I dated a Chinese girl for a bit and she only drank hot water (at restaurants and at home). No alcohol. Wasn’t very fun, as you might expect.

My usual bar has both. Midwest.

Zero mention of the Rajneeshee documentary Fear is the Master? do your diligence please.

Yes. Exactly.

Accidentally didn’t post the full scene, it goes even deeper.

As much as I didn’t want to say it, this show has some merit for its occasionally very cringe-inducing dark humor. This scene is gold:

Sexual assault is inexcusable.

Counterpoint: no one needs this.

You mean Obama?

I don't know whether I can applaud you for pulling that bit of trivia out of your ass (if it's true) or for making up such a ridiculous statement (if it's false).

The article used Cleveland's 12% rise in commercial real estate prices as evidence that dive bars are disintegrating there. The real estate prices rose because the city is crawling out of recession and depopulation. There are still dive bars everywhere.

Hot take: Winds of Winter will never be released.

Wet Farts Can't Melt Steel Gazes

Hey, Dougie. Feeling a bit down in the dumps, champ? It's okay. Papa Tom's gonna go to Portland and we're going to go fishing, okay buddy? There's a big one out there with your name on it!

Nina won Fan Favorite last year, so personality-wise, she was light-years ahead of Nick.

Yep, he was pretty bad on the podcast, but he was fine in this episode.

honestly, I forgot about the premiere until I saw the AVC review, and I just, um, obtained the episode and watched it tonight.

The greatest madness was definitely Battle Asparagus, when some chef steamed several hundred dollars worth of lobster on top of his asparagus to "flavor" it, and then promptly threw the lobster away.

Not the worst album title ever.

I think this was the first time this year that I got the Final when all the contestants missed it. Go me, I guess.