Why are people assuming it is Wayne manor? It could be any building at all. It has a cool gothic look that would suit Gotham but, I mean, it could be the GCPD building for all we know.

Why can't they just set the stage for a Gotham that needs Batman? A competent Jim Gordon who is stonewalled at every turn. A corrupt system driving a good man to the edge of his own sanity? Layers upon layers of corruption that make Jim question those closest to him? Clear villains that end up just out of Jim's reach…

"The problem is that these assumptions become self-fulfilling prophesies. If women only see pictures of pink backpacks for sale, eventually they'll buy one just because they need a backpack — even if they are tragically yearning for one that's black with racing stripes."

"You son is a genius... You can tell by the way he beat me at chess without knowing how to play or having a board. Also... He will never love you."

Yeah? You should have mentioned, instead of just pointing out that I used a bad example.

gI get the same 'skin crawling' feeling when I see spiders doing their thing, but I just let them be... Spiders are cool by me. They do their own thing and keep nasty flies out of my house. 'Good job, little man. Good job.' I say. My girlfriend hates that I won't kill or remove them, but I figure live and let hunt!

"sstreaming"? That sounds like lizard speak to me! Burn the witch!

True, but missing the point through pedantry helps no one.

'I don't enjoy capitalism', he muses, typing on his computer. Anyway... The point was that market research and trends/predictions etc. conclude that it isn't a viable pool, otherwise they would already be exploiting it. If there was money to be made, they'd be all over that demographic. Perhaps those predictions are…

I thought this was common(ish) knowledge. Then again, I suppose people from west country are far more common in my parts.

I always considered the objectification of women in comic books just part of that style of art. Not that I condone it, or that it makes it OK, but, I dunno, I never really saw it as an issue. I found the spiderwoman cover grotesque, but mostly because it is a really low quality drawing. It doesn't look 'right'. But…

As long as it's not "Dredd II : Bigger and Better!". Stick to the formula: Small story, Big setting.

I thought the same when I read the 'Target we need to talk about this" article. Sure, in a perfect world... But you can't enjoy capitalism and still get pissed about this kinda stuff. Disney Princess dresses don't come in a "man's large", but I don't think they are sexist for it. Just makin' money.

Where do they get their estimates from? And how do they know about the geese thing? (Not a denier, genuinely wondering)

I had never seen that before. Good show old chap.

I've genuinely never seen it. I'm young. I'll fix that.

The world would be better if their were a lot of me's! Thanks for your explanation. It really cleared up the issue in my head.

I do not recognise this... Care to enlighten?

It had to be done.

I read the link, but I couldn't understand every third word. Physonects indeed. So... why isn't it just one creature? I mean, doesn't life need to be able to feed/reproduce/excrete etc. on it's own to be life? So this seems to me to be like organs with no need for a body. They each have their own job, and they form…