Reminds me of how often GamerGaters used the Hatch Act as some sort of massive gotcha for..... something?  I don’t really remember nor care, but since they all turned into alt-righters anyway, it seems fitting that actual criminal violations of the act would now be poo-pooed away.

Poor racists will tolerate an awful lot of personal suffering so long as they’re reassured that poor brown people are getting it worse.

the guy obviously has too much ego, over promises and underdelivers time and time again

The Oculus Quest looks great, but I’m holding out until people crack it open and get an idea of how much data mining Facebook is doing with it.

The last time I was served, the guy just said, “I’ve got a package for StingRay.” Asked me to sign for it. I didn’t even realize I’d been served ‘til he was long gone.

Give Detective Pikachu another run at the same time. That way we can go out and support a video game movie that actually treated its source material right. They might make Sonic look right, but that just means we’ll have a good Sonic in a (likely) terrible story.

Kris’s mistake was asking for all that bullshit before getting nominated.  If he’d just waited to accept the position, he could have just stolen or weaseled his way into pretty much all of it.

I’ve kinda felt the Dems should split for a while. The Centrists like Pelosi and Schumer become the new right, and the Leftists like AOC and Bernie become the new left. That gives current Rs who can’t stomach joining the Dems a way out if they disagree with Trumpists, which hopefully weakens the GOP into extinction.

God won’t have him, and the devil doesn’t feel like dealing with his bullshit just yet.

Rick & Morty Paranoia would be great. As would, I think, Rick & Morty Fiasco. I’d hope the PCs in the R&M D&D set would be either side characters or unique characters, simply using the “rules” of the R&M universe rather than anyone playing the actual main characters.

100%. And at a cultural/societal level, misogyny no doubt drives the general reactions to AOC.

Doesn’t even have to be sexism driving dude’s AOC dislike. Maybe he doesn’t like millennials, or maybe he doesn’t feel she’s paid her dues yet since she’s such a new rep. There are any number of implicit biases that might be at play.

My 9-year-old nephew called out something his grandma said as racist. He literally said, “Nana, that’s racist,” and her immediate and visceral response was “I’m not racist!” He called out a specific comment; she acted as if her entire being was called out.

If you’d like to call out “knee-jerk baseless” accusations, maybe reevaluate your own reaction.  You didn’t give any other information about your friend beyond how he thinks AOC is “crazy” which is an extremely common descriptor leveled specifically at women.  Dinosaurs made very clear your friend is likely a nice…

Trump’s desperately wanted either a war or a massive tragedy since he took office.  He’s convinced it’ll bring us together and cement his glorious legacy. The human cost means nothing to him, or the party that supports him.

I keep looking for people complaining about how many people got snapped on Titan.  Only Tony and Nebula remained.  That ain’t 50% either.

I like The Last Jedi, am meh on Thrones, still like the new Ghostbusters, and like Rick and Morty (though the fandom can lick lick lick mah balls). I’m more likely to sour on Endgame than Ghostbusters, since I managed my GB expectations better. Gonna need a few months, though.

I emailed my CEO once, and he replied!

I think she’s in a pretty good spot this early on.  You obviously don’t want to be dead last in the polls, but being first too early puts a serious target on you, too.  

Where does FOIL come into play? First-Outer-Inner-Last