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Hey everyone! Back on the Disqus days, we had a discussion about sexism on the Avocado. Highlighted issues at the time included overly aggressive flirting/innuendo, objectification of female celebrities, casual sexism, and playing Devil’s Advocate or denying sexism. I think … Continue reading Sexism on the Avocado: Part 2
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Here is a list of the upcoming meetups. This thread will be pinned as long as there is a meetup upcoming in the next month and merely seeks to condense them. Feel free to still discuss upcoming meetups on separate … Continue reading Upcoming Meetups – Southern California
You know what’s great? Grilled cheese sandwiches. That’s all I got. Talk among yourselves and have a great night. Continue reading Night Thread of the Grilled Cheese
Season two finale tonight! Maybe Iggy Pop makes a cameo. My Internet service is down at the moment (scheduling this from my phone), so I might not be able to post the review till tomorrow. Thanks for your patience, dear … Continue reading Westworld S02E10 Review: “The Passenger”
The 2018 film Love, Simon follows the journey of a gay teen who is blackmailed by a bully. To protect his secret Simon throws his friends under the bus. In return Simon is outed, overcomes adversity and is rewarded with … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Teen Male Protagonists
I confess, last week’s clip show was a bit of a struggle to write about to the length I’m usually satisfied, obviously because it was low on new #content. This week, I have the opposite problem – there’s so much … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Four, Episode Nineteen, “The Front”
This is the spoiler space for the final stretch of the season, meaning all discussion is fair game. If you’d prefer to discuss the first or middle thirds specifically, those threads are here and here. Have at it! Continue reading Spoiler Space: Luke Cage S2 — EPISODES 10-13
The Sunday Food Thread shambles indifferently into the kitchen, stares blankly at the pastel cabinets and raises a hand to the refrigerator door handle. The first tug is barely enough to budge the door, with a little more force a … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread Lethargy 6/24
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Arthur Brown, who was born on this day the 24th of June 1942. Best known for the song Fire, Arthur Brown is a psychedelic pioneer known for his flamboyant theatrical, and highly influential, performances. But he’s more … Continue reading I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE AND I BRING YOU… The Crazy Day Thread of Arthur Brown!!!
Tunisia went out swinging and were knocked out, Korea tried with Son and a lot of fouls and Sweden left a point slip thru their fingers and now make things super complicated in group F And with this we reach … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 11, Dragon Screamer
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Frosstbyte and Edgar Allan Hoe suggested we have a Southern California Avocado meetup in late July or early August. This thread is for planning that meetup. Where? The previous two meetups were in the L.A. Basin, so this time we … Continue reading Midsummer SoCal Meetup Planning Thread
Hey ebvyerone! Let’s pretend that our backpsace key is broekn and we don’t have autocorrect or anything to suggest the proper spelling! Express yourselc frely without feelinb beholden to the confomrist tyranny of tehcnology! LET ANRACHY ROLL! Continue reading The NIGhat Thead DOewn’t Care For Your Authocvorrect Aurhtorarisnm
Searching for the address in the newspaper, you drive through downtown Lunapool. It’s a weird town, home to a museum that used to be a library, a library that used to be a bank, a KFC, a Taco Bell, and … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 3
It’s time for another round of Muppet Casting, where we take a famous movie and ask, if Jim Henson’s Muppets made their own version of it (in the vein of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island), which Muppets … Continue reading Muppet Casting – Jurassic Park
