I’d say that’s plenty far enough.

Please for the love of god read John Jeremiah Sullivan essays.

Oh, ok.

wait, there’s a book? seriously I didn’t realize that. i’d take your word for its quality, but man, the movie is kinda unassailably good.

such a shame. it’s so great.

No I meant to tell you that the first critique of Diamond is usually that he liberally borrowed from Crosby’s book “Ecological Imperialism,” and frankly, since it appears you’re not familiar with that book, I highly doubt you’re in the position to be authoritatively attacking Diamond.

what the hell was wrong with Starship Troopers?

aren’t you supposed to accuse Diamond of ripping off “Ecological Imperialism” in an academic takedown?

Is your criticism of Diamond that he was wrong? Or that he didn’t go through the proper academic political channels?

He didn’t. It’s a wonderful book.

Social Scientists really need to get over themselves. They’ve erected an extremely shaky “scientific” framework onto what is really just a wing of the Humanities.

no reason to put approachable in quotes. his work is very readable, which is how ALL academic work — especially in the humanities/social sciences should be. it’s bullshit affectation that makes most social science academic work unreadable.

yaaaaaawwwwwnnnnn.

Look, President Obama, you knew the job would eat into your personal life when you took it. The world aint waiting for you to watch Star Wars before we all start talking about it.

Ya, but San Diego is the worst burrito culture. FRENCH FRIES IN BURRITOS IS DUMBBBBBB

And I thought just your shitty writing showed your awful taste.

“They start being the one’s who think the world revolves around them.”

it’s not a spoiler when it’s been OUT FOR A MONTH. A MONTH.

“have things you have to do and deal with that keep you from doing what you want to do when you want to it.”

doesn’t matter. if you’re going to be genuinely bothered by knowing what happens in TFA before you see it, then you made it a point to see the movie during it’s first month, and before it leaves theaters. And if some gnarly life sitch got in your way, then you should care more about that, OR, not expect the rest of…