The preemptive flush feels like the first shot across the bow of mankind by the machines. Sometimes literally.

As a counterpoint, I care.

If only reality worked so easily. I don't know if you're honestly not understanding the problem or are just a troll. That doesn't matter. I'll pretend you're sincere even if you genuinely aren't.

This sounds like a classic case of hype aversion.

As a wise person once said: "There's always fan fiction."*

Hm. Right. This guy wasn't fired for calling Sterling a "victim". Let's really put this in context. The full tweet was:

The fact that the first letter writer calls himself an 'investor' should be a tip-off ... Yeah, that's not slightly disconcerting in the least.

I can't speak for Rachel, of course, but in my view, I'd say becoming friends with someone whilst having a romantic agenda in mind isn't cool at all. It's underhanded and founding a relationship on dishonesty is not the way to go, no matter how 'pure' the intentions.

This guy sounds like a total Duckie. (He's counted the number of times she's touched him! Has he washed his arms since then?) Worse, he's saying here that he actually expects niceness to earn him some form of physical compensation. What.

Let me break it down for you. Strawberry hasn't been toying with you or keeping you around because she's mean. She thinks of you as a friend… because you've been acting like a friend. You've been hanging out with her, talking with her, helping out with classes and paperwork, even making sure she eats properly during…

Just like Golden Girls, it was ahead of its time in a strange way. ( I keed, I keed. Sorta.)

"As I created my character, I discovered that, along with the standard 'man' and 'woman' options, I could also choose to be a 'person of mysterious and indistinct gender. [...] When I realized that choosing that third option felt more right than anything, that I didn't have to be a defective woman or a defective…

Thanks for the nightmares.

No. Because the sea is actually pretty damn gross.

Inadvertent gallows humor. Terrible but funny at the same time ...

The term "clickbait" does have its uses, though. I'd define it as a title that is completely misleading in summarizing the contents of a post or article. Basically, a rickroll of journalism or commentary or what have you. If it makes you feel tricked for hitting that link, it's probably clickbait (a bit I know it when…

Also: being called "milady". Don't want to forget that classic.

No.

Oh, I wasn't trying to make the point that objectification of men was the way to equality (I hope it didn't come off like that), just that "passivity" or femininity are seen as weird and weak on men while it is "normal" on women when really, there is nothing inherently bad about a feminine (however one defines that)…

I've used this before when those "but the menz is too!" responses come up to any discussion about women being seen as sex objects. It's fairly accurate. No space marines there.