I like Suburgatory more than most, I assume. I've never watched an episode and felt disappointed or underwhelmed. Everything works for me.

I liked The Avengers, but, yeah, that giant airship made it difficult to suspend disbelief for half the movie. Every time something genuinely dramatic began to occur, a smug little voice in the back of my head would say, "You know, this is all taking place on a HUGE FUCKING AIRSHIP THAT'S THE SIZE OF SEVERAL FOOTBALL…

I liked The Avengers, but, yeah, that giant airship made it difficult to suspend disbelief for half the movie. Every time something genuinely dramatic began to occur, a smug little voice in the back of my head would say, "You know, this is all taking place on a HUGE FUCKING AIRSHIP THAT'S THE SIZE OF SEVERAL FOOTBALL…

So we should all have the humility to not have opinions about things we aren't professionals in? Interesting.

So we should all have the humility to not have opinions about things we aren't professionals in? Interesting.

It's nitpicking. Which is the bigger sin because instead of debating any of his points, they debate his "knowledge" which is akin to either resorting to an ad-hominem or an appeal to authority. Wallace wasn't perfect. And he wasn't a linguist or a grammarian. He was a writer. Between the grammar nazi's and the…

It's nitpicking. Which is the bigger sin because instead of debating any of his points, they debate his "knowledge" which is akin to either resorting to an ad-hominem or an appeal to authority. Wallace wasn't perfect. And he wasn't a linguist or a grammarian. He was a writer. Between the grammar nazi's and the…

I haven't completely figured it out, and it's been too long since I read it to properly defend my thesis, but it's less a novel than it is a work of philosophy. It's not "aping" Pynchon—as others have suggested—it's putting Wittgenstein's ideas into practice. It's about how our use of language creates our world—only…

I haven't completely figured it out, and it's been too long since I read it to properly defend my thesis, but it's less a novel than it is a work of philosophy. It's not "aping" Pynchon—as others have suggested—it's putting Wittgenstein's ideas into practice. It's about how our use of language creates our world—only…

That website is so sad it single-handedly turned me into a nihilist. Seriously—that somebody—an actual human being with hopes and dreams and aspirations— actually took the time to do any of that in an attempt to "take down" David Foster Wallace….wow.

That website is so sad it single-handedly turned me into a nihilist. Seriously—that somebody—an actual human being with hopes and dreams and aspirations— actually took the time to do any of that in an attempt to "take down" David Foster Wallace….wow.

I agree. In terms of fiction, I always recommend people start with IJ because it's the only piece I actually truly enjoyed. But people always look at me sideways because I just recommended a 1000 page book with like 200 pages of end notes that has like several dozen relevant characters and no real plot of which to…

I agree. In terms of fiction, I always recommend people start with IJ because it's the only piece I actually truly enjoyed. But people always look at me sideways because I just recommended a 1000 page book with like 200 pages of end notes that has like several dozen relevant characters and no real plot of which to…

I liked IJ a lot, even though I shouldn't because it's pretentious, in love with itself and sort of smug. But he's so good he can get away with it. I'm really bored with the rest of his fiction, though. It never hooked me.

I liked IJ a lot, even though I shouldn't because it's pretentious, in love with itself and sort of smug. But he's so good he can get away with it. I'm really bored with the rest of his fiction, though. It never hooked me.

Great example. It's actually pretty common that Jay-Z sounds like shit during collabos. That's because those are the times we actually get to directly compare and contrast. The rest of the time he apparently lives in a vaccuum or some shit and he magically makes people believe he's a great rapper. I mean, even Eminem…

Great example. It's actually pretty common that Jay-Z sounds like shit during collabos. That's because those are the times we actually get to directly compare and contrast. The rest of the time he apparently lives in a vaccuum or some shit and he magically makes people believe he's a great rapper. I mean, even Eminem…

That's because you don't know shit about lyricism. I'll accept arguments on behalf of the dude's charisma, or stage presence, or *shudders* even that moronic delivery, but there are at least a couple of dozen rappers who are better at pure lyricism than Jay-Z. Dude, your name is "Cubanlinx" for god's sake and the only…

That's because you don't know shit about lyricism. I'll accept arguments on behalf of the dude's charisma, or stage presence, or *shudders* even that moronic delivery, but there are at least a couple of dozen rappers who are better at pure lyricism than Jay-Z. Dude, your name is "Cubanlinx" for god's sake and the only…

No, I don't, because he's not. He's above average and better than most, but deserves nowhere near as much accolades as he receives.