[Although my opinion will be obvious from how I frame the question I'm about to ask, I would like to preemptively assert I am open to being shown the errors of my judgey-ness (of which I'm painfully aware and also which I'm trying to modify).]

To promote the cause of "freedom to be ugly", shouldn't older women choose…

Male nudity can be used to connote vulnerability [e.g., Eastern Promises shower fight scene - hell, most everything Viggo has done] but it's more complicated when female actors are stripped down as often it's only for objectification.

I say this because some fans have argued it showed her vulnerability, but I found it…

I wrote a poem called "Non-Requiem for the Ugly" about this very phenom, after a 14-year-old girl was killed by a shark here [Florida, where else?]. The papers - and the locals - all had to mention what a shame it was because she was "so beautiful". Huh? It would have been a less-tragic death if a plain girl HAD BEEN…

I like your system, it makes a lot of sense.

I preemptively state that I prefer to go Dutch on all first dates. The guys who say "cool" are usually cool. However, the guys who have responded with things along the line of "my, aren't we the feminist" - while not factually wrong - turn out to be too…

I had trouble with girls and female friends in school [up through college & grad school] being like how you described, so I developed the confirmation bias that it applied to all women. It didn't occur to me until later that perhaps because I was so hurt by it, it became more salient and thus unfairly colored my…

I was going into the store and got to the door first so I held it open for the guy behind me to go through, who promptly did that creepy thing where he put his arm above mine and said to the effect, "ladies first".

"Dude, go ahead, no problem, I've got it."

"No, no I've got it, you go on."

"I was here first. This is…

Haha! Sorry for your initial trauma of having to prepare emotionally for Internet Assholery. I do sometimes forget not all Gawker posters are from the US, but having grown up overseas and only moving back to America at 19 I usually tend to have a more global perspective [I will stop humblebragging now]. Also, I meant…

How DARE the rest of the civilized world not be up-to-date on the differences between America's 1000 different crazy religious sects! [I realize there are cultists the world over, but man, does this country have its own peculiar brand of nuttiness...].

Thanks, hocouture! I admit I perhaps over-analyse, but I had such high hopes for this tv show - the exploration of morality after civilization collapse always fascinates me -and was consistently disappointed by the conventional stereotypes not just portrayed in the show but almost, seemingly, promoted.

I might be wrong, but they're not Mormon, they're Southern Baptist/"Quiverfull" Cultists. It might be the strange hair throwing you off - there's a lot of weird 'dos in traditionalist sects...

Thanks for taking the time to post your encouragement, it was really nice of you to do so.

I'm not overweight, I'm just 42 and so, yeah, gravity et al.

I also don't wear athletic clothes made for the gym, so I feel totally unhip.

Most people could just brush those things off as not mattering - especially since most…

Watching an egocentric person's all-encompassing denial daisycutter-collateral damage every innocent [and not-so-innocent] bystander within 300 meters is compelling viewing, for sure.

Am I bad that I'm sad it seems Walt didn't "get his" in the end? I'm still conflicted...

"Voice of reason" is unreasonable when coming from a woman because we all know women are unreasonable and irrational...

You forgot one of the most interesting characterization of Skyler: her own dark side. I really appreciated (if not actually liked) that she had her own Heisenberg qualities: yes, women can be venal and prideful and mean in the same way men can be [i.e., not in a stereotyped "bitchy" way but in a flawed, adult, human,…

Thank you for pointing out it was the writing of Skyler in the beginning that was an issue.

Ugh, I can't find the link but I read recently how Gilligan regrets the clunky characterization (including Hank) he was somewhat forced to make in the pilot so that you would instantly identify with Walt. Even before the…

As a former fan of The Walking Dead, with all due respect, did you happen to catch season 1's pilot - the scene in the first 10 minutes where the hero/protagonist/good guy explicitly sets up his wife Lori to be hated before we even meet her character?

After watching this vid and reading the comments, I must finally, fully admit to myself my anti-cat prejudice and seek ways to be a better and less-judgmental person, because all I see are furry bullies and their furless enablers. But I fear I will never truly understand why people like animal assholes because of…

Hours of fun!

A few of these are specifically covered in "Se7en Basic Needs of a Husband".

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Thanks for the set-up!