HOW DARE YOU!?!

“Judge?” Not really, but I feel that aesthetics do matter. In my opinion (and I could certainly be wrong about this, time will tell) vinyl records will long outlast cassette tapes in their use primarily because of their elegance, as opposed to their functionality.

I was also a little thrown by his wording on the first read, but what Evan Narcisse actually said was “one of them is a magical-girl show like Sailor Moon”. As in, not in fact Sailor Moon, but rather a show that tries to be like it but is far, far, far worse in quality. I know this because my kids went through a…

This is so painfully true! I tried for the longest time to get my kids to appreciate Rocky & Bullwinkle, but they just thought it was dull, confusing, and quaint.

The generic, cookie-cutter CG animation Barbie “movies” are just bloody awful, but Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse is something entirely different. It’s hard to notice at first since the animation style is so similar, but Dreamhouse is actually a bizarrely funny show that makes a ton of self-aware jokes. To this day,…

Teen Titans Go! is uneven in quality, to be sure, but what other show is going to give your kids a no-nonsense primer on the economic advantages of building equity through ownership of a rental property? That takes random to a whole ‘nother level.

I was also a little thrown by his wording on the first read, but what Evan Narcisse actually said was “one of them is a magical-girl show like Sailor Moon”. As in, not in fact Sailor Moon, but rather a show that tries to be like it but is far, far, far worse in quality. I know this because my kids went through a…

Oh Gods, I feel for you man. My kids went through the dumb-ass “opening blind bags” phase on YouTube a couple of years ago, and I was this close to just banning all forms of media in my house, forever and ever amen.

Funny coincidence! I also have daughters aged 7 and 9, but the twins are the 9-year-olds. I always felt that having twins first was the best way to go (not that you have a choice, but still). Taking care of a single baby seemed like a breeze after being broken in by the double-trouble on-the-job learning with twins.

Similar to what a couple I know did. Their last names had a syllable of overlap, so they dropped everything else and just kept that (think “Finklestein” and “Steinbrenner” merging to become simply “Stein”).

HUMAN?!?

I understand the reasons why Supes was employed the way he was in that ending, I just didn’t find it very satisfying narratively. If his power, added to the rest of the JL was just barely enough to stop Steppenwolf, it would have been better. Instead, it seemed as if Superman alone could have kicked Steppenwolf’s ass,…

I never claimed to be an expert (if it helps, just mentally add “IMO” at the beginning of every single comment you read under every single article).

My memory isn’t what it used to be either, but I’m pretty sure pagers were much cleaner looking than that monstrosity. I’m assuming that all that extra kludge is added-on alien tech for boosting the signal.

You mean like the anticlimactic fight at the end of Justice League? Let’s hope not.

At least vinyl records are cool to look at. Cassette tapes are boring, clunky, and ugly as well.

Curious George is genuinely good quality stuff (Season 1 with William H. Macy as the narrator is still my favorite). I kinda miss the days when a cross-country car trip meant 6 hours of Curious George DVDs.

It’s hard to be certain without looking up actual climatological data, but I’ve been living in Minnesota on and off for 4 decades, and it feels like my childhood memories are of much harsher winters than anything I’ve experienced recently. Of course, memory is a funny thing, and not entirely trustworthy.

I rewatched T3 recently (I was bored and half-asleep)... damn, what a stinker. Even worse than I remember.

Minnesota resident here. Every time my kids complain about having to suffer through 6 months of winter every year, I remind them: