Thanks that was really interesting. It’s also what I wondered about his comment- if he just worded it poorly. Like, I think what he’s saying is that Adele is a raw talent who has been over produced (in his opinion) and that he is interested in finding raw talents who want to give a raw performance.

I get people being annoyed when someone is judgey, but your response seems a little harsh based on the question you are supposedly responding too. I don’t get Beyonce. I also don’t get Kanye. I also don’t get Taylor Swift. Etc. At first, I dismissed them all, but then loads of people kept going on and on about how…

He could’ve phrased it differently. Like, I wonder if what he meant was, Adele IS actually a raw talent, but she continues to make extremely polished and produced music. That’s fine- it’s her choice. He could say that he wants a vocal talent like that without the production.

White men have had the privilege of choosing between people who share their genetics and genitals and differ on ideas. So they get to have the illusion that it’s the idea differences that are the main thing. The whole point of privilege is that it is invisible.

This is a very naive point of view that even very radical progressive figures (unlike Bernie who is a mainstream left of center politician) do not agree with. It’s simplistic.

Nope. Hilary is the better choice between the two. I do not like her. She is still BY FAR the better choice between the two. I did not vote for her in the primary- twice, now, I have voted for the male candidate against her in the primaries. Nonetheless, my choice is now between Hilary and Trump, and Hilary is…

Yes, me too. I voted Bernie in the primary back in Feb. He’s been disappointing since. All along, I’ve said I’ll vote for whatever Dem over any of the Reps in the running. So Hilary. It’s impossible to deny what representation does for younger people. I feel it now as a 40 year old, despite the fact that I wish it…

This is to erelongdonedodoesdid, since Jez (for some reason) is sending all my responses to the OP rather than the person to whom I’m writing. I’m worried, actually , about her on stage against Trump. People who like him specifically like him because he doesn’t talk the way she does. So it doesn’t matter (to them)…

Uggh. Conflicted here. And I’ve been pissed at Bernie for weeks. Yet, I’m pissing on the party because I find it bittersweet that the first female president will be the immediate family member of a former president, and it’s especially worse since she’s his wife. I mean, yes, first female prez- great. But it kinda…

Um, but they didn’t have such a hard time making that decision about Trayvon Martin or Michael Brown.

Oh are we talking about the meme removal having a racial element? Maybe, maybe not. I wouldn’t die on that hill either way. It could’ve been just a glitch since it was taken down from only one original source. I thought the person was saying that the entire situation did not have a racial element. Obviously the kid…

It’s always amusing until your boyfriend turns out to be the undead.

It was funny because Flying Squid’s original post was funny. I was very amused because I thought you were both being ironically pedantic. But then the conversation got non-ironically pedantic, which is even funnier in a meta way.

Copy editor. Copywriter is a very different gig.

It’s a stylistic choice. Usually, people use commas when it is in the middle and not when it is in the end. There are all sorts of scenarios when it’s acceptable to use or not use a comma, actually. If you used one every single time it’s technically correct to do so, your writing would be full of them. So there’s a…

You can use a comma there if you wanna. It does not have to be a separate clause. It’s a stylistic choice, and different publications edit differently.

It is a racial issue. That’s the point.

If you are asking a question, do it. If you are making a point, do it. There are two ifs in that sentence. Are you expressing disbelief at one of them?

I’ll never regret my Lil Marco ankle tat though.

Uh, twenty weeks from now...