What?

Dear lord am I ever glad I stopped watching this show years ago, back when the rape started to smell like fan-service.

Never did start in on the books, which I hear are even worse, but somehow in a way that makes it better? Whatever. I figure if old George really wants me to read 'em, he'll finish writing 'em.

Fuck these nerds. Also, fuck the media for acting like trending Twitter topics are worth reporting. That's like letting children pic the radio station in the car.

While I'm at it, fuck news outlets for using Google Streetview for "then and now" features. Jesus Christ, can someone just go there with a camera and at least try and shoot the photo from the same angle as the original?

Is this where I pounce in to declare I never liked that thing being discussed to show how above it all I am? But then me taking time to comment betrays how not above it I really am, and how I’m just so, so, desperate for someone - anyone- to acknowledge that my taste is superior because deep down I’m an insecure cunt with nothing in life to keep me going but to haunt comment sections 24/7 for attention. Is this the place for that? Okay then.

@5

Man, I wish.

But no, I was suckered in just like everyone else, until I got the ick. Good on you for, uh... well, you seem to have made some sort of peace with yourself there, at least.

Frankly, I'm surprised change.org is still a thing that anyone uses or pays any attention to.

And here you are, writing on it. I don't how to tell ya, ironic detachment died 20 years ago.

This is a fairly short piece, but I couldn’t make it all the way through.

Seriously: two consecutive paragraphs comprised of a single sentence with more than 500 characters / 100 words?

That, and the overwrought language, made this unreadable for me. I’ve been a near-daily SLOG reader for more than a decade, and I’ve encountered writing here ranging from middling to outstanding. Even with the worst, I haven’t reacted by vowing to avoid the writer’s future work. Until now.