People are free to ignore what the inventor wants. He has no more priority than anyone else when it comes to pronouncing the word.

Yep. Good point. Wish I had said it as simply and as well as you have.

It gets a little more complicated when you are talking about a work of fiction, but I take your point.

And "gift" is not pronounced "jift." Ever.

Just because the guy invented the GIF does not mean that he gets to unilaterally redefine how the language works. A hard G is the standard. I guess he was trying to slide into having the initials G I F determine the pronunciation, but no one needs to follow this.

You're pretty much wrong in every single thing you have written here. A child is not automatically tried as an adult when they commit a crime.

Quick James Brown Fox sez, "Good Gawd!"

Sadly, the Hamptons, and all the BS that attends those who kiss up to what it represents, will continue.

The fashion industry is almost willfully dense and perverse. And they are pretty much beyond shame.

Lana Del Rey is not interesting.

You're joking, right?

Just stop. If you ever listen to the Savage Lovecast, you soon learn that there are enough fetishes to go around for everyone, and no gender has a monopoly on purity. Men, in America, especially, may comprise more voyeurs, I don't know.

For some, having a fetish is its own reward.

Damn, I remember when most dopes in Irving, Texas were just ignorant goobers.

""When people push boundaries too far, it's not because they are strong but because they are weak."

The existence of Rihanna is progressive and subversive.

I just want him to complete the story. If it takes another book or two, fine.

"But that doesn't mean that all public facing employees for game companies should be terrified to post something that challenges the norm an is contentious, without being outright offensive. Doing that severely hampers their ability to have meaningful discussions and attempt to stir up any kind of interesting…

Boo Fucking Hoo.

"Sex is a biological reality"