They use those claws to hang upside-down from a tree all day. Sloths are surprisingly pointy.

I'm not saying that this trickery is okay, but... I really don't think it's the reason why you aren't getting better pay. WalMart is not exactly getting scammed into bankruptcy. It makes billions of dollars in profit annually. If it doesn't pay people more, that's because it chooses not to, not because it can't afford…

OH MY GOD!!!

I think there's so many caveats there that Marcel's comment still holds true. "If he puts a ton of work into scrubbing his online identity from existence, then maybe, someday, he can eventually get some sort of job, just not in his field." That... may not be quite "ruined forever and ever," but it's fairly close,…

Your proofreaders are excellent — couldn't find any grammatical errors or insults in your post. :P

I think even once its glory days fade, Minecraft will remain more comparable to the Mario franchise, or Tetris, or something like that, rather than to fads or various pan-flashes. It's unlikely to be forgotten any time soon. I agree that it's a bit premature to compare Minecraft to Legos in terms of staying power or…

So... they're asking for charity from ordinary, average people, in order to build toys for rich people who have too much money on their hands and no good ideas on how to spend it. This seems slightly silly, if not outright insulting. I'm imagining a millionaire in an expensive suit trying to panhandle in a subway…

This is stupid. This is stupid on several different levels. First there's the jingoistic "the rest of the world is so primitive and ignorant compared to us" bit. Then there's the contradictory, but equally stupid "if other people are sexist then we should be sexist too just to stay on a level playing field"…

Well, gee, you'd better let Russia and China choose your presidents for you, then, just to be on the safe side.

No. Economics is not a basic life skill. I've spent several years studying economics, and I can confidently say that it is useless in daily life. Much of it is useless in non-daily life, as well, actually. Basic accounting skills would be much more useful for everyone as far as understanding money goes. Psychology and…

This is awesome. And yeah, the response to a woman making this choice would be different — but the cultural context would be different. In a story like this about a female CEO sacrificing career for family, yes, some people would be upset — but there would also be a ton of conservatives posting about how this "proves"…

I wish netbooks were still a thing. I still have an Acer netbook I got for a bit over $300, and it's still chugging along merrily. It isn't going to win any beauty contests, but it sure as heck is more useful than a tablet in about a million situations. It has enough horsepower to perform any task that a full desktop…

Oh noes, someone out there is enjoying a gender-inappropriate thing! Quick, go tell them how wrong they are, and how deeply you disapprove, or the cooties may spread to you, too!

Oh, Alberta. The Alabama of Canada.

So? No-one is perfect. I'm not, you're not. But "I like hitting men but not women" shouldn't be the foundation of an entire theory of social relations. Objectively, given whatever context, there's no reason to feel "better" about hitting a physically small, unathletic man who can't defend himself than about hitting a…

See, this is the problem I have with "hitting girls is bad" as a rule, instead of "hitting people is bad" or "taking advantage of someone who's physically smaller than you is bad," etc. The instant you simplify things to "hitting girls is bad," you get people like brupo, and soon you devolve into an argument about how…

That's exactly what people consider to be unrealistic. Sexism!

Are you seriously suggesting that movies with female characters who can hold their own in a fight are bad for women?

"I'm sorry if you were under the impression that just because people put us in one acronym that we all get along and have the same political interests. I'm sure you don't believe this, but just because I'm the L in LGBT does not mean my interests are the same as the BT folks."

That's awful. I kind of wish this poster was just banned. They clothe their transphobia in talk about racism and the problems of the fashion industry, but that's some incredibly hateful stuff right there.