So you’re completely denying her agency and manufacturing motivations for her, instead of taking her at her literal words? That’s extremely patronizing of you. You may think you’re being clever, but I think you’re just betraying your obvious bias. That’s just my opinion (and I’m older than 14, so I’m allowed to have…

No need to be a dick about it. If I had only seen the behind-the-scenes thing on Netflix without reading the actress’ comments after that interview, I’d have drawn the same conclusion.

I thought the same thing after watching that behind-the-scenes special on Netflix, but apparently that was misleading. Have you read the Indiewire interview with Sadie Sink? I’ll quote the relevant passage:

I’m normally not a big fan of documentaries, but Jodorowsky’s Dune was so brilliant (and bittersweet) it made me want to cry. Never have I more desperately wished to be a millionaire investor with a time machine!

I had an accident at age 20 that shattered my chin and tore up my face, requiring 33 stitches to sew up and I now have a steel plate on the bone of my mandible . These days the scar is completely covered up by my beard, so most folks aren’t aware of it. But when I was first recovering? I looked like Hell, especially…

Now that you mention it, it is indeed hard to think of many co-ed kpop groups. Uhm...

Mexico, Israel, China and the United Arab Emirates. Literally 2 seconds of Googling found me this info.

Bacon pancakes have become a common breakfast in our house. Actually, we’ve found that bacon and chocolate chips are a perfect blend of savory and sweet.

With 5 episodes of Steven U, roughly every 18 months or so

I kinda figured that there would some fun rants on this article, but that was some red-in-the-face, spraying-everyone-in-a-20-foot-radius-with-spittle rhetoric right there. Take a bow, “john79".

I wasn’t aware the nugget meal was just as unhealthy as the cheeseburger. I guess that just reinforces the assumption many folks have that this is just a marketing ploy and not actually done in service of trying to make kids’ meals healthier.

I think you’re missing the point. Nobody says your kid can’t have a cheeseburger, they won’t be checking IDs with each order. It just won’t be the default Happy Meal anymore. And if you really need the combo of cheeseburger with cheap-plastic-toy-that-will-inevitably-break-within-24-hours, just do what I do: take your…

Thank you, thank you, a million times THANK YOU! You have perfectly articulated my feelings on this subject. I wish that I could effectively communicate this lesson to other parents that I see out in the world, but (not always, but usually) parents tend to react to un-asked-for parenting advice with extreme hostility.

 It’s a fair question to ask, especially in a getting-to-know-you small talk kind of a situation, but to avoid the mistaken perception that you are “othering” someone I’d suggest framing the question just slightly differently. What I say to people is “So, are you from Minneapolis (or whatever your current location is)…

What the living fuck? This is depraved. What a world, what a world.

Remember the quote that is widely (but inaccurately) attributed to John: “Ringo isn’t the best drummer in the world. He isn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles.”

Good list, dude. I approve (of all those I’m already familiar with). As an aside, I’d just like to mention - if Dune is the only Frank Herbert book you’ve been through, then do yourself a favor and check out The God Makers. It’s (relatively) short, self-contained, and has a lot of fascinating things to say without…

Reading “me am your father” had me (proverbially) spraying coffee all over my monitor. 

I went on vacation to San Francisco a few years back, maybe 2002 or so. There was a bar on Haight street called Noc Noc (which I think meant Nocturnal, judging by the darkened cave sort of a vibe the place had). The bar had a sign out front advertising the “Anti-Superbowl Party”, which sounded intriguing so we decided…

This is the chorus to an Old 97s song you might enjoy: