While I agree that a pre-emptive war is not justified, it’s also true that we are technically still AT war with them, and that they have never really ceased hostilities, much less their own hostile rhetoric. So, at some point, media or not, a resumption of open conflict is inevitable. There are a couple of smug, but…

I fail to see how marketing a product to a more diverse consumer base could be offensive to anyone but the most close-minded people.

Nice article...I would just have liked to read a bit more of a comparison between how Lacks portrays herself in the book versus how she is portrayed in the film.

They’ve all stolen his cadence and comedic timing. “Pewdiepie ripoffs” are like a genre unto themselves on youtube.

A very thorough investigation! But...what’s the point, exactly?

Alternative headline: “Couple hears about all the bad press United is getting and conspire to act like entitled shitheads in order to cash in on a little internet fame; Jalopnik indulges them.”

What a fucking clown that guy is.

I always thought a dad bod was well-rounded.

I’m glad I didn’t bite on this game and go in on a PS4 for it. The changes that they’ve made to the gameplay were the first warning sign; all this lack of polish is the nail in the coffin. Mass Effect: it was fun while it lasted.

I don’t care what kind of wonderful person or activist he is. That’s really lame. Stanford is lame, too. Good fit.

Lots of people here seem to blame the driver, but nuts to that. It’s always the lanesplitter’s fault.

Isn’t this Sexual Assault Awareness Month?

I actually really liked that. They served to provide context while also structuring the whole series as a murder-mystery that is only revealed in the final climactic scenes. Without those interviews, this would have felt like a show about nothing. Who cares about those petty arguments over the play, for example,…

Race was not really a part of this show, so the detective being a black woman means nothing. This really was just a show about women being petty over little things and bonding over something significant. It’s only this blog which is trying to inject all this real context about the justice system and whatnot. …

I think people like that are manipulative even without intending to be, like it’s second-nature. The “struggle” that he’s referring to is probably in the scenes where he has just hurt her and then he suddenly becomes tender and contrite, kneeling in front of her and holding her, etc. I think there was a scene where…

I don’t think her race and the inequities of the justice system had anything to do with the conclusion of the show. There’s absolutely no text, context, or subtext in this script that would indicate that the audience should be thinking about that as a part of the women’s motivation.

She even smiled a little the second time she puked, when it hit Bonnie.

I disagree that the show exclusively portrayed drama that could be attributed to “men dictating how [the women] should feel.”

You make some good points about the show being rushed (7 episodes? Not 8?), as well as some of the things that could have been explored more deeply, but I think they were definitely trying to structure the show almost like a murder mystery, with Perry’s death and the circumstances around it being the big “a-ha” moment…

He might be the creepiest looking person alive.