And a speech at the Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival obliquely referencing an actor on a show with a large ensemble cast counts as exposure to the general population?

Both answers could be totally valid. The problem is that it's impossible to tell if the justification is a sophisticated political calculus or just mimicry of one. Everyone wants to believe they're open-minded and have sophisticated political views rather than unsupported gut beliefs, and if the other side seems…

They're not scare quotes, they're… I don't know, sneer quotes? Irony marks? To convey that they are unquestionably civil, yet contributing very little to a civil exchange of ideas.

Except 99% of the 'civil' Trump supporter answers are, "Well, I can't defend that thing Trump did, but ultimately my other concerns outweigh it." Or "I can't defend that thing Trump did, but Hillary would have been worse." It's the John McCain of internet comments, except internet commenters don't even have a record…

The Atlanteans' monetary policy tended to be erratic during high tides and the Lizard People's perception of 11th-dimensional spaces made for poor urban planning. And when the Knights Templar owned all the property my landlord would never fix the air conditioning and the noisy ritual sacrifices kept me up all night.…

I read all of it so far, and I concluded the only logical reason someone would create this is to artificially inflate the value of their worthless Koy Detmer-autographed footballs.

They're replacing the whole cast with their non-union Mexican equivalents!

It seems kind of weird that the veteran would call someone "genetically Vietnamese" in contrast to despising all other Vietnamese nationals. The idea of being stuck with that prejudice against the people he was fighting doesn't really work on the same level as, say, an American who fought the Japanese in WWII, since…

It's German for The: The, The.

I finished Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn a few days ago. The endgame was a little rough, and I lost Shinon when he got swarmed by magic-breathing dragons and then Mia, Sanaki, and Sothe all got taken out in one blast from the final boss. Ouch. But I won all the same, and without bringing any of the laguz royals.

It's definitely worth watching. The concept is unique, and while there's a point where it seems to run out of ideas, the finale is pretty satisfying.

It was one of the first anime I watched, and it drew me in with its sheer novelty in deviating from the expectations of the premise. It ought to be a story about a teenage boy being given power over life and death, methodically targeting people he doesn't like, and slowly getting corrupted by the power. Instead it…

If I was a billionaire I'd fund actual bionic commandos.

2 Fast 2 Feminist

Incubus - Clean
Counting Crows - Raining In Baltimore
Fountains of Wayne - Yours and Mine
Bob Dylan - The Levee's Gonna Break
Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses
Wilco - Country Disappeared
U2 - Beautiful Day
Queens of the Stone Age - Gonna Leave You
Broken Bells - October
Chris Cornell - Scar On The Sky
Calexico - Splitter

Of course he loves music! You haven't heard of his initiative to make "Born in the USA" our national anthem, make "Born to Run" New Jersey's state song, replace "Hail to the Chief" with "Rockin' In the Free World", play "Fortunate Son" at all military events, and play "Afternoon Delight" at after-school programs.

I'm guessing the winner will be whichever unscrupulous employee at his cell service provider is the first to look up his phone's GPS data.

I think there's huge potential in a Darth Bane movie. It doesn't matter if they ignore the existing lore and just keep the broad concept of an origin story for the founder of the Sith line that led to Palpatine and Vader a millennium later. It's directly connected to the movies but its plot would be isolated, and it…

Starting off caring about something and ending the movie with his hopes and dreams shattered to the point of only caring about money could work. The problem is that they want this one to be the light-hearted fun adventure spinoff.

The ability to destroy a script is insignificant compared to the power of the Unions.