I’d at least rather get no gift than a re-gift or something someone bought in like Walgreens for ten bucks. Weddings are for expensive shit you either feel guilty about buying or can’t buy because now you’re planning for a family and an appropriate living space or whatever.

I own a slow cooker, I love crystal, I wish someone would buy me expensive sex toys because I feel guilty spending money on them, I adore traditional candles and candlesticks, Pier One can be cute as fuck, and if you’re willing to pay for the upkeep of my timeshare, I will sure as fuck use it. (And probably rent it…

Well, they’re in the process of trying, certainly.

And this is why everyone who told us this would be an inevitable failure and we can’t believe anything cool has happened here can just piss right off.

Pope Francis is the man. No one’s perfect; y’all give him time, he’ll keep proving himself.

Waiiiiit a second. Yes, while I totally agree the cops should be trained in the use of very controlled non-damaging force to restrain people, I personally reserve the right as a civilian to martial arts the living shit out of anyone who tries to punch me while drunk. The first thing we learned at my dojo was how to…

This is coming dangerously close to “shut up white boy,” where people in positions of privilege don’t get to weigh in on anything.

I am bad at all the lady things. Eye makeup ends up giving me raccoon face, no matter how carefully I apply it. Heels will make my feet ache in a matter of half an hour. High boots do the same thing. My calves are so big compared to my ankles that zip boots are almost impossible. I have never found a pair of dress…

Huh, “Better Than You Remember” has some interesting articles.

Here’s my answer: I haven’t yet, because they’re not. I’m not really conventionally attractive. I even try to observe for this, because I’d love some attention.

So true. I’m inclined to ask for your email, but I’m not sure how to receive something privately here? I feel like more chat could totally happen.

Gosh I know, right? OPINIONS AHOY

It’s been good talking with you as well! Sorry for some of the snark. ^^; I can get a bit heated on the internet.

Well I *don’t* really care about the science in fiction that much. I care about science in real life, certainly. I’m a scientist myself (okay, an engineer, but close enough), after all. Let’s not accuse others of being unexcited. :P

Frankly, to me, death is more merciful than just letting him rot. Just kill him and be done with it.

I’m guessing part of this is also that smooth thin sleekness is the standard of beauty in America and many other places, ergo the “smooth sleek android” is actually now a gynoid. Being lithe and flawless of “skin” is seen as a female thing; men here are idolized as big hunky beefcakes with all kinds of crags and…

But then the whole premise is wrong. We’ve now verified, for sure, that it will be impossible to retrieve dinosaur DNA from mosquitoes or other blood-sucking organisms, because the half-life of DNA is way too short to bring back dinosaurs. So the entire series then...shouldn’t exist. Or we should have some plot about…

I want a best female friend who shares my bed and stays up late talking about cool things and we’re that inseparable duo who takes on the world together.

Huh, I found gold/gray/white nice looking running shoes in the women’s section. I know most of them are neon, but if you look enough, I’m sure you can find something reasonable unless your feet are so picky you can only have one sub-brand...

Good grief. Why do you need a fiction movie to teach Real Science (tm)? It’s fiction. Let people have their fun. Also, if you ask me, dinosaurs look stupid with feathers. The Jurassic Park ones are far more menacing than something that looks like an emu with teeth, and that’s what these folks are going for.