Oh, I don't think it's got anything to do with Woody Harrelson. In the books, Haymitch is clearly struggling with PTSD, particularly in the second book. He's an alcoholic because he can't cope with life. He wasn't wheeling and dealing to secure Peeta and Katniss sponsorship deals — in fact, the implication is that he…

I liked Haymitch better when he was ugly, older, fat, and clearly mentally ill. In the movie he came across more like: "Handsome older man with mild drinking problem."

I have thought a great deal about God, especially the last few years. Here's what I think:

There are men and women who have sacrificed their lives and fortunes because they believed in something greater than themselves. Because their faith informed their lives.

I respect the God of Father Damien. I respect the God of D…

I'm familiar with the concept, though I confess it didn't strike me to talk about it here — probably because I'm exhausted.

It's necessary to say it because people are assholes with a lot of preconceived notions. The idea that trans people have some magic privilege train might apply in theoretical future world in which you can engineer your new body to look precisely the way you want it to for pennies on the dollar, press a button, *FWOOP*…

Kyosuke,

Dump the terrible, terrible humor. Seriously. Every entry in the in-game encyclopedia featured a misogynist, racist, or just plain terrible joke.

I have student loans and payments due to the IRS for taxes due when I was unemployed. Those two things + rent = $1000 for me. Pulling this off would be extremely difficult for most people.

40 hours a week at $8.25 only works out to $1,320 a month pre-tax. Post-tax, that's more like $1000.

Well, all my family and my few friends live hundreds of miles away, so I wouldn't expect any of them to show. If my old friends made the trip — my best friends I mean, from years ago — I suppose I might have...

*math*

10 people.

I'm stunned by average wedding party sizes. There are like, 20 people tops I'd invite to a wedding for me. Of those, I'd expect maybe 3 of them to show. The rest would be invitations to show intent, but distance and costs make it impossible for the people to *come.*

My parents and sister would come. My brother would…

Courts are not allowed to preemptively challenge cases.

"choke to death" can mean that the child aspirated the milk (inhaled it into their lungs).

Normally, when you breathe in, your diaphragm contracts. This creates negative pressure, which draws air into the lungs. If you inhale liquid, your larynx can spasm shut. This leaves you with negative pressure in the diaphragm —…

"False rape accusations are about as rare as getting struck by lightening [sic]"

Doesn't matter.

Let me reverse this for you, since you seem to be having trouble understanding the point. An estimated 24,000 people per year are struck by lightning, out of a population of around 7 billion.

If being raped was as rare as…

This is not a zero sum game.

Raping someone is wrong.
Falsely accusing someone of a crime is wrong.

One does not affect the other. The question is not "Is being raped worse than being falsely accused of rape?"

Attempting to make that comparison is moral quicksand. It relies on the outcome for the individual in…

Either you're trolling or a moron. And I say that as someone who absolutely *loathes* MRA arguments.

False accusations are damaging, particularly when they name names or are part of a salacious media cycle.

I think the "intimidation" argument was total bullshit, as is the honor court system. I'm not saying she…

The prisoners at Guantanamo should be either prosecuted or released. It's shameful that they haven't been. But we aren't going to let them *kill* themselves, either.

As someone who loathes cheese when it isn't melted on to other things: Gross.

I *loved* NOLF and NOLF2. I wonder if anyone has done updates or mods for them? I believe I still have physical copies of both.

So... you think the Taliban cleverly took over Afghanistan in 1999 and 2000 and attacked us on 9/11 to lure GWB into attacking them seven years before demand for the iPhone and electric cars even began to emerge, in order to guarantee that by the time the price of these resources was skyrocketing, we'd be back out of…