I get that you’re in the field (Internet aside, I’ll take you at your word on that), but you’re missing the general point I was making, choosing to focus on extremely specific examples to try to make your own, and ignoring the part of my comment that made the distinction between judicial philosophy and practical…

No, that’s not true. The purposes are the same. The sentencing is different based on notions surrounding a child’s agency and presumptions regarding their ability to reform, but the rationales are identical.

Hey, I’m not one to overgeneralize, but there’s a reason France’s official national mascot* is a rapist.

Every time I find myself enjoying watching Ezra Miller in a role, I get a flashback to that sex scene in Trainwreck and him talking about his “botch,” and it takes me right out of it. I get how the scene is supposed to be funny, but I get so squicked out by it, the best way I can think of to describe the sensation is…

Traveling with very small children? Buy the travel insurance that lets you cancel in the event of illness or emergency.

Incorrect. What you are witnessing here is a prime example of the lackadaisical, low-stakes drift racing that is plaguing America’s streets.

That’s a fair point. I also wonder how worried Disney might be about the entire cast revolting. Obviously, legally binding contracts are extremely persuasive, and I have little doubt that at the end of the day, all of the cast members will reluctantly show up (even Bautista). However, a quarter billion dollars is a lot…

[T]his sets a precedent for other conventions to be barred from using the “comic con” name—including New York Comic Con, which is coming up in a few months.

Here’s another common sense rule to supplement the “no nudes with your face shown” guideline: If you’ve sent a nude or two (preferably solicited by the receiver), and they’ve sent you either nothing or a strictly SFW, PG-13 picture...hard stop. The trust surrounding sending nudes isn’t so different from “mutually…

*proofread before posting

Re: caviar, lobster and champagne: No argument there.

Yeah, I saw/read that.  Is it Threesome Appreciation Week already?  I need to get down to the Hallmark store and hope all the unicorn greeting cards aren’t sold out...

I think you and I may have had a back-and-f0rth when Vanessa Marin posted the first part of this series. If I recall correctly, my impression then was that you’ve had a small number of unfortunate encounters that could probably have been made better or avoided in lieu of a more positive experience. What I’m saying is…

Some of these tips are a little more universally applicable than others (my wife and I have had many threesomes, rarely 100% sober), but the “ease into it” piece of advice is a good one, and one that a lot of group sex advocates overlook amidst all the talk about boundary setting and how to find your “unicorn.”

Instead, the city got even more traffic congestion, not convenience. The number of for-hire vehicles on city streets has exploded to 130,000 from 50,000. The business model for ride-hailing apps necessitates a flood of drivers to ensure riders can order up a car with ease, so congestion and competition have…

You may not have realized it as you were typing it, but this is what fetishizing guns sounds like.

Yeah, I’m having a hard time mustering much outrage over James Gunn’s tweets. They’re fairly tasteless and not at all funny, but it’s pretty arbitrary to single him out. A few points:

“Cut the shit, Adora. She-Ra has two comically oversized shoulder pads, and you are clearly concealing two gigantic shoulder pads underneath that jacket. Everyone else here has one — ONE — impractical shoulder pad. Who do you think you’re fooling, exactly?”

False.  The best MCU stinger was the Howard the Duck scene following the first Guardians of the Galaxy.  Hands down.

I grew up around a pretty intense gun culture. Most of the families I knew had at least a couple of guns, at the very least a shotgun and a hunting rifle, and more often than not a handgun for “home security.” About half my friends’ dads had a gun closet that was readily accessible, and literally every boy I knew…