The elephant in the room is F. Wertham. But he didn't act alone. It's a fascinating period of moral crusaders, rumour panics and general f-ery. As much as I hate what Wertham became it should be remembered that he was a pioneer of providing mental health services to poor and racially segregated communities.

I agree with everything you said except the idea that the strip and the cb are essentially different creatures. The first comic books were collected strips and what we'd think of as anthologies. Also, people were just as invested in the characters and stories of the serial strips as those in comic books. There are…

"Comic books were, historically speaking, marketed to men" I liked her reply but just to flesh it out. Comic Strips and Comic Books were ubiquitous from 1920-1960. The high estimates were that 60% of people (adults, kids, male/female) read graphic narratives daily. What's great about these years was the huge range…

Is it the sign of something wrong with me that I thought it was boring?

The author is skewing the argument as narrowly as possible. Other reasons to hate on GMOs: copyrighting organisms; reducing farmer control of seedstocks; monoculturing; gmo-ing fish that can breed with wild stocks; general personal liberty.

I must have been the only barathian to get my ass handed to me but to be fair I was new, my friend used a wilding attack when I had no power/influence left to cripply my forced and then a sneaky double march to decimate my last army. I love this game.

Now that I'm an adult we have to schedule things with all of use like a military campaign but it's worth it. It's always worth it.

I played this for years before I read the books or watched the series. It is a devilishly clever game that is very dynamic and involves a lot of player interaction. So it stands up as an awesome game even if it was call: bob's game.

A lot of kids with their bat-like hearing complain about the sound of adults chewing. Mine drives me crazy telling me to stop chewing so loudly.

Making everyone neurotic and fearful doesn't feel like equality to me.

I don't know how they're saying it is "increasing". First generation feminist socialist who studies 'housewives' in the 1970s record stories like this (Meg Luxton comes to mind). It's a classic control move to tie a woman to their partner through the child.

"I really don't think she understands things." Just needed to fix that for you.

That's not weird it's awesome! Best I've seen on the list so far.

My gf wants me to use diminuitives and cute nickname but I just can't. I try but it comes out more awkward than the first time you try and purposefully talk *sexy* in bed. awk—ward.

There is a town called Dildo in Newfoundland. Just so you know.

Couldn't agree with you more. The last 20 years—hell 30 has seen the use of cinematic tricks to disguise crap fighters/actors. I love kill bill but that was some hardcore bullshit cinematic trickery.

You will. I ran into a cougar and thoughts of petting and snuggles were immediately replaced with thoughts of AAAAAAGGHHHHHHHHHHH!

I agree with you. There's been some interesting sociology (and social geography) studies of food that demonstrate the hidden barriers to workingclass households: food deserts; inferior kitchen space/resources; poor appliances. All of these things contribute to an inability to marshal scarce food resources. Cooking…

Like most things it's dead simple and takes about 5 steps. The major investment is time, the jars, a canning pot, special jar tonges (for lifting them out of the boiling water). After that it's just making sure everything is sterile and the jars are airtight sealed (they make a satisfying *ping* sound as they…