Yeah, I’m not gonna dunk on someone that wasn’t a good singer at 13 (not a lot of people are), nor am I gonna dunk on someone that’s put in years of effort to become what she wanted to be. Is her new album all that the article hypes it up to be? Absolutely not, but it’s passable. But I can’t really fault Black for…

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I’ve never been to a strip club, but $220 seems kinda light for more than one person, no?

Eh, if you’re going to be having an affair and you get crabs once, then just keep it shaved if you’re going to continue. As somebody that got crabs once in college (non-sexually, too, double bummer!) for the next few years I kept it smooth just out of paranoia.

From a brief overview of the wikipedia of the book, the Knight accused the squire of raping his wife, which is rife with nuance.

And Soldier doesn’t even get interesting combat powers until 2. Playing a soldier in 1 sounds like a complete bore gameplay-mechanics-wise.

On top of all that, American Culture is... brand mascots? Wut?

People sure like to get super literal about things said in the typically-hyperbolic Dirt Bag.

I mean he can retire anytime he wants, he doesn’t have to keep on re-upping his contract.

That makes it not a particularly useful media trope, especially for analysis. As well, Rita’s treatment as a character vs just being a girlfriend had been a big part of her inclusion to the show. Dexter saw her initially as a beard but grew to love her to the extent that he was capable. But it took Rita telling him…

The rights to the Rebuilds have been super weird for North American releases. It almost feels like another Expanse thing here, where Bezos is showing himself to be a big weeb.

No, he thinks they’re dumb. Lots of movies are dumb (see the Fast series). The issue he’s bringing up is that unless there’s growth and invention for the new superhero movies, they’re going to see the same decline as western and war movies did once the genres were nearly done.

This whole Olympics feels like an extended 30 Rock bit.

Looks are inherited. Talent isn’t, but acting is a skill that can be learned, especially if you have support (emotional and monetary) from people that have “made it” and know the right people.

Constantly comparing filmmakers and actors to historic ones is a dumb practice that needs to stop, even when it’s supposed to be “praise”. It’s reductive on its own when it’s valid (when comparing art), but comparing people almost always ends up setting high expectations that will never be met due to confirmation bias.

Look to the proto-twink ascendant, Mark Hamill

As a man allow me to mansplain the use of mansplaining in this article: Sometimes it’s funny to just toss it around, especially in an article about the Bachelorette.

The United States would be a better place is every slaveowner over the age of 18 was hanged after the Civil War.

Grand Wizard perhaps?

Listen, if college me (before I started running, even) could get railed while leveraging myself against a mass-produced plastic chair in my dorm room (because fuck those tiny beds), surely the world’s best athletes will, uh, find a way.