Meanwhile, I think we all know Bill O is secretly scouring Google with search terms "loofah AND T-girl" late at night. And more power to him! But don't protest so much, Billy.
Or just, you know, leave people the fuck alone. You know how you just want a shirt? Transgendered people just want a job at American Eagle.
Or just, you know, leave people the fuck alone. You know how you just want a shirt? Transgendered people just want a job at American Eagle.
@Freddie DeBoer: Ack, beaten to it. Sorry didn't see that comment below.
The reason Steven Tyler doesn't sound like Steven Tyler in "Dream On" is because that's typically the only song most people know from that period of the band. And that was a long time ago-- before several decades worth of drinking, smoking, drugging, and screaming. Remember, Aerosmisth were contemporaries of Led Zeppelin-- this is one old band.
@natanku: Ran, my pick for the greatest movie ever, ends perfectly.
I just really wish they had the rights to the real Ghostbusters music! Great prank though.
@Slatka: Seconded.
This is similar to when Lost's creators, early on, constantly told everybody "this show won't be like Twin Peaks, don't worry, we've got it planned out." But as I said back then, what matters isn't having it planned, what matters is that your plans are good.
Same thing here; as you suggest, getting answers isn't enough. Getting answers that make for quality television is what matters.
Same thing here; as you suggest, getting answers isn't enough. Getting answers that make for quality television is what matters.
@smithsj: I don't disagree at all with your history.
@CrayonSmoothie: Literally the least impressive thing you could do to criticize someone of Chomsky's stature is to call him boring.
You'll see below that the "conspiracy theory" has reared its head again, which is a pretty common way to dismiss people who are willing to criticize American foreign policy beyond "Iraq=bad." Is it possible for people to peddle false conspiracy theories about US foreign policy? Sure.
But understand-- it is hard to name a single foreign policy or intelligence action that is now widely acknowledged by history and the media that was not dismiss as a conspiracy theory for a great period of time. The coup d'etat against Mossadegh and reinstallation of the Shah; the hit list from the Year of Living Dangerously; the Gulf of Tonkin; the funding and support of the contras-- each of these was, for a period of time, dismissed as a conspiracy theory, until the evidence (most importantly declassified CIA documentation) became too overwhelming to ignore. So think about that before you start talking about conspiracy theories, please.
The truth is, people believe conspiracy theories because people in power conspire, and particularly the people in charge of the US government, which has waged a non-stop illegal campaign to further its own interest since the end of the second world war. The fact that people dream up nonsense like the Truther movement or aliens at Roswell or moon landing denial doesn't change any of that.
And, as said below, no, Chomsky is explicitly and unambiguously not a Truther.
But understand-- it is hard to name a single foreign policy or intelligence action that is now widely acknowledged by history and the media that was not dismiss as a conspiracy theory for a great period of time. The coup d'etat against Mossadegh and reinstallation of the Shah; the hit list from the Year of Living Dangerously; the Gulf of Tonkin; the funding and support of the contras-- each of these was, for a period of time, dismissed as a conspiracy theory, until the evidence (most importantly declassified CIA documentation) became too overwhelming to ignore. So think about that before you start talking about conspiracy theories, please.
The truth is, people believe conspiracy theories because people in power conspire, and particularly the people in charge of the US government, which has waged a non-stop illegal campaign to further its own interest since the end of the second world war. The fact that people dream up nonsense like the Truther movement or aliens at Roswell or moon landing denial doesn't change any of that.
And, as said below, no, Chomsky is explicitly and unambiguously not a Truther.
I'm declaring today the day that the "facepalm" meme turned the corner into shittiness.
@Baroness: Seriously!
Awesome editions. Hard to think of a non-UFC guy missing now.
I'm just kind of deeply baffled by the idea of a ceremonial road.
@chickachicka: Right. There's one thing that I think everybody on Gawker (and elsewhere) who constantly complains about the worthlessness of their degree can do to put their money where their mouth is: don't take advantage of their degree. Don't put it on a resume; don't put it down on a job application. Tell people you never went to college. Claim you only have a high school degree.
If it's really worthless, many of the people in here will be sure to do htat.
If it's really worthless, many of the people in here will be sure to do htat.
I'm always pleased by anti-academic bromides from people who already have the degree. The truth is, 90% of the people who complain about college are people who would never have considered not going to college. They just like bitching about it afterward. There's a lesson in that.
True story-- and you can look this up-- the primary funder of the two largest food allergy awareness associations in this country is the make of the Epipen.
But "One" isn't cloyingly sentimental. Let me be plain: I don't like U2 and never have. I think they're pompous and overproduced. I don't like that song much more than I like most of their other work. But "One" is actually a song about distance, difference, and the fact that we aren't all one. It's one of the most misunderstood songs ever, as Bono has said in interviews many times.
@missing_piece: I see!
@FlowbeeBryant: The replies to your post will be instructive. You're wrong on the merits; free speech is inviolate and we have to oppose people like these who take physical action against speech they don't like. Religious fanaticism sucks and these fanatics suck. But what's revealed in this space, I think, is that ultimately, as with almost all things on the Internet, the point quickly becomes the self-congratulatory righteousness of the people arguing, not the argument.
(And I'm the worst of all.)
(And I'm the worst of all.)
