“The factual basis is that this is all the episode suggests. If he was doing something more interesting than that, cool! It’s weird that his big reveal, after all that hype, did not suggest that he actually, you know, did anything interesting though.”

This is a violent attempted murder of the very concept of “factual…

Serious question: Have you read a single account of a single assertion that anyone might have actually contracted C-19 due to exposure in a movie theater?

“If Purgills took Ezra and Thrawn away, wouldn’t hitching a ride on them be, like, the very first strategy?”

That’s a bit like saying “Grandma makes amazing lasagna. Mom makes amazing lasagna. Can’t I just make amazing lasagna?” Why would anyone who knew what happened to Ezra and Thrawn assume that they could do what…

Is the shorthand for “Non-English” shorter or longer than the shorthand for “Spanish” though?

Naw. You’re silly. Just admit that you’re wrong! 

Typing in real time? Short hand interface? If time and technology are the issues, “Spanish” is four characters shorter than “Non-English,” and also more descriptive. Regardless of the technology involved, an effective communicator will opt for the most succinct, clear,…

I think you addressed this to the wrong person.

Then I stand by my assessment: That’s a really fucking stupid point.

Your focus on who’s being catered to and who is or isn’t genuinely concerned about something basically amounts to an anti-inclusion stance. You don’t care so nobody else gets to either? That’s not how this works. You’re welcome to publicly be an…

Genuine question: What’s your point? Why does it matter whether or not those boxes are checked?

I haven’t watched The Grammys in their entirety in years, but I watch clips of the “big” performances most years. I don’t speak or understand Spanish well enough to understand Bad Bunny, lyrically, but I also wouldn’t…

I’m old enough to remember when Rihanna’s “Work” came out and entertainment and pop culture websites allowed their writers to suggest that the moments when she was obviously singing in patois and Creole were gbberish... I just looked it up and that was 2016!

I don’t think see how these examples make your point.

1) What happened to Amber Heard isn’t “cancel culture,” it’s misogyny. Misogyny has been baked into political and legal systems for longer than any of us have been alive, so using an invented, meaningless term to erase or avoid calling misogyny what it is seems...…

1) It’s a bathtub. I don’t think you can catch “proclivity for virulent, antisemitic, genocidal activities” from a bathtub...

2) It’s not at all difficult to find people taking smiling and/or duckface selfies at the fucking gates of Auschwitz. That’s about a thousand times worse than photographing one’s self in…

I’ve never seen (all of) Titanic (or her nude seen in it), but I can’t imagine there has been a single moment in her adult life (or mine) when I wouldn’t have crawled through broken glass to split a bottle of wine with Kate Winslet.

Could we get a dual drums, Berry & Waronker situation? Is it wrong to want that?!?!

Still the Godfather of Soul, ya’ll...

All true, so let me conclude with the most impactful part - as in most impactful FOR YOU, personally:

In a few days, you’ll still be you.

Whatever happened, happened. If Jerry Seinfeld is right, he’ll still be rich and aloof. Jimmy Fallon will still be a giggling sycophant, regardless of who employs him. “Those who…

You typed a lot of stuff that explained my original point: You shouldn’t have weighed in.

You didn’t read the original piece because you haven’t paid the subscription price and the article is behind a paywall. That’s a justification for not having read the source material, but it doesn’t strengthen your argument.…

I’m a strong supporter of campaign finance reform, but that’s not going to cut down on lobbying because campaign funds aren’t the only way in which lobbyists impact outcomes on CapHill with large amounts of money.

I don’t need to get jazzed up for anything. I’d already made fun of you. My mission was already accomplished. But now you’re jazzed up, and I feel like it’s unfair to edge you this way. So... Hmmmm... How about we make a deal: I’ll reply to a rational argument when I see a rational argument to which I should reply.…

If you have a newsletter, I would like to subscribe to it...

I think what a lot of us are bemoaning are the shared cultural moments that previous Marvel films and some series felt like. And, not coincidentally, that also meant $1B returns or TV moments that everyone was tweeting and memeing while they aired. That feels to have completely collapsed in the last 2 years…