I can tell you part of the reason why from a development standpoint.

There are a couple of specific demands placed on game characters. Unlike a movie, the player has direct control over the character. But also, in most video games, the character can get injured or die. Typically you will see a lot more of them getting…

Except he's not. He's referring to the combo sequence where one character gets hit over and over. Look at the video. It's two people beating the hell out of each other. What is he supposed to say? Anything and everything I can think of could just as easily be rebranded as a "rape" joke by people determined to find…

If by classic language you mean "common sense" you're right. :) The speaker is referring to the violence going on on the screen, where one character hits the other over and over in a combo sequence. Calling this a "rape joke" is a massive stretch.

(FWIW if you don't know what a combo sequence is you have no business…

Look at the video. He is clearly referring to the ass beating the on screen character is getting. It has exactly zero to do with rape. It does have to do with violence, but no one here really cares about that.

The woman didn't do that, because she probably has sense enough to know that that was not a rape joke. He was referring to the ass kicking her on-screen character was getting. It's kind of frustrating that we're focusing so much attention on a manufactured rape controversy while completely ignoring the video front and…

Your headline is misleading. That is not a "rape joke." Look at that video. It's a dude and a werewolf thing beating the shit out of each other. How in the world did you get "rape" out of that and why is your complaint about a not-even-really-there rape joke and not the casual violence of the game itself? The tweets…

That was a very funny read.

You seem to be catching hell for this post. Unfortunately that was somewhat predictable given how these kinds of debates go. Whatever. I am a gay dude and I get you are trying to say. Basically when coming out becomes a grandstand-y showbizz attempt to go viral, the power of the message is depleted rather than…

There's a big symbolic spoiler in this video I just noticed. Or maybe it's not a spoiler and it's just me... (read on if you don't mind the maybe-spoiler).

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Allison is eating an apple in Spencer's kitchen. The symbolism here is straight forward. She's a menace. Here she is both Eve and the "bad apple." (Some…

Can someone with science/genetics background comment on the feasibility of this? What evolutionary pressures exists on current humans that would push our genes in this direction? Do people with non-giant eyes have less successful reproductive strategies?

I think we may have some disagreements about what warning labels are intended to do. They are there for risk assessment. The warning label doesn't say "This product may cause cancer, and if you get it haha screw you, you deserve it." It's there to help the consumer assess risks. It has nothing to do with placing…

I hesitate at the term "invade." The straight members of the LGBT community I am thinking of are lifers. There is a straight lady here in NOLA (anyone from here is instantly going to recognize her from this post) who is married with children and at the same time a gay icon, because she has supported our community for…

In fairness some straight girls are there because they are interested in bisexual men. I know several of these. Their sexual fantasies involve a guy with another guy or in some cases finding a "bottom" guy, which is hard for them to do in "straight" clubs. Some people might get offended and feel that's a commandeering…

I have a story about this.

One time I went to a really seedy gay bar that showed really raunchy videos. I order a drink and look across the bar and my mom was sitting there. This is the same woman who had told me I couldn't watch the Golden Girls because the subject matter was too sexual. But my mom always had lots of…

I'm not sure I agree with you. I interpret "gay bars" as safe spaces for members of the LGBTQ community. Some of whom are actually straight.

Here in NOLA there is this little dance party thing that is pretty bad ass that travels from bar to bar on various nights. It's kind of a hipsterish affair but lots of fun. Most…

I thought she had an implied sex scene with one of her girlfriends. It was interesting because it was somewhat facilitated by the other girls.

Another interesting thing about this show is that women's bodies are not on showcase in the same way the men's are. When the girls hooked up with their men a lot of times there…

Understood. I am spoiled by my surroundings because there are soooo many gar bars (and gay friendly bars) in my city all within blocks of each other that change of venue is easy. If you love the club but feel awkward going my advice would be to maybe befriend the bartenders. Maybe try going on a slow night and just…

I was raised Catholic. Up until around the 10th grade I was anti-abortion. In the 11th grade two things happened. One, I met a fellow student who had had one. Two, my Catechism teacher (people who teach you about the Catholic faith in preparation for the ceremony of Confirmation where a teenager officially "signs on"…

Well. In fairness it can be kind of hot too.

Gay man here. My opinion is if you are a straight person, are reasonably respectful, are there to have fun and not stare, and people there are rude to you, that that club fucking sucks and you should find a new gay club. :) Of course I am spoiled by where I live (New Orleans).

I understand the whole "safe space" thing…