“The leaks are real, the news is fake”

Hmm, a point I hadn’t even considered. We don’t have enough sets yet that storage/display is an issue, but it won’t be long before we reach that threshold.

Agreed on all counts. My kids and I have been fans of the Lego games for years, so I was super excited at the very idea of Dimensions but initially put off by the price. Then we found a 2-for-1 sale at Toys-R-Us (picked up half a dozen new characters/vehicles), and scored the Starter Portal for less than half price on…

Cheers!

I found myself agreeing with your post more and more as I read, and trying to place that weird feeling of familiarity. By the time Enoch was mentioned, I got it. Duh. I’ve read Cryptonomicon 3 times already, but it has been over a decade since the last reading. Thanks for this!

Thank you...? I’m assuming you’re not being sarcastic, which is unfortunately hard to gauge these days. If you are being genuine, then I definitely appreciate the sentiment.

History will be written by the victors. We still don’t know who that’s going to be.

I’m curious - when you read a newspaper, or a magazine, do you read it literally cover to cover, every single word of every single article? Or do you, like me, skim some, skip some, and only fully read the ones that appeal to you? So... why should you treat Jalopnik any different? Not every article appeals to you, but…

Obviously enough, not everyone shares all or even most of your opinions. What we have here is a wide-ranging blog site, in essence, that tries to throw out a broad net to try to catch the attention of as many people as possible. Some folks actually like reading articles that address political concerns as they relate…

Because the whole “I’m leaving forever!” tantrum is attention-seeking bullshit. Just like all the people who claimed they were “moving to Canada!” after the last election, there is approximately a 0.00001% chance of it being true.

Allow me to clarify. Legally, he crossed the line and that was indeed why he covered his face. Morally, I believe he’s in the clear.

The “slippery slope” argument is an easy one to make which is why it gets trotted out so often, but it’s also a lazy argument because it can get extended off in any direction to infinity. You have to draw a line somewhere. Punching (neo-)Nazis is an acceptable line to stand behind.

I feel you, man. It’s so damn disappointing to find out that your online bros who you’ve spent dozens or even hundreds of hours with virtually are in actuality deplorable asshats.

If you simply stayed awake you’d be doing better than Carson.

That has always perplexed me as a programming choice. BBC America plays 3-days-long marathons of Star Trek Next Gen all the time because... why? Because Picard is played by a British actor (who is supposed to be French in the show, but that’s neither here nor there) maybe? With all the many and various delightful…

Meh. After having read the entire conversation between Swinton and Cho twice over, I came to the exact same conclusion as the author of this article. YMMV. Just goes to show, it’s hard to convey tone in a text-only medium. And thus are born many of the best Internet Arguments.

Maybe not reasonable alternatives (Cruz and logic/reason just don’t belong together in the same sentence), just less horrible alternatives. Mitt Romney, on the other hand, looks downright presidential in comparison to what we’re getting.

Yeah, I’ve been hearing jokes about the darkest timeline for a while now, and I always replied that we were living in the second darkest timeline - President Ted Cruz would have been the darkest timeline. However, as time rolls on, I’m not so sure anymore. Considering the Cabinet picks, the obvious Russian…

Damn, that’s one of those “could God create a boulder so heavy that he himself could not lift it?” type of questions, innit?

Prepare for the worst case scenario?