You should read her article. It’s not as much that they made the movie as the fact that they’re using her name and image to promote it.

The idea that Kurt killed himself because he couldn’t handle fame feels pretty reductive. He was a heroin junky self-medicating because he suffered from acute stomach pain. He was certainly uncomfortable with fame, but I’m sure he was smart enough to know that he could always stop making music and use his piles of…

I’ve never seen a Critical Drinker video, but I’ve heard a lot of bad things about him. Hyperbolic criticism like that isn’t my favorite, so you’ll excuse me if I skip it.

Fair enough. I really liked it, but I’m not arguing that you should see it if it doesn’t interest you. I just think that calling it a ripoff of The Wicker Man, which is something a lot of people have said, is not a fair criticism of the movie.

It’s definitely not as heavy as some of the other songs on the album, but there’s something atunal about the guitar riff.

If you’re into death metal, wouldn’t someone being a personal ambassador to Satan be a good thing?

What a great album. Having thought about it more, I’m also disappointed that Alex didn’t throw in a reference to “The Ballad of John and Yoko.”

Interesting comparison, Alex. I wouldn’t have thought of it, but you make a good case for it being apt. The major difference to me is that Serve the Servants is more musically alienating and discordant than “Getting Older” or anything else off this album. Not that I expect Billie Eilish to sound like Nirvana. And…

They had them right 20 years ago, but then they switched to their “new” friends and they’ve been garbage ever since.

I blame Cracked. I’m sure there’s some YouTube video out there called 14 Reasons Why Midsommar is Secretly a Remake of The Wicker Man where 11 of the 14 are insignificant details that don’t actually matter to either movie.

The extent to which Midsommar is similar to The Wicker Man has been greatly exaggerated. There can be more than one movie about a cult that likes nature. They’re very dissimilar otherwise.

I almost went there, but decided against it. You’re welcome for the setup.

But can he play defense?

But the viewers on Twitch clearly do want it. Why do you care what some faceless corporation wants or doesn’t want?

I accept that word meanings change over time. I’m not a prescriptivist at all. But that doesn’t nullify my right to think some new words and word usages are stupid.

I thought it was pretty decent too. Most comedies don’t start off very strong anyway. Outside of a few rarities like The Good Place, the pilot is usually the weakest episode and it takes them a while to establish the right dynamic. Parks & Rec didn’t really get good until the second season.

I try not to be a pedant. I really do. But it really annoys me when people use “cheers” as a verb. The word “toast” already exists and is perfectly sufficient.

But yet here this is streaming a game with her window smaller than the game. If even your go-to example isn’t doing it, maybe it’s time to consider that the stereotype isn’t remotely accurate.

You went right to “white people” as your example. Why did you do that? I’ll answer for you. Because you know that white people are not a group that are mistreated. They’ve historically held all of the levers of power in the Western world. So you can say “white people can’t dance” and there’s little chance that harm…

Honestly, it’s not even the bad photoshop that bothers me the most. It’s the faces. They will haunt my nightmares tonight.