Yeah exactly it definitely can be hilarious like the bit you quoted, even more so when it references the maladies that can be caused by the modern west.

Not edgy but very funny.

White women's power to target black men with society's racism is a great part of the story of black Americans so hopefully they are switching the sex of the character to investigate that.

Separating the art from the artist is not an exercise in privilege. Doesn’t mean it should always happen of course. The ability to closely read a work of art through various critical lenses otoh is definitely an exercise in privilege.

They really screwed up by making Cherise not horribly obnoxious and Rob extremely good looking and generally nice. That's not High Fidelity.

“works and lives and pays taxes in the UK, and she has for 25 years, meaning she’s spent more time and contributed more to the country than any citizen who’s under 25"

The letter wouldn’t have that affect though as the writer isn't a lesbian in the same way that a straight man who has sex with other men isn't straight.

Taking comfort in the fact that now I don’t have to root for both Snook and Seehorn this year because that’s an excruciating choice. But only if Seehorn wins next year of course.

Only let people not poor post comments. What an absolute scumbag move.

Yeah Cox plays Lektor with the sort of chumminess and delight at being so close to Will again. It’s this weird faux friendliness certain very violent people have just before they do something extremely nasty. Way more disturbing than Hopkins hammy villain and even better than Mads cold intelligence and observation.

Now now you don't want anyone to think you're a SWERF taking a dim view of sex work.

Oh god that’s awful. I had no idea. It was such a destructive piece of media. Reality TV is in imo far more dangerous than fiction in reproducing harmful norms and behaviors. It’s very much the precursor to social media.

Yeah a dangerous joke on transgender people and a degrading joke on the contestants and shame on the creators. Nasty all round.

Can’t believe you forgot to include There’s Something About Miriam which was so immoral and dangerous the contestants actually went to court and took a settlement fee before it could be aired.

Heh. I was tempted to mention this but he's totally in the right here so fair enough.

Jesus Christ man. Yes reopening schools is a gravely bad idea but there are good reasons for people to want them open whether it being worried about kids losing out on education to just needing to go to work to pay for food and have nowhere to put their kids.

Ive not seen it used liked that about a guy in a relationship but about guys who are performatively nice to some women ‘cus they want to have sex with them. That said it’s slang and usages change rapidly of course.

My bad I was typing in a rush and wasn’t very clear. Simp and Nice Guy describe the same kind of person it's just the people who use Nice Guy don't like the people who use Simp. I think it's ironic because the NG people have so thoroughly won the discourse around NGs that other people have the same conception just…

Its a new way to call someone a Nice Guy.

Simp is just Nice Guy but used by people the people who came up with Nice Guy don’t like. Which is ironic because the Nice Guy coiners won the argument so comprehensively the other side actually believe it now.