The term "soccer" came from England and only lost its popularity in the late 20th century. In the 19th century, there were two types of "football" - rugby football and Association football, which were nicknamed "rug-ger" and "soc-cer." The Yanks got the term from the English; it originated at Oxford…

Everyone is blowing this is off as some weird fetish-y thing and missing Mark's larger point: this is becoming normal. Let me repeat that again: hardcore, extreme and often dangerous sexual acts, overwhelmingly involving women, are becoming more and more normalized. Things that should be seasoned fetishes and…

Actual verbatim gchat conversation that happened at 3:30 AM EST:

I know you're unemployed now, Mr Charney, but you should probably be brushing up your resume instead of defending your massive abuse of power.

Yeah, I'm sure every single reporter in the world would love to have a guy unexpectedly jerk off in front of them. It's not like any of them will be freaked out or anything.

When it's a case of statutory rape, like a boss taking advantage of an employee or a teacher taking advantage of a student, oh yeah, it's okay to call a spade a spade. An employer should be smart enough not to commit statutory rape in the first place. A culture of nudes along with resumes doesn't just happen…

I don't know about the specifics of the involvement with the women that came forward and filed lawsuits, but I work in the fashion industry in Los Angeles, and Dov Chaney has had a reputation in the industry as a creep since at least 2001. That goes back 13 years when the company was strictly wholesale, long before…

"When he cut off contact" should have been much earlier than "after he got his rocks off" or it's pretty much meaningless. And you say "accusers" but cite one. I'm almost certain that a guy who gets a reputation for being willing to fuck on the job and give out favors based on his fucking around on the job would…

You feel bad for a guy who once jerked off in front of a reporter? Please explain how his accusers are full of shit.

It galls me that we can't just say, "Nope, I'm not interested."

Not even gonna lie, I read "guys looking for NSA action" and heard "National Security Agency action"... I'm just gonna bask in my lameness now...

Ladies. Lllllllladies. I know this is gonna sound creepy at first, but you'll change your mind once you've seen my very special dick. Wait til you see my dick. Wait til you see my dick. Wait til you see my dick. I'm gonna beat that pussy up.

In other OITNB news, Norma was a pop star.

This whole discussion is so gross.

There is such a more supportive way to say that you found parenting easier than people describe.

Like people tell me that raising a teenage girl is hellish and I am truly enjoying the fuck out of it. My particular daughter is not challenging to me in ways I'm not prepared to handle.…

Damn man, as a fellow computer engineer I just have to say - don't be an asshole. Soft skills have serious value. If you choose to devalue those subjects and the skills they provide then there's a pretty high likelihood that you'll spend most of your career dependent on someone who takes those skills seriously. And…

Your attitude is the exact reason why I hate engineers, across the board. I don't even feel bad about it.

Unlikely, statistically.

Dick move to call perfectly decent fields of study "useless." It depends on what kind of jobs you go after. You can get an English degree and become an office manager and make a very good income. And furthermore, the denigration of humanities degrees, especially over STEM degrees, which we all know are so damn hot…

In my observation, it seems like the guys who complain most about their wives no longer having as much time for them after having kids are often the same ones who hardly do any parenting, and can't see how these two things are related.

Yeah its not like cultural trends push girls out of mathematics or anything.