What does the sentence"Friends eventually becomes a screed against dating. " mean? Question: How to understand the word "screed" ,?and what does the sentence"Friends eventually becomes a screed against dating. " mean? Can you help me? the whole context is listed as follow Like a lot of ensemble sitcoms about single characters, Friends eventually becomes a screed against dating. The parade of flawed, unworthy or just-not-right partners is so long that settling down with (and for) a good friend ultimately seems like the most sensible choice: better the Long Island Princess you know than the one you don't. (The Friends copycat How I Met Your Mother goes even further in this regard by making its protagonist's two decades of dating merely a prelude to his wedded destiny, and explaining away its most promiscuous character's obsession with sex as the product of severe neurosis.)

H:(______________ )or awkward pals? I've seen a video recently, and I am not clear about one sentence in this video, so could you help me know the phrase that should be written in brackets the sentence is : H: (______________ )or awkward pals? M: I’d like to play with the balls ,. H: no no no , ball play is not use as an option that I eh… M: hahah　 H: what I think ,I think you do incorporate you know, this golden flung with a bit of awkward pals. M: sure . H: all right ,so , I’ll be awkward about you playing with my kangaroo the video link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTcyNTk4Mzc2.html it starts around 06:53 thanks for helping!

R: （______） at Ken Block’s show tonight? I've seen a video recently, and I am not clear about one sentence in this video, so could you help me know the phrase that should be written in brackets the sentence is : （______） at Ken Block’s show tonight? the video link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTY1Nzk5MDI0.html it starts around 00:01 ( at the beginning of the video, the first sentence) thanks for helping!

Oh , speaking of promos where are we with the parks （_____）the friend thing. I've seen a video recently, and I am not clear about one sentence in this video, so could you help me know the phrase that should be written in brackets the sentence is : Oh , speaking of promos where are we with the parks （_____）the friend thing. Is it (__in__)? the video link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTU4OTYxNzgw.html it starts around 04:09 thanks for helping!

Great , and hey, listen we gonna do lunch again so, I miss you,(_______) I've seen a video recently, and I am not clear about one sentence in this video, so could you help me know the phrase that should be written in brackets the sentence is : Great , and hey, listen we gonna do lunch again so, I miss you,(_______) Is it (__you bastard__)? and how to understand you bastard in this sentence? the video link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTU4OTYxNzgw.html it starts around 00:11

Hi, do you have a copy of Poop’s all over ( _______________) I've seen a video recently, and I am not clear about one sentence in this video, so could you help me know the phrase that should be written in brackets the sentence is : Hi, do you have a copy of Poop’s all over ( _______________) the video link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTU1Njk5MTY4.html the time of this sentence : the sentence starts around 00:15

what's the" HBO show " in this sentence, does it mean Home Box Office? The sentence : "Matt is the third Friend to guest on Lisa’s HBO show — Courteney Cox and David Schwimmer have also made appearances. Question: I've already known that Web Therapy is made by Showtime( Lisa Kudrow play a role in it), and it is total different from HBO , so could anyone tell me why the writter use HBO show instead of Showtime in this sentence

Most (______ ) people would try to hate them for being beautiful and funny I've seen a video recently, and I am not clear about one sentence in this video, so could you help me know the word that should be written in brackets the sentence is : Most (______) people would try to hate them for being beautiful and funny the video link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTU1NzAyNDQ0.html the time of this sentence : the sentence starts around 01:25

About the bomb accident in Boston ，let's have a talk!

Let's have a free talk about the bomb accident in Boston

First of all , I feel sooo sorry to hear about the news! But as a student who care about the current news, I do have some questions to ask dear American friends ,because I live in China , I totally have no idea about what American people thought,so feel free to talk !
1. What's your first response when you heard about the news?
2. What kind of reasons do you think that contribute to the tragic accident？
3. Are you satisfied with the response of the government?
4. After going through the bomb accident, as an individual, what could we do to help prevent this kind of tragic accidents from happenning again ？
5. Do you think that our sense of morality should be strenghened and how to make it work since in china, similar things occurred, like posion accidents?
6. Do the bomb accident have an impact on you ? like maybe you will be scared of being head for Boston Marathon or something else.

So feel free to talk ! And I will pray for those victims in this tragic accident!