...the cops were called when “some people started picking up that something was happening that was not necessarily normal.”

DS9 effectively invented the serialized show. X-Files had done 3- or 4-episode runs, but that last season of DS9 was basically one long story, with the occasional one-off, and it was terrific.

All these supposed Capitalists complaining about the law of supply and demand also applying to labor costs.

He probably could’ve phrased it better, but I agree with the underlying sentiment 100%. It’s absurd that every male friendship gets distorted into a potential gay relationship, even when there’s no evidence beyond the relationship being just a male friendship. Happens with female friendships, too (see, e.g.,…

I know I’m no Kurt Cobain expert, but just based off of his life and the music he created makes me feel like Kurt wasn’t on the same side as these dudes....er, I mean patriots.

2013: stop fucking talking about chemtrails, they’re not real

My favorite are the ones that talk about how hospitals have been inflating the COVID death rate by attributing any cause of death to the virus only to turn around and jump on ANY reason to blame a death on the vaccine.

I think it did change the demographics of anti-vaxxers somewhat. I mean, hard core anti-vaxxers haven’t changed their opinions and never will, but I do think that as this has become a left/right issue, way more lefty hippie types who might have been reluctant to get a vaccine before aren’t anymore. Unfortunately,…

Comparing this to segregation may seem ridiculous on the surface, but segregation was originally put in place because back then a white person could turn into a black person if they became exposed.
A lot of people don’t know that.

The internet is a force multiplier for this kind of stupidity. The realization that there are other people just as stupid is empowering to them.

Aisha, I appreciate and respect your profession, but I have known other professional writers and have an idea how they work. I can help fill in some gaps, because I’ve been writing specifically about lawns for 20 years.

The best description I ever heard of Joe Rogan is that he’s like a time-traveling 18th century European emperor. He’s incredibly demanding of his guests and asks a bazillion entitled questions, but he’s also massively gullible and immediately believes literally anything they tell him.

Burton doesn't need the Star Trek familiarity... For Jeopardy!, he'd be pulling from his time on Reading Rainbow which would be far more of a plus on this resume.

Weirdly, Indy dating his students is a recurring motif in unused or early drafts of some of the scripts.

Mayim “I actually have a PhD, have I told you about it?” Bialik belongs second to last, only above Dr. Oz. She’s an anti-vax sympathizer who is currently doing commercials for some brain health supplement snake oil too.

It was. Half the romance songs of the 70s and 80s were about adult men romancing young teens. (I’m lumping them together because 70s rock was still on constant play in the 80s, at least in my neck of the woods). “Evie”, “Into The Night,” “Seventeen” (there were two by that name!), “Christine Sixteen,” “My Sharona,” and…

I always took “I was a child” to be metaphorical; young adult or so. But considering who wrote this article, I think we’re lucky Indiana Jones isn’t being called a rapist in every sentence.

At 16, she’d be of the age of consent in Connecticut. And given when the story takes place, their relationship could have been prior to the law changing when the age of consent was 14.

“Teigen has yet to apologize for her actions. Now, keep in mind that this was a teenager married to a predator who was being attacked by adults online—and yes, even a former A.V. Club writer [Sean O’Neal] participated in the vitriol, referring to Stodden as a “horrible child bride.” We all owe Stodden a massive…

yeah this is a good point and it definitely isn’t false dichotomy but I’m frustrated that Teigen, who is a woman of color, is taking the heat for everyone who bullied Stodden, and while I believe she should be held accountable (including this, her lines being dropped from stores, etc) but I also think its sad that…