Yea, I mean, I think there is going to be a maturity gap between a 21 year old and a 29 year old, but not nearly as much as between a 21 year old and a 36 year old. 

Is that story supposed to relate to the Lana Del Ray thing? Was the cop she is dating in that particular episode? Did he shoot the young man? Did any cop shoot the young man or was he shot by someone else? The whole thing is so confusingly written that I genuinely have no idea what the hell is attempting to be said,…

I think I read somewhere that the slow-blink thing is a sign of trust in cats. 

My cat loves to headbutt me, but she is enormous (sometimes I think she might be half-bobcat) and every time she does it I feel like it’s about to break my nose.

Can anyone who is smart on Northern Irish politics either explain or direct me to a good article about the significance of Sinn Fein winning North Belfast? I know that it is the first time NI will have a Nationalist majority “going” (or not going, as the case may be) to Westminster, but exactly how huge is this? Like,
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Because when I think of a classy atmosphere, I think of college football games. 

Yea, the Russians dealt with their royal problem in a pretty efficient manner. Same (extended) family, too.

Yea, people get too caught up in the “romantic” tale of the Romanovs, but the truth is that the Tsars were awful people who were terrible to their subjects, kept feudalism around until 1861, were thoroughly incompetent and often bordered on stupid, and mixed that in with a belief in autocracy that the rest of Europe…

*Slight spoilers for season 6* I loved the moment when she had the heart-to-heart with Vanessa Gecko, and she realized that this competition she’s been in with this other successful woman in her field has been all in her head. Gecko doesn’t hate Princess Caroline, and offers her good advice on the struggles she is…

23 films not in English have won Oscars (in 31 categories, 39 individuals awarded) outside of the Best Foreign Language/ Best International Film category. Another 2 were films originally in another language but have been dubbed into English (one from Japan and one from France).

No one. It’s an interesting footnote when some races are mentioned, and is mostly just for making a point. To my knowledge, conceding makes things easier for a lot of civil servants by removing some red tape, but the election can still be certified and declared valid without him ever admitting that he lost.

Bevin, who’d initially hinged his campaign on fighting the Affordable Care Act

Well, right, but that’s not some conspiracy against this particular film, that’s just the price of playing for an Oscar (and that applies to the Best International Film, too). 

Well that’s a separate issue. The way Ava phrased this made it sound like they aren’t being allowed to compete at all in the Oscars- when in reality they just want to compete in the one category they don’t qualify for out of 24 categories. I think the Oscars should probably change the name of the category back to…

It also seems silly that you could have a movie with the same setting, plot, characters, etc qualify or not-qualify based on the language alone. If a story in English like The Wind That Shakes The Barley doesn’t count, but the same film would count if they spoke Gaelic, that seems like an odd thing to hinge…

Yea, I think the title name causes unnecessary confusion. Either it’s the best film not in English (in which case an English Canadian film wouldn’t be eligible, but a French Canadian one would, ditto films in Gaelic or Welsh but not English, even if they are all set in Great Britain- which seems a little silly but…

Yea, it’s worth noting that I believe the film is still eligible to be entered into the Oscars in every other category. I think they should either change the name back to “Best Foreign Language Film” or expand the category to just “Best Not-American Film” (although I think that would result in A LOT of British films…

Yea, I’ve never been a huge fan, for many of the reasons you state. I know that a lot of gay guys really enjoy doing it, but as a queer woman myself it has always seemed pretty sexist to me. 

I mean, they are petty. Their whole purpose in life is to be of little importance to anything that actually matters, and they manage to do that. 

Which, in fairness, seems to be what she is aiming for.