If Bart is Jesse, then Jane has to be Jessica Lovejoy. They even have a similar relationship dynamic.

I think Smithers would make a better Gus.

Yeah, actually that's exactly what you did. You said, "racism is a very big problem for Americans in a way that it isn't for many other modern cultures." You're implying that America's race problem is unique or uniquely bad and I was pointing out that that's bullshit. There's nothing particularly more problematic…

"But culturally, racism is a very big problem for Americans in a way that it isn't for many other modern cultures."

I know you're joking, but c'mon—Americans have nothing on Europeans when it comes to Islamophobia and anti-Muslim bigotry. At least we aren't enacting laws forbidding the construction of mosques or the wearing of headscarves and veils (*cough*CANDA*cough).

Yeah, I get you (and am in the same boat), but it bothers me when people assume that being famous automatically means you don't have to worry about money. A cult hit show on FX, a rabid fan base, and frequent appearances on the Conan show does translate into wealth.

But it's a relatively unstable kind of wealth, I think. He's got two kids, lives in NY, probably pays alimony and some child support to his ex, and seems to pour a lot of his own money (as well as work) into his show, website, and other projects. He's enjoying a relative amount of prosperity now due to working like a…

Really? I thought this year's was a big improvement over past episodes. I can't remember them all, but the stories about a homicidal turkey gang and the Spanish duck whisperer were way more entertaining than the year they covered the chicken opera.

I'd say Hodgman is more didactic than smug. But I don't mind getting lectured by someone who knows what he's talking about, i.e. someone whose opinion I agree with most of the time.

I think the Punisher episode was amazing, but it's a weird episode to have a newbie listen to since it's pretty different from the rest.

I'm a feminist and I love pretentious, arty films that disappear up their own assholes, so I'm probably the most receptive audience this film could get, but I just saw it and was completely unimpressed.

As with the real Billy Corgan, I was at first intrigued, then somewhat disappointed, and then found myself growing more irritated by the second.

I just saw this last night. It is a marvelous film, though perhaps not one that people who haven't experienced crippling depression will fully 'get'. It is also an atypical Von Trier film (at least in terms of his more recent work). Despite the black comedy of the "Justine" half and Von Trier's usual formal, godlike…

Your example isn't necessarily a case against government involvement in things like education and student loans. I mean, the GI Bill for WWII veterans basically created the American middle class. I don't think you can argue that that's a bad outcome.

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You should check out Neil deGrasse Tyson's podcast. I'm surprised you don't already, given the others you listed.

I find Penn's views on politics to be deeply irritating, though I can understand where he's coming from. Libertarianism is an ideal politics for an ideal world, which is why I think libertarians tend to skew toward white, male, and middle-classed westerner.

"Lads & Jockeys" sounds like an upscale nightclub that caters to eccentric English millionaires.

Hunger, shame, itchiness: a three-word short story about catching pubic lice.

It is profoundly obnoxious to scold another person for not being cheery enough for your personal taste. Yes, there are other people in the world with worse problems than hers, but by that logic, no one should ever be allowed to feel sad because there's always someone else with a worse life.