It is NOT a new term. Vinyl records came after acetate ones in the late 1800's and had nearly replaced acetate by the 20's.

It's the second thing. Mental illness doesn't make you stupid, or uninformed, or racist, sexist, homophobic, or xenophobic. If those things are present already, it can make them more obvious, but mental illness does not make you those things.

People who think you can shock the gay out of children are nowhere near 15% sane.

Sorry, I didn't realize you wrote the scene. You obviously know more about it than I.

It seems you are confusing my opinion with yours. Yes, I saw it differently - but that makes my interpretation no less valid, and I think it only serves to show that good writing can have nuances some people pick upon and others do not.

That's a good point, but I also remember being that kid who has to accept some guy my mom decided to date, and it was as shattering to a kid in junior high as finding out someone is cheating on you as an adult. That leading into having to let someone in that you really don't want to (but secretly kind of want to) was…

I haven't seen anyone else say this, but I always had a sense of foreboding in that scene. Bill, geek that he is, is comfortable coming home to an empty house, fixing himself a meal, and sitting down to watch something he loves (I was that kid, too), but the cutting back and forth between he and the screen, getting…