"Because its recognition, not validation, that is sought. Validation exists to fill an internal deficit. Recognition is ultimately just desiring a level playing field and concretized rules that apply to everyone and make sense. "

Do you think they were the same?

I'm much more willing to blame Trey Parker and Matt Stone who helped build an army of faux libertarians and red pill assholes. That "Douche vs Turd Sandwich" episode is one of the laziest, most obnoxious examples of confusing cynicism with intelligence and helped set the stage for the false equivalences that plagued…

That's not what I meant.

What do you think of the ACLU lawyers who showed up and worked round the clock at airports to file motions on behalf of legal visa and green card holders?

I loooooooove Robot 1-X

Listen, do yourself a favor. Don't let them give you any of that flank steak bullshit. You know what I'm saying? Try the London Broil.

To me, it's a breaking character thing. All of a sudden you have a screen full of cool, self possessed, party animal characters wearing the skin of more nuanced characters who probably didn't like parties earlier in the movie.

I think it's interesting that in his examples of great movies, he leads with "Arrival" which is maybe 3/4 of a great movie before it gets super easy.

Sometimes you wanna go
Where everybody knows your name
and they're always glad you mmmmmmmmmmmm In coming message from the big giant head!

Ok. They severed ties with him and replaced him.

NBC fired him. The new Apprentice features Schwarzenegger

We SJWs are here for you, brother.

"Yuan. Yuuuuan. Heh-heh. Hey, Paul, Yuuuuuan a go out and get some new slacks?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

What are you doing giving your son Fuller's Beer?

I think it depends on the balance. Family Guy's references went from "Hey, remember when Don Knotts used to show up in Scooby-Do and everyone would go "Hey, everybody, it's Don Knotts!"?" to simply "Hey, it's…" When you start doing what you made fun of, then it's time to find a new line of attack. South Park,…

See, when I hear "There's a party in my mouth…" I finish it with "…and everybody's throwing up!" which is the Futurama take on the line when Fry eats the truckstop eggsalad.

You ever read anything by the Bronte sisters?

Crime runs rampant in the city of Dickens Bluff. Deadlier weapons, faster pickpockets.