The first half of the pilot is quite twee, but the edge is there. You just don't get to see the rather misanthropic themes until near the end of the pilot (merely glimpsed), and then the second episode puts it all to the fore. As with 30 Rock, they're playing with tired television tropes (to me, 30 Rock was less a…

I couldn't stop watching it. My mom was in a cult and I grew up around extreme Christian homeschoolers and wannabe Mennonites. That twee, super sunny, cheerful but incredibly tough survivor of spiritual abuse...I know that girl!

30 Rock was the exception to most every rule in television. Its first season was largely brilliant from the first episode; it won tons of awards but never was a hit; it remained on the air and in one time-slot throughout its run despite the low ratings; and it kept most all of its large cast and decent production…

You're giving way too much credit to agency and ignoring the structure that allows this to happen.

I'm so sorry to hear that, you have my deepest sympathies.

See, I think it makes sense. He reeks of desperation to avoid his actual averageness.

Because nothing screams dignity like someone taking a picture of you without permission in order to portray your life situation as a dire absurdity in contrast with the product they're trying to advertise.

For all that attraction is complex and mysterious, I think we have to acknowledge that our construct of beauty is heavily influenced by the culture and society we live in. If your culture is telling you repeatedly, on a daily basis, that thin, white, preferably able-bodied people represent the apex of beauty, there's…

Poor Montana.

Right? None of these guys are exactly undiscovered musicians. They're great and all, but here's betting that about a third of the kids in middle/high school do the exact same thing.

Well, at least that would shut him up for while?

Eh. I don't know if that is the problem, bud.

I think the hate is more because he's a pretentious racist shitbag, but whatever you wanna believe, dude.

Do we get bonus points if the girl is our sister?

I *love* how he used "recovering" and "addict" to try to elicit sympathy. No, dude - you are just an asshole. Or maybe you were an asshole. People can change - but only if you own it, and not act like being an asshole is something beyond your control.

Saying your dick is a white supremacist is racist. And, frankly if you can't ever find yourself attracted to anyone who isn't of your own race, that probably has something to do with racism. You don't have to have a quota of brown friends and lovers, but if you don't have any of either? You should probably take a long…

BS. I attended one of his concerts in Tulsa (free tickets) and he yelled to the crowd, "where are all my Tulsa cunts?" I left. Not even for free will I watch or listen to this douchebag.

Making up extremely sad, over-the-top stories fit for a bad telenovela in my head and making myself cry silently over them. I do this when I'm bored and trying to fall asleep or feel like crying over nothing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"I am writing this while drinking rum and eating Cadbury mini eggs in bed."

My first boyfriend (after I had been independent and single for years) told me while we were cuddling once, "See? Isn't this better than being independent?"