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Addiction is never anything short of heartbreaking.

Some of you is some jaded sonsabitches.

People just love to attach themselves to tragedy. Not sure any other way to put it. The other reason being that they just get a thrill out of being the first person in their social circle to announce that a celebrity (or pseudo-celebrity) has died, like they are some beat reporter trolling the hospitals.
Just my rule of thumb, but if I can go a month of my time without that person's name being in my mind (a beastie boy, Whitney Houston, James Gandolfini, obviously some dude I've never heard of from Glee) then I don't feel like their death warrants any time from me. I'm not saying "these stories should not be reported", only that I can read the title of the story on yahoo and extract all the info I need (ie, this celebrity died). The details aren't worth my time.

I believe I speak for all white people when I say you can't speak for all white people.

I just don't understand why "stand your ground" didn't apply to Treyvon beating up Zimmerman.

I believe I speak for all white people when I say you can't speak for all white people.

Yeah, I hear ya. I've had that experience. Last band members I went out of my way to talk to were Pete Adams and John Dyer Baizley from Baroness, and being super cool dudes only reinforced my high opinion of the band. But when band members are stupid dicks, it can kind of sour you on them.

okay, so that was a super dickish post I made, sorry.
To each their own, really, but I think that it was a completely brilliant way to end this half. Breaking Bad is a show that is pretty much the opposite of "epic" - it presents everything in a very deconstructed way. Things sort of unfold slowly, and the devil is always in the details. Almost all of the exposition occurs in the slower moments that string together the big set pieces and the explosive parts. To me, it was always a given that the whole thing would unravel from one little missed detail that Hank would pick and scratch at until the floodgates open. Same as one little cigarette butt with lipstick on it would lead to one of the more emotionally bracing flashbacks. Same as some of the most intense and cathartic moments of the show aren't ones where people are getting shot or run over or blown up - they're moments of revelation and pathos (see: Jesse calling Jane's voicemail, "I am the one who knocks," "No more half-measures, Walter").
So there are basically two ways to go out - to try and top cliffhangers and massive set pieces, or to light the single spark that will start a raging fire. I don't think it would have been wise to try and top the intensity of the season 4/5 break. Instead, they took Hank, a man who nearly destroyed himself physically and mentally and certainly career-wise trying to catch his white whale, and blew up all of his near-misses and oh-so-close calls altogether. It wasn't from chasing the RV down from an ATM photo or acting on any serious hunch. It was a total accident during one of life's most mundane moments. A total left-turn from anything anybody would have expected, a call-back to a scene people may have forgotten, and bringing full-circle the consequences of one of the most unforgivable things that Walt and Jesse "had no choice but to do" in the interest of their own self-preservation. The icing on the cake is that the audience is allowed to see this revelatory moment through Hank's eyes.
If I was going to pick a bit of iffy writing, it would be that Walt just HAPPENS to be in the office when Steve Gomez tells Hank that they're bringing the hammer down on Mike Ehrmantraut. But that's just one thin part in a show that has had some of the most consistently top-notch writing that I have ever seen.
But yeah, to each their own. The part of me that is hyper-critical and loves to pick apart writing and read between the lines loves the shit out of it.

I ran into a local republican politician (who is running for a higher office) in the meat department of a supermarket tonight, where he informed me that "he doesn't let his kids get anywhere near organic foods, because those are the ones that keep making people sick in recalls because they don't use the chemicals and engineering methods to kill all of the diseases and stuff."
...sweet jesus. I didn't even have a response.

BUT I WANNA ARGUE ABOUT EVERYTHING

BUT I WANNA ARGUE ABOUT EVERYTHING

Wait so teenageeric is really a blonde white girl who sat on a knife?

No, don't listen to Death Cab For Cutie. That music is only good for crying over a plate of hot pockets.
Go with A Shogun Named Marcus by Clutch instead.

No, don't listen to Death Cab For Cutie. That music is only good for crying over a plate of hot pockets.
Go with A Shogun Named Marcus by Clutch instead.

MS paint?

Ugh. I don't understand this at all. Will someone please explain it to me in how many expedits it will fill??

what they don't tell you is an ipod classic probably costs $50,000 at least!

Just get the damn cake if you want it, who cares.

The whole thing was explained going into the sale. I figured lots of copies would have problems.
I lucked out and ended up with a perfect copy of both LPs.

Crazy. I just started watching it last week.

Been working through Twin Peaks.  What a show.

repress is need for this album....

a lot of you people just need to get off the internet. 

Mother Mary on a fuckin' tortilla. Who among you is having your lives enriched in the slightest by all of this?

What, we're not allowed to laugh at retarded people now? Fucking elitist prick.