More or less, yeah.

Yes, but not as many millions as it loses:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Unfortunately, nearly every university runs their sports program at a loss, and only a small percentage of those budgets are spent on student aid:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

I think you'd have to paint it manually - the detailing is too precise and varied for a layer style, even if you had several overlaid on each other.

Good. No one should drive in New York City.

Expect a New York Times trend piece in August.

Oh for God's sake, people! Don't ask people out when they're at work, and don't ask people out when you're at work. This is basic stuff.

Seems like reasonable advice to me?

Sure, "angry gamer nerd" is still in the cultural zeitgeist, but that doesn't make gamers some kind of oppressed minority.

Here are your options:

Are you serious? Nielsen estimates that over 56% of American households have a video game console, and ESA research shows that 68% of households play computer or video games. That data is a few years old, too, and doesn't include mobile gaming on tablets and smartphones. The majority of people, at this point, play…

Yes, you've summarized my position succinctly.

If you want to turn your brain off and look at pretty lights, you can sit in an empty field and stare into a kaleidoscope. It'll be a lot cheaper than whatever you're paying for game hardware and software, I promise. Here is an a article about how to make one with some common household items:
http://www.pbs.org/parents/…

I'm assuming, based on the fact that you're posting a comment on a gaming site, that you're a gamer. You do realize that, every time you say something is "just a game", you're dismissing your hobby as a meaningless waste of time, right?

I thought it was polo?

One of the interesting things that I think gets lost in these conversations about photo retouching reinforcing negative body images for women is that photo retouchers are just dudes/gals with jobs. And they need to justify their function to keep those jobs.

Four contrasting thoughts:

I feel like this is the blog post version of: "FINE. I redid it the way you wanted, but it was hard and I didn't like doing it."

Don't use this. You don't want this. You don't want to know.