On top of everything you’ve just said, one of the reasons I think this movie holds up incredibly well is that it never really punches down...  which a lot of the movies in that era (and of this genre) did...

One other thing that I think makes this movie stand out is that even though Warner is the bad romantic pairing and is clearly closer to a villain than most of the other characters Elle’s age, he still doesn’t make the worst possible decision at every possible time.

My single favorite bit from the entire movie is when Elle meets Warner at Harvard for the first time. He’s shocked to see her and tries to imagine a reason for her to be there other than that she’s a student. Finally, he’s forced to ask, “You got in?” Elle responds with an amazingly flippant, “What... like, it’s…

I know it’s just an aside here, but Marisa Tomei is capital-G Great in My Cousin Vinny.

I know, right? Yale, sure, that would be enough. But Harvard would require at least two montages to get in.

One odd side effect of the popularity of the movie is that the old clamshell Mac laptops, especially in the orange (tangerine) color Elle uses, command a decent resale value even today, when they are 20 years old

This comment about French culture could not be any more American if it was wearing a MAGA cap, smoking meth and complaining about minorities.

Yeah, her decision to spend what I imagine are years not hanging out with a slacker screw-up and applying herself, only going back to him after she’d leveled up & come up with a solid plan, made her one of the best romantic comedy heroines ever.

This is barely worth arguing but I’m bored. “Once upon a time, TV creator Darren Star specialized in frothy soap operas featuring a plethora of people not yet old enough to rent a car (Beverly Hills 90210, Grosse Pointe, Melrose Place)”

I mean unless the US is really strange, I’m pretty sure Melrose Place’s main…

Younger is worth watching just for the Diane character. That episode when she found out, was great.

Fuck it. With the pandemic waylaying Good Trouble, the Bold Type, and Younger we’re at an all time low in plucky heroines making it in a city, this is going to have to do.

Counterpoint: buy a $20 rice cooker. Preferably the one that Cook’s Illustrated recommends.

Wait, so my last date who spilled wine on herself AND her dog was throwing up was just ghosting me?  I probably should not have married her.

While I agree that just acting like an adult and framing it as “we can both see this isn’t going to go further” is a good course of action (and the one I would rather use), womenfolk sometimes have to go the self-protection route and leave through the back door. I’d rather not get into another heated discussion in…

Literally almost everything in California has that label. Like, there are signs in Disneyland that say materials there could cause cancer.
It’s really stupid.

Good atmosphere + dirty draft lines are a sad but real combination at times.

I still drink Dale’s. That can is an icon and I hope they never redesign it.  

And then into my mouth

I’m in the ‘be aware, order a beverage camp, leave a tip’ camp. If you can’t order anything for whatever reason and are just drinking water, at least leave a $1 for the server.