14th century

Oh fuck right off.

Learn English. They is a very common singular pronoun, and has been long before trans folk started using it.

Can’t, too busy reviewing video games based on Let’s Play streams I didn’t watch

They were both great, regardless.

Leaving aside the “someone died for real” angle, it’s not even that good a joke. 

Interview protocol for children should be, “What’s your name, in case you become famous in the future?” 

This is really cool. Doing archivist work can be fun and when you stumble upon something its actually really cool.

Not when you remember that red and blue make purple. 

I can’t remember the last time the internet actually deserved a “Great Job”, but this properly does. But primarily: 

There was some discussion about him around here a few days ago, and that was the consensus.  He didn’t have a big-budget production in him and so was banking as much cash as possible, as quickly as possible before he couldn’t work anymore.  

Sad, but not exactly a surprise.

That’s the New AV Club for ya

I agree, it’s not particularly noteworthy or newsworthy (and I love Patterson, but this isn’t newsworthy). I have a feeling with the restructuring/reallocation of human assets at G/O media we’re likely to see a lot of this type of rehash, especially on weekends. At places I’ve worked before, when there was downsizing/…

Edi is rad, but...why is this a news item?

Not to mention that the original author has a couple of lawsuits against him for plagiarizing large parts of the novel. Furthermore, he also seems to be living his life as a string of contradictory lies. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/a-suspense-novelists-trail-of-deceptions

I get that. Or, I think I do. It just seems so weird to me. Like the focus group part of it.