ETA: yeah, never mind.

*stares, baffled* I honestly can’t tell if you’re actually black and have somehow never gotten scorched by the sun and somehow doesn’t know anybody who has (because I do in fact know black people that have gotten burned) and has never actually read the science past 10th grade Biology class basics about melanin, or if…

Even the darkest skinned person will burn, just maybe a little slower. Sunscreen is for everyone.

Yes, as BoSephus notes, it’s explicitly stated that everyone who leaves town grows up to lead literally charmed lives in the superficial sense, including becoming attractive and skyrocketing to the top of their chosen careers.

I’m entirely willing to take your hard (earned?) cash, but don’t have a clue how you plan to prove or disprove it so I’m interested in what you’re going for here, other than a blatant attempt to play the tough guy for the internet masses. I make 87k a year, of course I pay taxes, but I’m not posting my returns on the…

Only at jobs that are... what’s the phrase? Fucking terrible. Most people will never be yelled at by a boss in any way, much less expletives. That drops to “hardly anyone” when you look at white collar jobs specifically, where it’s considered highly unprofessional and at most places a fireable offense if they keep it…

What the hell does paying more for unionized goods have to do with what’s required by law?

Questionable use of the phrase “more than your fair share” in this sentence. I’m going to take a wild guess - you think your “fair” share is as little as possible, preferably none? This is a not uncommon form of assholery, unfortunately, which is why we don’t usually make things like tax rates optional.

The people who ask this sort of question are always surprised when my answer is an instant ‘yes’. (Though that 20% figure sounds wildly overblown.) Same with paying higher taxes, or voting yes to higher local school budgets. We’re living in a society here. I’m more than happy to take home a little less or pay a little…

The correct answer is always The Pirates of Dark Water.

Eh. It’s a lot, but it’s not that much. I’m pretty sure I saw everything Twitch is planning to show just watching the reruns on Saturday night on PBS as a teenager.

Not that it necessarily means much in the book to movie translation process, and it’s been a while, but I’m pretty sure the book had only one young-ish guy character and no romance. YA was really different in 1974.

I’m reminded of a jackass who bitched because io9 spoiled Jason Blossom’s death on Riverdale as we approached the end of season 1. Not how or why - just that it happened. Jason’s death was in all of the show promos and was literally the first thing that happened in season 1, episode 1. 

Considering that the theater I went to for Infinity War on Saturday still had Black Panther playing, I don’t think we can diss its performance.

This is pretty much me. I have a budgeting tab for every paycheck, with a running total at the top of the current tab with my current checking + savings, each bill allocated to that check plus line items for various expenses like food and pet supplies, a “discretionary and special spending” section, and an expected…

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sound like they should take place in a shared universe.

Wow, speaking of irrational. (And please see my original comment re: IDGAF etc.)

I think I said that. It doesn’t actually make a difference in real life, or make it unacceptable that I can just buy fully cooked meat instead of torturing myself. And it’s not even an irrational avoidance - undercooked meat can and does give people food poisoning sometimes.

Pretty sure. It was very undercooked and I shouldn’t have eaten it, but it had been delivered and I was trapped in an apartment without a car after traveling all day. It only came with a bun and french fries.

Medical facts and percentages have very little power over the subconscious disgust that says red/pink = poison.