@avclub-1898a4d76532f237d9b5c0592dfe71a9:disqus Hey, when I was in college I also learned that people at a certain education level will use pseudoscience to keep their sexist beliefs from sounding embarrassingly low-class!

One way of looking at the Bluths is that each of them has some delusional self-image, and the work they put into convincing others of that image is what keeps them from actually achieving it. Lucille squanders her wealth on keeping up the appearance of wealth; GOB is so desperate to convince people he's a good…

One way of looking at the Bluths is that each of them has some delusional self-image, and the work they put into convincing others of that image is what keeps them from actually achieving it. Lucille squanders her wealth on keeping up the appearance of wealth; GOB is so desperate to convince people he's a good…

@avclub-3be42d8a3412057f79af152555e39bd4:disqus My boyfriend's from Taiwan, and over the years I've grown suspicious of his family's claims that Chinese-influenced cultures don't have as much of a sweet tooth as Americans. Yeah, they don't do much by way of sweet baked goods unless they're borrowed from Japan. And…

@avclub-3be42d8a3412057f79af152555e39bd4:disqus My boyfriend's from Taiwan, and over the years I've grown suspicious of his family's claims that Chinese-influenced cultures don't have as much of a sweet tooth as Americans. Yeah, they don't do much by way of sweet baked goods unless they're borrowed from Japan. And…

[SPOILERS] Yeah, the Facets reveal bugged me. Mostly because it simplified the Curzon/Jadzia relationship. The idea that there's a part of you that just doesn't respect your current self much is, I think, a much more difficult and interesting path to go down. How do you re-integrate him after that revelation without…

[SPOILERS] Yeah, the Facets reveal bugged me. Mostly because it simplified the Curzon/Jadzia relationship. The idea that there's a part of you that just doesn't respect your current self much is, I think, a much more difficult and interesting path to go down. How do you re-integrate him after that revelation without…

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Yeah, there was some decent long-running stuff about Klingon politics. I was a bit surprised at how serialized Worf's storylines were when I re-watched the show recently. But it plays weirdly when there's nothing else in the series that continues that way.

Yeah, there was some decent long-running stuff about Klingon politics. I was a bit surprised at how serialized Worf's storylines were when I re-watched the show recently. But it plays weirdly when there's nothing else in the series that continues that way.

@avclub-bca3531762af8a993c4f60c48fd5e33b:disqus Let's fire up the Holodeck and make this happen.

@avclub-bca3531762af8a993c4f60c48fd5e33b:disqus Let's fire up the Holodeck and make this happen.

I still don't understand the "realism" objection to the ending of "Paradise." Geez, why aren't these people putting common sense before adherence to an arbitrary social order? You'd think they were members of a cult or something!

I still don't understand the "realism" objection to the ending of "Paradise." Geez, why aren't these people putting common sense before adherence to an arbitrary social order? You'd think they were members of a cult or something!

Oh my god, no one warned me about Endymion before I started reading it. It's like he started writing fanfiction of his own work.

Oh my god, no one warned me about Endymion before I started reading it. It's like he started writing fanfiction of his own work.

I'm pretty impressed with Larry Sanders. The Studio 60 thing is just stupid, because you're setting yourself up to fail, and the 30 Rock thing is an easy out. But I think the most interesting writing challenge is actually making something mediocre that seems like it could be popular. The show-within-a-show is dumb,…

I'm pretty impressed with Larry Sanders. The Studio 60 thing is just stupid, because you're setting yourself up to fail, and the 30 Rock thing is an easy out. But I think the most interesting writing challenge is actually making something mediocre that seems like it could be popular. The show-within-a-show is dumb,…

I recommend John Gribbin's "In Search of Schrodinger's Cat." I think it's a pretty easy read for someone with no physics background, and it's got an interesting historical perspective.