| 单词 | inane |
| 例句 | "Not necessarily in China, for God's sake. The East I said. Must we go on with this inane conversation?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Maybe he’s remembering when I used to tag along after him and Metias, asking them inane questions about how the military worked. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The guys were pretty silent except for perfunctory replies to Isabelle’s string of inane chatter about which sorority she wanted to join. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Here, I couldn’t watch movies, play games, or listen to music while I answered the endless stream of inane calls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Of course, I hadn’t really been watching their inane corporate shitcomevery night. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, Bast. It’s good advice, as all of your seemingly inane advice turns out to be.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He studied me, and an inane grin spread across his lips like a stain. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We Prices are altogether thought to be peculiarly well-intentioned, and inane. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I realized that was quite possibly the most inane greeting in the history of American-Iranian relations. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z But if a grownup American of indeterminable age asked her for directions, invariably speaking too quickly, she merely shrugged and smiled an inane smile. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z From somewhere far away, in the woods, I heard the faint, inane laughter of a woodpecker. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was inane to be standing there listing these details. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He’d riled me up because this was the very last time he would invoke his inane marriage argument, ever again, as long as we both should live. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If I didn’t need a scholarship to even think about attending college, I’d quit these inane games! Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I drop the inane smile as I follow him into his parlor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The copies of my poems Rudy handed back had on them brief, inane remarks I read and reread for double meaning. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Women could be oppressors, too, she thought, and she took a dim view of “inane woman’s rights, man-rebellious twaddle.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I wanted to run on ahead, leaving Lula and Travis to their inane conversation, but I feared he would be fallen upon by thugs along the road. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Never before had the obligatory dinner conversation sounded so inane. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z El-Fayoumy butters up the judge and blurts inane objections; this buffoon is the play’s comic fail-safe, and Scott McCormick nails punch line after punch line. Forum Theatre’s ‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’ Still, there is something inane about all of this, as well as beside the point. Review: In ‘Measure for Measure,’ Desperately Seeking Solutions in a Problem Play 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z In the end, they were all too cramped with self-righteous anger to relish the president’s childish behavior and inane rhetoric. Review | Finally, a novel that captures the inanity of the Trump era. It isn’t pretty. 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Biles' status as an American legend has even resulted in her name, her decisions, and her traumas being baked into the usual inane and dehumanizing conservative versus liberal culture wars. Our endless demands on Simone Biles 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z The first shows Verloc receiving his assignment; the second, which evokes 1960s radical chic with inane socialite banter, risibly intertwines a police investigation of the failed bombing with a performance of ’s “Erlkönig.” Music Review: Retelling the Tale of a Terrorist Plot 2011-03-21T21:35:24Z Tyler really knows only Johnny, but the others — all white, all dudes — immediately start to include him in their dumb jokes and inane banter. ‘Tyrel’ Review: Drowning in a Whirlpool of Drunken Dudes 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Unfortunately “pretty” is no indication of being able or willing to uphold even the most inane Bachelor-level conversation, especially when you add Ben’s natural lumpishness into the mix. The Bachelor Watch: Fishing For Love 2012-01-24T13:18:02Z Whenever I get one of those inane email notices about incremental changes in my credit rating, which arrive nearly daily, I tense up. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I somehow owed D.C. $24,000. But not so fast! 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z This little performance-art supplement is the most smoothly run aspect of “DAU,” offering an immediate taste of what filming must have been like: utterly inane, unscripted interactions, for hours on end. ‘DAU’ Has Finally Opened in Paris. Does It Live Up to the Hype? 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z When they are not purely escapist or flat-out inane, they are narrowly concerned with the airbrushed circumstances of their own creation. Review: ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Breaks the Jukebox Musical Mold 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Like Charlie Hebdo's cartoonists, they have a right to draw, publish or exhibit cartoons about Islam, no matter how disgusting or inane. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The “B, JB” P establishes how familiarity alone can explain the public’s insatiable appetite for comforting if inane things. Gene Weingarten: Mythunderstood Granted, shopping for Manolos might seem an inane form of female empowerment, but when a woman pays for those shoes herself, it means something. Film: Un-Innocents Abroad: The Drubbing 2010-06-02T22:04:00Z Duke appeared at a Florida school board meeting during an inane bureaucratic debate about dress code policies. Art ponders violence in new Dayna Hanson piece 2013-12-07T22:19:07Z For a while this was the only record I could bear listening to in a sea of inane new music. Audio advent calendar: PVT playlist 2010-12-22T16:09:54Z Though they were inane enough to look real, she explained, in fact, she had invented most of them. Bel Kaufman, Who Told What School Was Really Like, Dies at 103 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z If that last sentence confounded you, let me just say that’s only one of the inane and illogical narrative turns in this stubbornly unfunny film. ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run’ Review: Still Square 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Much of the humor relies on their inane observations and absurd sang-froid in a succession of increasingly awkward social situations. Still Charming at 50: Luis Buñuel’s Greatest Hit 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Yet here is the Croz, incessantly muttering blunt answers to inane queries, as if no one has told him that he doesn’t have to reply. David Crosby Celebrates His Ornery Self in the Documentary “Remember My Name” 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Even though I knew the cyberstalker’s words were inane, he or she was creating a chilling version of me in cyberspace, one that people who didn’t know me might actually believe. What it's like to be cyberstalked: when you can't escape the untraceable threat 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z I say that O’Neil is the star of the first half because when the script finally stops building up its inane and uninteresting mythology, we shift perspective over to the titular turtles. TMNT first look review – what the shell is this? 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t make “Virgin Killer” any less the most inane, offensive description of a person since Nancy Grace unleashed “Tot Mom.” The media scapegoating of Rodger’s childhood crush 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z It goes without saying that he knows nothing about race relations, nor do the other panelists, all of whom parrot hysterically inane catchphrases. Michael Frayn’s comic novels: ‘Mad Men’ settings with a modern message 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Yet, much as I enjoyed the festively inane Snowman, I was far more impressed by Geostorm, a film on a much higher level of atrociousness than Der Flop from Dee Fjords. From The Room to Geostorm: how to make a movie so bad that people will love it 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The twist comes in the improbable titles, many of which seem to be quoting inane conversations overheard at exhibition openings and in related industry situations. Art in Review: ‘All the money IS in the label’ 2012-08-16T19:59:57Z It also includes inane subplots, fake friars, punster tapsters and a tiresome denouement. Review: In ‘Measure for Measure,’ Desperately Seeking Solutions in a Problem Play 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z His Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century are especially inane. Andy Warhol: the case against 2012-06-20T13:52:49Z Too many people consider these inane blockbusters a “must see.” Readers reflect on the staying power of Beatlemania and mourn the loss of Gene Wilder 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z This inane, juvenile animated comedy, directed by Pierre Perifel, is about a thieving clan of talking animals forced to reform after an elaborate heist goes wrong. ‘The Bad Guys’ Review: Smirking All the Way to the Bank 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Act 2 starts badly too, with an inane scene of comedy drunkenness from Siegfried's companions. Swan Lake – review 2012-10-13T23:06:25Z It’s all directed as crudely as possible by Dan Mazer, who somehow came to think that this inane material was on a par with that of his frequent collaborator, Sacha Baron Cohen. Review: 'Dirty Grandpa' Is 'Utterly Unfunny' 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Stories that are preposterous, inane, moving and downright dull. The Coming Storm – review 2012-06-22T16:19:25Z Bad comic-book movies showcase the shortcomings of that medium — broad, “colorful” characters in inane stories where their occasional one-liner doesn’t lift this junk to literature. ‘R.I.P.D.’ deserves to get ripped 2013-07-19T18:37:28Z It was aggressive, joyous, inane and irresistible, with a refrain — “I don’t care, I love it” — that made it the ideal summer soundtrack. A Summer of Buzzing Bugs, Tunes or Mets’ Losses 2013-08-29T21:54:01Z Conspiracy theorists have swamped elections offices with inane records requests and infiltrated their staffs at the direction of party activists, Byrum says. The Jan. 6th hearings: Was the finale just the beginning? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z She’s a put-together advertising type; he’s a slovenly writer given to inane jokes and tongue-tied gurgles in the presence of attractive women. Movie Review: ‘I Give It a Year,’ a Comedy by Dan Mazer 2013-08-09T00:44:18Z And about inane questions from entertainment correspondents with whom they’d spent the morning. Buddy-Cop Banter With a Brogue 2011-07-17T01:13:02Z Paul’s efforts to communicate are stymied by poor cellphone reception, answering machines and inane voice mail. | 'Buried': Captive in Iraq, Stymied by Voice Mail 2010-09-23T23:03:00Z Girls still contend with a shameful amount of inane claptrap; boys are presumed to enjoy shish-kebabbing foul beasts. Fiction for older children – review 2013-03-30T15:00:02Z Morris falls short of challenging Bannon on every corrupt detail of his recent career, especially when it comes to Trump’s inane defense of the Charlottesville riots. “American Dharma” review: Errol Morris’ Steve Bannon doc is the most disturbing movie of th... 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Despite the fact that this is ostensibly a dancing show, the first hour featured no dancing, but instead inane conversations between the All Stars and Tom Bergeron. Dancing with the Stars Watch: First Cut is the Deepest 2012-09-26T12:00:58Z The chapter titled “Mrs. Nixon Has Thoughts on the War’s Escalation” consists of this one inane sentence: “You and Henry ordering the ‘Christmas Bombing’ was pesky!” Books of The Times: ?Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life,? by Ann Beattie - Review 2011-12-12T22:55:42Z These people navigate their feelings of permeating, heartbreaking guilt, but also their wellness routines, fickle romances, creaky joints, fading memories of civilian life, inane daydreams. In This Satire, Televised Blood Baths Offer Prisoners a Path to Freedom 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z It’s a question that’s impossible to answer and arguably inane to ask. So What's Seattle's Best Thai Restaurant? 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z As a result, the clash of outlooks that takes place is as mechanical as the film's inane romcom subplot. Why The Dictator isn't Great 2012-05-16T14:38:23Z And this is the essence of this Canadian troupe's subversive genius, won by shuffling critiques of first-world stupidity into a tall stack of inane. "The Kids in the Hall" are old now, and that makes their comedy still very much alright 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Friend 3 e-mailed me back and said some inane stuff about how I want everything my way and I’m not a “giver” and blah blah, when I pressed her for specifics. Carolyn Hax: Excluded by friends from trip, but unable to accept reasons why 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Although Mr. Bicknell has apparently done some rewriting — a reference to Martha Stewart would have been obscure three decades ago — the play is every bit as inane and inept as history has recorded. Theater Review: ‘Moose Murders,’ From Beautiful Soup Theater Collective 2013-02-01T23:04:40Z In what is likely the best of his “S.N.L.” sketches, a bit called “The Chris Farley Show,” he played an exaggerated version of himself, subjecting celebrities to a series of earnest and inane questions. The Big, Funny, Tragic Life of Chris Farley 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z A montage at the start of the film features inane chatter from entertainment hosts and radio d.j.s—the sort of idle, trivial taunting that every superstar contends with. Taylor Swift’s Netflix Special Is the End of an Era 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z So then you fill that void with just inane kind of babble of your own. Five top film directors on tipsy chats, mysterious packages and more 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z And then he danced during the inane “Rain Is a Good Thing.” Music Review: Luke Bryan Brings Hip-Hop Excess to Madison Square Garden 2014-01-26T22:43:51Z “The Bachelorette,” never one to shy away from inane histrionics, released a brand new teaser for the next episode of the Bachelorette. “Bachelorette” sinks to new lows with insulting “Clint loves J.J.” prank: “Falling in love with a man never crossed my mind…” 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Cohen’s character makes it possible for us all to watch a series of right-wing public figures enthusiastically support a totally inane idea, a move we would never witness on any mainstream news interaction. The genius of Sacha Baron Cohen: 5 comedy strategies that make his insane interviews work 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z At one point, he said, Trump presented Norman Vincent Peale with a painting “and made some remarks that were particularly inane.” How Trump got religion — and why his legendary minister’s son now rejects him 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z It's like waking up in a friendly, Celtic version of The Truman Show, or Later … with Jools Holland, without the inane chat. On the talent trail at Other Voices 2012 2012-12-06T10:54:00Z The absurdity of this inane chitchat taking place as some of the most wrenching moments in theatrical history are occurring outside has a certain mordant humor. 2010-01-15T04:13:00Z Such exhortations, at this point in the show, would seem inane coming from a less talented or less committed actor. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap: An Ugly Game 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z It is one of Hollywood’s most beloved, if increasingly inane, clichés. In ‘Cruella,’ Fashion Is Toxic 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z A reverse fundamentalist who proceeds by “inane ridicule and burlesque” rather than by careful philosophical argument. Alvin Plantinga?s New Book on God and Science 2011-12-13T22:30:17Z Or, as with “The Annihilation Point,” it’s merely a great excuse for some wonderfully inane Buck Rogers flashbacks — camp for straight guys. Cyborgs Onstage, Robots in the Wings 2010-12-30T23:58:33Z She gives the newscasters — modern city folk with practiced off-and-on empathy and inane, if occasionally hilarious, ideas about rural life — center stage, though they’re her least interesting satiric target. | 'Peepli Live': A Sendup of India Politics and News 2010-08-13T04:13:00Z With the exception of the "rousing" opening flashback to Diana's youth, Rodrigo Perez appears to find the entire film inane and incoherent. "Wonder Woman 1984" is "chaotic" and "delightfully cheesy": Reviews of this year's superhero sequel 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Otherwise the Perfect Society is perfectly inhuman and perfectly inane. Martin Amis on Lenin’s Deadly Revolution 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z “You have the most inane scripted introduction ever, but then Billie comes in, and she drives a stake right through your heart.” National Jazz Museum Acquires Savory Collection 2010-08-16T19:08:00Z And though she could not print scandals, she found that “through the gathering of inane and trivial news I was educated and profoundly changed.” The Secrets of Vera Caspary, the Woman Who Wrote "Laura" 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The tragedy here is not a single story but that a process so inequitable and so inane continues in a place that is considered to be enlightened. In 'Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem,' unhappy and unequal 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z He would ask himself, “How long can I last before the conversations become inane?” Young Mormons Find Ways to Be Hip 2011-10-26T20:31:24Z He also wants us to see a distant mirror of our current civilization, with its inane and unresolvable clashes over territory and religion. Theater Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Medieval Play’ at Signature 2012-06-08T02:05:00Z Are you a woman who is currently supporting Donald Trump’s inane attempt to turn American presidential politics into the world’s worst reality show? Donald Trump’s sexist garbage continues: His latest name-calling rant shows exactly how little he thinks of women 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z These are farcical answers to inane questions, or, viewed another way, one small act in a very long play. Music Review: Riff Raff at Santos Party House 2012-09-02T21:09:52Z Regardless, he brought some edgy material, discussing everything from the Freedom Tower to America’s inane consumerist attitude — especially concerning the holiday season or “Jesus’ birthday season.” Chris Rock rips into American materialism in hilarious “SNL” monologue 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Stories of his responses to inane directorial suggestions are legend, including one of my favorites: “In the history of music, nothing like that has ever happened — nor will it ever happen.” Ennio Morricone Was More Than Just a Great Film Composer 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z It’s all that was wrong with the nineties encapsulated in one inane, brain-worm lyric. Ten bands I will be forced to listen to in hell 2012-07-11T14:15:00Z Most of these leaders tolerate Stone's idiotic demands and inane questioning in exchange for the chance to speak for themselves, and they prove to be intelligent, articulate and passionately engaged. Film review: South of the Border 2010-07-29T21:40:00Z While some are big proponents of wearing sunglasses, bread-in-your-mouth, or other inane "no tears" tricks, I...just go for it? With these 4 expert tips, you'll never fear cutting onions (or any other allium) again 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Certain inane pleasures await when we stop treating TV like highbrow homework and let it become the populist entertainer it was made to be. Perspective | 20 new and returning TV shows that you should check out this summer 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Obviously any person, regardless of gender, who aspires to some form of urbanity will lament aspects of new parenthood, which ushers in a regime of cloying songs, egregiously-colored plastics and inane books. “If your child needs socking, sock him!”: How reading about pregnancy almost ruined me 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Trump is, of course, easily needled by inane gibes. Britain Greets Donald Trump with Green Day’s “American Idiot” 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Their eyes bulge and stare in a manner that is perhaps meant to suggest the strangeness of their predicament but really just appear hugely inane; these are sentient beings, I suppose, but not very. Dance Review: Tumbles and Twitches in an Alien World Undersea or in Outer Space 2011-07-12T21:00:01Z At a certain point in their childhood, kids start asking lots and lots of inane question where they don’t even seem to be interested in the answer. ?Why won?t you answer me?? 2012-05-20T18:00:00Z The bourgeois — a doctor, a merchant, a usurer — are his main target, their music rootless, full of inane little scales that crescendo to deafening, unconducted carnage that implodes into deserved nothingness. Review: Thomas Adès Leads the Philharmonic, and Björk Listens 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z That demolition begins just as soon as he returns home late one night from another inane workshop session. ‘The Making of Zombie Wars’ goes beyond the undead 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z On a base level, I’m secretly delighted by the inane food questions that sometimes emerge when people on social media or Reddit are trying to be pithy. Did McDonald's Columbus the churro for their Donut Sticks? 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z "It is the most shameful, inane thing I have seen in all the years I have been doing the fringe … How dare you proceed with this farcical, selfish idea?" he wrote. Edinburgh fringe hecklers should exit stage left and right 2010-09-03T16:03:00Z Meanwhile the Advice Booth, a whimsical double-act from London's Brick Lane, offered to tackle audience problems from the inane to the existential, leaving each patient with a lollipop and a personalised receipt. Latitude festival: Shakespeare, Swan Lake and Empire of the Sun steal the show 2010-07-19T13:19:00Z After a couple of insultingly inane answers – Will's onscreen popularity has stemmed from the fact he doesn't really upset anyone – he's pushed by the chair for more honesty. Rewind TV: The Newsroom; Twenty Twelve; Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies; Volcano Live – review 2012-07-14T23:06:06Z He might concede that his “Red Eye” was often “nauseating”—not to mention inane, ramshackle, mindlessly sarcastic, sneakily smart, patently absurd, and generally refreshing. In Praise of Fox News’s Greg Gutfeld 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Others drew on equally weak depictions in other movies or shows, leading to an inane feedback loop. How Should Black People Sound? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z He fed, not by sucking blood, but by sucking the life out of others through droning on in a monotonous voice, bringing up inane subjects and just in general, being a bore. The best child on TV is on "What We Do in the Shadows" 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Her book included all the requisite elements — second-rate college, inane administration, exasperated English professor — but the entire novel was a series of recommendation letters written by Jason Fitger, a highly vexed and acerbic teacher. Review | Irritated by tweedy academic types? Read this wonderful campus comedy. 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z The movie shows him laboriously recording many takes of some amusingly inane commercials and introductions, supervised by an unseen director. | 'Hello Lonesome': Among Lonelyhearts, a Meeting of Minds 2011-05-26T21:01:44Z Previously I ignored these antics as an inane way to create some sort of comic element on the show. When wild Seacrests attack 2010-04-04T22:31:00Z I’m talking pages and pages of the most inane virtual back-and-forths. Does he like me? 2012-10-11T00:00:00Z Colbert then dissected those remarks to further reveal how inane they are. Stephen Colbert destroys “confused piece of gnocchi” Louie Gohmert for bigoted stance on gays in the military 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z If your kids already play, ask them to explain their game to you, no matter how inane or mysterious it may seem. Video Games to Play With Your Kids That Won’t Drive You Crazy 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Several chapters are given over to an inane critique of his father’s critique of J.D. Book review: ‘Against the Country,’ by Ben Metcalf 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z "So it is, so it is," responds a mini chorus, cheeky and inane. NI Opera Shorts – review 2012-07-07T23:05:46Z She calls ideas like that “tied with a chive,” after those inane bundles of green beans that caterers used to serve. The Ice Cream Sundae Must Be Stopped 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z This kind of approach – Clegg appealing to "alarm clock Britain", Miliband to "the squeezed middle" or any politician to "hard-working families" – is maddening because it's inane. Alarm clock Britain, Mr Clegg? It's about time you woke up to reality 2011-01-16T00:05:47Z She also hosts ABC’s “Repeat After Me,” the Tuesday-night series in which she prompts celebrities, via a remote earpiece, to say inane things to strangers. Wendi McClendon-Covey’s mother lode 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The BBC also drew ire from the press, which called coverage of Sunday's river pageant "inane" and "tedious". BBC gets 2,000 Jubilee complaints 2012-06-06T19:49:10Z Ballet brought the program’s one repellently inane item. Dance Review: Fall for Dance Festival at City Center - Review 2011-10-28T23:41:39Z Imagine how inane their combined criticism would be. The dream X-Factor judges panel 2011-08-19T23:06:43Z When asked to discuss an admittedly inane Timberlake-related point, his eyes clouded over. Theater: Cillian Murphy in ?Misterman? at St. Ann?s Warehouse 2011-11-27T05:30:08Z It’s an unsettling simulation of living in a state that denies basic facts and perpetuates the most inane claims. Review | ‘The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures’ is a story that John le Carré might have written for ‘The Twilight Zone’ 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z The material in the wrong hands could come off as inane, but Nicholaw, who co-directed and choreographed "The Book of Mormon," found the most comically adroit hands for each of the principal roles. Take note of these four musicals for a Tony, then vote for 'Fun Home' 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Romantic comedy plot lines come off as cheesy, unrealistic or inane. Have romantic comedies fallen on hard times? Tell us your best and worst 2013-03-05T18:46:14Z "The Other Two" picks up shortly after Chase's music video for the inane "Marry U At Recess" goes viral. A guide to "The Other Two" before jumping into the zany HBO Max comedy's new season 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z In talking about his work, Hirst is also prone to the inane, saying things like, “In an artwork I always try to say something and deny it at the same time.” Damien Hirst at Tate Modern 2012-07-09T14:15:00Z A majority of these tweeted opinions, he notes, are smug and hypocritical when not utterly inane. Review: When the Digital World Is Judging Your Every Thought 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z We were expected to have an answer for every question, no matter how detailed or inane. I’m not going back to work in restaurants — but only because I have a choice 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z On the soundtrack, we hear the often inane comments by members of the public as well as more sensitive observations from various keepers. N?nette ? review 2011-02-06T00:05:52Z Somehow, if I sit answering inane questions about politics from a psychic, that is supposed to be more active and real and meaningful than if I sat for an hour looking at a Rothko. Tate Modern's waste of space: why won't interactive art leave me alone? 2012-08-16T14:06:12Z For everyone who ever complained about VH1’s inane countdown shows, this one is for you. Watch the 10 Best Unaired 'SNL' Sketches of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z I tried begging them to stop calling, then threatening, then wasting their time with inane questions, but nothing worked. Perspective | He probably should open his snail mail more often 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z And the sometimes inane lyrics of “Tell Me Why” arrive in waves of an Auto-Tuned chorale. Critics? Choice: CDs by M.I.A. and Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse 2010-07-11T22:31:00Z He defended the demonstration against the charge that it was an inane stunt. Nitrous oxide campaigners take drug outside UK parliament in protest at bill 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z It seemed like a ploy to tarnish Sciorra’s credibility, but in the 1997 clip, she went on to explain that those fibs involved inane things like claiming her father raised iguanas for circuses. Week 1 of Weinstein trial: Vile allegations, X-rated gifts 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z On Saturday night, Smithians stood 20-deep at the three microphones set up around the theater even after an hour of arcane and inane quizzing. Kevin Smith: I "feel good" about semi-retirement 2011-03-07T02:07:48Z They deliver dialogue that is so deliciously inane that no “As the World Turns” writer would dare type it. The TV Watch: Reality TV Is an Old Entertainment Form 2010-08-19T21:25:00Z This new ability results in some especially inane bits that, toned down, wouldn't have been out of place on TV's old "Love, American Style." 'Sex and the Single Alien' off the mark in aim for silly, adult fun 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Auerbach recalled that Bacon was full of opinions, “some inane and banal, many of them absolutely inspired and illuminating.” At 91, Frank Auerbach Is Still Searching for the Perfect Image 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Once in a while, Lucy indulges in the inane conventions of summer action films. REVIEW: I Love Lucy — and Luc, and Scarlett 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z It would be inane to ask museumgoers to rate the paintings they see: With visual art, there’s an understanding that the viewer’s objective stance heavily influences the perception of the work. Lauren Groff: By the Book 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Clad in thin paisley trousers, the wiry France embraces the role of Jim Morrison, replicating many of the latter's juvenile look-at-me antics and inane banter. Pitchfork Festival Day 3: Tree, Foxygen, Killer Mike kick things off 2013-07-22T00:56:00Z The movie comes across as a deliberately, almost defensively, inane trifle; a cupcake whose icing reads, “Enjoy the tooth decay.” ‘The Royal Treatment’ Review: Heavy is the Head (and Shoulders) 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z She notes that tattoos have the “ability to degrade as well as to enhance, to invoke the sacred and the inane.” Books of The Times: ‘Bodies of Subversion’ Explores Women’s Tattoos 2013-07-03T15:41:14Z But the sections that surround this solo, group numbers without the big skirts, are amateurish and inane. Dance Review: Rachel Cohen and Jody Sperling Perform at Danspace 2013-06-28T21:49:57Z It was an inane, knee-jerk question, given that Hitler employed one of the most gifted documentarians in history -- and certainly one of the most significant women in film. It's time to release Looney Tunes' racist cartoons 2010-10-15T20:01:00Z The thing I regret most about my life are those inane photos of me with icons. John Tavener: 'The days of seven-hour pieces are gone' 2013-07-01T18:00:01Z During cross-examination, the prosecution tries to prove that Clemens’ need for late-season stamina is a result of the heat and humidity by asking inane questions like “In the summer, would you agree, the temperature rises?” Asleep at the Roger Clemens trial 2012-06-10T13:00:00Z But more frequently he is asked questions of the inane variety. The Carpetbagger: Welcome to Hollywood, Baltasar Kormakur 2013-01-06T15:20:58Z That said: you say that you hate inane chit-chat, and yet you also tend to ask questions like what kind of music someone is into, or what they did over the weekend. Dating on Tinder: how can I go beyond chit-chat and start better conversations? 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The people who promulgate it often toggle between cruel, inane jokes and a fastidious humorlessness. An Undercover Trip Into the Rageful Worlds of Incels and White Supremacists 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The overstuffed story takes one too many detours — including an inane set piece at New York Comic-Con — and the ubiquitous Hasbro product placement is distracting. 'Ted 2' is overstuffed and absurd but wickedly funny 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Seriously, though: how is it still possible that, every time it snows or gets unusually cold, people are so eager to make the inane argument that global warming is a hoax? Science explains Donald Trump: Why cold weather makes people doubt global warming 2014-01-14T15:24:00Z Watching enough hours of funeral coverage eventually devolved into a numb exercise in how many hours news anchors can manage to fill on live air, using a mixture of platitudes and inane trivia. Perspective | The queen’s funeral doesn’t have to be about the queen 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z This is a way of dramatizing or raising the stakes on even the most inane or banal exchange: You don’t just look cute. Cultural Studies: Crafting Fictional Personas With the Language of Facebook 2010-08-13T20:15:00Z The wedding-band funk of “Daydreaming” and the lyrically inane “Cinema” feel comparatively frictionless, and display Styles’s unfortunate tendency to write lyrics that feel more like precisely posed Instagram carousels than conjurings of specific emotional states. Harry Styles Is Still a Dreamy Cipher on His Third LP, ‘Harry’s House’ 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z He had the gift, which great hosts have, of making inane, repetitive games feel risky, exciting. America Came on Down, and Bob Barker Was Thrilled Every Time 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Watson, in contrast, has a brain attic more like the rest of us, jumbled with memories both valuable and inane, with none specifically selected for storage based on their potential future worth. It’s not so elementary: The secrets of Sherlock’s mind palace 2014-02-09T14:30:00Z I get a little tired of watching a Chump screeching round a corner, looking over towards the camera with an inane grin. Top Gear; Michael Bublé's Day Off – TV review 2013-07-01T06:00:14Z Wag the Dog is intelligent satire in contrast to Black Sheep’s inane Looney Toon-esque shenanigans. 5 Election Comedies to Get You Ready for the Polls 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z She’s come to see most of her professors and classmates as pretentious, and college itself as, “just one more dopey, inane place in the world.” 5 life lessons from J.D. Salinger’s “Franny and Zooey” 2013-09-12T13:40:00Z Bayless, whose comments elicited a look of complete horror from host Cari Champion, isn’t the only one of the show’s contributors to offer inane, misguided thoughts on the topic of violence against women. ESPN commentator: Kobe Bryant’s sexual assault charges helped him “sizzle,” sell sneakers 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z A fly-through of Johnson’s apartment is rendered as a fatiguing projection; photographs of Barr’s flat are seen through an inane lenticular lens. These Obsessive Men of MoMA Furnished Your Modernist Home 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z She denounced women as “petty, trifling, priest-ridden, gossiping, stupid, inane,” and desperately in need of leadership from a superior being like herself. The Determined Siblings Who Became America’s First Women Doctors 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z The inane tests, the screaming sergeants, the empty slogans — none of it impresses him. Review | Nico Walker is a convicted bank robber. ‘Cherry’ proves he’s also a must-read author. 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z So when Lubow interrupts his narrative to offer, for instance, some inane generalization about her being a good mother, the reader is taken aback. A disturbing new image of photographer Diane Arbus 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z It's become something of an internet meme — a GIF response at the ready every time someone says something inane on social media. From "The Bear" to "The Menu," this was the year pop culture faced the horrors of fine dining 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z From Old Masters' self-portraits to contemporary selfies taken on phones, a London exhibition explores the creative potential of a mode of expression whose modern form is often derided as inane. London exhibition elevates selfies as an art form 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z They are graded on poise, which on Sunday was represented by the ability to answer inane questions in 20 seconds or less while saying nothing that could offend anybody. Perspective | The ‘new’ Miss America and the trap of ladylike expectations 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z True, it’s a particular kind of fun: compulsory hilarity, scheduled spontaneity, a scripted theater of the inane with random outbreaks of mediocre Tex-Mex. At Señor Frog’s in Times Square, It’s Spring Break Forever 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z In the first seasons I had a few things to do, and then in the second season I had some inane Connor-isms, some interjections, but I didn’t actually have a one-on-one scene with anybody. Alan Ruck Is Happy That Connor Roy Survived 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z “I started getting asked questions, these inane questions, like, ‘Are you still going to be able to write songs?’” she said. Lucinda Williams Is Raw, Riled Up and Ready to Speak Her Mind 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z He’s an unassuming, khaki-and-sweater-clad day-walker with an office job, where he moves from cubicle to cubicle and bores his co-workers with inane small talk until they are drained of energy and collapse. Review | ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ finds a little life left in the mockumentary format 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z My nervous energy coalesced into one inane conundrum: If I used my last Clairol Nice ’n Easy Root Touch-Up and dolled up, he would cancel. Modern Love: A Visit, and What Really Happened - Modern Love 2012-05-24T18:25:34Z “BoJack” and “Succession” share a thrilling attention to detail — production design meant for obsessive pausing and screenshotting, with a particular knack for tickers at the bottom of inane cable-news shows. Miss ‘Succession’ Already? Here’s What to Watch Next 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z This sprawling, eight-minute call to arms is now remembered as the soundtrack to David Caruso's sausage factory of inane one-liners from CSI Miami. The Who: a beginner's guide 2012-08-22T09:55:00Z These are undeniably heartbreaking stories that reflect the actual, dreadful experiences of millions of people caught in America’s poverty-and-prison industry, a machine greased by our inane drug laws. Review | If you like despair — and ‘Orange Is the New Black’ — you’ll love ‘The Mars Room’ 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z “Picasso and Jacqueline: The Evolution of Style” is the more cogent, despite its inane subtitle. Picasso Aplenty, at the Pace and Gagosian Galleries 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z “Vice Principals” also improves in later episodes when it shifts its focus away from inane, acrimonious stunts and delves deeper into Gamby’s and Russell’s private lives and their self-inflicted emotional wounds. HBO’s ‘Vice Principals’ has a maturity issue — and an attitude problem 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z That inane koan launched her globe-spanning career as a social media star. Review | Two authors expose the deceptive, self-aggrandizing absurdity of online life 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Outside, there’s the parade of pretty people answering inane questions about the contents of their purses. Time for a red carpet revolution: Stars have a huge platform to use — if they dare 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z If the lyrics on the charming Jodie's record were even just one degree more inane they would, hopefully, be immediately decommissioned by some government department and sealed in a lead-lined casket for a million years. This week's new singles 2011-01-08T00:06:15Z The screenplay is a smart jumble of observed scraps of conversation that make sense only to the two of them and tend to the sweetly inane. Frances Ha: A Millenial Annie Hall 2013-05-17T05:07:57Z Photograph: C Flanigan/WireImage In November, A$AP Rocky gave an interview in which he somehow managed to be both inane and yet completely illuminating on the state of modern rap. Trends of 2012: The year hip-hop's attitude to homosexuality changed? 2012-12-20T11:30:00Z And while it’s not inane, it’s an easy show to binge. 'Downton Abbey is ludicrous': the biggest TV hits we've never seen – until now 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Yes, we consider action and story progression the antidote to an inane existence in TV land, but as boob-tube connoisseurs we are sticklers for what we consume. TV manifesto: Resisting ‘Game of Thrones,’ and other vows 2014-05-07T18:37:13Z It also goes one agonizing step further than such small-screen fare in that it never for a second leaves the meeting room and only rarely abandons the artificial and often inane language of such encounters. Review: ‘Miles for Mary,’ a Sendup of the Interminable Meeting From Hell 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Like, "Hey, I know the world is burning around us, but I decorated this inane object in my house that serves no real purpose. Observe my handiwork." Martha Stewart's brand has always been subversive 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z It would be easy to chastise Philip were he not so recognizable to anyone who has, at one time or another, made inane decisions clouded by sex or desire. Review: Falling Hard for a Master Manipulator in ‘Of Human Bondage’ 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Its plotline, involving Norm’s trek to New York to foil a condos-in-the-Arctic scheme, is inane even by the standards of animated funny animal comedy. Review: In ‘Norm of the North,’ a Polar Bear Takes a Stand 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z We can also enjoy the small, seemingly inane political messages on display at the gala and understand that we need infinitely more than glib slogans at ultra-rich-people parties to enact real change. From AOC to Cara Delevingne, are the Met Gala’s feminist displays meaningful or just performative? 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Eco dances on the banks of allegory without drowning in its inane waters. The Times' 1983 review of Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose:' An intriguing detective story 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Though this list is limited to 10 — by the usual inane arbitrariness demanded by our love of quantification — there were many other shows that, excepting the top three, could just as easily have appeared here. The Best Theater of 2015 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z It's a weird mish-mash of inane quiz shows, programmes that steadfastly refuse to acknowledge the existence of the housing crisis and, on Channel 4, the billionth series of Come Dine With Me. Is Dinner Date perfect teatime telly? 2011-07-21T12:06:31Z The line would have seemed inane on paper, but as spoken by Taylor, it touches us. How Elizabeth Taylor silenced the censors 2011-03-30T23:53:15Z The jokes are thin, the computer animation is wanting and the inane plot is a series of set pieces strung together. Review: ‘The Nut Job 2’ Squirrels Away the Laughs for Itself 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z They ask themselves the inane questions artists are often asked, and their inane answers — about how challenging art isn’t popular, etc. — are made more irritating by a purposefully insincere tone. Dance Review: Sarah Michelson?s ?Devotion Study #1? at Whitney Museum 2012-03-07T00:05:18Z It was a punchline; in response to inane comments about strategy from the Republican candidates for president, Colbert fled his post, either by ducking under his desk or dashing away from the camera’s sightline. The old “Stephen Colbert” is gone for good: “The Late Show” crosses over firmly as host claims his new ground 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z If my head, and the blogosphere, are anything to go by, most of the neural chatter would be inane. Mind reading is possible! 2012-12-15T23:00:00Z The program may be inane — repetitious and so on — but there at least she is, one mother about whom my son does not assume ‘she spends the day shopping.’ Looking Back (and Learning From) ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z On Thursday night the audience laughed and cheered Menotti’s inane entertainment. Music Review: Love Beats Science in a Spoof by Menotti 2011-08-14T22:00:12Z Singer did not immediately return a call seeking comment Tuesday from The Associated Press, but earlier, he told City News Service that Zanzi's complaint was "another ludicrous lawsuit with inane claims." Ex-cruise worker files lawsuit against Travolta 2012-06-26T21:17:12Z Sophia and Annie share the type of obnoxious vocabulary that makes gratuitous use of abbreviations, inane references to male anatomy and lyrics from rap songs they probably have never listened to in full. Review | ‘Girlboss’ is so two-thousand and late 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z She spends several years cultivating her social media persona, liking and retweeting and commenting and rating and posting inane selfies. Review | You won’t find Dave Eggers’s new book on Amazon. That’s the most interesting thing about it. 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Where in Silver Columns and La Roux electronic music has enjoyed a distinctly hollow victory – moderately talented people rehashing 1980s synth-pop in inane ways – Bozz is gestating a far more complex pop music. Bozzwell ? the enlightenment 2010-12-27T12:32:54Z People laugh at whatever she says, treating her most inane responses as profound statements. Crazy, stupid, love: the mind-altering obsession taking over romcoms 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z But this inane, preposterous and stupefying film lacks the courage to milk the concept for the extreme satire that might have made it watchable. ‘A Long Way Down,’ a Suicide Pact Comedy 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z So try centering your thoughts there, on the deeper and truer qualities that make you good at what you do, rather than on the inane and unjust policies that make you rightfully furious. What Should I Do About My Rage? 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z But it actually manages to be both trite, inane fluff and seriously pernicious, sending what is a depressing message to young girls who see Billie Piper as a role model. TV Hall of Shame: #2 Secret Diary of a Call Girl 2011-02-09T13:04:29Z She is refreshing when she describes “Death in the Afternoon” as “rambling and sometimes inane.” Ernest Hemingway: The man behind the cultivated image of hyper-masculinity 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Maybe that sounds like an inane exercise because you’ve been eating copious amounts of it all your life. How to eat bread the right way 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z It was won by Foster and Partners' stunningly inane plan to complete the original crescent as a glassy oval. The tragic battle for Hastings 2010-10-09T23:07:00Z The ’90s show was groundbreaking and culturally significant for its interstitial scenes, in which Mike Judge’s two cartoon idiots would watch music videos and throw brilliantly inane insults at them. TV Tonight: Beavis and Butt-Head Return 2011-10-27T10:53:47Z Yet the touring experience is portrayed as a grim, airless death march under fluorescent lights — lonely airport-tram rides, painfully awkward record-company grip-and-grins, inane interviews, live performances that punctuate but don’t alleviate the gloom. Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead?s Runaway Guitarist 2012-03-10T20:47:20Z He is, it’s almost inane to note, a very handsome individual. Tom Ford: ‘I wore a suit on set. It's a uniform… I feel weak in trainers’ 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Explaining: The biggest risk is probably of making too much of an inane remark. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Talking to your daughter about gender and generalizations 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “Le Corsaire” fairly bursts with virtuosic showpieces and spirited good times, but it’s also the most inane work in the classical canon. An 18-year-old new ballet star salvages an outmoded tale of pirates, slaves and stereotypes 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Foremost among the inane questions, at least according to Upworthy, which recently put together a montage of such queries, is the evergreen “Who are you wearing?” On the Red Carpet, a Revolt Builds Over the Pageantry 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The dialogue that accompanies this act is just as inane, and not worth repeating here. Review | T.C. Boyle captures the intersection of folly and progress. This time, it’s the ill-fated Project Nim. 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The choreography was also as before: shapeless, empty, often inane. Review: Complexions Returns With New Dances but Not New Moves 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z If Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven are inane in death, that is because they are dead. 'Classical Style' at Ojai Music Festival draws on wit, wisdom 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z They see little reason to put up with the swarming photographers and inane questions from pouncing gossip reporters. 2010-02-12T23:10:00Z She is dismayed to find herself enduring inane baby singalongs, irritated by fatuous chitchat with other mothers and anguished when the exterminator interrupts her writing time. A Novel of Domesticity and Its Discontents, London-Style 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, it’s still a great way to catch up on what’s happening in art, from the cleverly inane to the soulfully poetic. What Not to Miss at the Armory Show at the Piers 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Gulliver's Travels, both a parody of inane travel books of Swift's time and a meditation on the human condition, is one of the most brilliant satirical works ever written. Why Gulliver's jokes just don't travel 2011-01-06T22:30:01Z It’s a sweet reflection of the inane things we do to distract ourselves in the face of chaos, and the odd ways we’re pulled together when we’re apart. Loving Captivity: a sweet, tech-savvy web series about love and dating in quarantine 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Not only could film connoisseurs peruse the aisles of video stores on Friday nights, but they could also compose home movies, from the artful to the inane. Who Is Still Buying VHS Tapes? 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Seek it out, if only to marvel at the entertainingly inane glory of what we once had and are in danger of never having again. ‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Time-Bending Take on James Bond 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Some performers offered banter that was just as inane as what writers usually provide. Unscripted or Not, the Tonys Were Mostly Predictable 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z "People coming out of nowhere with this sort of inane yarn is what happens in media-driven feeding frenzy," he added. Cosby comedy gigs to go on in midst of swirling allegations 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z An inane, pathetic mission, but a mission nonetheless. 7 Hours of Travel, 2 Hours on the Ground: Worth It for the Rewards Points 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z There was a lack of swoon-worthy romance and the drama felt inane — I say this fully admitting I could watch TikToks about the makeup conversation between JP and Taylor all day long. The 'Love Is Blind' finale is here. Our writers discuss how Season 5 went off the rails 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Then he recycled his inane anger at Netanyahu for congratulating Biden and actually proclaimed, “If the election wasn’t rigged there would be nobody even thinking about going into Israel.” Trump, Netanyahu and Israel: Orange man-child embarrasses us all over again 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Will school officials stop their inane objections to the word “gay”? Column: An author tells schoolchildren the real origin story of Batman and is silenced for using the word 'gay' 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Instead, she's "popular with conservatives, who promoted her as a perfect symbol of how overly theatrical and inane liberals can be." Fake "liberal" Twitter account exposed: We should worry less about AI, more about human stupidity 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z This statement by the Wesleyan Church is as inane as it is arrogant. Ask Dr. E: Fighting racism through the lens of Christianity, and the perils of trusting one’s ‘gut’ 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Dave Roberts continues to make the most inane and baffling decisions regarding his pitchers. Letters to Sports: PGA should be ashamed of itself after LIV merger 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z The videos pop up almost weekly: inane instances of aggressive behavior toward officials. In this youth baseball league, fans who mistreat umpires are sentenced to do the job themselves 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z His smirk continued as he dismissed an inane question from a pool reporter about the nonexistent "crisis" on the border after the end of Title 42. Wicked game: Kevin McCarthy's debt-ceiling "crisis" is political theater at its worst 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z "At a moment when Americans are growing more unified and in favor of gun control," said historian Brian Rosenwald, "Clarence Thomas' grotesque, inane opinion in Bruen is going to make all of them illegal." Judge rules 18-to-20-year-olds can't be barred from gun purchases 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Some themes emerged about how inane, but also how precarious, American politics has become. Seattle-area Proud Boy Ethan Nordean and the cracking of a cult 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z “Twitter’s approach of ‘Well, if people pay for verification, certainly they must be legit’ is so inane I don’t even know how to put words to it.” Tweets Become Harder to Believe as Labels Change Meaning 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Stunts such as his rendition of migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard and his inane battle with Disney deserve to be thoroughly investigated and exposed. The unequal treatment of Trump v. DeSantis: Who gets the advantage? 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Instead of disseminating useful information and debating important ideas, the internet is too often used to promote whacky theories and titillate users with inane gossip. AI was supposed to save the internet, not destroy it 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z We are stuck watching this guy, reading his inane social media messages, checking his polling numbers, and wondering what crazy thing he will do next. Sick of Trump? Try laughing at him 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z As the Daily Beast reported at the time, Penn tweeted this inane bit of political advice: The centrist plan to sabotage Joe Biden 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z That “inane” inquiry sparked the premise of “Snappy Answers,” in which each cartoon respondent replies to a silly question with a flurry of sarcastic retorts. Perspective | From Mad’s Al Jaffee, a beautiful blend of intelligence and irreverence 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Thus was born “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” in which an inane query is met with three possible sarcastic responses. Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s cartoon maestro, dies at 102 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z At the low end is the newly elected New York Congressman George Santos, whose flagrant fabrications are breathtaking in their inane boldness. Pence avoids speaking the truth about Trump at all costs 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The comments, many of them insipid and stupid, most inane and some comical, left me shaking my head. We went nuts over a balloon! Thank you for saving us, Rihanna 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z That was the most pathetic, boring, inane thing I’ve seen in many a year. Letters to Sports: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar still greater than LeBron James? 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Now it wasn’t all this trivial or inane. Olympia’s ‘silly’ little scandal is another step in something big 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Perhaps that will be enough for James to abandon participation in the inane Greatest of All-Time debate that none of basketball’s giants can definitively win. Perspective | Case in points: LeBron and Kareem will finally share a bond 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The pettiness described in “Spare” is staggering, with inane disputes over lip gloss rising to near-constitutional crises. 'Spare' mercilessly trashes the royal family. It doesn't go far enough 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z We have to watch them host SNL, and read their inane tweets, and know precisely what they are going through at all times, because their whims can cost people jobs and ruin lives. Opinion | Not another column about Elon Musk 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z He would sit here telling the wildest stories, talking for hours about some inane skill he mastered, another odd topic into which he had turned himself into an expert. A Key West regular, Mike Leach leaves a legacy — and an empty bar stool 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z He dreads the day he stars in a project he isn’t necessarily proud of, and whose dullness prompts inane questions from people interviewing him. Paul Mescal on ‘Aftersun,’ disaster movies and that ‘Normal People’ ending 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z That inane ruling — in the case of a girl recently traumatized by a friend’s death, and by her plausible account unready to care for a child — was also possible before Roe was overturned. Opinion | Post-Roe, the human tragedies mount 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s especially inane at medical schools, where it has become a growing priority to attract, train and encourage students who are from these groups and are culturally competent. Opinion | An advance for non-heterosexual medical students and health care 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z While silently rehearsing her own failures, she must grin through inane committee meetings that place male athletic triumphs and female pleasantness at the pinnacle of human accomplishment. Review | Tracy Flick is back — and she’s tired of losing 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Every Republican, no matter how inane it might appear, must show their gun bonafides. The NRA celebrates in Texas before Uvalde victims are buried 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Other lies are equally inane, such as the claim that Marcos Jr.’s supporters formed the longest motorcade on record. Dictator's son uses TikTok to lead in Philippine election and rewrite his family's past 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Think about it: How would you feel if someone followed you around and asked you inane questions all day? Can a first-grader deliberately mislead you? 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Michael sits before his computer’s built-in camera and leads group meditation classes online; I flop between my bed and my couch, typing up inane thoughts all day with my laptop on my stomach. I Lived the #VanLife. It Wasn’t Pretty. 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z All those boxes are dutifully checked in “The Northman,” with alternately impressive and inane results. Review | Violence and revenge define and ultimately undercut ‘The Northman’ 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Olive misses her husband and daughter back on the moon as her publisher spirits her to public readings, panel discussions and inane interviews with poorly prepared journalists. Review | Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Sea of Tranquility’ is a mind-bending novel 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z I’ve met a number of famous people, some who inspired me to offer up inane fan banter and some who later became known to me in human and intimate ways. The death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins reveals the vulnerability we all share 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Cruz shouted, asked inane questions, seemed to search Twitter for himself, and even went after his fellow senators. Ted Cruz just handed Democrats a gift for the midterms — if they're willing to use it 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Ms Qureshi said she appreciated the "goodwill" of those who had registered their interest with Homes for Ukraine, but added: "We haven't got the infrastructure to deal with inane comments and questions." Ukraine crisis: Calls for clarity on refugee matching process 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z I listen to inane conversations around me and wonder why you would subject anyone, not least your SO, to that? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How do a couple in a relationship not get sick of each other? 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z “Dear Motion Picture Academy: Your inane plans not only intensely disrespect the crafts of your own members, but the art of film-making itself,” Ottman wrote. Can the Oscars ever change? Industry pushback reveals the peril of rethinking the show 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z In another, he played a tracksuit-wearing mob boss named Don Corelli: a tyrannical paterfamilias who insists to his lackeys that “the highest number is 24” and threatens violence against any who challenge this inane edict. Bob Odenkirk’s Long Road to Serious Success 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The cinephilic, sometimes sycophantic milieu is lightly satirized, with an opening montage of inane questions from film journalists posed to movie stars and directors. Review | Woody Allen’s latest, ‘Rifkin’s Festival,’ is a pretty film. Pretty forgettable, that is. 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z On the level of character, we are in for far more of the same: broad types making inane observations we are perhaps meant to sneer at. Review: The seven deadly sins of bad art friendship, explored in a debut novel 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Further, it has been seen as an inane response to a surprising situation: “I was, like, wow!” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: The most important mission of public libraries today 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z In other emails, Shepard calls a statement from the independent Institute of Medicine “inane” and says separately of an unnamed committee member’s comments: “stupid is so exhausting.” Lawsuit alleges bullying tactics by transplant executives in bid to revamp system 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z In recent years, the data showed that inane, petty disputes increasingly sparked killings. Opinion | I used to run a police homicide unit. The rage behind so many of today’s murders feels new. 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z We all have to live this way, in a landscape vandalized by increasingly inane and powerful flows of capital. Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z There are many inane rituals that take place in the U.S. Mitch McConnell is trying to troll Democrats — but the debt limit fight will blow back on the GOP 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z With the pandemic, using the flag to rally support for not wearing masks or getting vaccinated felt to me like a selfish, inane misinterpretation of what freedom truly means. Opinion | I thought it was an anti-mask protest. I was wrong. 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z A Washington state Republican candidate for governor who lost by 545,000 votes decided to drop his inane lawsuit contesting the results and decided to run for Congress in 2022 instead. Joe Manchin and Donald Trump: The two men who threaten it all 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z I'm relieved that the news media are not covering Trump's every inane and ignorant pronouncement, as they did in 2015 and 2016, because that only increased his appeal. Laughing at Trump's "backward" pants won't save us from the 21st-century gulag 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z I’m relieved that the news media are not covering Trump’s every inane and ignorant pronouncement, as they did in 2015 and 2016, because that only increased his appeal. Opinion | Too many people are still underestimating the Trump threat 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z We don’t need to hear an inane question-and-answer session before or after each match. Opinion | What’s on the court speaks for itself 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z She and the news crews are all playing the same game, in the laziest and most inane manner possible. Column: The California recall is fascinating — especially if you're an East Coast TV anchor 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Some of them will be so inane or irritatingly nonsensical that you will rue the day they were written, then accidentally-on-purpose misplace them behind the couch. Remembering 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z And not because trolls on Twitter had lots of inane comments about the officer herself or the sad decline of the Agency because it aspired to be an inclusive, diverse organization. Opinion | CIA critics are creating a false choice between diversity and excellence 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Which is to say, she won’t parrot the inane claim that the election of 2020 was “stolen,” and that the 45th president was ousted by deception and fraud. Liz Cheney stands up to mutiny, mendacity 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z But we all know you’ve clicked on those inane, photo-driven stories over the years or you probably wouldn’t be reading this one right now. What we really lost when Hollywood parties and celebrity chats faded away this year 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Did you ever hear anything sillier, more ridiculous and inane in your life? Looking Back at the First Roaring Twenties 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z "These sessions, in both their content and delivery, are so sophomoric and simplistic, so unsophisticated and inane, that I would be embarrassed if they were taught to Brearley kindergarteners," Gutmann wrote. NYC parent rips $54G-a-year private Manhattan school over 'cancerous' anti-racism policies 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z In another, he offers advice on how to comfort parishioners with “harmless lies,” explaining: “Your responsibility as a priest is to bring common grief to the heights of the inconsolable by saying something inane.” Bill C. Davis, whose play ‘Mass Appeal’ lived up to its title, dies at 69 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Written in the suffocating, disjointed prose of social media, Lockwood’s novel evokes the sensation of scrolling as it reads: moving from inane observation to obnoxious joke to occasional gem of social commentary. In ‘No One is Talking About This,’ Patricia Lockwood brings the chaos and comedy of social media to print 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Another was her inane assertion that California's wildfires were caused by a Jewish space laser financed by the Rothschild banking family. Throw her out of Congress! 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Despite his manifestly inane policies, the Republican Party capitulated, corporate tycoons applauded, and nearly half the American public cleaved to their new-found savior. While America was sleeping 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z He slowed to a walk, so I walked with him, talking about inane things to distract his brain and help him keep moving forward. Saying Goodbye to an Endless Year With a 24-Hour Race 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z The whole weekend made me, at least, feel as if I live on a different planet – with theirs being one in which it is impossible to separate the important from the inane. Just another wacky weekend in Trump land 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The inane pretense that he is adamantly opposed to "politicizing" the department of justice, even as he politicized it more than any Attorney General in history, was a true triumph of gaslighting. Bill Barr was Trump's biggest enabler and top servant — but his real legacy is even darker 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z In fact, this overwrought dynamic seems to be an unavoidable consequence of platform-based discourse, in which the stakes reach unsustainably high levels even — or especially — when the subject is inane. Watch This Disgusting Food Video Right Now. It Explains Everything. 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Collins dutifully echoed Trump's inane tweeting, garnering a harsh rebuke from Raffensperger, who called him a "failed candidate" and "a liar." Trump's bizarre Georgia play: He wants to show Republicans he's still the boss 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Not until page 672 does Obama mention him by name, in a passage on the inane 2011 controversy over his birthplace. Review: Barack Obama's memoir is a masterful lament over the fragility of hope 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z OK, first off, that “statistics” argument is inane. Analysis: Making the case for all four contenders in UW’s quarterback competition 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z And even the most strategically inane traditions are difficult to disregard. Analysis: making sense of UW Huskies’ season-opening depth chart surprises 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z “I am demanding inane gossip from my friends.” How The Verge is coping with election anxiety 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Many try to use convention to define James’s legend, and it leads to inane for-and-against debates. Perspective | LeBron James is a dynasty unto himself 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Despite Trump's meaningless and inane boasting of nonexistent "plans," they articulate no agenda to address the converging crises of American life. There's only one political party in the United States — the other one has descended into madness 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z He has always laughed off such inane demands. LeBron James and the Burden of Being Great(est) 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Some reporters are even taking their sense of obligation to treat both sides equally to an inane and morally depraved level by making the case for how Trump could turn things around. Journalists must face the 2020 challenge: This isn't a normal election, and the truth is at stake 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Nicole Wetsman: I am demanding inane gossip from my friends, spending most of the day under my weighted blanket, and eating this very good cake. How The Verge is coping with election anxiety 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z “Raking the leaves and forest floors is really inane. That doesn’t make sense at all,” said Ralph Propper, the president of the Environmental Council of Sacramento. As Trump Again Rejects Science, Biden Calls Him a ‘Climate Arsonist’ 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The "mutual combat" framing is inane, legally a non-starter, and obviously supportive of the aggressive party, which is typically the Trump supporters. Alexander Reid Ross on what the media got wrong about the Portland protests: Everything 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z He mocks the question, adopting an inane tone. 'Succession' cast dishes on key moments and, true to the show, one another 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Oh, once in a while the inane or terrible things Trump says make headlines, as when he suggested that people shoot up with bleach, or threatened to order the military occupation of American cities. Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the postal police: Is this election really about "decency"? 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z What I’m saying is, this is the context in which various proposals to regulate tech — both the meritorious and the inane — are being developed. The US declared war on TikTok because it can’t handle the truth 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z If there was one moment that captured Barr's total immersion in Trump's ocean of self-deception and lies, it was that series of inane talking points. Bill Barr on Capitol Hill: Lies, evasions and a promise to "follow the law." Be very afraid 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, parents, grandparents, teachers and families watch both nervously and angrily that such inane tail-chasing does nothing to address the key questions here. Betsy Devos wants to turn millions of children into Trump's pandemic lab rats 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Yes, I know that sounds like inane gibberish, but it really did say something. How bad could a second term really be? Think Donald Trump 2: Police-state boogaloo 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z The show not only provided a welcome reprieve from a tough day in the laboratory but also fueled fun debates among us students as to whether the inane scenarios were plausible. ‘Seinfeld,’ science and yada, yada, yada 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z “The inane reasoning here by the Democrats is that, ‘Gosh, the president tweeted about the Flynn case and therefore, the decision by the DOJ to dismiss the charges must be corrupt,'” he continued. Gregg Jarrett: Why Dems are using 'inane reasoning' on maintaining case against Michael Flynn 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Responding to an inane question about a curvier shape being back in fashion, she replies, cool-eyed: “The bosom has never been out. That would mean that women have been out, which is ridiculous, isn’t it?” Twiggy: 'I don't think high fashion will ever move completely away from slimness' 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Now he is leading a group, mocked within the government as “the Slim Suit crowd,” that is providing one more layer of confusion — and inane consultant argot — to the laggardly, disorganized response. Opinion | He Went to Jared 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z We laughed about inane tweets and shared goofy online videos. Opinion | What my family learned after a year of social distancing 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Words matter more in this case than in the inane sports debates that occupy most of our time. Perspective | Words matter, and U.S. Soccer exposed its sexism in its latest legal filing 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Now, I bow to no one in my despair over cable news' addiction to fake political drama, its inane punditry and its willingness to be used as a megaphone for liars. Get political reporters off the coronavirus story — they're screwing it up 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z In an interview on CBS News' "60 Minutes" airing Sunday night, Bloomberg said it's "incomprehensible that the president would do something as inane as calling it a hoax, which he did... in South Carolina." Trump, Bloomberg spar over coronavirus response, 'hoax' claims 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Then there is Buttigieg's inane comment about barring children of millionaires or billionaires from free tuition at public institutions. The U.S. granted free tuition before, and it can do it again 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z “Oh, you don’t look like a Dalit,” was one particularly inane remark. Coming out as Dalit: how one Indian author finally embraced her identity 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z One angry letter writer calls himself offended by awards shows that feature “inane, uninformed, uneducated, narcissistic opinions” of these historically illiterate, pampered, overpaid so-called celebrities. Calendar Feedback Sun., Feb. 2, 2020 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Our very winner-takes-all election structure not only encourages this inane behavior, it almost necessitates it. The Warren vs. Sanders feud was practically inevitable in our broken electoral system 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The shattered notion of a never-ending tomorrow slowly gets pieced back together as I once again find myself worrying about the mundane and stressing over the inane. A time when the past and present painfully collided 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Yet every once in a while, there's a spark of light that reminds us why we all willingly sign up to read inane arguments and passe memes all day long. Max Homa's roast game is as good as his golf game - Golf Digest 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z She quoted Bellow as ridiculing graduate students and book reviewers who, after dissecting his novels, delivered what she described as pretentious and “inane mega-interpretations.” Elisabeth Sifton, Editor and Tamer of Literary Lions, Dies at 80 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Today, however, when I turn on the news and attempt to slog through the impeachment inquiry, I’m reminded of some of the inane conspiracy theories my wokest college classmates considered gospel. Opinion | In Defense of ‘Woke’ 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z However, the barrage of inane commercials embedded in these programs destroys any pleasure a viewer may get from them. Calendar Feedback: 'Broadcasting a rebuttal' 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z The Republicans’ questions, by contrast, ranged from inane to zany, with Representative Jim Jordan standing out for his dedication to unfounded conspiracy theories. Did Trump win day one of the impeachment hearings? Our panel verdict 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z This should lay to rest, once and for all, the inane hypothetical in which Ivanka can or will do anything to "make it better" for anyone but the Trumps and their patriarch. Of course Ivanka would compare Donald Trump to Thomas Jefferson — that's her job 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Their inane "mirror-Mueller" probe, seeking to exonerate Russia for its activity in 2016 by proving Moscow was framed by the "deep state," the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton is not only absurd but extremely suspicious. The week Donald Trump's presidency crashed and burned — and Republicans have noticed 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Solicitor General Neal Katyal called the White House’s letter “inane,” adding, “You don’t get to block impeachment just because you don’t like it.” White House: Impeachment process is 'unconstitutional,' 'illegitimate' 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z But he remains a luminous, transcendent talent, with the power to ennoble even an occasion as inane and vacuous as The Best. Lionel Messi’s enduring luminous talent marks him out as The Best 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z After countless melodramatic, rude or inane incidents by reporters, Mr. Trump ended the briefings in March. Help needed: A call to arms for Never Trumpers 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Barraged with inane and arcane questions, Shatner takes a deep breath at a lectern and says, “Get a life, will you, people? I mean, for crying out loud, it’s just a TV show!” Superfans: A Love Story 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s true that the poem has grown increasingly meaningless over time, having been repeated and adapted to so many inane circumstances. The Survival of Iggy Pop 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Several performers struggle to remain convincing when their characters are forced to utter such inane lines as, “Three years I’ve been teaching special needs kids. I guess today, I was a special need kid.” Review | ‘The Last’ tells a deep story, but the film is buried beneath layers of amateurishness 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z For a week before the hearings you could hear this inane counsel regurgitated on cable TV; it was a sure sign of trouble ahead. Are Democrats ready to fight? The signs aren't promising — this week's debates are crucial 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z As one said, “Sports awards are won on the playing field, not in inane ceremonies.” Do the ESPYs matter? Nearly 30 years on, it’s what happens off the field that defines their legacy 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z That gave us an inane skit in a toilet stall but cut off articulate and moving speeches that gave a hint of the struggle amid the joy of the spotlight. Feedback: After the Tonys, readers want to know — are awards shows broken? 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z Despite so much inane coverage, Melania energetically leveraged her platform to highlight the misogyny embedded in the violence and today’s hate crime rates. You saw me covered in blood on a bus. But do you get outraged about all homophobia? | Chris 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, that conceit doesn’t work with the larger narrative, which requires Ashley’s hit songs to be laughably inane and her handlers soulless and unethical. In "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too," Black Mirror does teen comedy 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z But on r/SubSimulatorGPT2, each bot has been trained on text collected from specific subreddits, meaning that the conversations they generate reflect the thoughts, desires, and inane chatter of different groups on Reddit. There’s a subreddit populated entirely by AI personifications of other subreddits 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The idea sounds inane to older generations, but the youngest generation reared on these sites, are obsessed. Are influencers inherently authoritarian? 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Most of the exposition is provided in flashback-style holographic recreations, and the action sequences are so inane, chaotic and incomprehensible that you may find your mind wandering to grocery lists rather than the film's stakes. Review: ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’ basks in its garbled (yet cuddly) neo-noir glory 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The idea that the Democrats were too soft on Putin, so he sabotaged them in order to elect Donald Trump, is so inane I'm amazed McConnell didn't burst out laughing when he said it. Mitch McConnell, gravedigger of democracy: Majority leader's shocking power grab 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Playing such a pingpong game in a never-ending search for the perfect statistical mirror is inane. Playing pingpong with affirmative action 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z As we saw from their fawning, elementary and sometimes inane questions during those hearings, few members of Congress understand the technology that they are tasked with regulating. Mark Zuckerberg, Elizabeth Warren, and the Case for Regulating Big Tech 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Nadler later tweeted that Jordan’s comment “counts as both inane AND anti-Semitic.” Anti-Semitism resolution threatens rift among House Democrats after Ilhan Omar comments 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z After the Cohen testimony ended, I managed around 10 seconds of Jake Tapper on CNN before folding, unable to stomach the inane hyperbole and the sense that it was just high-octane reality TV. The Trump/Cohen revelations are awful. So why am I yawning? | Nesrine Malik 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z His first official credit was for a 1949 “Lassie” picture, which he dismissed as inane but nonetheless “tailor-made for music, since the dialogue was sparse in favor of a lot of barking in picturesque meadows.” André Previn, musical polymath and Oscar-winning composer and conductor, dies at 89 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Friends with young children regularly complain about the inane surprise-egg or toy review videos that have become household obsessions. Parents: don't panic about Momo – worry about YouTube Kids instead | Keza MacDonald 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z In fact, what they had created was an instrument that could be active or passive, educational or inane, inspiring or deadening to the spirit, since it contained all things. Parents can police screen time – but good luck telling your children that | Zoe Williams 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Instead, he spent the weekend demagoguing on Twitter about the wall, trying to make the inane slogan "build the wall and crime will fall" happen. Donald Trump has a strategy: He's using the border wall fight to escape from justice 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Words like inane, witless and stupid come to mind. Feedback: From the Golden Globes' hits and misses to 'Mrs. Maisel's' 'stereotypes' 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z And, if history is any indication, right alongside the important stuff will be the inane, the unnecessary and the downright bad bills. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z And please, stop ringing that inane bell, foghorn or train whistle on third downs. Letters: Is this going to be worth it for UCLA? 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z "There are staged scenes of contestants getting ready at home and journeying to the studio, as well as members of the studio audience providing inane comments during the auditions," she says. Is there room for another dance show on TV? 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Stepping back from the inane clamor of daily Twitter made it easier to spot what is good and revealing on social media. Unplugged: what I learned by logging off and reading 12 books in a week 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Local elected officials and agencies fighting the fires call the comment “inane”, “uninformed” and “dangerously wrong”. From Kavanaugh to the government shutdown – Trump's 2018 lowlights 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z They don’t seem to hear how offensive their brightly inane statements about the future are with so much reparation left unfinished. Perspective | Larry Nassar was just a symptom. Congress must cure a sick Olympic culture. 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z “Even his responses, his retorts if you will, are inane and kind of stupid. He doesn’t say anything witty or smart,” Mr. De Niro replied. Robert De Niro rips Donald Trump in CNN interview with Hala Gorani 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Donald Trump has made so many inane, dishonest comments that it would take days to lay them all out. Trump and the National Enquirer: David Pecker could be very bad news for Trump 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z OK, yeah: It’s much too early to start talking confidently about frontrunners and contenders or defaulting to inane horse-race coverage. First wave of 2020 panic: Is Biden vs. Bernie really the best Democrats can do? 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z This inane debate over whether Warren had the right to try to defuse an issue that Trump had used against her proves my point. Elizabeth Warren Stands by DNA Test. But Around Her, Worries Abound. 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Not someone who spews every vile and more often inane thought into the public square. Bush’s Coffin Arrives at Capitol, Where the Former President Will Lie in State 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z And some sources of novelty are truly inane. The Unseen Cost of Subscription Boxes 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z “They realized it was completely inane fear,” she said. LGBT triumphs: 2 governorships, at least 9 seats in Congress 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Go ahead and fill the online comments section with your defense of the Second Amendment and inane statements about “good guys with guns.” Why I didn’t attend Seattle’s Jewish vigil 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z “We have reached the level of inane belief that government regulations and taxes can influence storms.” Professor says hurricane victims paying price for electing ‘climate deniers’ like Gov. Rick Scott 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z If he was involved in this inane plot it is yet more evidence that Kavanaugh is completely unfit for the Supreme Court -- or any other position of high authority. Kavanaugh battle gets darker and weirder: Will bizarre conspiracy theories save him? 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z In a television interview Meyers then showed, Trump Jr described the meeting as “nonsensical, inane, and garbled.” Trevor Noah: 'Trump gets a vacation, but we don't get a vacation from him' 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z This last tip struck me as particularly inane, as though compassion were an end in itself. Is compassion fatigue inevitable in an age of 24-hour news? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “Canadians would not demean themselves with anything so inane as the London Trump balloon,” he argued. ‘He’s done quite well’: why Conrad Black thinks Trump is what the US needs 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z “Angels on Tap” is an ill-conceived comic-fantasy filled with strained and creaky humor, cardboard characters, an inane framing device and, as directed by Trudy Sargent, zero cinematic style. Review: 'Angels on Tap,' a skunked comedy brew 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z That means Kavanaugh was personally involved in this inane charade, which would be in keeping with his experience as a professional political operative and hardcore partisan hit man. Kavanaugh battle gets darker and weirder: Will bizarre conspiracy theories save him? 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z I wasted my undergraduate days in inane courses like religious studies and organic chemistry. Why Does Jim Holt Exist? 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z It's understandable that all of us would be relieved that the inane insults about "Little Rocket Man" have given way to inane compliments, if only to buy some time. After the Singapore summit: What happens when Donald Trump realizes he’s been played? 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Childhood memory for many of us: sick-day from school, lying on the sofa under a blanket, watching the brilliantly inane Supermarket Sweep. 'I was a contestant on Supermarket Sweep' 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Thanks for writing this in depth piece on something much more interesting that Trump's most recent, inane tweet! A Fossilized Finger Bone May Be From the Earliest Humans on the Arabian Peninsula 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z People treat his inane utterances as deep insight. Hair Force One: which films best describe the Trump era? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Trouble is, Trump has no idea what the Chinese are willing to do to counteract his inane antics! Trump Doubles Down on Potential Trade War With China 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z His comment about Sam Darnold as a likely first pick in the draft is about as inane as one could imagine: "Because he represents kind of what Cleveland is." Letters: Rams might be turning into the Bad Boys of the NFL 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z “Trade wars are good, and easy to win,” Trump tweeted this month — an inane echo of Cheney’s hubris about the Iraq war. The unheeded lessons of the Iraq war 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z It’s so much more fun laughing at the inane story beats or ridiculous slow-motion midair jumps when you’re with another person. A Way Out’s clever co-op play is dragged down by a cliche crime story 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z I don’t recall members of the US press being assasinated by the government for their opinions despite Chairman Trumps inane rants. Opinion | Babushkas for Putin 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Beyond the gross cacophony of the Trump White House, where inane palace intrigue continues to transfix the nation, a very important story is taking place. The teachers strike in West Virginia represents rare hope in dark times | Ross Barkan 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Parents and friends of the victims are doing what should be done by reporters: they are not asking inane questions and are holding the feet of politicians to the fire. Another Shooting, Another Gun Debate. Will the Outcome Be the Same? 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z No, no and no, and stop asking such inane questions. Curling fan etiquette 101: Babies, yes. Music, no. Mumbling, yes. Chanting, no. 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Just enjoy the conferrence coffee clutch - they are sponsored by Big Pharma and other rich entities who love the tag alongs - don't show up at any talk I give with your inane comments. Hits to the Head May Result in Immediate Brain Damage 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z If so, we may all one day bless the inane death-defiance as a means to a worthy end. Opinion | The Men Who Want to Live Forever 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The idea that promoting racism has any intellectual basis left for a world that has yet to come up with a strategy for how the human race might continue for eternity, is just inane. Colleges Brace for Tumult in 2018 as White Supremacists Demand a Stage 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z It may well be that the world order, except for Trump's inane approach to North Korea, will be better off with a more hands-off approach. Trump, the Insurgent, Breaks With 70 Years of American Foreign Policy 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Ditto for the female sideline reporters who mostly ask inane questions of the players and coaches. Doris Burke Wants More Women in Sports Media 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z This was pointless political theater at its most inane. 'It's difficult not to feel like a prop here' 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z "His act is tired, inane and morally vacuous. If we are to Make America Great Again for all Americans, Bannon must go! And go NOW!!" The Alabama Senate loss just made Trump's job a lot harder – LA Times 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z “His act is tired, inane and morally vacuous. If we are to Make America Great Again for all Americans, Bannon must go! And go NOW!!” After Alabama, Republicans pin blame on Steve Bannon 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z His act is tired, inane and morally vacuous. Peter King says Republicans must ‘dump’ Steve Bannon 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Till then they generally do all they can to accumulate and protect their wealth and power with little concern for the lowly other than the inane platitudes politicians spout. Tax Plan’s Biggest Cuts Could Be in Living Standards 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Rights groups argue that “a ban of painted flower pots is just inane.” Who owns Guantánamo art? Not prisoners, the U.S. says 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Spare me one more inane tirade about the end of democracy. The Internet Is Dying. Repealing Net Neutrality Hastens That Death. 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Having Cyborg’s armor categorize him as a threat and attack him to set off the fight is an inane bit of contrivance. Does Justice League do any of its heroes justice? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Our lawmakers offer inane promises of “thoughts and prayers.” Opinion | The Texas shooting shows that domestic violence is a national security issue 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Had the Wizards finished off the Lakers in that fourth quarter, all the silly bluster and petty insults might have looked desperately inane. Perspective | The Wizards first trip through the LaVar Ball Experience did not end well 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z To this point, there have not been repercussions for his inane, perpetual ramblings. LaVar Ball’s chatter has put his son in a corner 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Democrats and some former government officials were livid, accusing Trump of "inane cruelty" and a "sick game." Trump Says He Called 'Every Family' of Slain Soldiers. Some Never Heard From Him 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z But Ned Price, a former spokesman for Mr Obama, called on Mr Kelly to stop "this inane cruelty". Trump cites bereaved aide to attack Obama 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Democrats and some former government officials were livid, accusing Trump of “inane cruelty” and a “sick game.” Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z This was not only inappropriate, it was also inane. Opinion | Who’s playing politics now? 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z How will he deal with his father LaVar lobbing inane verbal grenades from Chino Hills? Lonzo Ball's journey has just started, now it has to catch up with expectations 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z He led the inane “birther” movement that claimed President Obama was born in Kenya. What did ESPN’s Jemele Hill get wrong about Trump? 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Kelly, a man of honor & decency, should stop this inane cruelty. Trump cites bereaved aide to attack Obama 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Wouldn't it be awesome if one of those people were at our fingertips, at all hours, responding to our most inane query? Football season is here, so we're pestering NFL Network's Ian Rapoport with texts 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z They want to use the money to build Trump’s Folly, also known as that inane border wall. Trump's handling of Harvey is a massive blunder — but watch out for what Republicans will do next 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z She had a talent for producing deliciously inane aphorisms that so inflamed media and social networks that one had to acknowledge in her a certain kind of contemporary genius. The first social media suicide 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z When Harvey Haddix had his 12-inning perfect game wiped out of the baseball records books by a typically inane rule change, his response was simply, “That’s OK, I know what I did.” Letters: Dodgers' Rich Hill has the perfect attitude 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Which reminds me; I hope “lame jester” and “inane banter” are cool, new slang phrases the kids use to compliment people. Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Apple’s Big Media Bet and More Uber Drama 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z No other job has been required so inane interview questions are not something he has had to contend with. Usain Bolt leaves athletics behind with final warning to drug cheats 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Nosebleed tickets run close to $100, with various inane fees totaled up. The Antiseptic Truth About the Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Anyway, I’m planning to bug you with inane observations and the odd photo during the afternoon. Tour de France 2017: stage 20 time trial – live! 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z But to utter such an inane comment in the middle of an “all-hands” meeting at Uber to discuss changing the company’s sexist culture takes an extra special lack of emotional intelligence. Silence Equals Complicity in Workplace Sexism 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z A boy and his snake, set to an inane 2009 pop song with lyrics like “And nobody cries / there's only butterflies”? Hilarious! The internet saved the laugh track 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z As Rob Goldstone said just today in the press, the entire meeting was “the most inane” nonsense I ever heard. Full text of the emails between Donald Trump Jr and Rob Goldstone 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z "The entire meeting was the most inane nonsense I ever heard," he wrote, quoting a statement that Goldstone made recently. Donald Trump Jr. emails reveal knowledge of Russian government offer to aid father's campaign 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z And, moreover, YouTubers are rarely as inane and uncreative as the latest Tom Cruise summer flick or yet another shakedown of the Pirates of the Caribbean money tree. Will E3 ever be a mobile games show? 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z We will not put American lives or livelihoods at risk to inane and international politically correct immigration or environmental dictates. The planet is in the midst of a meltdown 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z All of the inane controversy has put golf in a bad light. PGA Tour players have mixed reaction to "Lexi Rule" - Golf Digest 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Many hikers whistle inane tunes to themselves not because they are dosed up on the joys of spring, but because they are very publicly fearing for their own lives. Punch a shark, whistle away a bear: how to survive deadly encounters | Jules Howard 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Besides, does anyone really think Augusta National is going to let its tournament be derailed by some inane rules controversy? How will Dustin bounce back, Sergio's new image, and Rory's pending nuptials - Golf Digest 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z By the time we finished this inane conversation, Rifaat’s eyes were flashing: “These people stole millions of dollars, but all she eats is fruit!” Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z He was courteous, holding eye contact and answering all my inane questions with grace. Not so haute: six writers on their biggest fashion mistakes 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z It's very obvious why every game goes beyond the allotted time frame: too many stupid, inane commercial interruptions. Letters: Will Steve Alford take, er, leave his Balls and go home? 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z It’s tied up in an inane argument over how to classify Colorado’s Hospital Provider Fees and the state’s notoriously cumbersome so-called Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TABOR. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z The three inane I's are: "Intention, Initiative and Ideas." India's strange obsession with 'alphabet soup' - BBC News 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z But Mr. Trump’s often inane tweets, coming deliberately as they do in the early morning hours, have had the unfortunate tendency of warping and dominating nearly every single news cycle, day after day. It’s Time to Pull the Plug on Trump’s Tweets 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Ryan is fodder for the most inane of sports arguments: the incessant grousing over good not being good enough. Matt Ryan looks like an MVP, and Falcons ride him to NFC title game 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z But this is an inane analogy, I realize, because I do not want to touch the heart of the matter. To Speak Is to Blunder 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Popovich hugged Mr. Sager, then said, “Now ask me a couple of inane questions.” Craig Sager, TV sports reporter known for colorful wardrobe, dies at 65 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Then he added, “Now ask me some inane questions.” Craig Sager, Colorful N.B.A. Sideline Reporter, Dies at 65 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Whether winning or losing, Guardiola responds to every inane interrogation with either a deflated sigh, a fuming pause, or a genuinely exasperated “ahferfugssake”. The Fiver Christmas Awards 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Accidents such as a shot hitting a cart—leading to inane discussion about who was driving and therefore whose equipment it is—should be replayed. The USGA has plans to simplify the rules. We think it can do even more - Golf Digest 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z I had to deal with constant crudities at the table, an endless flow of inane misogynistic remarks. Cat Hulbert: How I got rich beating men at their own game - BBC News 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z This basically involves troll armies overwhelming online conversations with inane memes. A bug in the matrix: virtual reality will change our lives. But will it also harm us? 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Pence lacks pizzazz and was stuck defending Trump’s comments and inane deportation policy. A surprisingly feisty, but ultimately unsatisfying, VP debate 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z "It kind of becomes a farce of itself," he says, adding that "parents ask the most inane questions." How I Got to College: Abram Scharf 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z For whatever reason, a lot of the pregame public address cheerleading had been done in English and was as loud and inane as in any baseball stadium in the United States. Brazilian Men Put Exclamation Point on Rio Games With Volleyball Gold 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z They describe the inane Republican platform and the foolish position of the Republican nominee Donald Trump. 375 top scientists warn of 'real, serious, immediate' climate threat | John Abraham 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z For one thing, the absurdity of journalistic questions and worries about the group presaging the end of western civilization seem beyond inane today. The music buoys Ron Howard's doc 'The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Whenever Trump says something particularly inane, 10 minutes later it’s raining ripostes on Twitter. ‘Doonesbury’ cartoonist Garry Trudeau: ‘If Trump wins, I’ll miss civilization as we know it.’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The protesters, he tweeted later, were part of a “culturally dysfunctional underclass” and were responding to “inane provocation.” Amid Milwaukee unrest, a controversial black sheriff clashes with the city's white police chief 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The development of the existing system, from conception to implementation, was flawed, with officials variously describing the results as “bizarre,” “confusing,” “inane” and “illogical.” After persistent fraud, District is readying reform of disabled parking 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z What was more annoying — inane comments about a very relevant and colorful history in an important country or the annoying breaks? Letters: Readers weigh in on the five-ring circus 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z And that feeling of letdown, and not the arguably inane content itself, is what Facebook is aiming at. Daily Report: Facebook Bars Cheesy Headlines That Let Readers Down 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z His inane, truth-defying, divisive rhetoric has no place in a party that truly desires to protect individual rights and build a more inclusive community. Jeb Bush’s assessment of our politics 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z This is an inane analysis that simply ignores the inexorable link between economic progress, growth and prosperity and the presence of disruption. How a Quest by Elites Is Driving ‘Brexit’ and Trump 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Number of times Clinton broke into a sweat as she batted away the Republicans’ inane questions during said grilling: ~0, but thanks for the free campaign ads, folks. The sunset of the Benghazi “scandal”: Endless GOP investigations and no smoking gun 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Recall that he announced his intention to deliver this speech on the night of the California primary largely in reaction to Clinton’s scathing recitation of his inane rhetoric in San Diego a few days before. Digging in the imaginary dirt: Trump’s speech devised to destroy Hillary today is based on a book of lies 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z As such, questions about doors are necessarily inane. Fur Flies in Doggy Door Dispute 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z So why, exactly, would someone put four years of free time into something as crazy and seemingly inane as InfoChammel? InfoChammel is the worst TV channel you’ve never seen 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Football often gets a bad rap for its wastefulness and greed, its inane use of all that foaming, sluicing cash. Fire and ice: the inside story of Iceland’s remarkable rise | Barney Ronay 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Yet all things have their measure, and the outpouring of Bernie-love offered up by a crowd of 20,000 Sandernistas, at an open-air rally in Oakland on May 30th, seemed mostly inane. California, here we come 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z It’s an inane debate, but what would sports be without inane debates? Stop ranking the Golden State Warriors and just enjoy them 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Last election cycle, he wrote an editorial condemning the practice of letting lawyers choose their own generic descriptions, saying it allowed for the use of an "inane and imprecise" title. 'Sexier' ballot titles for judicial candidates spark court battles, claims of deception 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Tribally marking off permission rights on who can and who cannot enjoy certain music and certain fashion – both industries where creativity and innovation depend so much on borrowing from so-called “other” cultures – is inane. Black lives matter. So does Islamophobia. Beyoncé in a sari? Not so much | Nosheen Iqbal 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z So Friedman opposes Trump because he’s glib, superficial and clueless and bases his foreign-policy views on inane personal anecdotes. Unfrozen Caveman Clinton 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z ‘An inane jumble’: Trump foreign policy splits GOP on issue party once agreed on Queen Elizabeth rebuffs Chinese leader So much for a “golden age” of UK-Chinese relations. Sanders' West Virginia win shows strength but not delegates 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z It was, writes Kay, a “culture that at times lurched between the inane and sinister” and “what most people would term abuse”. Adrian Doherty: did Manchester United let down football’s lost genius? 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Questions he deems inane or uninteresting are dismissed with a monosyllabic retort, perplexed stare or pithy insult — sometimes all three. Thunder Pull Out Tight Win and Are Game Away From Ousting Spurs 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z And when angry people pack into partisan forums, where anything could arguably be fiction and the hive-mind rules all, you’re bound to see the most dramatic, inane reaches of our political freefall. Inside Democratic Facebook’s vicious civil war 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z But because the messages sound so nerdy and authoritative—in an inane kind of way—they exude an aura of legitimacy. Dear Laptop: Please Say That in English 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The former finance minister says this “cruel, self-defeating, irrational, inefficient, mind-blowingly inane austerity” is also preventing the Greek government from helping refugees. E.U. forcing refugees into “concentration camps” as economic crisis fuels far-right, warns Greek ex-finance minister 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Amy Schumer’s character on her Comedy Central show may often seem inane and oblivious, but her sketches are pointedly political and deeply furious. Angry while female: Why it matters that Beyonce, Kelly Ripa and Samantha Bee won't hide their outrage 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z More generally, all of these incidents and more highlight one of the most irritating and inane traditions of presidential campaigns: the flaunting of a candidate’s celebrity supporters. When celebrity endorsements go bad: How Bernie super-fan Tim Robbins became a cautionary tale 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z She managed to spew more than her usual share of inane comments. 5 worst right-wing moments of the week — Paul LePage is really this sadistic 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z But in the first hour there are moments of intentional levity — a superfluous bit of inane Dothraki dialogue, a near wink of knowing intrigue in Dorne. In Season 6 'Game of Thrones' goes off-book but, as always, keeps us guessing 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z None of us need more petty drama and slander, yet here we are bearing witness to the inane arguments of giant personalities as if they are somehow productive or profound. Women in Politics: College Edition -- Vassar College 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z He thoughtfully answers even the most inane questions and enjoys engaging in historical debates involving NBA greats. Clippers' Jamal Crawford wins first Elton Brand Media Recognition Award 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump was not pressed on his inane answer. Vanity Will Be The Donald’s Undoing 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Isn’t the public disclosure of every inane comment or complaint online an easy way to demoralize and possibly humiliate a hardworking and competent health-care provider? The Drawbacks of Rate-Your-Doctor Medical Transparency 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z In other sketches, they take aim at the special kind of sexual humiliation reserved for women, à la "The Bachelor," overtly amorous yogurt commercials, those inane Disney princess story lines and, yes, "mansplaining." All-female cast takes the 'Party Over Here' show to the raunchy edge 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z “London Has Fallen” is remarkable only because of how much worse it is than its inane predecessor, 2013’s “Olympus Has Fallen.” Brutal, inane ‘London Has Fallen’ is even worse than the original 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z One is for random one-liners he calls “too inane” to build on. All joking aside, comedian Neal Brennan reveals his hurt 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Questions posed to GOP voters about views reflecting proposed policies of candidates, ones closely related to these policies, and past laws of the land are not "inane". Measuring Donald Trump’s Supporters for Intolerance 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z He continues to patiently and thoughtfully answer even the most inane questions as the end of his 20-year career approaches. Kobe Bryant is enjoying the moment at his final All-Star game 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Posts also include relatively inane fare, such as pictures of mosques, meals and elephants. Ohio man arrested over alleged Isis-related threats against US military 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Imagine if you and I had to go to Facebook to broadcast our inane thoughts all day long! Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: Figuring Out Twitter’s Future 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Isn’t that the dark side of Trump and Carson’s inane self-serving illusions about their own theoretical heroism? They think they’re all Clint Eastwood: Donald Trump, Ben Carson & the right’s demented gun fantasies 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z This is the most inane of baseball’s unwritten rules, an oral catalogue of do’s and don’ts that are at best nonsensical and at worst, as in this case, life-threatening. Bryce Harper bravely stands up to baseball’s foolish unwritten rules 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Judging by last night, he’s hated most by his Republican colleagues, who, once again, blocked his inane efforts to shut down the government unless it defunded Planned Parenthood. Stop calling Ted Cruz a conservative: This self-promoting narcissist is a fraud and a nihilist 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z We don't need to see logos or inane phrases like "New! Fresh, Clean Scent!" on our countertops every time we wash a cereal bowl. 5 Mason jar hacks, including a sippy cup for grown-ups 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z They are inane, and at this point, utterly meaningless and a waste of airtime. Instead of Arrests, Subway Dancers Are Getting a Stage Above Ground 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z You would never go back to Things Can Only Get Better; they were inane. What the 90s meant: in with hedonism, out with believing in something 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The fact that more designers haven’t started making clothes in larger sizes is inane. Melissa McCarthy is the face of a fashion revolution 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Most are inane, others are helpful, and still others are downright laughable. 15 things to avoid if you actually want to have good sex 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The moderators set the tone with their inane questions and refusal to demand intelligible answers. The sound & fury of the GOP debate: A candidate-by-candidate breakdown of its weirdest & most idiotic moments 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z |
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