Box office records are a deeply weird way of measuring how many people watched a movie. It never would have been difficult to track “tickets sold” if that’s something they actually wanted to do.

Big Rick just loved the Beaver too much for his own good.

+1 Zut alors

Goddammit, I need to check dates more carefully.

There are two things you describe in your post that I find interesting.

Right. He apologized, which is the proportionate response for a dumb picture that was unwelcome. Losing his job was disproportionate.

Yes, really. That’s a picture of him not touching a sleeping woman. How mad am I supposed to be about him not touching someone?

Still using that dishonest dodge, I see.

These are catchy slogans, but that doesn’t make it true. That’s not an argument, it’s a dodge.

The #MeToo movement involved occasionally disproportionate punishments for a variety of crimes and misdemeanors that were previously ignored. The fact that #MeToo swept up serial rapists and handsy creeps at the same time was the consequence of having previously ignored an endless tide of harassment and abuse. The…

This is an unfair position. The impeachment issue is a perfect illustration of how much power is wielded behind the scenes. Acting like he could have just stonewalled party leadership seems mighty convenient in hindsight.

What proportion of the concentration camp population should be there for not breaking any laws? That’s an interesting approach to justice you have there.

Not really. There are thousands of trolls like this guy out there, trying to pass off cynicism as intellect. Every once in a while I have to point out how obviously dim and short-sighted they are, for my own sanity.

This is how dumb people give away the game. You say one dumb thing, people point out it’s dumb, and you then make a new, largely unrelated dumb claim. The original claim will be ignored, unless you forget which dumb thing you’ve said already and circle around by accident.

Are the people who proclaim they “have a right to” things ever aware of how it looks when they get mad about people criticizing them?

Seeking asylum isn’t illegal. Please learn the basics of immigration law before you say more stupid things. Thanks.

I’m surprised he didn’t start the call with “First time, long time.”

I love how today people are comfortable admitting that they don’t read.

Then They Came For Our Manholes