That’s how colloquialisms work. They tend to be regional in nature (dialectic), and often exist within closed groups.

Take, for example, “Like trying to herd cats.” This colloquialism refers directly to a task that is perceived to be incredibly difficult—if not impossible. It’s also generally not used outside of…

Alternately: Another week, another dismissive comment about complaints on Life in Aggro’s panels. 

Is anyone else a little put off by the Double XP comic this week? I dunno, it just feels kinda lazy and mean-spirited. Not to mention dated; I thought we’d more or less gotten the “CD-i Zelda was bad” and “Link looks gay like a girl” jokes out of our system by this point.

That *is* harsh though because you’re all but asking players with disabilities to go elsewhere. In this example, an easy mode or even a series of toggles that allow players to customize game experiences is about allowing them to participate in that experience. It’s inclusive, and not in the dime-store way that word is…

Precisely. Something that needs to fucking stop:

APATHY IS NOT IMPRESSIVE. Telling me you don’t give a shit isn’t showing how intelligent you are—it just shows how lazy you are.

Because it’s easy to take this non-committal, wanna-be nihlist stance because it doesn’t cost you anything. And that’s especially true if you…

I can bet you money that you probably deeply offended someone in the 80s etc but back then it wasn’t cool to call people out on their BS like it us today. It’s not people being “offended all the time” it’s people getting sick of having hateful shit thrown at them in the name of “fun” and calling people out for it. As…

“If these millenials weren’t such PUSSIES, maybe they could afford multiple loans that’ll leave them destitute instead of whining about their lack of prospects.”

“People do, what people do.”

Yes, that’s it, it’s the fact that they can’t take a joke that’s causing their depression, not the state of the world.

hmm sounds like you’re not at all like John, dude, and instead felt the need to brag about how not-John you are? :p

Man these are some good words about Manhunt. I remember this game getting trashed for the bad controls, bad stealth gameplay and generally being a violent toy for sociopaths.

I always feel like games like this should just stick to single player. We saw it 76, and then Anthem and now this, games that have interesting ideas and worlds but are let down by having to be multiplayer experiences light on story. This world looks like it could be amazing to explore with an interesting story or…

If a game needs you to approach it from a certain mindset, it needs to do actual work to put you in that mindset.

Apparently, his films are not for you. It’s okay ... Not everyone gets what he’s doing or understands the message being sent. But why the hater-filled comment?  Is that really necessary? If you don’t like him or his movies, why did you even bother to read the article? Move along donkey ...

The other day, my husband said to me, “I decided not to try to reason with you about buying Jagged Little Pill on vinyl and bought what was in our Amazon cart.” I gave him a pitying look and said, “It is an amazing album. You’ll see.You’ll see.”

You should be ashamed of yourself for this. Especially since Bear is a real person, who has always been of the female gender, and has felt the need to hide it for years and years before she finally felt brave enough to come out to those important to her, and then to us, the audience.

That bit about ‘I never made *anyone* do *anything* is a straightup steal from the Lucifer chapter in Gaiman’s ‘Sandman,’ and I loved it. I’ve just started watching the show in these last few weeks, and I really appreciated that they took one of the most insightful bits of the Lucifer legend (as embodied in the…