(edit: this was meant as a response to HeyHeyMyMy)

How about a warning for young men:

My point was that fans of A Song of Ice and Fire are no more dickish than fans of anything and everything, anywhere and everywhere. I answered a question Madeleine Davies posed in her post. Was that not clear to you?

Hahaha.

I wouldn't blame it all on elderly retirees. I'm neither elderly or a retiree, and I know a lot of rich young people who play golf or patronize country clubs—and demand that the lawns be lush and green.

Totally evil.

Hardcore Song of Ice and Fire fans — why do some of you have to be such major dicks?

The concept of virginity tests is absurd. Aside from the non-virgin-shaming aspect of it, there's no such thing as an accurate 'virginity test.' Hymens can be broken or stretched in multiple ways, only one of which is sexual intercourse.

The big media companies I used to work for only had paid internships.

Amazing. What I want to know is how their bodies got hacked. I mean, obviously it wasn't them turning out horrible food and acting like insane people, right? And cursing out their customers, and stealing tips from wait staff, and firing 100 people in the course of a year. Nope, not them. Some genius somewhere has…

The version I read as a child had none of this in it.

Other than the fact that they're young, I'm not sure how you can tell. I mean, they're not black or Chinese, obviously, but other than that they could be any number of ethnicities. (I'll admit that I kind of *want* them to be white and American, only because if they're anything else it'll be an excuse for bigots to…

Good for you. And as to the letter writer — that person was never a friend. No real friend would ever do that.

Clearly, the Catholic Church is terrified of women.

And let's not lose sight of the fact that removing a toddler from the only family she's ever known is a heart-wrenching experience that will no doubt have a serious impact on her future well-being.

You were suffering from the "low carb flu" — a temporary state while your body adapts to low-carb and learns to burn stored fats rather than carbs for fuel. Not everyone who goes low-carb goes through it, but many do. It goes away after a week or so, and more quickly if you add sodium to your diet.

And...back in the day when you had to audition to comment on Gawker sites I was a star commenter. Not that it matters. But the comments used to be worth reading then. Now, well, no real reason to give them another click.

I'd have to agree. I used to scan most of the comments but now the idea of clicking to see beyond the first two is just too annoying. So I don't. And because I'm not necessarily interested in the first two, I'm clicking a lot less than I used to. On the plus side, I'm wasting less time on Gawker sites.