“Is there a point where creativity suffers at the expense of content created solely to push forward a political/moral/social agenda?”

So, not to shill, but Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg go into this topic pretty heavily in their book Modern Romance. Based on Klinenberg’s research (and research conducted by others), it’s actually pretty hard to gauge chemistry after only one date. A lot of factors (nerves, the kind of day they had, etc.) can affect…

> They think any opposing opinion to something they say or do or whatnot is an attack on their person.

I wrote some very angry and very murderous things that I don’t want to hit “publish” on. So instead here are some cute animals.

“Wheel of Time” by Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson. The series probably needed to be about 6 books shorter. There were whole books- long books- where it felt like NOTHING happened.

I’ll go to my grave insisting that Wreck It Ralph felt like a Pixar movie and Brave felt like a Disney movie.

Bullshit. Blade wasn't the first superhero film with an R rating. Melvin the mop boy became the R rated toxic avenger in 1984.

I appreciate your willingness to write a story that reflects deep ambivalence. I think there isn’t enough of that anymore (everything is always strident and polarized) but you did a great job sitting with the murkiness of what this all means about Bowie’s legacy.

That opening though!!!! That's BATMAN!! That's comic Batman come to life!!!! And that last shot! Classic!

I disagree.

Here’s a thought, separate the science from the guilt. People love to know what they can do, and hate getting told what they can’t do.

I adore dogs, but I recently got my first cat (I have a long commute and it wouldn’t be fair to a dog).

It seems awfully convenient that we're just now reinterpreting the results of this experiment to perfectly match our current social issue du jour.

I have a strategy that I'm surprised I don't hear more "experts" talking about. (Maybe I'm missing a branding opportunity here!) When people talk about emergencies, they always talk about saving enough. But if necessary you could probably make temporary but major reductions in spending too. So in addition to my…

Well, first, don't be surprised - we couldn't include everything, and this one didn't cross my mind or turn up in my research!

I'll agree that having similar argument styles can help a lot. I will say that being a person who discusses things rationally shouldn't prevent them from discussing emotional problems. This is a problem I struggled with for a long time because I thought "If there's no logical reason to be upset, then all upset…