It sounds like a placeholder title. Like they planned to use it until they could think of something more clever, and then forgot.

"My name is Legion for we are many." It doesn't have to be that literal for the meaning to translate to a power.

Lenny's character was originally going to be a middle-aged man, and, when Plaza was cast, she asked them to keep the script unchanged. It gives the character an interesting other-worldly quality.

I'm sure people have mentioned this, but one of the things I like about "The World's Angriest Boy" is that it almost could be a real children's book. It sounds right and even the plot (go to bed) is right. But there's just something off about it, a sour note, that compounds as the storybook progresses. I love…

True. The story really thrives on keeping everyone off balance. Which makes me wonder a little on how well it would work long term. Early on, instability and questions are good, but it's not a sustainable model.

That's a good point. Though her own understanding of her powers doesn't rule out the possibility that other people had her committed because of how she was acting. It's implied that she can't leave of her own free will since it's her doctor who decides that she's ready to go. That suggests that she was committed by…

It's possible that her powers were viewed by others as an anxiety disorder or OCD or paranoia. Mental disorders frequently result in physical behaviors (like refusing to touch people)

Pedophilic? When someone describes a "beautiful sunset" are they heliophilic?

Going to the movies by myself is seriously one of my favorite things to do. I love squishing into the seat, eating the overpriced candy, and watching whatever I want to in that huge dark room. Air conditioning in summer is also nice. You are missing out for weird reasons.

I can't remember how to do that either. But you can always just write "spoiler" in capitals so people know to skip the rest of your comment if they don't want to be spoiled.

I think the whole "against the negatives" was the point. The author is arguing that it's not enough to be against a bunch of things without being "for" other things. To be fair to Dawkins though, for all that I think he has some seriously flawed thinking, he seems solidly "for" the application of reason to human…

It also, weirdly, buys into the propaganda they made about themselves - that they were superhuman and capable of feats beyond those of mortal men.

Depends on how you are using "didn't have the right." I think it's perfectly valid to say a person's statements are presumptuous, which is the criticism here.

Yay! One more time! Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from criticism.

The article discusses his engagement with religion in general and how it was ultimately somewhat shallow. And I'm not sure what "quasi-primitive" means. People who pretend to be primitive?

Did he get up every hour or so? I didn't see that in the article. Plus, smoking is a disaster on the heart and vascular system. No amount of getting up and down will help if you have the bad luck to be born with not so good heart/vessels and then smoke a lot.

If he developed a clot while sitting for hours, getting up could send it straight to his heart/lungs/something else important.

Sure, everyone has the capacity for decency. That doesn't mean they exercise it. I mean, if they didn't have the capacity, their bad behavior wouldn't be their fault.

It's sicker than that. One of the ways the rich steal is by being the ones who define what "stealing" means for the whole culture. In their heart of hearts, the people who vote for Trump think he's a better man because he's rich and that the poor (except maybe they themselves) deserve to suffer.

My grandparents are like this too. Which is why I have precious little patience with the "they're old and conservative and from a different era" excuse. If my 80 year old grandma can grow and change, no one conscious has an excuse.