I already had a burner here in more or less the same name as I was using for both Disqus and the AVClub’s non-Disqus comments ... and I guess I won’t be merging or creating anything new, since if I understand all the directions correctly the burner is still my only option for logging in without either using something…

Wonder if he got a little peeved not just at some of the changes they made, but that the show runners defended some of their plot points by saying “well, it’s in the books.” Like burning Shireen - which will happen in the books, but logistically cannot happen in the way it does on the show, which leads me to believe…

Interesting about the complexion - is that because paler complexion generally correlates with lighter colored eyes, or is it something else? Would a light skinned person with very dark brown eyes in your opinion be more at risk than a dark skinned person with the same colored iris?

No, but looking at an eclipse is more comfortable than looking at the full sun, which means you might stare at it long enough for your retinas to get damaged (the actual retinal damage being something we can’t feel when it happens). A second or two won’t do it.

I’m under the impression that the damage potential isn’t an immediate event, but something that could manifest over time. So we’ll have to wait.

More charitable version: the magic stuff has never mattered much to them (is my interpretation, I don’t have a quote to hand), so the inevitably magic-heavy endgame is something to churn through rather than luxuriate in. Many fans of the books and show feel the same way! I don’t, and I think it’s a problem largely of…

I am seriously considering the possibility that Weiss and Benioff have decided to adopt some popular notions from the ASOIAF Reddit to patch over their deviations from Martin’s own plotting.

Well, on the show, Jon is now legitimate (even if nobody knows that, including possibly among the people who know or knew his true parentage). I think this is unlikely to happen in the books, but I could be wrong. I agree that if Jon is a bastard, he has no claim whatsoever. Of course, after Viserys, with Rhaegar’s…

I don’t think people have a good shot of “lucking” into a homer, but I also really didn’t read Petchesky’s prompt carefully; I was thinking in terms of potential, not “who can do it right now”. I still think the physical potential to hit a home run derby-type pitch is more widespread than the physical potential to…

Roughly 17 percent of men in this world are 6'1" or taller. All they have to do is be in medium shape, and they can dunk.

With the understanding that we’re talking about gimme pitches, it’s the home run.

If you’re talking about the practical reality of who winds up on the throne, then yes, force is the ultimate determinant; if you’re talking about who SHOULD wind up on the throne, I disagree, at least in terms of the books.

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Being charge with intent to distribute doesn’t mean you intended to distribute. It just means you had a lot of weed on you. I’m not saying Randolph definitely WASN’T trying to turn a profit, but pose yourself the following problem:

Mississippi almost always ranks dead last in public education rankings everything.

Well, plenty of people didn’t; it’s hard to disentangle a lot of compounding factors, like how much better medical care and rehab has gotten for certain injuries. But:

It’s not much worse than Disqus, but I’m not a fervent evangelist about the demerits of either platform. The most obnoxious aspect is dealing with being in (or being punted back to!) “the grays”, but the AVClub (that’s where I know your avatar from, right?) already said every pre-existing AVClub commenter will…

what’s funny is I think all but two characters in Dracula are British - except for Dracula himself, and one of Lucy’s suitors, an American.

I made sure to check out the subsidiary sites too. Black Flag. FoxtrotAlpha. Even The Grapevine. IS THIS LIST LIST-Y ENOUGH FOR YOU?

I’d feel a lot more copacetic about if Ray Lewis having jobs on TV talking about sports if Ray Lewis didn’t also keep finding opportunities to pontificate about morality and good decision making. Tell us what a linebacker is thinking about, stop telling us how an athlete should handle scandal in his personal life…