Phrasing.

Zack, smiling politely.

Why don't they just make the AV Club out of the black box?

Shiny and aluminum!

If I was gonna do that I'd wait for everyone involved to die too.

Nice try, Rick.

Sk8r Boi is also bizarre in that it's unashamedly pro-golddigging.

I'm not necessarily agreeing it's disingenuous, I just think that was more the basis of the complaint.

We'd know if they had gone to war. It'd be in the papers.

No argument re; catchiness, but is the critique about creepiness or a sense of disingenuousness?

I resent that Fallout Boy has become so culturally ubiquitous that when I hear them mentioned I no longer think "Oh, like from The Simpsons?"

Your kid does the KidzBop rewrites? You must be loaded.

Totally agree but can you give an example of such a song? Not challenging you, just blanking.

(I hope it's clear that that was supposed to be an ironic example of me manufacturing reasons to dislike you rather than me actually being combative about your interpretation.)

Mary Lambert's heartbroken slow-piano cover of Jessie's Girl is a billion times better than the original for precisely the same reason as the gay cover mentioned here.

Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon need to do a Dyke & Fats movie so Dunham and Swift can't do it without seeming like they're piggybacking.

My younger brother was super-into their debut record and got really mad when I pointed out that their breakout hit was about how no one wants to hear about rich celebrities' personal problems and every other track was about how rough their childhoods were.

Well, Lena Dunham is there too but she's not someone whose presence makes things less contentious.

I mean is there anything about S.E. Cupp that isn't calculated? She makes Ted Cruz look sincere.

Mrs. Zack and I had been dating for several months and had just moved in together when that song came out so even though it's the least creatively ambitious she's ever been I'm never going to be able to hate it.