Last time I was in France (mind you, this was pre-pandemic) there were ads all over the subway for Disneyland Paris (famously Disney’s least commercially successful park) advertising big cuts to their admission price. Something like 50% off, I think. The ad showed Scrooge McDuck taking the nephews to the park,…

She “allowed” queer fanfiction? She “was cool with” PoC headcanoning characters as not being white? Oh wow, what a wise and benevolent ruler she is, kindly allowing the queers and the minorities to have the right to free expression. Never mind that fanfiction by its very nature is unauthorized so whether or not the…

I did not pick up that subtext while playing Animal Crossing but okay.

It’s SNL’s job to do satire, and satire that’s too chickenshit to tell things like they are has no value. “Both sides” comedy is the most spineless form of humor there is, which is why it rarely works.

Man, you sound angry as hell. Are you still coping with the realization that your hero Elon is an emotionally fragile manchild who threw away $44 billion on an unprofitable bird app just because some tweets hurt his feelings?

You’re saying Elon spent $44 billion just to annoy some strangers on the internet?

NETWORK TV ERA : We’ll make 24 episodes of each show per year, every year. Continuing plotlines are forbidden and the main character MUST be either a doctor or a cop.

Basically, Democrats noticed that Republicans seem to be terrified of Joe Biden despite the fact that he’s pretty much just a doddering old politician with some good policy goals and a flair for grandpa insults.

Yeah, starting last season it got a new co-showrunner (Matt Selman, joining Al Jean who had been running the show by himself for almost 20 years) and a crop of new young writers, many of whom grew up with the show and are fans. I think that’s made a big difference.

You’re commenting on it right now, aren’t you?

You’re commenting on it right now, aren’t you?

Me, getting murdered: My skin is so smooth and flawless I guess some people just want to stab it. Haha, that’s the price of making everyone jealous by being so hot. Yep, I’m about to die.

This story is missing the really cool context: this episode all began with one Deviantart image by a Simpsons fan.

Oh don’t worry, very little thinking is involved.

JK Rowling derives sexual gratification from boiling puppies alive.

Yeah, what the fuck kind of backwards logic is Fiennes employing here? Exactly zero people have prevented Rowling from saying she’s a woman. But she’s devoted years of her life to trying to prevent other women from saying just that.

That’s a cute comparison given that Rowling named her pseudonym after the man who invented gay conversion therapy.

What’s interesting is how the debate has shifted in the minds of the Terf mob, so the issue is no longer about “trans rights” but about “JK Rowling and her hurt feelings.” The other week, Graham Norton pointed out that if you want to discuss trans rights, you should talk to trans people instead of random hetero…

She’s addicted to attention and accolades, and nothing she’s written since Harry Potter ended has given her that. So she’s latched on to the Terf cult because they’ll basically worship any celebrity who agrees with them (one of the many ways they’re similar to the far right.) That’s what this boils down to for her.

I like how people just live in this dystopian fantasyland now where they actually think supporting the status quo is somehow dangerous for the rich and powerful.