I doubt it. I don’t want to be cynical, but just saying he’s taking time off would probably just piss people off. Here he’s gotten himself some news coverage, probably a good deal of sympathy, etc. Sets himself up for a comeback eventually much better than being vague would.

Well what’s he gonna do? Just ghost on a million and a half people?

See that’s the key, and that’s why conservatives aren’t funny. Comedy is about punching up at something, even if its yourself. Conservatives, ultimately, are working for the interests of the people at the very top, so what do they have to punch up at?

All of this has got me thinking about a lot of things. I’ve only ever had sex with one person in my whole life. We’re married now, been together for more than ten years, have a toddler, etc. That said, how many times, in all the times we’ve had sex over those years, was there a verbal “yes”? I can point to a few…

Settle down, Kimberly.

CODY!

Depends on how far it’s coming from. I’ve got a jimmy johns maybe four or five blocks from my house and that’s the only place I’d order from in the snow, and even then I’d hesitate if the weather was REALLY bad (live in Wisconsin). That said I tip well even in good weather (I’ve worked for tips before) so I tend not…

Never

And as far as being against the people who have starred my other comment, I’m happy to be criticized at the intellectual level. A couple of people thought I really wanted her dead.

It’s not for me personally. I’m not a big fan of postmodernism. I studied history and believe that it did happen and that truth is real, etc. etc. I just find the concept useful in this case, and I think when you consider how much money she’s made, book’s she’s sold, properties based on her works, and how many people…

It’s a philosophical concept suggesting that we should keep our ideas about an author’s intentions separate from our enjoyment of the work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author

Sorry, I don’t see anything particularly gendered in saying she’s a piece of shit. I believe she is, the article happens to be about her, as opposed to the innumerable men I also think are pieces of shit.

No, I won’t. Just because you don’t understand what I’m saying doesn’t mean it’s wrong. You disagree that I think she’s a piece of shit. That’s fine. Doesn’t make me an abuser of women to think so, or to do what I can to wring some enjoyment out of her work even as I come to greater and greater realizations of how…

Did you actually read what “death of the author” is? It’s simply saying that we shouldn’t read an author’s intentions, politics, thoughts, etc into their work. Postmodern theory would tell us, essentially, that there’s no point to that because you will be doing one of two things:

Eugenics is not really in the same ballpark as this, a concept within the philosophy of literary cricitism.. You and one other person thought I was calling down a fatwa based on what I wrote, so maybe consider that you just didn’t get it.

Tell that to Roland Barthes. Again, philosophical concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author

The problem is convincing people of that. I mean look at all the people who, in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 election, look at it as some kind of parable for how we have to fight the evil of Donald Trump. Look, I like Harry Potter, and I don’t like Donald Trump, but can we all agree that a book series where the…

I probably overdo it a little bit on toys for my kid, not as much as some people probably, but more than I ought to. I will never stop spoiling her when it comes to books though. Never ever.

Oh my god we get it the Tyrannosaur is actually the hero. They’ve worked that in at some point in basically every movie in the series, but it’s not gonna be cooler than releasing it to fight the final battle in the last one, so I wish they’d just give it up.

Well, part of the problem is that we all got a bit wrapped up in what ultimately are kid’s stories which are built on simple concepts and plots. She realized, probably around Goblet, that people were going to stick it out all the way through and she’d need to age things up without really having the chops to do it…