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Any way you guys could loop that outro music?

Someone needs to put a fuckin' lid on that Racist Appropriation Bucket.

I love the myth that "Rapture" is first ever rap song, since it NAME CHECKS Fab Five Freddy and Grandmaster Flash. Were those just two guys Debbie Harry knew, and then after this song came out they stole her idea for "rhyming over music"?

"You shouldn't be touching the new generation of chicks" -- Kulap, Episode 76, 27:45 Twooch quote of the year

I do think it's possible for an older person to actually be offended by NWA's lyrics coming loud and clear through their apartment wall. And I do think this is an issue that is somewhat unique to hip-hop. Obviously, there are heavy metal songs with equally explicit content, but when it's being sung/screamed in between trebly guitars, you're less likely to decode the lyrics when hearing it through a wall. I bet that if "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails was being cranked, though, the neighbor would be just as upset by "I want to fuck you like an animal" as he would by "fuck the police." My point being, although there's possibly a racial element (and I do agree with Andrew's assertion that much of "anything but hip-hop" has a racial overtone), let's allow for the possibility that some old people are cranky, easily offended, and don't want to hear ANY R-rated content.

Frosted Flakes jingle:

QUID POE CROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

Nick echoed my own thoughts. These guys are like Rain Man toward every single Phish concert.

GET IT TOGETHER, WACKY OFFICE GUYS

Oh, most definitely.

Oh, go back and read your initial post, cracker.

You were the victim of a violent prank/dare, but I don't think you were the victim of a racist attack. As a weird kid, I can't tell you how many times I was punched, tripped, been in the middle of a keep-away game with my cap or backpack. It wasn't because of my race; it was because I was different and therefore an easy target. So I can empathize with your situation, but I certainly can't sympathize with your belief that your situation is equatable to centuries of racial oppression. Also, your situation isn't as forehead-slappingly laughable as a "Give the Asian patrons chopsticks and the white patrons forks" restaurant policy.

You're right, if you were the victim of an act of violence, the only way to erase that is to have it addressed by the host of a comedy podcast.

Call in with your question, then. Or better yet, if you were jumped in a movie theater, call the cops or at least the theater management.

Wow, fewer sci-fi fans have showed up to complain than metalheads from a few weeks back.

Also, this: "Feel nature's bounty on your soft palm!" Heheh.

Yeah, that's the tipoff that it's fake, but I don't mind if the resulting I4H is this good.

Is it OK for me to be racist toward people who use emoticons?

When you run a pet rescue, you need lots of names at the ready because you never know when 10 cats are going to come in. Hurt? I don't know, but if I met someone who named their Chihuahua "Chimichanga" I would do what I could to not have to talk to that person ever again.

My pet rescue has been responsible for giving Chihuahuas the names Carlos and Mario. I apologize for helping to perpetuate this.

I was fortunate to have a REALLY good American Lit teacher as a high school freshman. She spent a lot of time discussing Huck Finn with us, the meanings and interpretations, the "zeitgeist" of then versus now, and the concept of satire. So it was really eye-opening for me - and a big step in my awareness of what was happening outside my "Green Bay Packers on TV and Richard Marx on the radio" existence. It's too bad that, in the hosts'/guests' words, it is "irresponsibly taught" to so many kids.

Better yet, just listen to Time Bobby 2 all the way through!

I once worked at a large corporation's "global HQ" where people from various offices would come and go. This was pervasive there, but I think in that case it was the default icebreaker question, because chances are you were not "from" Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Still, I would feel awkward watching a whole lot of fools try to act "open-minded" by asking lots of ignorant questions about the person's country of origin.

I suspect that 1) Closed caption does not try to "spell out" vernacular or accents. 2) Closed caption does spell out curse words whenever the curse word is not bleeped. So yeah, I'm sure the F-word is written out in The Wire's captioning.

Howie, don't suck on your contact! The enzymes in your saliva break down the lens.