"You get Indian burns."

We are totally losing the War On Drugs.

I got a Tippi Hedren notification for this?

@mattepntr:disqus I understand your point, but the first season was vital and is just as much LOST as post-Ben LOST. It's similar to (but more important than) the first ten minutes of most movies, i.e. The Setup. The rest of the movie just wouldn't make sense without it. I think Ben arriving is analogous to the end of…

I think the first season was one of the greatest TV seasons of all time. Emerson made almost every scene he was in wildly entertaining, but not much compares to the mystery and excitement of the first season.

Is that Red Ross? Or The Ross-a-tron? Or The Divorce Force?

Why is an "after-show" even a thing? Isn't that what Al Gore invented the Internet for?

@avclub-62812d8eb06386505986efff8b5e43ac:disqus But I am not really talking about income taxes, which have of course fluctuated, but not all that much for the middle class. I know the rich pay far more as a total percentage of revenue, and something like 45-50% of people pay no federal income tax at all. I'm talking…

The Neurotics comment reminded me of this joke from an old Woody Allen stand-up routine: "I was the captain of the latent paranoid softball team. We used to play all the neurotics on Sunday morning. Nailbiters against the bedwetters, and if you've never seen neurotics play softball, it's really funny. I used to steal…

Weird, I replied to you, but it showed up as a reply to my original post. Ah Disqus.

That too, but it still took a while (and Monica's convincing) for Rachel to "realize" her feelings for Ross. I (and Ross, probably) was hoping for instant recognition of brilliance and sensitivity. Twenty-something men are stupid.

I got a semi-expensive and somewhat sentimental gift for a "friend" sometime before this episode, hoping of course, that it would end my time in the friend-zone. It didn't, and seeing this episode really brought out how lame the attempt was. That it worked for Ross is irrelevant, of course - it was TV.

Can I ask out your mom, then?

Paris.

Nah, it takes someone smart to play an idiot really well.

You think 1945's relative tax rate for an average middle class worker is the same as 2013's tax rate, or even 1980's? Leaving out income taxes (which are significant for all of those not in the lowest tax bracket), Social Security taxes were 1% (not a typo) until 1949. Now they are over 15%, with Medicare withholding…

During that period, an increasing percentage of income went to taxes, so even making the same wage (adjusted for inflation) meant less take-home pay.

"Everything should be made with organized labor."

Also, It's not 5%, it's 5 percentage points. In this case, a "surge" of 5/30, or 16.67%.

or Jack McBrayer.