It’s no big deal — having held such positions, I know most students would not draw any distinction, it’s just a technicality of title that’s relevant here only to affirm that Duke did not hire a Nazi for a tenured professorship. :)

Just a point of technicality, he was not a professor at Duke, but a “visiting lecturer”, which is the title given to folks with doctorates who are hired for temporary faculty positions without the prospect of tenure.

Oh I know. My MoviePass ends next week, and I’m riding this thing hard before it ends. 

MoviePass has changed things dramatically, and they only let you pick from six or seven select titles a day. If those movies are not showing in your area, you’re shit out of luck. This movie was not one of their selected titles this weekend. If it had been, it may have doubled its box office. OTOH, if it had been,…

My assumption is that this was a few people burning the last little bit of their MoviePass. Like, I didn’t *need* to see Black Panther four times in theaters, but when someone else is footing the bill? Why not?

Here we’ve got Qdoba and Chipotle.  Every time I’ve eaten at Chipotle (3 times) I’ve gotten severe digestive issues.  I’ve eaten at Qdoba probably 30 times with no problems.  They’re VERY similar, and I’ve gotten the same thing at both, basic chicken, rice, cheese burrito.  My husband has an iron stomach and even he…

75% of the time I have gone against my better instincts and had Chipotle, I have spent the next three days shitting my guts out. So, 3 out of 4 times, which is about once a year. Sometimes you gotta live dangerously, sometimes you need a quick weight-loss jumpstart. 

It’s good for what it is, but I would never compare it to a mom and pop Mexican restaurant, or even a taco truck. It is not Mexican good. They use Mexican adjacent ingredients and put them together to make a very Americanized version of a burrito. I hesitate to even call it a burrito, it’s more of a wrap. When I crave…

Oh, I don’t know. I see what you’re saying, but in some ways, I could also see not wanting to look like a sycophant on the show. I can be pretty effusive with people, and I’m really sensitive about looking like a kiss-ass as a result.

I would like to see EVERY visitor to the Statue of Liberty wear an Abolish ICE t-shirt. Let’s start a movement.

the statue of liberty is an immigrant

I joined Nextdoor when I moved into my house in a new state. After moving in, my dog managed to get out of the house without me realizing. After I noticed she was gone, I panicked and went looking around the streets. When that didn’t turn up anything, I put a message on Nextdoor and within 5 minutes, someone had…

Pearl has been an absolute pest in her live performances - I was a big fan of Pearl until I saw her - from stage - grab a girl’s cocktail out of her hand and spit it in her face. I immediately lost respect for her, so I find it *very rich* that she would have a deficit of respect for Mama Ru.

He did, and she initially told him no. So, even though post-OTR show she was more open to it, she probably doesn’t want him to go. Not really. But, he was never honestly on the fence about this decision—he was always going to go to this show. He looked to the hivemind with the specific goal of rationalizing going…

My neighborhood Facebook page is filled with paranoid white people. If someone farts wrong, that merits a neighborhood warning. I guarantee there will be an unfortunate interaction with a black person that's going to make CNN. 

I would like a browser extension that only shows me Dr. Pimple Popper related content.

I work in reality tv, in post-production, and I say that exact phrase ALL. THE. TIME. I’m usually having a frustrated imaginary hypothetical conversation with my field producer. So often, the field will, either intentionally or unintentionally, tell my bosses about something that happened off camera,and that…

Every once in a while I consider joining Nextdoor or getting on the neighborhood list serv to meet new neighbors and get to know them better. Then I read something like this and remember that I'm fine with a head nod when we're bringing the garbage cans in together being the extent of our relationship.

I think that’s the real crux of most of the issues people are having with Ru right now. Ru is a human being. Ru is not the drag persona he created. Ru does not have to be mother to everyone. Ru is going to be wrong sometimes. Ru is going to fuck up. Ru is going to have unpopular opinions. Ru is going to tell jokes…