I must be the only one who felt like the line of the episode was “Do you want Fuchs? Because this is how you get Fuchs!” (in German) ((Just slightly cut off at the end by Fuchs eating spikey death log AKA The Widowmaker)). THAT was a well-earned callback!

I have to assume this is a practice borrowed from Americans, adhered to because Canadians are as murky about how restaurant staff are paid as Americans are. I can’t say I understand the logic of compulsively paying an extra 20% to someone who is already being paid fairly for their work.

This is exactly what I’ve been theorizing they could (and should) do with it for a while now. I love the rest of the cast and characters. Roseanne herself was a walking time bomb and plus just seemed to have lost a lot of her acting chops.

The oceans freeze, the sun goes dark, the universe collapses into entropy... Hideaki Anno confirms a release date.

Even if I agreed with your premise (and I don’t), you’re putting aside the fact that it’s only one factor here. It’s not JUST that MS-13 (in this case) is getting referred to in such terms. It’s also that the opportunity is being taken to lump in whole categories of people as “MS-13" with little or no evidence. And…

It may not necessarily be racially coded in any specific way, but it’s definitely intended to dehumanize the people being referred to. Honestly, reading the collection of statements given, you’d think MS-13 had a herd of giant-sized honey badgers at their disposal or something.

People did flip out. But then 17 other outrageous things happened and it was forgotten. Hard to stay up in arms when there’s a new outrage every other day (or more often).

The answer, at least according to the people you are addressing, is because there are not enough guns. The apparent solution such people want to see is an armed prison. Hence the “too many doors” comments, for instance.

Don’t forget that Bezos owns the Washington Post, which keeps saying mean things about Trump.

The ones I find the most infuriating are the ones that give a low rating due to shipping issues. Arrived late, 1 star. Went to the wrong address, 1 star. Seller was rude when I asked a question, 1 star. That sort of thing. Not even remotely about the product.

This is true, it does paint Pearl’s devotion in a new light. I mean, I still see her as having a somewhat different relationship with Rose than the apparent typical Pearl relationship, but it still stems from a position of subservience. It also puts a slightly unsettling spin on her obsessive devotion to Steven.

I’ve come to the conclusion that he puts quotes around words like that so he can later claim that he meant something completely different or was misinformed, or otherwise not have to take responsibility for the statement. Just another method to spread doubt and confusion.

She’d been Rose for thousands of years. She’d roamed the Earth, done everything. Just the knowledge that she’d go on as Steven may have been all the excitement she needed. I’m certainly not saying it’s entirely rational, especially from a human perspective.

I don’t think it necessarily follows that she expected to be able to experience what Steven experienced. Just that she wanted the next big new thing, regardless of her previous existence.

That theory hinges on accepting that becoming Steven wasn’t itself a selfish exercise. That’s kind of the cornerstone of my entire viewpoint, so I can’t just dismiss it. In “Greg The Babysitter” we see her utter fascination with human children and how they grow into adults, her joy at the constant change. That really…

Nearly everything we previously knew about Rose was told to Steven by people who idolized her. Pearl, who loved her utterly and seems to have been literally unable to tell the full truth. Garnet, who never knew the truth but found open acceptance from her. Amethyst, who barely had any more context than Steven. And…

I would definitely agree, at least in the sense that Steven is definitely NOT Rose. He has genuine love for everyone. He is exactly what Rose wanted: something new that she could never be, ever changing.

It could be read that way, yes... but it’s fairly apparent she chose to give birth to Steven, knowing she would stop existing as herself, from the get go. Who, exactly, was she sacrificing for then? Not for Steven, since it wasn’t needful for him to exist. She wanted Steven to exist, even at the cost of herself. And I…

Rose clearly had affection, fondness, and respect. But love? It’s hard to see that from her for any length of time. There’s a lot of very particular language used by her in her rare appearances that suggest that novelty (and the freedom to pursue it) is her only real joy.

It never occurred to me before this occasion that it might be, but when it happened in this episode, it seemed to obviously involuntary, beyond her control. It was a bit terrifying.