Once? Pikachu is always a jerk. :>

Bit late to the game, but it is by Ikuhara, who did such things as Utena and Penguindrum. It is very surreal and has symbology on top of symbology wrapped in weird. That said, it is pretty fantastic and a great skewering of the class-s relationship concept in yuri anime, that typically erases sexuality and actual…

Kashimashi - Girl Meets Girl - definitely has lesbian themes, as well as some pretty great transgender themes. The setup sounds mildly ridiculous (Aliens accidentally kill a boy, bring him back as a girl, oops!) but it is clear that the change is a welcome one and the explorations of it all are at the forefront. I'm…

That's some bad luck, I can see why you shied away! Hope the virus passes (sorry) quickly.

That's some bad luck, I can see why you shied away! Hope the virus passes (sorry) quickly.

Just got one of these this week myself, love it. Mark, have you checked with Samsung support? These drives have a 5 year warranty, so unless you dropped it, they should replace it.

Just got one of these this week myself, love it. Mark, have you checked with Samsung support? These drives have a 5…

HAH. Same here. I'm a week or three behind on IO9 (clearly) and was like, 'Did I miss something?!'

Personally, I think that is because we don't admit that cats domesticated us more than we domesticated cats. I'm a cat "owner" and have no illusions what roles we play to each other.

Because it is, in fact, worse. It is extremely harassing to the people it is done to, an aspect that current false report laws don't usually cover. Also, there is a much higher value in time and resources involved when so-called SWATting is successful. Rapid reponse teams are not cheap, and the reply for misusing them…

It is something that seems trivial, but in reality is simply more trouble than it is worth to a small business. An order of food, employee time, delivery costs all sunk with no payment isn't a small thing to a business, especially restaurants which is already an extremely cutthroat industry. It sucks for Swifty, but…

Also, it is not near the same, as there are plenty of other words for trans people, but no other word for cis people. Most people who object to cis that I have seen prefer to be refered to as 'normal' or something similar, terms that reinforce an inherent us and them / normal and abnormal viewpoint. Cis was never…

This has been a long time favourite of mine. Tom Smith is sadly underrated online these days!

It's not that there was only static, it's that there was 17 hours of it. >.>

Where do you get your textbooks that tell you about future disasters? This is a current event. Happened this year. I promise you it hasn't hit any textbooks.

Others have said the obvious, but I will chime in with another point: Even if it is 'natural', why does that mean we shouldn't try our damndest to counter it? Your posts amounts to 'This has happened before, so, let's just sip cocktails on the beach and watch the world burn'..

My aunt's name is Pat and she has struggled her whole life with people trying to put Patricia on everything formal, when that is Not Her Name.

The mech was originally designed for a robot fighting league with an animal theme. I'm guessing all the good ones were taken. ;)

Santa Olivia was great, the second book was kinda meh. I mean, it was OK, but I hoped for much more... Something. It was very fluffy, and just didn't pay off the first book well. A shame, as the main character pretty much hit every sweet spot I have. =) I will read this though and hope for the best!

Nah, it is the logical followup question. Even if the answer is just 'Making us think'. But the next step of any pure research discovery is the next guy who uses that discovery to Change The World. :)

I saw it like three times in theatres. I love that movie. It was so cheesey and awesome. :)

I don't even overly think full medical care for all is 'socialist' so much as 'humane'. I am not against capitalism, but there are some things that just shouldn't be about profit, and medicine is IMHO one of them. There are basic things (Health care, roads, infrastructure, crime and punishment, fire deptartments, etc)…