Tosh's joke didn't "supposedly" make someone feel threatened. She did go on the internet and publicly state how it made her feel.

Are you actually trying to debate how much kicking a child in the face or forced anal penetration counts as "beating the shit out of"?

My understanding is that he was, at least in part, trying to make a heckler stop talking. I do not think it was strictly him trying to open a dialogue with her about her supposed inability to distinguish between literal rape and jokes.

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That is him saying that he's frustrated that his daughter is a picky eater so wants to shove the food into her ass. He also repeatedly calls her a "piece of shit."

I do not get the "Wolf of Wall Street" praise. If you airlifted his performance into a straight-up comedy no one would've batted an eye. His part was so throughly the "comedian's first serious actor" role. Slightly affected speech and mannerisms? Check. Is the film's comedic relief? Check. Has a big showcase scene…

"Real life events and jokes are not the same thing."

Nope. That definitely never happened. Are you feeling well? Maybe you should lie down.

Sure, that might be silly. Or they prefer the gluten-free bread (I've been known to order veggie burgers with bacon because I like the veggie patties), or the GF company policies match their politics, or they've never had it and want to try it, or they're just being trendy. A ton of people are on the GF bandwagon…

I really think the "self-diagnosers ruin it for everyone" issue gets overstated. People don't believe in allergies because they're being jerks, not because some people have self-diagnosed. Taking the step from mentally rolling their eyes to purposefully serving your wife something that might kill her takes way more…

I certainly don't think it's unrealistic to have a person who eats some junk food not be fat. Of course thin people often eat some junk food. I'm just arguing that no, the show isn't blanket making fun of people with poor eating habits. They're only making fun of fat people with poor eating habits.

You do have a point.

I guess I'm not seeing how just showing fat people to illustrate that Leslie is right and Paunchburger is wrong is tied into mocking racist murals. The murals are shown to be a bad thing, but the actual pictures of fat people are used to show her correctness.

I think Ron started out that way, but as his character became more popular and people latched onto his meat-loving side I do think it became portrayed as more of a positive sign of his manliness. He kind of stopped being satire and became practically aspirational.

Not to mention the show is not above a "headless fatty" photo parade. It's really awkward having them show pictures of bodies like Donna's to illustrate how misguided and gross everyone is. Except Donna? Presumably?

If it's just about mocking unenlightened diet choices, Leslie's (identical) choices wouldn't be an adorable quirk. It's about eating poorly AND being fat. If you aren't fat, unenlightened behavior is a fun sign of your boundless energy (Leslie) or masculinity (Ron).

One thing I've always wanted "Parks and Rec" to deal with was how Donna is portrayed compared to how they talk about anyone overweight who isn't a named character. I always feel so bad for Donna having to listen to crap about "even the citizens tongues are fat." Or Leslie "My Diet is Purely Fat and Sugar But On Me…

Don't forget "7th Heaven" and "All That."

"13th Warrior" is great fun! I'm always surprised when people slag off on it. I mean, when they remember it existed.

I will say that as painful as Coach's boat freak-out was to watch, I did not actually turn the episode off because I couldn't take it anymore like I did last week when the auditorium full of middle schoolers enthusiastically cheered on an incompetent rap battle between white guys in their 30s.

I wouldn't worry about it. HipsterDBag's situation is "guy refuses to do any socializing whatsoever that doesn't involve drinking, dismisses the idea of someone attending who isn't also drinking, and preemptively drops people when they get pregnant because they can't drink." I suspect "friend has a child" may not be…