Sarah Huckabee Sanders is actually Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Bernie Sanders standing on each other’s shoulders and wearing long trench coats to appear to be just one person.

Crud. I remember when I was a kid getting such a rush out of just walking in the door to a Toys R Us. It was like the closest thing to heaven! I can’t fathom how any kid today could feel any differently.

I was never a prolific commenter, but with this new design I just can’t be bothered anymore. The site’s layout is extremely unappealing, articles move off the main page too fast, it’s essentially impossible to have a conversation, you have to reload the entire page to see new comments, there’s barely any nesting so…

Seriously, NOTHING improved with this migration. Not a single thing is better now than it was before.

Design matters. There are fewer comments because Kinja commenting lends itself to short-form threads and hate posting, as seen by the influx of users from the other sites.

People have definitely flounced.

So, I’m completely disheartened about the decline of the commentary on this site. Especially after the dearth of participants last night. No amount of Kinda updating will fix the AV Club.  

Sadly the game section of this site has started turning into every other game site: swarmed with angry, inarticulate chuckleheads with nothing to do but argue and insult.

Comment sorting is even more important. Depending on how old or new a story was and how many or how few comments there were, I was prone to using all three settings on Disqus, newest, oldest or best.

There is now Kinjamprove for Firefox:

Nested. Comments.

The commenting system is still clunky and not user-friendly and very unfun.

Introverts respond by posting on facebook every 4 minutes about how as an introvert it makes them uncomfortable.

BEGIN, REAGAN, PALESTINE, TERROR ON THE AIRLINE, AYATOLLAH’S IN IRAN, RUSSIAN’S IN AFGHANISTAN, WHEEL OF FORTUNE, SALLY RIDE, HEAVY METAL, SUICIDE, FOREIGN DEBTS, HOMELESS VETS, AIDS, CRACK, BERNIE GOETZ, HYPODERMICS ON THE SHORES, CHINA’S UNDER MARTIAL LAW, ROCK AND ROLLER COLA WARS, I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!

As someone who’s gotten C&D letters for fan work, I gotta say: this is one of the most accommodating, friendly C&D’s I’ve ever seen. They’re not pleasant, but they’re necessary, so I’m glad Netlflix is at least attempting to be cool about it.

So yeah, it’s a little stern, but there are a couple things of note:

A million times this. I’m “demisexual,” which is a word I think is dumb and never use. But on the other hand, I’ve been with my partner for 15 years, so who really cares. It’s easy for me not to need or value the word.

Agreed that calling yourself a demisexual instead of just saying you don’t want to have sex without having first formed a strong emotional bond is, yes, dumb. I also completely understand why someone would do it.

the sex you have in your apartment—including the sex you might have in the common areas when no one is at home—is ultimately none of your roommates’ business

Dear Dan,