Ah, but it allowed for Hughes to draw a tenuous connection to pop culture and publish a political article.

Biden was holed up in Camp David for a week (supposedly) prepping immediately prior to the debate. The “jetlagged” excuse is patently absurd. A stutter doesn’t induce you to say things like “we finally beat Medicare” or, when the other guy is talking, just kind of stare off into space with your mouth half open like…

“I don’t know why you would stay in a relationship where you are having sex you don’t want to have...”

In Rabin’s review of the 30 Rock episode “Reaganing” he provided a, uh, unique interpretation of a scene involving jellybeans.

Rabin’s back? Rabin’s back! Nobody mention jellybeans—we don’t want to scare him away!

The books are good! Rowling has a very good ear for dialogue, her settings feel lived-in (even if her actual worldbuilding collapses under even the slightest scrutiny), and she cleverly made each book a little mystery rather than a straightforward fantasy narrative. There is a reason the books are/were so beloved.…

“Note: Voldemort died on the way back to his home planet.”

The thing is, Rowling was perfectly likable before she randomly decided to make “trans people want to rape me in the bathroom” her entire personality.

Aw, is the billionaire bigot gonna cry some more?

Historically, an election between a former and incumbent president as the two major party candidates occurred precisely once—1892—and the former president won. Not to say you're wrong, but I would not be confident making any predictions.

“By virtue of showing how diminished and incapable he is, Biden will be forced to step aside and the country will breathe a sigh of relief...”

Because we’re still not psychologically, emotionally, or (it turns out) institutionally equipped to imagine a true existential threat to democracy and the rule of law--particularly when one party (arguably both parties) and the media are colluding to frame this election as business-as-usual.

Honestly, I thought the network had already folded.

And many of those who once gave a shit grew so thoroughly sick of the subject after the umpteenth thinkpiece that now they just want everyone to shut up already.

“By that, we mean each sparked an overripe powder keg of discourse...”

“Then the story of their standalone would be set in the 60s and they get lost in another dimension where they don’t age until they escape at the end of Endgame.”

Deeply weird seeing all these characters in an almost-but-not-quite-TAS style, but I’m excited nonetheless. Who knew the dorky brother guy from New Adventures of Old Christine could pull off a decent Batman voice?

Of course, that’s the only way an F4 set in the past could work in the context of the MCU. We’ve seen a lot of the Marvel timeline (from Captain America: The First Avenger to Hank Pym’s backstory in Ant-Man to the time-hopping in Avengers: Endgame), and no one has ever mentioned an eclectic group of scientist-heroes…

I get that Wahlberg was at the height of his fame at the time, but casting him in a role originated by CARY FUCKING GRANT was such a bugnuts idea.

I mean, if 50% of the population suddenly disappeared society would just straight up collapse, and a huge amount of people would die soon after and in the coming months. It’s definitely a “repeat to yourself it’s just a mega-franchise...” thing for me.