Actually in my country there are mandatory health check ups before entrance to inuversity and people are excluded from studying arts and some sciences (chemistry and life sciences in particular) if they are colorblind. Or at least that's how it was ten years ago. My friend who is strongly myopic was almost denied…

I am left-handed. Games with non-customizable keyboard and/or console are simply unplayable. My performance in GW2 is strongly affected by my inability to switch to WSAD - I use arrows, since the left hand is on the mouse, and I can't customise the other functions. It's a good game, but it ignores 10-15% of…

The other side of the coin are the thin ones, who feel like... stuff. Like a resource to decorate things. Just go to friendly gatherings, where looks are the least important thing.

Well, I have a friend who exercises like crazy. He's a real cross-fit fan, and he's an expert. But when you look at him in a sweater, he looks just like an average short plump guy with a red face. He's not plump actually - he's bulky. He has red face not because he drinks a lot, but because he gets sunburns easily. He…

Well, look at them. I'll specify the girls. No matter how I work out I will not be their height, and their lean build. People have different body types, and these ones you just have to inherit. I'll just bulk up and be a bulky female hobbit, with tiny round muscles all over the place. Some would find it cute, but I…

I am 161 cm, 54 kg and I have fat ass. I had a fat ass when I was underweight and ill from it. I will have a fat ass whatever weight I am. It's just my ass, my legs and my waist have a sturdier shape. I am officially a hobbit, and no diet will change that.

As someone who was taught traditional Polish cuisine and can cook soups I will tell you that chopping vegetables is just a matter of practice. Once you get it, it takes about fifteen minutes for all veggies in the meal. You need to take a look at someone who can do it properly. Although my grangranma used to dice…

If their religion forbids any regulation of fertility, including the "natural" methods, they had to actually STOP HAVING SEX to avoid a 20th kid. After four years, they would like to hear if they can risk it/is she fertile anymore. Yes, it's stupid, yes, any sane priest would say that after 19 kids they don't have a…

Hahaha poor Americans, we had all 5 series aired before year 2000, and with very minor edits (basically one dialogue about boobs, some dialogues altered so Zoisite and Kunzite spoke about "brotherly love" and two lost episodes at the end of series one, for no reason but TV general clumsiness) :D In later episodes…

It already exists and it is called working in science (provided you have a sane PI, which is also not always obvious).

Actually, at 18 I was quite sure what to do. At 33, with an advanced degree and a book in print, I have no idea what's next.

Theory of evolution is a most important theory and a base for all of modern biology.

Well, people make gods up, so they probably look like their earhtly counterparts, unless a myth states otherwise. Comic book or movie follows its weird-ass set of rules - I look at Heimdall, I think of the original myths, while in the Marvelverse Asgardians are rather a version of aliens, and I have to remind myself…

I can imagine the backlash. People have already freaked out over a blonde James Bond, and that's just a hair color change.

Don't spoil it. People with the actual celiac disease are very happy about the latest anti-wheat fad, because all of a sudden their food choice became wider.

For me it's a "black version of an estabilished Nordic god". It's like having Supergirl - a girl version of a Superman - instead of a superhero in her own right. They should rather feature somebody from a Southern mythology, and write him well. I don't know Thor side of Marvel universe enough to tell who would be good.

Actually, the movie was crap, and the acting was crappier. And in the series, the nations were portrayed quite accurately and I'd like to see the same level of detail in the movie - not necessarily with the same race as the original cast, but with the characteristics (Earth people being sturdier, Fire - slender and…

I'm always ambiguous about changing estabilished characters into anything. First off, a superhero is not just a mask, it's the alter ego as well. So if you change the alter ago, you warp the story. Second, it's like feeding people scraps - okay, so let people have black version of a superhero, just like in case of…

Actually truth is, Spider-man the wrong superhero to be cast as another guy than Parker at all, color or no color. With the other superguys, it's a role anyone can fit. Batman, for example - I can imagine somebody other donning the costume, probably after Bat's death. It's a mask, it's a symbol. But Spiderman is Peter…