The mental gymnastics remind me of the gay Republicans who — especially in 2004, when they supported a candidate who was using homophobia to get his voters to the polls — were certain that they faced a greater threat from a fundamentalist Muslim than a fundamentalist Christian, despite what actual crime statistics say.

Hmm, maybe I should break down and watch it. I finally gave up on ANW because I couldn’t constant bro talk of Matt Iseman, especially the ‘no homo’ comments about how THE LADIES must love this hot guy taking his shirt off.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed there’s a Netflix twist and these shows are designed for streaming. Netflix already has a few reality — or, at least, unscripted — originals. The White Rabbit Project is sort of a reboot of Mythbusters but it’s nowhere as repetitive as Mythbusters was (there are a few instances where…

I hope they try for a Netflix spin on reality TV... and by that I mean more Terrace House and maybe a reboot of The Mole (but one made with people who never watched The Mole because that’s a show that doesn’t work with superfans playing).

Thank you. He managed to avoid homophobia in his big scandals but before that he had a long history of homophobic comments that the mainstream Hollywood press dismissed as, “Oh, that mischiveous Mel, he’s so silly!”

It’s been explained to me that the smell of coffee has chemicals that affect the pleasure centers of your brain while it doesn’t do the same for your taste receptors.

The CEO gave money to put trans students rights on the ballot in CA. 

I don’t have a problem with someone who thinks those are valid reasons for patronizing Chick-fil-A, deciding where to spend your money is about figuring out your priorities. Purity is only possible if you have a lot of privilege, do what you can and be conscious about where your money is going.

Interesting take. Thanks again, it’s nice to have a serious attempt to explain the context and where the joke might have failed. For me, at least, that helped expand the discussion.

I hear you, we both grew up in Hawaii where there’s a strong belief of what hapa looks like and my husband always needs a moment when I remind him that Chloe Bennett is hapa.

Great list but I wanted to make sure to make sure Crazy Ex-Girlfriend gets a mention as the second TV show in the entire history of US TV to have an API man as a romantic lead (the first being John Cho in the underappreciated Selfie).

You keep bringing up South Park and Family Guy as if there hasn’t been literally millions of words written debating the context of certain jokes. They don’t work as a defense from having to explain the context of a potentially offensive joke, people have debated the context of their jokes for most of their history. I…

When Mel Brooks says “Death to the Jews” he knows he’s at the head of the line.

That’s how I was. I’ve only seen a few of his videos, he has a natural charisma and I don’t think he’s a sign of what’s wrong with the kids these days but after this, fuck him.

Thank you for providing the context where you find it funny. I disagree but you’ve tried to move the discussion forward a bit.

Joe Manchin is that guy Democrats keep telling its progressive wing is necessary so that they have votes to get their agenda through, also the guy who frequently votes against things that would support the Democratic agenda because then a Republican would win that seat.

So Netflix hasn’t decided to abet “Netflix cheating” by letting you make a burner profile that you delete when your spouse comes home?

Wow. I remember the last time we moved we still had some magazine subscriptions and as soon as they got our change of address notifications we got plenty of mailers to get us to renew at the new address (I guess so we don’t forget before the post office stopped forwarding them?) They were super aggressive about not…

I was wondering if that might be the case. All I know about the current Playboy brand is the advertising, the stories about the mansion and stuff like The Girls Next Door. I’ve asked some of my straight friends if guys really like that, the women styles to look almost the same, the rapey undertones and they had such a…

To be fair, Playboy also ran the Playgirl brand for more than 40 years.