While I certainly agree that a lot of the discussions can get, well, silly, isn't it possible to have both? I guess what we'd call macro-problems (widespread cultural gender oppression) and micro-problems (personal choices of empowerment). I too often hear (and I'm not accusing any of you of this, because I…

I agree that Smurfette syndrome needs to be dealt with throughout mainstream media (only one female Avenger and she doesn't have any powers, ugh; praying to Freya we get Ms. Marvel in the sequel), but the Smurf movies are the ur-example of everything evil in Hollywood, and if I were a woman I'd be proud for my gender…

I'm reading a lot of Sherlock pastiches at the moment so I really want London to still be all Victorian (in style, not so much with the murdering and disease and poverty and etc).

Yeesh, that college article sounds gross. I've never understood why someone would want to be looking for "prey," even if they are in the mood for meaningless sex.

That said, I can't endorse judging anyone based on the way they dress, unless their clothes have political slogans or rape jokes on them or something. I…

Can it hurt?

Buy it and wear it! I implore you, hahaha. I maybe kinda really like girls in bowler hats. A close friend of mine is wearing one soon for a Rule-63 Riddler costume, I'm excited.

Thank you for making me feel less silly about wearing my fedora (with a suit and tie, I'm not a madman) to the bar last week

I would think more women wearing fedoras would be the best way to combat all the douches wearing them.

Yes! I want to live in a world where bowlers are more common!

If it doesn't have that wide brim, it's not a fedora. It's a trilby. Trilbies are very popular right now, among douches, but among other people as well. Most stores in the mall marketed towards teens and college students sell them. I'm assuming it's because of pop musicians like Justin Timberlake wearing them a…

Agreed. All the douches wearing hats is just making me want to wear hats more, to rescue them, so I'm building quite a collection. I do have one fedora, but it's a rather nice one that I only wear with a suit and tie.

You're not wrong, but isn't the opposite reaction just as problematic? "Well, if we pass a speed limit of 100MPH it'll eventually be 50MPH, then 25MPH and before you know it no one will be allowed to drive, so let's just let everyone drive as fast as they want, wherever they want." There is always middle ground…

If I'm not incorrect, it's because test audiences didn't like the Duckie ending.

It's sad how people don't usually care about the freedoms they aren't choosing to utilize.

That said, just to play devil's advocate here, ALL safety laws limit freedom in some way. I drive a motorcycle and helmet laws prevent me from the freedom of enjoying the wind in my hair. Speed limits prevent us from the…

I don't smoke, and I think it's a habit, but damn does it look good on camera. If I'm ever a movie director, all of my actors will have to smoke during any lengthy conversation.

I'm asthmatic but I can be around outdoor smoke just fine (and indoor smoke if it doesn't get thick). For some reason I need my inhaler when I go to New England, though. Don't know what's different about the air up north, but after a few days I start getting severe reactions.

Congratulations on quitting :) My dad quit for five years, then got hooked again, so be careful (he quit again and I believe has almost reached the decade mark).

I think they're a terrible habit buuuuut I still think that like soda, beer and candy (my preferred drug? Cadburry Eggs), people should have the right to…

Forgive my ignorance, but -smell aside- wouldn't the second hand smoke be essentially the same?

I don't smoke, but I absolutely think these bans are getting ridiculous. I have asthma, and even a few puffs from a cigarette can make me sick, but I can stand a good two feet away from smokers outdoors and not even notice it. I think a lot of people's automatic revulsion when they see smoke is psychosomatic.

I'm more curious why smokers never, ever have a lighter on hand.