If you haven’t read it already, I would strongly recommend Adam Serwer’s article on the topic in The Atlantic. It’s a master class in writing on the subject.

No, it didn’t. I doubt Mitch McConnell has played a video game in his entire life.

No young pup, Im an adult. I am far from a corporations mindset. I am not conservative and I am not a liberal. I am somewhere in the middle, I do not have representation in this current political climate.

Meanwhile, they have nothing to say about Sen. Mitch McConnell’s entry into the online version of Street Fighter II, where he played for 10 minutes as Dhalsim, where he backed into a corner and spammed weak-punch, before a loss to a character playing Ryu resulted in McConnell demanding to be allowed to play as Sagat…

Yup. When it comes to turning off my real-world concerns and just immersing my brain in a game, there’s nothing better than just cranking up the epic music and/or Max Von Sydow speech, and going off to explore a cave in a far corner of Tamriel.

Fair enough. It is not my intent to mock anyone’s religious beliefs, or to demand you break them for my shallow and pedantic aims.

Oh, well that’s helpful. We were so screwed before, but now we have thoughts and prayers to protect us.

Yeah, “herd immunity” exists when 70-80% of a population is immune to a contagion, which allows that immune population to prevent exposure of the contagion to an otherwise unprotected person.

Have you ever seen these giant hornets go about their business? Because I have, and I have to imagine that those hornets taste like justice:

I’m uncertain. I distinctly remember the number being 25-30%, I remember that number coming in the last 3 days, 4 days at the outset, and I remember it being in either NY Magazine or Vox. NY Magazine was the more likely of the two. But I was unable to find the source myself.

The strongest argument in favor of the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was cooked up in a bioweapons lab is how it is practically designed to target the very same logical flaws and psychological defense mechanisms that Fox News targets every day. You’ve got your whataboutism (“Well, the flu kills 37,000 people a year”…

“Why Grandma, What a Great Big Fever You’re Running!”

Edit: Eh, you know what. Perhaps not cool. Could have been read as critical and mean-spirited, which was not intended. Post therefore deleted.

Wow, you really know your minors in the White House!

That’s a hard question. Fassbender has undeniably benefited from the better scripts; First Class’ greatest strength was that it absolutely nailed Magneto’s core of righteous anger, but also nailed how Magneto draws strength from his heritage and religion. It was the only script where Magneto contained multitudes,…

No politician gives a shit whether you cast a vote with a smile or a frown on your face. If your vote can be taken for granted, your policy preferences can be safely ignored when it comes time to govern. That’s all that matters.

Offhand, I’d say this looks pretty non-compliant, too.

Yeah, I’m firmly in “those toilets aren’t going to scrub themselves” mode. Life rarely gives you perfect options, but if you have to pick between unpalatable options, Biden is far, far, far less unpalatable than Donald Trump is. We’re very soon going to be receiving 3,000 daily reminders that the most important asset…

I’m going to keep asking this, because it remains worth asking: what the fuck is a “Judeo-Christian”?

“Those folks are going to have to be even more careful than the rest of the population,” he added. “I don’t know what the choice is.”