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Hmmm…it's apparently only available in Brazil. I'm always fascinated by the kinds of regional differences in McDonald's menus.

What the heck is a McMelt???

See what happens to culture without Doctor Who?

The first two episodes were available to stream. They are both fantastic.

What city are you in/nearest? That's the first time I've heard of them opening a location outside of the heart of a city.

I remember the long-ago days of the mid-aughts when the AV Club would do periodic taste tests and run-downs of odd novelty foods. They phased those out pretty much alongside the rise of simpler, more reductive takes on the same formats from the likes of Buzzfeed.

In-N-Out is not arguably a better burger. It is inarguably better toppings atop an inarguably inferior patty.

My now-wife and I realized a couple years ago that we never finished a meal from Five Guys feeling good about what we had just eaten. I think it's because the levels of grease and salt in their food is pleasurable and even addictive up front, but over enough visits you start to preemptively remember how you felt at

Shake Shack uses Martin's potato rolls, not "egg buns."

…I sometimes did that with movies in middle school in the 90s.

I think we've already begun losing that ability—I'm pretty sure Simone Biles is Kryptonian.

I have no idea how the story will be structured, but it seems at least to have its own texture and visual style, which—for better or worse—can't be said about any of the Marvel theatrical movies (with the possible exception of First Avenger).

Have you seen it/read the script???

I'm all-in on the Cap movies: I enjoy the crap out of them, I think they are Marvel's cinematic high-water marks, and I still grin every time he throws his mighty shield, but I never felt like their respective "genres" were more than window dressing, especially the two set in the 21st century. First Avenger was a WW2

I'm so glad that Jessica Jones and now Luke Cage seem to actually be applying the superhero conceit to different genres of story-telling in a way that the major Marvel and DC movies haven't been able to.

Thanks for being gracious and conversant.

In all seriousness, how was Inception a twist film? It tediously explains everything that's going on on-screen at every moment.

I picked it up in college, having not really read much before. I was fine.

Jai alai is where the real action is. Sport of the future, that.

As @dirtside:disqus pointed out, eliminating his death from physical injury as a possibility could possibly force the writers to find other (more character-driven) ways to make a story interesting or build suspense. Even in stories where the protagonist *could* conceivably die, "Will the lead character die?" is such a