This is something endemic to online movie discourse as a whole, but too many people treat movies less like entertainment and more like IQ tests where the more plot holes you point out, the smarter you are.

In terms of copyright, you should be fine. I assume that all these letters were written in the 1940s and never formally published before. If so, then by virtue of being works that were created before 1978 and never published before 2003, the copyright on them in the US has expired. Even if they were, you could likely claim protection from the Fair Use doctrine, since it's for a historical and educational purpose.

That being said, it would be in good taste to try and get the blessing of the authors or (more likely) their surviving descendants.

It largely depends on the circumstances of the original act. For instance, shooting someone under any circumstance is a very serious crime. Even if wasn't an immediately fatal injury, and it was totally by accident, there are still numerous charges that you would net: assault with a deadly weapon, criminal negligence, and so on. Some states even have laws on the books which allow cases that may not normally be considered murders to be treated as such—for example, the concept of "felony murder," where if you commit a felony that directly results in someone's death, even if you did not intend for it to happen, you could still be charged with murder.

Also, it depends on the circumstances of the death. It wasn't as if Brady had died in an unrelated incident that may have been exacerbated by his condition, he died as a direct result of the condition and the toll it had on its body. A more fitting analogy would be is if someone deliberately pushed you off a high ledge, you broke your spine, and you died 25 years later because of your paralysis.

What specifically do you mean "ugly covers"? Are we talking poorly photoshopped romance novel covers? Trade paperback reprints of classic books that have weird modern art for some reason? Books adapted into movies where the cover is now the movie poster with the words "NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE" on it?

It's certainly something that should be highlighted since the person who posted them claimed that it's currently illegal in several states.

The only bill that restricts bringing minors to all forms of drag shows is Iowa. The Arkansas and Arizona bills specify that it must involve "prurient interest" (which actually has a specific legal definition as part of the Miller test), and the Arkansas bill specifically says it only applies to events with adult nudity and genital exposure.

It should also be noted that none of these bills have passed.

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That's exactly why it wouldn't. Getting all armchair Freudian about a real celebrity's scandals is generally the purview of trashy reality TV.

Give Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job a watch. The whole catalog's on HBO Max. If you like over-the-top raunchy humor that's simultaneously clever and really fucking immature, it's worth a shot.

Pick a random episode from season 2 or 3 to start. Tim & Eric are very much a love-'em-or-hate-'em kind of comedy, so if after a couple episodes you're not into it, it's probably not for you.

There are numerous cases of crimes incurring an extra penalty if they affect a certain group, to show that targeting those groups is seen as especially heinous, and/or to more strongly disincentivize crimes targeting them. For example:

• Many states have laws saying that killing a pregnant woman is charged as double homicide.

• The entire purpose of hate crime legislation is to tack on extra charges against someone who commits crimes for racist/religious/sexist/etc. reasons.

• Within police departments, K9 units are often ranked as technically higher than their handlers, so abusing one nets a charge of attacking a superior officer.

It doesn't seem like he said it at all. Mark Twain, much like Oscar Wilde, Winston Churchill, and Albert Einstein, has the fascinating ability to become associated with any pithy quote ever said in the English language.

Serious answer: none. While there are valid debates as to when it's proper to introduce such books in a pedagogical context, I don't think that there's such thing as a book so heinous that the general adult public should be outright banned from accessing it.

Meme answer: The Grapes of Wrath. The cast was so unlikable that I found myself silently hoping the strikebreakers would crack everyone else's skulls at the end and bring the story to a mercifully swift end. I refuse to let future generations of high schoolers suffer as I have suffered.

To make the article have a hint of mystery and make the reader feel like they have a special sense of gnosis—"The dropped feature Netflix DOESN'T want you to know about!"

Murphy Brown was a 1980s-90s sitcom starring Candice Bergen as the title character, an investigative journalist and TV news anchor.

Yes. Billiards as a whole emerged in the late medieval era as an indoor adaptation of lawn sports (like ping-pong is to tennis), before evolving into recognizable precursors of pool and other modern billiards games in the 19th century. Snooker in particular was a combination of two different rule sets, known as pyramid pool and black pool.

That's not really much of an argument. It's like if someone who supports abortion sarcastically refers to the other side as "pro-lifers," then someone who opposes abortion goes "Ha, you admit you're pro-death!"

> "Justice-involved" individuals "experiencing homelessness"

It sounds like a bad conservative "political correctness gone mad!" parody.

The classic children's game got a new revamp

> and gray

I know he looked like he was wearing a bad human disguise for the last few decades, but I don't think he was a space alien.

• Premium: The monthly fee you pay to the insurance company.

• Deductible: The amount you have to pay for a good or service before your insurance kicks in and covers the rest of your cost.

• Copayment: Also abbreviated as copay, this is the flat rate you pay for a good or service that's covered by your insurance.

• Coinsurance: This is when you still have to pay some of the costs above the deductible, usually a percentage value.

• Out-of-pocket maximum: If your combined payment for deductibles, copay, and coinsurance goes above this amount within a year, everything above that is paid by your insurance company.

Let's go with an example to illustrate how these all interact. You have an insurance plan with a $2,000 deductible, 20% coinsurance, $100 copay for a doctor's visit, and an out-of-pocket maximum for $4000. You get into an accident that requires surgery; the hospital bills your insurance company for $10,000. This means you've gotta pay $2,000 to cover your deductible. Of the remaining $8,000, also you have to pay 20%, or $1,600, as coinsurance. You have five followup appointments with the doctor to see how you're recovering. You pay your $100 copay for the first four appointments, but the fifth appointment doesn't require a copay, because it's above your out-of-pocket maximum.

Now, there are plans out there that have lower deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and/or out-of-pocket maximums, but those usually have the tradeoff of charging a higher monthly premium. Some insurers also have special deals with medical providers where they get better rates; you get full benefits if you use those providers ("in-network"), but you only get partial or no benefits if you use others outside the network.

Most insurance is provided by one's company, usually with a discounted premium. The US government also has several insurance programs: Medicare for the elderly, Medicaid for those below the poverty line, VA benefits for veterans.

Literally? It's when a bunch of guys stand in a circle and give a handjob to the guy next to them, jerking everyone off.

Metaphorically? It's a more vernacular way to describe a place where everyone pats each other's backs about how right they are, but there's no real insightful discussion or debate—the rhetorical equivalent of jerking each other off. It can also be called a "hugbox" or "echo chamber."

It's often used on reddit to describe subreddits where there's one overwhelmingly popular opinion, and any disagreement with that opinion is despised. For example, if someone says "/r/gaming is one big anti-EA circlejerk," they're saying that any post that's critical of EA, even if it's lame or unoriginal, gets upvoted, while any post that suggests EA isn't all that bad will get a bunch of downvotes.

The episode where Spongebob and Patrick get trapped inside Sandy's tree dome while she's hibernating.

Presumably he was just using Mein Kampf as a shorthand for "autobiography and ideological treatise by a dictator".