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“29:28 - He’s in Becky’s basement?? And he pulled a loose match? Out of his bathrobe? And successfully lit it by striking it against a wall?? Did fire use to work differently?” Read more

I was thinking the same thing. There use to be a great trashy subculture within the queer entertainment with John Waters, Andy Warhol, Andy Milligan, etc. I figure once gays became mainstream in American culture, that part of queer art got sanitized and PC. 

I think when it comes to TikTok the old expression applies Caveat emptor. If TikTok is your way of expression go right ahead, but don’t go complaining when your personal info is taken and used against you by the Chinese government and the rising tech oligarchs in China. Or for that matter, by the rising tech… Read more

Did anyone else find the new M&Ms commercials incredibly unfunny? The characters no longer had interesting banter. The spokecandies had their personalities sucked out. While it was ridiculous that Tucker Carlson made a big deal of it, you got to admit most people were confused by the changes. Were women really… Read more

Is Anyone really surprised? This is the same Beyonce who performed a private event for Muammar Gaddafi. Read more

A trainer isn’t part of a client’s staff. Trainers are private contractors. Although, it still can be a problem. Trainers getting into a relationship with their clients may be unethical. It actually may cost the instructor his license.

While I’m inclined to believe that chabots may be of some sort of short-term therapeutic value, those with trauma still need to interact with real people. It’s effectiveness seems more anecdotal at this point. A chatbot doesn’t challenge you like a real person does and I’m afraid if people rely on a machine designed… Read more

Somewhere there’s a screenwriter being inspired to write a horror film by this too-weird-to-be-true story.

I know we are suppose to sympathize with Harry and Meghan, but am I the only one who is already sick of them? I believe it when they say they were on the receiving end of racism from family and press. For that I really sympathize as I was actually rooting for them because I liked the idea of a more diverse royal… Read more

Actually, wasn’t the genesis of The Daily Show, Al Franken’s Indecision election coverage? He was the first person to mix political humor and actual news coverage on Comedy Central.

No one other than critics who hate horror films use the term, ‘‘elevated horror.” It’s the worse term forced upon horror filmmakers and fans since “torture porn.” Putting political and social commentary into horror films isn’t new, nor is it new for filmmakers to experiment with the conventions of the genre and it… Read more

The Temple of Satan has always been a horrible contradiction. They claim to promote separation of church and state, but all their so-called victories in fact reinforce religious influence in government. By allowing the Baphomet statues in capitol buildings, taking advantage of tax exemption for their glorified tourist… Read more

“Hedren’s time with Hitchcock wasn’t even the only occasion in which she worked on an abusive set—she’d later go on to star in Roar, a film written and directed by her then-husband Noel Marshall, which featured 150 lions and other wild animals and found 70 members of the cast and crew getting mauled or sustaining… Read more

Interesting that co-ed cheer squads are a new thing for the NFL. They are in fact long been quite common in high school and college. Even George W. Bush was a cheerleader. I wonder why the pro league avoided that tradition for so long.

You mean the allegation? That’s apparently is what’s being alleged in Massachusetts. As for the idea that parcheesi is related to the Rastafari religion, that’s absolute bonkers. From what I understand it’s a British board game based on an earlier game developed in India.

I waited too long to edit my reply. I meant, “when she dared question them over their assertion that the game parcheesi is somehow based on a Rastafari sect.”

You forgot to mention that Miller threatened an African-American woman with a gun when she dared question him over his assertion that the game parcheesi is somehow based on a Rastafari sect. This was in front of the Massachusetts family who filed a restraining order.

“At the March hearing, the task force decided 5-4 to define (not restrict or limit) the community of eligibility for compensation to “descendants of enslaved and free Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th Century,” she said.” Read more

Growing up with Garbage Pail Kids, and Mad magazine and then moving onto the John Waters and punk rock, I have to chuckle at the thought of people today clutching their pearls and getting the vapors over an Amy Whinhouse joke.