Only one more episode to go! If you haven’t seen the latest episode and are trying to avoid spoilers, don’t read below the fold because there are massive spoilers in the original post, and there undoubtedly will be in comments too. Feel free to discuss other topics as well — open thread!
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Thursday Evening Open Thread: ‘Dumb’ vs. ‘Willfully Ignorant’
This question has a much greater partisan differential than I expected. pic.twitter.com/o4Y2PRpnlx — Jennifer Wolak (@j_wolak_) May 6, 2019 The incredibly stupid secret to Trump’s success is lots of people don’t know that reality television isn’t real. — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 8, 2019 I first read Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi when I …
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Open Thread: Game of Thrones Spoilers
I’m not going to try a hidden thread this time – the backend setup makes it hard to access, and the main thread will inevitably contain spoilers anyway. So, if you haven’t seen episode four and are trying to avoid spoilers, keep on scrolling past this post — with my apologies. Otherwise, see below the …
Street Food & Thrones
Okay, I’m dying to discuss the latest episode of Game of Thrones, but I realize not everyone is watching it in real time and many folks aren’t watching it at all. For those of y’all with Netflix, may I suggest an alternative that got me through the stomach-churning wait for the latest Thrones? I love …
Friday Afternoon Open Thread
Game of Thrones returns Sunday at 9 PM Eastern. That calls for an “Every Fucking Chicken in the Room” Meal Deal. I was late to the Thrones bandwagon — didn’t start watching it until a few years ago, and didn’t get really hooked on it until the wee dragons made their first appearance. Among my …
Design Challenge (Open Thread)
Have any of y’all seen The Great British Design Challenge on Netflix? I started watching it because I’m jonesing for new episodes of The Great British Bake-Off, and I figured maybe some low-key British humor and good-natured competition in the decorating sphere might fill that void. As far as the show goes, I don’t like …
State of the Rebellion (Open Thread)
Hubby and I opted to skip the SOTU in favor of continuing our Game of Thrones marathon. This morning, I watched WaPo’s three-minute highlight reel and read the transcript. Looks like our prediction yesterday — that the speech would be a discordant amalgam of white nationalist scaremongering and pseudo-loftiness — was on target. As anticipated, …