“Referencing that episode, it seems like there’s this idea that context doesn’t matter, which was a common critique about the blackface sketch, and which seems worrying”

Too much hate for Don’t Look Up. It’s no masterpiece but I thought it was fun.

“One of the core concepts of Orientalism as a field of study is that even the most well-meaning scholars from the Western world are unable to present objective truths about the Orient. The Western view of the Orient is forever tarnished by the legacy of colonialism and fictionalized history.”

“This may seem like an overly cynical and bad-faith interpretation of what Critical Role is doing with this new campaign.”

I have never once thought of whip-smart (or smart as a whip) as meaning anything other than someone, regardless of gender, who is smart and gets things right away. Not sure where you’re getting your definition from.

Like “black people” are a hive-mind. That’e the whole fucking issues, individuals on twitter thinking they are general consensus on things cause they yell a lot. Loudest voice wins.

It also sucks when a single person or a minority of persons proclaim to speak for the entire group.

The problem comes when defining appropriation. If someone grows up around people who talk that way, lives and breathes NYC hip hop since at least the age of 13, and doesn’t even learn Mandarin until they’re a full adult just to be able to converse with a grandparent, are they actually appropriating? Or are they just…

That works out to a little under $12/month to put it into perspective, which makes it cheaper than Netflix’s standard plan. When you throw in the free shipping and Whole Foods discounts it still seems like a reasonable deal.

You don’t have to be right wing to be just a little tired of current attempts to make all traditional heroes into monsters. I think it’s informative to explain that this is going to investigate how Lincoln’s views on race and slavery evolved rather than just be either the traditional glowing hagriography of Lincoln or…

I really hate this fat suit argument. Being heavy is not an immutable characteristic. Punishing a thin actor by not letting them play somebody who either genetically or otherwise happens to be heavy is ridiculous and has nothing to do with acting. I guess we should force Zellweger to treat her body like Christian Bale…

Literally all you have control over is yourself so just meh to everything not you?

“ saying any of the vaccines didn’t prevent infection or the spread of COVID would result in either a flag or removal of content”

Try as he may, Rogan can’t save a sinking episode of SNL.  C+

I don’t think anybody ever claimed that getting vaccinated would mean you couldn’t catch or spread COVID, just that it reduced the likelihood dramatically, which is still true. I don’t think any experts have ever said straight up that cloth masks don’t work, just that they’re not as effective as N95's, which is still…

Spoilers: She chews up her husband and spits him into the shark's mouth. No longer hungry, shark goes away.

I, on the other hand, really like stuck-in-one-place movies. Usually they aren’t so reliant on CGI.

Winner of best visual effects

The whole “never removes helmet” thing I always find amusing, because it sounds badass and completely ignores the fact that people need to wash their fucking hair once in a while.

He looked like a total badass. The control of his weapon points to adequate training. Glad he’s armed and spraying our highways for justice.