As someone with a lot of extended family in Iowa, I agree with this. They have nothing to lose.

Then watch Rahxephon, and marvel at the creation of people who attempted a hilariously blatant point-by-point ripoff of Evangelion but fucked up every single aspect of it so brilliantly that it almost becomes a work of art in its own right.

Because PC culture doesn't exist, and must be protected at all costs.

This is awesome. Also, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who dreams freakishly elaborate yet semi-plausible TV/movie pitches.

You shut your damn mouth about Laura Linney.

"Genius, an account of…a straight man getting…the…sausage…of Perkins (Colin Firth, who can do this kind of role in his sleep)…The movie carries us through jazz-inflected montages of the two men working…their…adulterous…meat…Thankfully, for us and the movie, Wolfe dies before we have to sit through any scenes…

…thousand.

It's a delayed, gradual effect that takes years to begin negatively affecting earth. Which made for some really fascinating early chapters exploring what would happen if humanity was faced with an extinction event that could only be avoided by transforming ourselves into an entirely spacebound civilization, and how…

(We Can't Get No) Satisfaction until Townsend climbs the Stairway to Heaven.

I think we're going with the David Bowie strategy of hardly ever bringing it up until right after he dies.

We offered a couple times to do just that, but she told us she wanted to stay close to the toilet in case she threw up again. For what it's worth, we did bring her blankets and pillows.

Well, she's wrong.

I was going to say this would be a great joke for the Deadpool sequel, but then I remembered those movies can have all the cussing and nudity they want. Which is a very, very large amount.

That's true. My mistake. I think I misconstrued swimfanfan's statements as being about the kind of parking lot-prowling kidnappers that Leslie Rasmussen thinks are responsible for "real" rapes. I should probably take a break from posting on this subject.

I remember it much as one recalls a dream…or a nightmare. I was on a budget flight to Norway when a storm forced us to ditch in Prestwick. It's so hilly up there, you can't get any signal on your carphone. It looked bad. It looked like I'd have to spend the night in Glasgow. The cabin crew suggested we all go out and…

Rape does not exist on a spectrum. It either happened or it didn't. The end. Full stop. The "gray areas" you're so intent on defending exist only for the benefit of the perpetrators, not the survivors. This case is all the proof of that you should need.

Congratulations on being able to "imagine a hypothetical" where everyone involved in this case conforms to your opinions about rapists and the people who make excuses for them. That's clearly an ability you've honed to perfection.

Yes, the social media mob mentality can be an extremely harmful, uncontrollable phenomenon and yes, that merits discussion. But when you open by trying to equate Leslie Rasmussen's self-inflicted career suicide with the terrible suffering experienced by the victim of the man Rasmussen refuses to stop making apologies…

The words you actually said did a fine job of making you look like a fucking idiot.

Years ago, not long after I graduated high school, a couple good friends of mine - both women - came over for a hard-drinking all-night hangout. One of them had a nasty breakup the day before and was deeply upset about it; as a result, she got catastrophically sad-drunk and spent most of the night unconscious in the…