While the term could be used as an insult in other contexts (“The ref is blind!”) use of the term in this case is nothing like using “gay” as an insult, because it doesn’t allude to/isn’t analogized with anything more than a *sensory ailment* that be induced in any number of ways. Blinded by a medical condition.…

Normally, a line like “Get a fucking life,” I would consider pedestrian and throw-away, too generic to mean much..

This article is necessary journalism. The theme to Snake Eater is fire, and I’m glad for this interview. (Also, your articles have been fire, in general.)

Just when I thought I couldn’t cringe harder at this

Added to “Do Not Trust” list

Good advice. I absolutely should have followed it.

And that’s why I *hate* how commenting works on these “Kinja Deals” posts. For the life of me, I don’t understand why they can’t just make separate posts/threads for separate deals instead of consolidating it all (for reasons I just don’t get.)

And that’s why I *hate* how commenting works on these “Kinja Deals” posts. For the life of me, I don’t understand…

You’re right, people should pick on EA less.

Or “Europe, and a few other countries outside of Europe.” (Because I guess that’s not contextually obvious to some.)

I think the whimsical idea that Konami actually cares about the Metal Gear franchise is just ... so pure and precious.

I don’t care, as long as it’s turn-based. 

Show me something that explicitly links being a fan of martial arts to domestic violence.

(Another jpg for the collection, thx)

Yes — but never more than 2 bars.

Maaaan, I never finished that game, and my disc stopped working! Thank you for reminding me (— for what good it’ll do me now.)

(Don’t forget to chew, kids!)

1. It’s an extra layer of work for mods that, presumably, had good reason for the ban in the first place.

The second the ink hits the skin of an actual human being — as opposed to an inanimate object like a wall or a canvas — the law recognizes it as part of a that person’s image, freely alienable (sellable) by that person (absent some separate agreement with the artist.)

Let’s say I was publishing an artbook of tattoos, with photos focused exclusively on people’s tattoos. Tattoo artists found out that their work was being featured in this book, without any credit or acknowledgement, let alone permission. While I’d still say that the tattoo becomes a part of someone else’s image the…

And I’d *still* wear them instead of these loud-ass “CYBER PUNK” shoes.