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Yes, they are listed as co-creators. Dan also wrote/co-wrote a number of episodes and directed a few. In addition to Dan and his sister Sarah, there's also Eugene's brother Fred, who was an executive producer even though he'd never produced an episode of television before in his life (but he was a business manager to industry clients, with extensive financial experience; I don't know how much creative input he had, but I'm sure he was valuable as a trusted money man). It was very much a family affair - as I started watching, I laughed at how many times I saw a Levy pop up in the credits.

I haven't looked too much into the NXIVM mess, but from the little I know I don't understand why Nicki Clyne wasn't ever even arrested and threatened with prosecution in an attempt to turn her into a cooperating witness.

Well, you don't think they put that nice piece of wood up there purely for decorative and stability purposes, do you? Silly human.

D.L. Hughley and Geraldo Rivera.

Even with the presence of Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy, this show never looked funny to me when I saw promos while watching ER re-runs on Pop several years ago, but I recently decided to give it a try on Netflix. I absolutely hated the first episode, but I remembered reading quite a few posts around this site about how the show had to grown on people, so I stuck with it. I'm glad I did, as it definitely improved as this first season progressed and I came to find it outright hilarious. The major downside is Chris Elliott, whom I find utterly insufferable on screen. (Reading this thread, I see I am in good company.) So Roland is not a character I love to hate, just someone I cannot fucking stand. But the cast is otherwise quite good, and I adore every scene with David. He is so funny in his interactions with everyone. I've never seen the actor in anything else, but he's perfect in this role. On to season two tonight, but I figured I'd stop in here and see what folks were saying about it during its original run.

I think that's best. I hate showers, too, so only for certain relationships do I feel obligated to suck it up and go. This isn't one of those relationships. I don't even send gifts to wedding showers I decline to attend (since they'll get one for the wedding, and that's enough), but that's certainly a nice gesture and plenty of effort on your part. (Sadly, most people care more about the gifts than the company anyway.)

The song isn't about vindictive behavior, but learned behavior. The entire oh, wow point of the song is the twist on the kid repeatedly saying "I'm gonna be just like you, Dad" and the father's horrified realization at the end of what "He'd grown up just like me, my boy was just like me" wound up meaning.

Same. Her stance was just as well known when they hired her, so they either don't care or agree with her.

Does he address playing a horrible creeper of a character who was presented as a harmless nice guy who deserved the girl he stalked?

I know I say this repeatedly, but the way she from day one seeks out her female coworkers - doctors and nurses - for workplace conversation and social outings endears her to me right away. She enjoys the company of women, which is so natural, but refreshing on TV. It caused me to be extra irritated with her pissy attitude upon Susan's return.

I loved Courtney delivering her "boo-yah" answer with the proper oomph. Knowing who wrote A Christmas Carol does not belong in DJ! I usually do quite well in the first round, but not tonight. I was terrible in constellations and pop culture, missing four in each. I also missed two in non-alcoholic, but ran the other three categories. So it was one of the rare games in which I did better in DJ. I only ran geography and boo, and missed all but one in past lives. But I only missed one each in the other three, so not bad. When it came to FJ, though, I had absolutely no idea.

Oh, yeah, I know I can doctor it up, but I'm not giving them my money unless they give me a proper bag of food. They used to, so the change really ticked me off. I should probably try again with the shrimp and asparagus; I liked that one, too, and the last time I made it, it still had a decent number of shrimp. I'm not sure about tonight; I was going to just roast a whole chicken, but I think I might cut it up and roast in an herb wine sauce instead. Asparagus as the side (I haven't decided the specifics on that yet, either), and an arugula salad.

Which one? The sodium content is ridiculous, but, otherwise, for a bag of frozen dinner, I think they're pretty good. I used to keep a bag of the chicken florentine in the freezer sometimes for "I don't feel like cooking" nights when I wanted something cheaper than ordering in. But I quit when they cut way down on the amount of chicken included -- I'm not paying that much for just pasta and spinach!

Possibly my favorite of her songs, and I'm glad to see it get a proper placement on this list. Unlike Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" -- good gods, Sirius. I know I have well over 100 songs I'm going to declare to be Top 100, but my gut reaction was this should be one of them. Thinking on it some more, I came around to this being about right. I can't sign on to the two Too High votes, though; it's definitely Top 200. I'm not a big fan of theirs, but I love this song; it is one seriously catchy tune (and I think ranked about right). It's quite something what Charlie Rich's beautiful voice can do to transform lyrics I hate into songs I like (see, e.g., "Behind Closed Doors").

Same here; we had fireworks for months last year. That was true in many areas across the country, because I remember reading news coverage about it (and I remember the whack-ass conspiracy theories, but those I've tried to forget).

This really irks me as well. I am not personally bothered by fireworks, nor is my cat. But by this the year 2021, it is well known that many people (particularly those with PTSD) and pets are terribly affected. So if people kept fireworks - and I'm even fine with illegal backyard/street shenanigans in addition to sanctioned municipal events so long as not done in a way that poses a fire hazard (which, of course, rules out a chunk of people engaging in such displays) - to several hours per night on Independence Day and New Year's Eve, those who need to account for those significant reactions could prepare and deal accordingly. But when it's done for days before and after those holidays, plus for a night here and there to celebrate random shit like the hometown team just won a big game, they can't. They can't predict every time it's going to happen, and even for the known holidays it's way too long a period for them to have to figure out how to make it through someone else's idea of fun. That's not fair; in fact, that's a complete lack of compassion and consideration. Because it's entirely possible to balance the fireworks tradition with the understanding limitations on it are important to the health and safety of neighbors. And how the hell do you not value the latter over the former when determining that balance?

Well, yes, that's generally (there will always be dogmatic outliers) the idea behind putting broader, alternative terms out there - to offer a more inclusive option for those who feel left out by traditional nomenclature, allow folks to choose what best describes them, require those choices be honored, encourage outside parties to use the most-inclusive term in the absence of knowing what the particular people being discussed prefer, and spark a societal reflection on how and why the terms used to refer to marginalized groups change over time and an examination of the overt limitations and/or subconscious biases (including internalized subconscious biases) of existing terms.

Oh, no they're not - they still deal with men who think they just haven't come across the right dick yet, and this guy's just the one to show 'em what they're missing.

She kind of had to. The "McKayla Mulroney is not impressed" meme was everywhere, and will always be many people's primary association with her, so she might as well make money off of it. (Plus, she may rather people remember the expression on her face than the fall that changed gold to silver.)

I will have to look up the charity Dr. Gupta selected, but it sounds like another good one for J! to donate to. No one guessing quest surprised me a bit, as did aerosol, Paleozoic, and, especially, ramen going unanswered. The Lost TS (which also stumped me) was also probably a bit surprising, not just that none of the four of us watched what was a big hit, but that none of us threw it out as a guess based on the relatively short list of shows set on islands popular enough to be asked about for $800. I bet with a timeframe hint, someone would have come up with it. I missed one each in cars (the Stutz TS) and rock bands (the Imagine Dragons TS), but otherwise ran the first round. In DJ, I only ran A-E and chefs. But I only missed seven among the other categories (islands was my worst; I missed three), so not bad. I thought I was doomed in FJ based on the category, but once the clue was revealed I knew they were looking for the start of WWI. So I still thought as I was doomed, as I hate war history, but I considered 1912 and then decided on 1914 as a guess I was somewhat comfortable with. Lucky counts, so I'm off to a good start for the week.

In choosing whether to use POC or BIPOC, the short answer is it comes down to whether one finds it valuable or divisive to draw attention to the specific history (genocide, slavery) and ongoing injustices affecting Black and Indigenous people in addition to the shared injustices of all people of color. From The BIPOC Project, linked earlier in the thread: Or, from an article about the two terms, advocating for the use of BIPOC in some situations:

I had to do that to my cats before I put in AC. One time it was so damn hot in the house (98 degrees in the middle of the night), I stuck them in the sink, turned on the faucet, and practically drenched them. Then I got in the (cold) shower and did the same to myself. No drying off, we just laid under the ceiling fan. It felt so good they barely even groomed themselves, just enjoyed and let themselves air dry.

Who tends to use it and why is covered in that Time article I linked, and this Pew study goes into detail: and I'd seen it a fair bit in writing, but had never heard it spoken until a few years ago, by a character on the One Day at a Time reboot. Until then, I wasn't sure if it was pronounced Latin-ex or Lateen-ex. The latter would make sense, given the words it's meant to offer an alternative to, and indeed that's it, but for some reason my mind had been reading it the other way.

Yeah, I love how everyone who claims to have had a past life was something fabulous. You never hear, "I was a leech collector in a previous life."

The Spanish language uses Latino for men and Latina for women. Some use Latinx as a replacement term for all Latin Americans, rather than differentiating based on gender (especially using a binary system that leaves some people out). Here's a Time article from a couple of years ago.