I appear to have blanked that from my memory. Probably for the best.

My only real problem with KB is Thurman. Unlike the writer, I never found her that convincing. It doesn't bother me or spoil my enjoyment (much). I have an alternate universe in my head where films that I nevertheless love, have the leads taken by other actors. For instance, I'd quite like to see Steve Martin in…

But no one (including me) is saying that it should be banned; just recognised as pretty much universally inappropriate for non-blacks to use, even if they think they're being friendly or edgy or whatever.

How come it took nearly 18 hours for someone to make a Stephen King joke?

I'm asking you to provide a non-dick example of a non-black person using the word 'n1gger' (using not saying).

Would you prefer "shit or get off the pot" - c'mon, you're evading here.

Not that it guarantees route to success, but nice hard segmented bodies and no hair really fucking helps.

Also no over-head, straight-down drone shot of one of the characters lying on the ground in a field of grass being wistful.

So, show me the money. And, honestly, comparing 'n1gger' to 'phablet'?

Well, that's just great. Now I'm worrying about the semantics of discussing the ethnicity of a made-up person that no one's meant to see in the first place.

Jesus H Christ for me. And, no, I've no idea what the 'H' stands for - Holy, I guess?

In theory, yes. However, the reality is that I've yet to come across a single instance of a non-black person using (as opposed to saying) the word without sounding like a dick (and that's not including the actual dicks).

Personally, I'd like to see no one using it colloquially, but I don't consider it my place to lecture black people over its usage, and there are enough people within black communities doing exactly that.

I really should have known this, but my main take was that I've always wrongly assumed Winnie the Pooh was pre-WW1. I think I've always associated it with the Edwardian summer.

If you are of an ethnicity (i.e. black) that is included in the word, then I'd say it's your property. If you're not, it ain't. I'd hoped 'non-white' in this context would have made that clear, but happy to clarify.

If you're white, and you use the word n1gger in anything but a discussion about racial slurs, then, on one level or another, you're an asshole - the only question is whether you're a racist asshole or just a regular one. Tarantino's the latter, and he doesn't get a pass just because it's "a character", since he seems…

Well, now you've done it. I hope you're proud of yourself.

Well, it made me want to go and watch the original version again, so yay?

In fairness, the original book and animation was a pretty early addition to the trope.

I don't think it sucks, but I find it middling at best. Second-rate '80s action flick is second-rate '80s action flick. Pictures at eleven.