I suppose the “runaway” part can be discussed, but since the tariffs he put into place last time were disasters for Americans in a number of economic ways, there’s no reason to think that this time they’d be any less disastrous.

Fuck off, Trumpet.

And while Independence Day involved the then-current President, in the sequel he definitely fit the bill of a former President called in to help.  Or rather, called himself in, I suppose.

Which isn’t even getting to the biggest part yet: the actual star of the show she appeared in has become a superstar over the course of it, famously has a trans sister whom he truly loves and supports in every way, and presumably told their bosses: “shut her up or get her the fuck off my show.”  And, not being idiots,…

It’s because the author didn’t bother to put any thought into the work.

Not seeing a problem.

Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles: the only people allowed to paint a Death Star on the kill list on their starfighters.

“instead one blew up on the launch pad”

I don’t think that’s accurate.

They’d get over it and find something else.  Leaving aside entirely the merits of the argument, there was a time before TikTok and there would be a time after it, and they’d be fine.

“I mean Hitler was a monster, full stop, but”

(record scratch)

“What’s more, they attempted to pass the blame off onto Smith”

Timothy Dalton would never be this much of an asshole.

“Something bad happened” is a perfectly reasonable inference to draw from the little that is known so far.

I agree that it’s counterproductive to wish rape upon anyone.  But I think it’s fair to hope that Tate is lawfully sentenced to years in a Romanian prison where he will have to do his best to avoid the kind of assault that he views as perfectly OK to inflict upon women.  And I hope he does successfully avoid it, and…

I hope that take still exists somewhere - what a classic piece of Chevy Chase physical comedy it would be!

A bit callous, perhaps, but also actually incorrect: she had a child, so had graduated from Darwin territory.

“Ajay Thakore, otherwise known as Ace Rogers”

Okay, even if we hadn’t already known in the leadup that this was a colossal asshole, we’d have known right here.

Yeah, it’s at Defector!

Just got this over the weekend, and holy shit is it 1) great; 2) addictive.  

He’s every bit as good a Tommy Lee Jones as Tommy Lee Jones is.