Because “free speech” and “open forum” and “exchange of ideas” and all the other bullshit buzzwords that get trotted out by the sort of people who are more likely to call out a “pressure campaign” than actual, verifiable harassment on their servers. Jack Dorsey is the poster boy for this sort of garbage,…

You’re cooking the wrong dishes. Plenty of things can be prepared in small batches, and what can’t can usually be frozen in smaller containers and thawed out one container at a time. I’m not against takeout, but there’s no way it’s cheaper and less wasteful than cooking at home. 

Yeah, that bit of snark had me quirking my head sideways like a puzzled dog. Absolutely nobody was thinking about the kitchen setting during that scene, and if they were I sincerely feel bad for them.

That is not a good argument. You could take another crack at it, but I think we’d both be better off if we just get on with our lives.

If you, of your own volition, make a statement in a public place, you surrender power over how other people might make use of what you say. If they had captured her statement on hidden camera and used it without her consent, I could see where she’s coming from, but this isn’t at all comparable to what Hammer did to…

Rowling’s writing post-Potter is such hot garbage that it’s making me retroactively think twice about Harry Potter.

The first sign that a comedian is reaching is when the joke is “edgy.” They know the material isn’t good enough to stand on its own, so they push into uncomfortable territory to get the “I can’t believe he just said that!” reaction. The fact that Chris Rock, at this point in his career, is reaching with material…

“Alleged hellmouth”

I booked an AirBNB for my wife when she was attending a retreat. The location that came up on the map wasn’t anywhere near where the actual place was - they’d entered bogus map coordinates so that it would look like it was more centrally-located. So I’d suggest that as another tip: as soon as you have the street…

Having one guy in charge is a step in the right direction, but someone should tell Zaslav to read up on the history of Union Civil War generals. If you have one guy calling all the shots, you need it to be the right guy, because it’s a lot easier to find a McClellan than a Grant. Dan Lin’s credits make him sound more…

“OK, first lesson: most comic books are neither comic nor books.”

OK, so basically playing on the “if I met that celebrity s/he’d totally want to fuck me” sexual fantasy. There’s probably a very specific genre at Amazon that focuses entirely on that brand of “herotica.”

The fact that I am a Virgo is, I would argue, in no way related to the fact that I believe this to be a completely asinine way to select backup dancers.

He ruined his hot dog so he could ruin his beer. The prosecution rests.

Starbucks is following the same strategy - the locations here in Seattle that recently voted to unionize have all suddenly been closed or converted to drive-through-only. What an odd coincidence! It’s almost certainly illegal under existing labor law, but maybe their corporate lawyers are counting on dragging this out…

If you’re aiming for cooked whites and runny yolk - as my wife likes them - there’s nothing easy about shirred eggs. You need to watch them carefully, because there’s a fine line between “too cooked” and “not cooked enough.” I’ve made them several times for Sunday brunch; sometimes they’re perfect, but often they are…

It certainly adds another level of detail to reports that Pugh and Wilde were not exactly the best of friends on set, and the fact that Pugh didn’t seem to do much press in support of the film’s release.

That’s some brilliant corporate synergy right there! HBO Max produces documentaries exposing various scumbags; Discovery+ then invites those scumbags onto their own reality series. Wait a few years, generate headlines by dramatically cancelling the reality series, produce another HBO Max documentary providing a…

It’s entirely possible - likely, even - that there are no good guys in this particular incident, but I don’t doubt for a minute that warring factions will be only too happy to celebrate the one and denigrate the other.

For those of you who have read the novel, is it playing on the theme of “man hooks up with much younger woman = bad; woman hooks up with much younger man = good,” or is it more nuanced than that?