I actually don’t mind Carlton sometimes when you just want a generic beer, that and I used to live in Carlton, so it was readily available. But Foster’s? No.

1. Yes, Tilda Swinton! Surprised and delighted to hear that she's in this. 2. Regarding the whiteness jokes in this and the Oscars, I guess one way to look at it is that people making those jokes are not the same people making the casting/nomination decisions that cause the racial disparity you're describing, so…

I also unashamedly enjoy a good rom com and take solace in the fact that even Tarantino is an admitted rom com lover.

I know plenty about why they believe what they do. Because they are scared, insecure, hateful people.

It’s like people have never even heard of comedy. You guys are aware this is a thing, right?

Fair point, but why is their anger not directed at the greedy factory owners for laying them off because an illegal immigrant would work for less? The illegal immigrant would not be there in the first place if people would stop hiring them.

Disagree. His new show is about real issues all over the world. He could have run with the whole wise cracking food guy traveling all over and doing food porn forever, and he didn’t. He chose to do a show about real issues. I gotta give him some credit.

I know, right? They live in a place that is literally running out of water, and they're worried about their kids getting a harmless vaccine?

A friend of mine is a cop, and I’ve had conversations with him about this. He once told me that your first year on the job is incredibly difficult, and every cop he has known has done some very hard drinking in their first year. And then you come through it a completely different person. He’s a conservative and I’m…

Also, I'm amazed at the number of people who took the time to reply to a post about empathy just to tell everyone how they don't give a fuck about anyone else.

Trying too hard at what? I got your point, I just think it's wrong. i was with you until you said the thing about progressives, I don't know how you arrived at that from reading the article.

And I replied, what is wrong with me? Being stuck in an airport, that’s what.

Oh, no you’re doing the ‘both sides’ false equivalency thing. Right. What you described is not empathy, however, it's trying to show (false) empathy for the benefit of being seen as empathetic, which I think is a different thing than the article talks about.

I think a lot of this is cultural, as well. Having lived in other countries has really given me a lot of perspective on things that you are simply not aware of in the States. Australians, for example, tend to see themselves as citizens of the world rather than just Australians, which is interesting, seeing as their…

Two things: first of all, that was your take after reading this, that progressives are conformists? Second, really, progressives are conformists? If a conservative anywhere in the universe utters something that gets applause (or a campaign contribution) every other fucker who watches Fox News can’t get in front of a…

I would say no. If I want real Mexican, I go to a real Mexican place, which we do have in New York. But sometimes I want Chipotle, so I go there.

What about curry? No one mentioned curry! Curry is ace!

I quote Nicola Murray from The Thick Of It when she said “I can’t eat it, it makes my throat go all claggy”

No, I’m not ok with that, but comparisons to other candidates are exactly the point. Civil liberties are not a thing that exist in America any more (gun rights are fine, though), especially since September 11th. The only question is what degree of fucked up are we ok with, and the truth is that degree is much smaller…

I don’t want tyranny. But you’re saying that Obama is a terrible President because he ordered a man killed in another country without due process, but I think most people would argue that a worse alternative would be allowing terrorists to operate and even launch attacks in the name of...what...respecting their…