On Not Chasing Amy
@MalPal Dude, Mallorys rule. Try naming a bad one. I sure can't. Sir Thomas? He's missing an L, but we don't care. Alex's sister from Family Ties? Who doesn't love Justine Bateman?
...Those are all the other Mallorys I can think of.
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On Not Chasing Amy
Digs at me, not especially. Dig on! But when my friend Simone Eastman writes a thoughtful, painful, harrowing piece for us that reflects upon the pain of trying to love an unloving mother - a piece that's vulnerable and honest and difficult - and someone drives in from facebook to call her a "lazy piece of shit" and accuse her of trying to prank call her (which, question mark?), then I feel fairly justified in making a Conan the Barbarian joke at their expense.
That said, it's not an un-salient point, what you bring up. You're a friendly commenter and you asked something that's not unreasonable! So I think I can abandon my "force-feeding the trolls" policy and adopt one of bemused silence, because I really wouldn't want you to feel uncomfortable or unwelcome as a result of my general tendency to wring all the comedy out of a joke until it becomes dry and stale.
Also, your handle is MalPal and I, as a Mallory, would not want to behave in a manner unbecoming to pals. So: thanks for putting that in a kind and thoughtful way. I apologize for taking the joke too far and souring the thread. Excelsior!
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School — Lint and Static and Ironing, Oh My!
@SuperGogo Say what you will about the Awl, but at least it doesn't send starless commenters to Nick Denton's ice-mining work camps.
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On Not Chasing Amy
@insouciantlover Awww shucks, we never get to play the games I wanna play.
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On Not Chasing Amy
@theharpoon He resurfaced fairly recently! Only for a brief and glorious moment, though.
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School — Lint and Static and Ironing, Oh My!
@Matt Not until Monday, I thought?
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On The Upfronts
@redheaded&crazie I PIT MYSELF AGAINST YOU ETERNALLY FROM THIS DAY FORTH
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On Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Marlene Dietrich, Femme Fatale
WHAT ABOUT THE SECRET FILM GARBO AND DIETRICH MADE WHILE LOVERS IN EUROPE THAT GARBO LATER ORDERED DESTROYED, AHHH