I'm hearing this guy's name all the time lately, most notably when someone confused him and Joe Mantegna on Jeopardy! I only know him as Marshall's friend Brad from How I Met Your Mother, on which he was often very funny but also kind of one-note—-Brad's one joke was that he seemed pretty stup' because he was alw'…

"…doing that many uppers, eating that poorly…"
Whoa, that's a pretty heavy accusation to make. I've never heard that he eats poorly.

Oh, absolutely, there's a lot of that too.

Little of both. :)

Yeah, I came to a similar realization myself a while ago. I often don't understand protests, but that's because as a super-privileged white dude, *I am part of the system that is being protested*.

Yeah, this is such a pet peeve of mine. Trump is the worst. Trump is (from my limited readings of history) maybe the dumbest and least equipped person ever to be elected president. Trump is probably the president whose views are most out of step with the cultural mores of his time. But when people get into the "every…

Yeah, I respect and admire people like you who have the energy to fight this fight in a reasonable and polite way and maybe change some minds, but for me, as soon as someone uses "social justice" as a pejorative, I just know their views are too different from mine for me to ever have meaningful dialogue with them.

I share your views, but boy, you're in a sour mood for someone who has a son today. You should cheer up. I've heard he's going to be a good man.

"Did Hillary Clinton ever grope another woman's vag?"

I believe a lot of people like Trump's bravado and authoritarianism on a subconscious level, and can't admit it even to themselves, so instead of saying, "I respond to this guy," they play up the whole, "I hate all politicians equally, so I'm just going to vote for the one who comes first in the alphabet. You know, my…

I have no objection to Juilus Cain being a conservative. It's totally plausible to me that, with his fastidious streak, he would even be a "…but her e-mails!" guy. But this show (like its predecessor) continues to have no idea what to do with him.

Yes, absolutely, that's how depression works, and internet communities can totally exacerbate it. Over the past few months, I've had to cut out two of my favourite internet communities for this reason. If some place is making you feel bad, stop hanging out in that place, at least for a while.

I was just joking by pretending to be offended and then revealing that I agreed it was nutty. :)

I love that he felt that being fat was an asset in getting jobs.

Yeah, I mean, to some degree, everything everyone says ever is performative. When some right-wing cretin accuses you or me of "virtue signalling", he is, in part, trying to signal what he believes to be his own virtue. So, yes, virtue signalling is a thing that's implicit in virtually *all* communication. But the way…

How dare you. How DARE you. With approximately 25,000 self-identifying members in the United States, the Church of Scientology is a nutty medium-sized cult.

The comments here have been an interesting read (and by that, I mean, "the first hundred-or-so comments here have been an interesting skim"). When I was 14 and the "That '70s Show" characters were 17 and the "That '70s Show" actors were 43, that show taught me how to be a teenager. I can't imagine anyone hearing the…

It was!

I was in an abusive relationship and he gave me good, practical advice about the logistics of how to leave without my crazy ex hunting me down and killing me. We've barely interacted otherwise, but I hope it's a good reminder that even if someone on the internet is annoying the crap out of *you*, they might be out…

1. Nice username-comment synergy.
2. Dikachu legit saved my life once, so there's that. (That doesn't necessarily negate anything you said, and I'm not familiar enough with his posting history to debate it with you.)