That's the thing. Unless the author comes out and says yes or no, that the book is meant to satire or a commentary of modern society or technology or war or whatever, you will never really know unless they make it blatantly obvious. But if there is no definitive answer and the author is popular then people will argue…

When people bring up sexist and racist words I like to do a gentle reminder that it it the context and the asshole saying the words that is what you have to look for. I don't use racist or sexist language (except in a joking manner with close friends who give as good as they take) because I know it is hurtful to the…

Really? I thought this ep was a fine, middle of the road venture. Humor might have fallen flat in a few places, I don't remember right now, but I didn't think the execution was terrible. The only part I didn't care fore was the clumsy way they brought in Helper for Hire woman that has come in a few eps now. Finch…

Is it really smart to insult a large portion of your viewers in the first paragraph of your post? I mean are we really going to go for the stereotypical male wolfhound image of men's jaws dropping to the floor when they see a great pair of breasts? Is that all men really are? I can appreciate a great pair just as I…

I shouldn't be miffed, but most of the SG teams consisted of Air Force, though there were some Marine teams. And there weren't space Marines. There were just soldiers. Doing the job.

There isn't enough water on Earth to flood every bit of the land. If there was, there would be too much water vapor in the air for any animal to breath.

Because of the lack of accidents or because when one does happen there will be no one actually behind any wheel?

I am only guessing, but I think I would get more adventurous if I didn't age. I'm only 28 and I am already selective in what movies, TV, books, games, etc., that I will pick up and consume. Sure that is only entertainment, but what about knowledge and skill? I chose to major in English in college because I wanted to…

Electric City? Big O! It's showtime!

While we are doing all the remakes of old movies, can we get a new Robot Jox? And a new Last Starfighter as well? I think these would be two movies that would be great summer blasts that would be hard to really fuck up.

So does anyone want to come up with character classes and stats for the Avengers in DnD? I always enjoy those.

First I would like to say I do not like this new comment system.

Sign me up for the Tank Police, Sir!

I have read Beloved in school. While beautifully written it is something I will never read again. That could be said for almost everything on that list.

I'm left handed and grew up with arcades. Switching the stick and buttons around is not going to be of any use to me, that is not how I learned to play. While there are many accommodations in products nowadays for lefties, this still mainly a right handers world and suddenly switching something around that has been…

But what do you do about the people of mixed races? I don't know about you, but I am a mutt of Native America, and about 8 European countries, just that I know about. What about people of Asian-American origins, or African mixed with European, or every other mix out there? I'm not pointing this out to be facetious,…

You could live well into your 70s, if you survived past infancy, being killed by animals or each other, and didn't get any injures or diseases that were hard to survive from without medical care. But it is ok, we have doctors now.

As someone pointed out in the comments below, our pre-farm ancestors lived well into their 70s. The average lifespan gets skewed because of very high infant mortality rates. We have doctors for that now.

As someone pointed out in the comments below, our pre-farm ancestors lived well into their 70s. The average lifespan gets skewed because of very high infant mortality rates. We have doctors for that now.

Yay, I can contribute something meaningful! This is a clip from Fathead a documentary that started Tom Naughten the creator) on a no-carb diet. His blog is interesting too.