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Rob Harvilla
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Culture Editor

Mr. Robot is far more about the characters than the plot twist, it is much more about the characters than the social issues. In this way, while on the surface it is Fight Club, it’s in some ways the opposite. Fight Club was about the macro, social effects on people, who that person is irrelevant (Ed Norton’s character Read more

No one has ever accomplished anything more worth having than the moments little kids steal away from the big grown-up world, together; when they wall out all of our sad hypocrisies and fucked-up values and grotesque striving, illuminate a little world for each other, and fill it with their easy goodwill and eagerness Read more

Who forgets what childhood was like? At what point do we substitute our adult centric theories of what kids think for the actual experiences we had? I played in dozens of sport seasons and a few dozen sport camps, and on zero occasions did I witness a child’s teary lament that he did not receive plastic recognition Read more

Follow up questions:
“Which one of you is dip and which is shit?”
“Are you on that molly? Do you know Wes Welker personally?”
“Your glasses....Fuck you.”
“Diplo, your shittiness managed to make MIA look like a decent human being by comparison...”
“Skrill person, you’re horrible.”

*Douche blackhole opens up and consumes the Read more

It’s funny how you mention him being like that old streetball dude hanging around the courts, giving kids a hard time. When I was talking about him with a friend of mine after he passed, he basically said, “It’s a damn shame because the dude was like the Sheed of hip-hop. But instead of ‘ball don’t lie,’ it was ‘mic Read more

I don’t know that I fundamentally agree with the premise here but I definitely tuned out from the Daily Show over the last few years and, to some extent, I think Stewart did too. There were really only so many times I could watch a clip of a Conservative politician or Fox News host say something stupid and have Read more

The Butter Battle Book is the best Dr. Seuss and this is a fact. Read more

Unpopular opinion time: I don’t like Seinfeld. I don’t see the appeal; it’s a show that has never once made me laugh. The characters are just so outlandish and unlikable (and yes, I know that’s the point) that I can’t get into it. And yet when I tell people “Seinfeld is overrated” they look at me as if I’ve just paid Read more

I’m not too passionate about beer (totally okay sipping on a High Life) but I find myself clicking this article because of the gif at the top. Beer bottles and/or food doing wrestling finishers on one another? Always magnificent. You guys should start a Tumblr for that. I’m not even on Tumblr but I’d sign up and Read more

HE RIDICULED ME, CALLIN’ ME A BUM Read more

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We argue about whether or not it was the first time we spoke, but very, very early into our friendship, I found myself crying in Tommy Craggs’ hotel room. We were in Budapest at what I guess you might call a summit (it’s a weird company), and I had started only a few weeks before and knew no one. And there I was,

Albert, you are a deeply intelligent man with outstanding insights into the moral, physical, and intellectual superiority of Superman. I commend you. Read more