I bet part of this is that we define "friend" as strictly platonic. I bet if the question was like, "Have you ever had a toxic friend with a vagina? How many*? Have you ever had a toxic romantic relationship with a dude? How many?" the difference between the number of toxic ladies and the number of toxic men would be…

Also it's "tubal ligation" not "tubal litigation." Although, hilarious typo.

I mean, I agree that technology is good and all. And I don't think anyone on io9 is actually suggesting that technology is bad. I do think that lots of people who get access to technology are bad, and they use technology for bad things.

Isn't saying something like, "You're not the one I wanted, I want you to leave, I want to you leave, please leave, No no please leave" etc the same thing as not consenting? What does a woman have to do, precisely, to prove "non-consent" in your eyes? I mean I think that saying that she didn't want to fuck him and…

Mentally ill does not equal psychopath.

Yeah I was like, are those all dudes? Yes, yes they are all dudes. Why are they asking only dudes to design tattoos for only lady-parts? That is fucked and and sketchy, and the more you think about it the sketchier and more fucked up it gets.

Just because the computer required the press, doesn't mean the computer isn't in the same realm of revolutionary technology as the press. I mean, obviously without the printing press none of this would matter—the use of the printing press lead to never-before-seen literacy rates—but the computer and it's effects have…

Looking like assholes doesn't matter when you've got a revenue of 10 BILLION DOLLARS.

What exactly do you mean by "admitted liar"? You've never lied before? Ever?

Here is an interesting link about lying on immigration papers when seeking for asylum: [www.thedailybeast.com]

Katsa from Graceling. Kristin Cashore is also very good at sticky characters.

I'm sorry, why are you talking about American history and it's long traditions of racism? Why the Revolutionary War? Why WWII? I am not sure what that has to do with you being proud of the British Empire.

Criticizing the British Empire has nothing to do with comparing it to America. Even if I did compare the two, I wouldn't say that America wins the "less evil colonizer" award that you seem to think I want awarded to the US.

This is a joke, right? You're proud that your country controlled a third of the planet? Does this pride you have extend to the havoc wreaked on those colonies, and the consequences of your beloved empire's holdings that we're still dealing with today?

I've recently become really interested in WWI. Crazy shit.

"Only to find out years later — that instead of just moving my services, they left the service connected at the other place and weren't sending me bills for it, instead, they ruined my credit."

The symptoms that show up in little kids are often considered shitty little kid behavior, too. My cousin has Celiac, as well as a host of other recently-diagnosed allergies/intolerances. When she was diagnosed, everyone was like, "Ohhhh. Obviously." Because when she was a little kid, eating almost anything made her…

Yes, time is the best memory dampening drug...except for the truly traumatic memories, which are the ones that need dampening the most.

From what I understand, the beginnings of these drugs (or actual drugs—I don't understand how science) already exist, and they are not about erasing memories. The mind is too complex and we are not adept as a species at navigating the brain (yet?) to Eternal Sunshine actual brains. But making them less intense, that's…

But these drugs don't "wipe memories," they dampen them. That's really an entirely different thing. And there's also a difference between "unpleasant" and so horrifying that recovery without some sort of mind-alteration is virtually unthinkable.