How to Be Pretentious While Pretending Not to Be Pretentious, by Andrew Paul, the author who inspired Spoiling Liberalism for the Rest of Us: Confirming Every GOP Suspicion About Coastal Elites.

Agreed. That goes for some of the A.V. Club’s staff too, especially the two who wrote this article. Every Sam Barsanti piece sounds like he’s hungover on a Monday morning and couldn’t get his Starbucks.

Jeez Louise, why so much cynicism? It’s a 2.34 minute trailer. I’m excited that it’s a stark stylistic departure from the last two movies. And let’s be honest, if it wasn’t, the same critics would be complaining that it’s just another uninspired reboot.

“...infamously terrible flick...”

The state’s response is a little scattered, and perhaps that’s - as someone else mentioned - a case of bureaucratic backtracking. You can register a Model T in Maine and drive it to Walmart. The 25 year old antique plate rule and the import rule exist for similar reasons: most vehicles older than a quarter century…

I’m guessing $20,000 is less than the lawsuit would cost had someone actually eaten a 25 year old Dorito 3D.

The fact that Shyamalan himself had to explain the premise in one of the primary trailers doesn’t exude a lot of confidence in the plot. After filling in the gaps, you just saved me a $12 bucket of popcorn and two hours of Vicky Krieps accent. The only twist left: the Shyamalan cameo. 

In 5000 years, some archeologist is going to dig up a Saab 99 and ask the exact same question: what the hell is that thing?

Yeah, at 6'1" I’d be sleeping in the adjacent tent. Camper is a good word for what this is. It’s more of a DIY Vanagon than something for the #vanlife crowd. 

That woodwork is impressive. I think I would have had the kitchen slide out the back from under the bed and used the inside for seating. A pullout canopy above the door would make for a nice camping setup. I’m wondering how a standard full-size bed is fitting sideways in that thing. I didn’t realize they were that…

I wish I was surprised there was only one dissenting vote, but mixing tragedy and politics can yield some truly stupid outcomes. What’s the fine and where’s the line? This law could potentially ruin some kid’s life because he didn’t bother to look up from his SAT study guide while some drunk was fueling up.

While we mere mortals were down on Earth plotting what could have been, the real Dr. Evil was up in space planting a ... “ la-ser ” .

I’m convinced these screen grabs are really just Getty image search results for “white nonsense.” The fact that this show exists makes me watch to punch a J.Crew catalog.

The whole time I was reading this I kept hearing Blockbuster. Even the spokesperson’s boilerplate response reeks of a dead company that hasn’t yet figured out it’s dead. It’s pretty amazing that throughout all this company’s problems, they’re still standing, and still as shitty as they’ve ever been. The fast casual…

Nothing is gonna top smartphone use. I was waiting at a crosswalk noting everyone driving through the intersection staring down at their phones, when I realized the 90+ year old standing in front of me was doing the exact same thing: “on their phones, every damn one of them.” I’m a fairly youthful 45 yet apparently hav…

This is a thing?? This is just a whole new level of idiocy. These are the dumb asses who stand under the biggest tree they can find during a thunderstorm or climb out on the roof when the monster’s chasing them.

I love spending time at coffee shops but I hate coffee. I like iced tea: plain, unfooled around with, no-lemon on the side iced tea with lots of sugar. That doesn’t seem to be a problem at cafes anywhere south of Maryland, but in the oppressively hot mid-Atlantic only chains seem to carry it (Saxbys, Starbucks, R.I.P.…

Never underestimate a rich dirt bag’s willingness to sue over the assumption he invented the sky.

“...it violates his whole self-conception as a tough, uncompromising, anti-corporate, Baffler-reading member of Generation X.”

I don’t see the problem with it. Tourism logos are supposed to be simple and memorable. The colors throw back to the ‘80s when Los Angeles was at its pop-culture zenith, and the letters splashed against the sun remind me of that era’s California license plate. All of it is on-brand with Southern California and a…