What an unusually lovely, tasteful, and visually striking costume that is. Also, it’s good for people to be reminded that this is an ongoing, long-term crisis, and there’s a lot of rebuilding still to do.

That is how employers sell servers on the concept of tipping, but that’s not why tipping exists.

“Like “I’m giving you more cash AND I have to do algebra? Fuck this.””

I think it is sort of like sitting in a darkened closet until your eyes get used to being in the dark and then suddenly opening the door to a room full of sunshine. It makes your eyes hurt until they readjust.

This whole column should be called “How to guilt people into screwing themselves and paying me more.” None of this advice is geared towards actually improving a dining experience. It is just a how-to guide for waitstaff to get larger tips.

He’s hand-picked the ones that are more similar. It’s not like those are the only covers in the series.

You understand that the root cause is the government being unable or unwilling to address the problem, right? The “market-based solution” is a symptom of the disease, not the treatment.

No, no, you’re going about it all wrong

I’ll continue to check my food because I want to make sure I got what I paid for.

SECONDED. i’ve been through a drive thru enough times to know that somebody is gonna mess up my order and i’ll be damned if someone tries to make to go through the drive thru again. nah. imma sit in my spot at the window and check my damn order and know that my order is straight before i pull away.…

Try: Two black characters who speak to each other about something other than racism, oppression, or other “urban” issues. That’s what I look for, at least (which means it’s also what annoys me the most when it doesn’t happen).

It isn’t. Characters on the show scapegoated her, since her attempted mutiny coincided with the start of the war, and folks who don’t pay attention to detail thoughtlessly repeat that false assertion.

So what they are worshipping is actually the anti-christ? Makes sense

That’s the second-biggest burn Admiral Pike has ever gotten.

Having the 1701 show up, and ending with the original theme song, was cheesy as hell. There’s no denying that.

The opening piano is so tonally offputting to me, I really just can’t get into it once the actual lyrics kick in. Definitely looking forward to the upbeat remix.

This this, always this.

Yup. And even before he starts letting his guard down, he goes to some lengths to be at least halfway decent. The woman offers sex as an incentive to ferry her and her ward to Dryland. He refuses. When asked why, towards the end of the film, he says simply, “Because you didn’t want me.”

Arrghh! You mean he cheated? I was sent to this rotten planet for nothing, then!

To even suggest that it was a game for both men and women was incredibly progressive compared to his contemporaries.