I’d like to enter this as Exhibit Q in my case for a moratorium on Lit majors writing fiction. I say this as someone with multiple Lit degrees; it’s just getting embarrassing.

What she is not is a puppy killer.

Cool response

Dude was neck-deep in three separate damn wars.

I had a one-bedroom apartment for a few years where my home office was a corner of the bedroom. I took part in Skype interviews from that corner of that room. My bed was not visible on camera; to anyone on the other end I was simply sitting in a home office.

I mean humour that offends someones intrinsic value

I think I’ve finally figured out the core reason I have trouble taking esports seriously as a professional pursuit. It’s the preponderance of beds in frame. Nothing refutes the “nerds in parents’ basements” cliche like a Deadpool mask in the middle of your rumpled twin-size comforter.

I’d wager the skill gap now is far, far greater than 20 years ago, when esports was just really building momentum and streaming literally didn’t yet exist. Halo or CoD of 20 years ago was like playing pickup basketball at the rec center; sure, there were some good rec league players, maybe once in a while a former…

Game devs who feel the need to impose penalties for players leaving multiplayer activities early:

Beyond the clear trademark issues, marketing your THC products like candy was never going to hold up once the producers decide they want to try any sort of general advertising. “Weed Skittles” were always on a direct path to joining the likes of Joe Camel and Spuds McKenzie.

It makes me skeptical of whether or not weed even enhances creativity at all.

The central conflict of the film is that everyone is loyal to Maximus over Commodus. A chiseled physical specimen who is just some otherworldly fighter doesn’t necessarily fit into that; I think Crowe really sells Maximus’ quiet charisma so that you buy the fact that everyone buys in to Maximus, from Marcus Aurelius…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_cult_of_ancient_Rome

this person wanted this relationship and knew what it entailed to have it

Willy Wonka doesn’t need an origin story.

Muff

Pretty sure Gotti said something similar about Sammy the Bull

We need to get over the illusion that an 18th birthday magically makes someone a competent adult. This isn’t the 1830s.

TIL that the co-founders of Megadeth include more than just Dave Mustaine and Dave Mustaine’s Resentment