To cast my feelings into words: I (M40) am in love with the girlfriend (F31) of my boss (M54). I still care about him, though, and in order to convince him to cut her dirtbag brother loose, I let him know we were sleeping together. When he gave me the kiss-off, I went to work for his Eye-tie competitors. I worked the…

I wonder if WB knew what they were getting themselves into when they decided to back “the Snyder cut”—because now they seem to be in bed with an anti-Joss Whedon campaign.

Wiener and his writers lend greater agency to all of the main characters

If you read the article on Elagabalus you’d know that he came from Syria (then a Roman province), and was Arab on his mother’s side. His “foreign-ness,” particularly in placing an “Eastern” deity above Jupiter, was a big reason for the opposition to him.

I think you should definitely give it a shot. The first volume is in fact a collection of loosely connected short stories, so you can stop at any point if you don’t enjoy it.

I think it was received that way at the time. At least, my uncle, who was about 20 when it came out, had it listed as one of his favorite movies and a bona fide classic. (He lent me the DVD once, and no, it didn’t really hold up.)

I think you missed the sarcasm.

Doesn’t seem like it’s the case, but I could definitely see Lee Pace as R. Daneel Olivaw (as Foundation is set in the same timeline as the Caves of Steel robot stories).

It’s far from Clarke’s best work

No. Spoiler etiquette is meant to protect potential audience members’ first-time experience. It must be based on common sense, not arbitrary time windows.

Also you have to keep in mind that it was published from 1951 to 1953, when the majority of sci-fi writing was pulpy garbage.

I don’t think I buy that particular plan, SnotHouse (it’s not enough to take the Senate, since conviction requires a two-thirds supermajority), but of course keeping the impeachment focused was a deliberate strategy. It was a hotly debated question at the time.

I keep seeing all these things (well, the same thing repeated over and over) about how Ashton Kutcher is such a hero for working against sex trafficking. His continued friendship with Danny Masterson makes that ring pretty hollow.

And there’s statutory rape.

This may be a weird time to make this argument—I don’t know what inspired him to do it—but I think Terry Crews is 100% right in principle.

I’m not Gen X. I’m a little older. I remember using a landline and not just a landline but a rotary phone.

Oh sorry, I was unaware that there is a constitutional form that is proof against pedophilic scandals. Why hasn’t the US adopted it?

It’s actually very useful to have someone who can handle the symbolic and ceremonial parts of leadership — things like celebrating national holidays, handing out medals and honors, leading the nation in times of grief, etc. — while remaining aloof from partisan politics. It provides a focus for national unity that…

I didn’t understand where those protestors came from. Were they teleported in from all the alternate realities? Was the idea that when Morty absorbed all the other lives, the reality also accommodated all the things he had done?

I really enjoyed Mystery Incorporated even though I had never been a fan of Scooby Doo. I was a fan of Buffy, though, and that seems like a huge influence on the series.