Through clinical studies, the lab has found that tragedies—think earthquakes, deaths, and the like—are funnier when they're either physically or socially distant. "Mishaps" meanwhile, are funnier when we're closer to them, which is why Anthony Weiner's Twitter misadventures featured prominently on American late-night…

Dude, they have good hot sauces you can put in. Sure, their pico is weak sauce, but you can definitely get it spicy if you want it. Chipotle is legit good fast food. It should never, and I mean NEVER, be chosen if there's a remotely self respecting local taqueria within walking distance, but it's amazingly good for a…

I'm a huge burrito snob and even *I* admit that Chipotle rocks. I'd never ever ever choose it over a local taqueria, but if it's what's available, it is an acceptable and delicious choice.

That said their guac really isn't that good in New England locations, (guacamole lives and dies by the freshness of the avocados,…

I agree that you shouldn't put down women who straighten their hair, but I think it is also fair and good to lament the overall lack of visible black women in the media who do NOT straighten their hair or use weaves.

I mean the takeaway that I always took from Good Hair is not "these people are doing a bad thing and…

Big shoes?

Her standup always was kind of dark, which fans of her talk show generally don't realize.

We'll have to see where her trajectory goes from here. The hype about her will probably die down a little because it always does for Oscar winners, but I think she's going to have legs. The way black actors get handled by the Hollywood hype machine is changing in interesting ways these days. Note I don't say "getting…

I like that you chose a character owned by Disney/Marvel's archnemesis Warner/DC

You... do realize nobody was obligating you to pay attention... right?

As my dear father used to say whenever the home team would flub a play particularly poorly:

"But is it art?"

You made my evening. Thanks.

I'm not even sure where to start with this. While I would like to see a feature Marvel film with a black protagonist as much as anybody (a new one, I mean, although obviously Blade was a thing), it's just ridiculous to claim that they're whitewashing.

They've been casting black actors left and right and often taking a…

There's nothing for you here.

Yeah, don't wanna distract from the rape culture issue, but the whole damn menu is pretty horrifying. You could make better drinks by sneaking vodka into Burger King and spiking your sodas. In fact, if you live in Spokane, you should totally do that.

They've been doing this for a while for airborne allergens, but I'd never heard of it being used for food allergies. I guess that's the new part? I just hope they can do this with shrimp and lobster someday... I developed an allergy to them when I was 16 and it's super sad stuff... :(

This is the classic kind of malarkey that a lot of people in the religious right actually think all the time but usually have the good sense not to say aloud. Good ol' Randy, being up front about it.

Definitely.

There's a school of thought among LGBT activists that famous and powerful queer folks should be morally obligated to come out. (Dan Savage is the most obvious example of someone espousing this view

But paaaaaaaaage hiiiiiiiiits...

Also dudes with names like Sherlock and Mycroft probably come from a pretty well off background. Also even though Sherlock turns up his nose at taking money for his work, they do show him getting actual monetary compensation for some of his government jobs, and its often shown to be pretty hefty.