I think an element of zombie movies has been playing on people’s innate tribalism - their primal fear of the unknown, assuming any person not in their in-group may be dangerous, so as a defense mechanism, assume they’re dangerous. “Stranger danger”, as it were. However, with political divides being more and more…

When I think of entertainers I have liked before they hosted SNL, what I tend to like about their SNL performances is that they gamely survived the mess that is the SNL process. “Oh, they actually did okay with what they were given!” is about the highest praise I can think of. I really like her work so far, but I find…

So I get how the woman character’s role mainly (if not entirely) being to get victimized horribly and then be the motivation for the men characters is somewhere in a range from tone-deaf to misogynistic. But I think the core problem is the very nature of big-budget movies. They are not trying to be the best stories,…

Before all the controversy I was not super interested in this movie. But after so much noise has been made about it, I can’t wait to never see it and not be constantly reminded of it. I’m guessing all the publicity will mean more people will see it now than would have otherwise, but at least for me it’s having the…

The dichotomy of freaking out about vaping and not caring about smoking does seem ridiculous. But how long does it take a smoker to show signs of lung disease, and how long have people been vaping? For all we know this could just be the start: the long term effects of something that hasn’t been around that long can’t…

I generally dislike comments which are essentially “I don’t like this thing so I’m going to complain at people who do”, but I’m genuinely curious: why do people like these award shows at all? Even the people who say they like watching them mostly complain that the wins don’t match their opinions. It just all seems to…

That’s really an indictment of stupid people. We have the Internet. Most people use if for completely pointless nonsense, but it does also contain vastly more productive information than any one person could consume in 100 lifetimes. Learn carpentry, leatherworking, metalworking, etc. Learn a new language or two.…

Nixon of all people foresaw a 4-day workweek in the “not too distant future”. It’s because at the time business and technology were developing considerably - it was clear that it was going to take less time to complete tasks, so the natural assumption was that employees would be working less. But of course we know…

It’s weird, I actually can’t watch The Office because of the constant awkwardness. It instills this sense of unease that is really uncomfortable, and why would I subject myself to that willingly. But Blog Gawkerman’s stuff I actually find really funny and have zero sense of unease. Not sure why.

Just make him watch this:

Obviously Trump has done a ridiculous amount of reprehensible things, and it’s hard to say what the worst is. But in terms of his electability, in my view the worst thing was the Trump university lawsuit. When a group of graduates from his “university” sued him after finding out the degree was worthless - no one in…

Meh, the deal meant signing up for three years, and at the beginning they won’t have everything, so if you’re strategic about your streaming services you’ll still spend less money. For example, I cancelled Netflix and signed up for Canada’s equivalent of HBO Go, once I’m through everything I care about on that I’ll…

I saw them live in Winnipeg years ago and their opening act was some DJ I had never heard of before. The DJ coaxed a crowd of people to go right in front of the stage and he did a bunch of crowd engagement stuff that worked really well and people clearly enjoyed it a lot. Then when Arcade Fire came on, the singer…

I wonder how much his initial hiring decision had to do with SNL’s ongoing focus on what it perceives as the middle ground, trying to primarily appeal as broadly as possible, then secondarily maybe do something actually funny. Meaning when hiring three new people, with one being a woman and the other of a race they…

This is a poor argument. The false dilemma of “we are either capitalist or socialist” is really dumb. Capitalism and socialism aren’t enclosed governing policies, they are classifications for groups of tools to use. Just like you don’t have to choose between giving all your money to a poor person or shooting them in…

I agree that the negativity is ridiculous, but I think the reason people tend to be so critical of video game comics is the very premise itself is problematic. The games that are referenced are years-long projects fine-tuned by many professionally-trained and experienced people. The comics are drawn and written by a…

It’s great they do this, but people’s attitudes should be less “this is amazing!” and more “companies that don’t do this are run by idiots.” And this isn’t solely from the perspective of the employee: managers who care about the productivity and long-term functionality of their companies need to do this.

Someone should start a “We are Pewdiepie’s Gods Now” group. Get enough of his subscribers in it, and they can complain him into doing anything. Leave his girlfriend. Shave his head. Break all his fingers. Dye his skin green. Eat only tomatoes until he has to go to the emergency room. Clearly the only thing that…

Agreed. I had been skipping through a lot of scenes in the previous expansions (because my biggest issue with the game is they continuously use about three times as much dialogue as is necessary - nearly every single conversation seems drawn out), but was really compelled not to for this expansion.

Spot on, this expansion is really terrific. And you’re right to point out AST’s poor state of affairs now - it’s going to be last on my list of 70 -> 80 leveling - and that tanks are over-simplified now - GNB’s six-string CD combo is nice, and it’s fun to do nine WAR Fell Cleave’s in a row, but there is little to the…