Australia's really not a lot better (when I was in high school a mother hit the news for refusing an abortion for her preteen daughter who was pregnant, "do the crime, do the time", sickened me even as a teenage boy). It doesn't really help that to get contraceptives can be difficult for that age group. My sister has…

Given the amount it went for it seems the listing was deliberately obtuse and intended to mislead. While definitely it pays to check everything carefully, many don't and these sort of listings have led to refunds before and sellers banned (it's often not a once off event either before their ban). I've seen it mostly…

LOL I can feel the joy of the PS4 owner. I only got mine Wednesday due to cancellations on preorders by other people. Been putting money towards it for months too.

Find any place the minimum wage isn't too low really. I figured out a while ago I'm better off as a single parent (two pre school boys), than I was working (slightly) on gross income. But the taxation rates need adjustments across the spectrum and the minimum wage is not a living wage either right now in Australia.…

No that's the prevailing opinion in general. Emotions don't carry well via text as it stands. You want to be a robot you have bigger issues than just uploading your data to deal with first.

*points at the subculture you're not interested in* I've met one, he's with us largely because there seems to be no dedicated fandom. However I'd also point out most of us would rather not go that route because we're attached to what makes us individuals, being the practical equivalent of a cyberman doesn't appeal to…

It's behaviour she's had impressed on her from an early age, in times of stress it's what you tend to fall back on. Whether or not she's actively deciding to do it I'm unsure but it's definitely her defensive posture.

Pretending to be an idiot can save your life, look at Hamlet too. The most dangerous thing to do in the game is to underestimate anyone.

Thanks for reminding me of the ex that thought the withdrawal method was an option... There have been some writers that discuss contraception. Anne McCaffrey did in several of her series, contraceptive implants in the planet pirate series for instance actually the conversation between the main character and her…

Heinlein was no fool and saw writing on the wall frequently. We're starting to recognise more than two genders officially in real life finally for the sake of trans and intersex people it's vital recognition in fact I could postulate 6 different genders off current acceptable norms when dealing with those who don't…

Well that's oversimplification of Furries, there's many types of Fur fan not just those who would rather be an animal than a human, but definitely there's a percentage that would recreate themselves if they were given the option, it's no different for some of those to people with gender identification issues, there's…

Not really surprising though, a huge chunk of sci-fi writers came from backgrounds where contraception was anathema. Though I'm not a huge fan however, Arthur C. Clarke from memory mentions it in 3001: The Final Odyssey. Even in Cyberpunk and Shadowrun contraception was frequently neglected, for the RPGs however…

Her naivete is in part HOW she survives in that crap. She's really not much of a threat to anyone like that.

Give the girl time. I don't know where the TV series is at but Sansa isn't as passive as people think. She's got a real talent for survival that masquerades as stupid adherence to societal stereotypes of princesses. She's also fairly young still she was introduced at the age of 11 in the books, I can't recall how old…

Martin has a well deserved respect for portraying believable characters in general. There's a lot of nuance to most of them, and his portrayal of court intrigues and the ilk is pretty damn good and even accurate if you look back at how people really behaved. Sansa has a lot of room to surprise people who underestimate…

Now if only my eldest would get past the "but I said please!" and crying to ask why I said no...

By the same token I did enjoy the general's comment at the end of DotD and the follow up from the other member of the war room (shan't reference what beyond nightmare for the sake of those who've yet to see it).

Which referring to old materials SHOULD be the last of them. Time Lords were referenced in a few places (most notably the novels and Four to Doomsday IIRC) at not being able to have more than 12 regenerations, a 13th had been too much for any that had attempted it. Which also relates to the Master's body snatching…

Actually Tom supposedly declined to appear in the Five Doctors due to only having left the show two years before. There's a lot of stories around about that lack of appearance, but that's life for you.

Who knows, maybe they were once, it's not so strange to believe a land animal other than the Rhinoceros had a singular horn. It's better to believe in something magical than to believe in nothing at all too. Take it from a 31 year old guy that would love to believe Dragons once existed, there's always an element of…