Yeah, I was being unnecessarily redundant, apologies. I was trying extra-hard to soft-pedal my message so I didn't come across as hostile or overly aggressive. It's just that I see it so often, people attacking the style of delivery instead of the message itself, that it gets under my skin. You never know if the…

You're getting a lot of people here talking down to you just because you're 19 and dare to have an opinion that doesn't mesh with theirs. I'm here to say to you - age is a state of mind! Stay young forever, and don't let cynicism poison your life or your sense of humor.

Just to be clear: I have no stance on this, nor do I have any horse in this race. I am not attacking you here. But I think it should be said, that you are focusing on someone's grammar and style instead of the actual message or content of his posts. This usually means that you have a weak argument to make, so you have…

"I think the problem with this argument is best represented by the fact that your emblems are characters who last appeared on screen in their own series in 1997 and 2003, respectively."

Iris Wildthyme? You really know your stuff! Cheers!

I'm curious, did you actually watch the video of her allegedly "mock-raping" Katy Perry, or did you just hear about it from someone else to get vicariously offended? Because I've seen it, and I didn't get that same interpretation at all. It was Ms. Palmer and Margaret Cho (a lesbian comedienne) essentially expressing…

The YouTube comments section puts forth a very strong showing in the competition to determine who is the Cesspool of The Internet.

Maybe it's a little jerky, perhaps I exaggerated a bit for the sake of better storytelling. The point is that she was acting arrogant and trying to look down on us for something that we enjoyed as kids, so he tried to take her down a peg. Sometimes being a little passive-aggressive is actually a better way to…

I was at a party recently and a friend of mine made a joke that referenced the Muppet Show. His wife said something about how she never watched TV since she grew up in Uganda or whatever since her parents were missionaries and blah blah blah. I think she figured her story was more interesting and that we would ask her…

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What I don't get is how they came up with 177 charges of kidnapping. Can't you just kidnap someone once?

I've been wondering about this too. I mean, you can only kidnap someone once, right? Maybe holding them for a certain length of time adds a new charge, like three months or something? Just a wild guess, I haven't a clue for real.

I am like you in thinking it's easier to pick who is going to survive the Game instead of picking who will lose. So just out of curiosity, who do you think is going to live? I have my own theories, but we won't know the proper ending for another two full novels anyway.

I have a name that is easily misspelled, and it has been an issue my whole life. Whenever I am in a situation like this where a server or barrista is asking for my name, I just lie and say "Mike". Since I'm consistent with the fake name I give, I still recognize that they're talking about me when they announce Mike's…

Maria Bamford is THA SHIT. I love her stuff so much and have followed her career literally from the very beginning - we went to the same school in Minnesota! (it was a Grade 7-12 school, she was a senior and I was a "sevvie") I remembered her as being the Prom Queen, the lead in a number of plays, always outspoken and…

I found a banana slicer, a horse head mask, and... a Katy Perry poster. This is like the most fucked-up version of scavenger hunt ever. Pardon me while I go scratch my head until it bleeds.

"Maybe if you don't have "a strong feeling either way," you should just shut the fuck up"

I have probably listened to Armchair Apocrypha about a million times (it's great for chillaxin' and/or gettin' blazed - seriously, just the opening chords of "Fiery Crash" are enough to put me in an altered state) but it never really occurred to me for hot lovin'. It just seems too... I dunno, earnest? Not sleazy…

Totally with you on the Black Keys. Our go-to album for sexytimes is Magic Potion. "Your Touch" is a great opening track, and thematically sets the mood as well.

You don't need to do that. Automatically labeling someone who disagrees with your viewpoint a "troll" really adds nothing to the discussion. If you don't want to respond to his questions, just ignore him.