I've never been (and still am not) a One Direction fan, but I'm very enthused to hear someone famous put it that way with regard to their interest in others, because that's how it is for me as well. Gender is a long way down the list of things that factor in (read: probably right at the bottom) when I'm looking for…

That's a very well thought out answer, and very well spoken. My problem, personally, is that I don't enjoy playing male characters because I don't identify them, but when I play female characters in any game that has not been a solo play game, everyone sexualizes my characters and reduces them to nothing 'but' that.…

What is your argument? I never said your argument was wrong. I said what I said that you responded to. Feel free to enlighten me, and if you can include scientific studies that prove her wrong (like the ones I have that prove her right), I will absolutely consider your position. I'm not an unreasonable person, and am…

Couldn't agree more about the new information, and feel the same way. I haven't found the same paper for free yet, but there are some interesting alternatives I've found, none of them have been short enough to read through yet, but it looks like that's just plans for tomorrow night. ;)

I'll see if I can find a workaround or another link to it at some point this evening. Last time I read it was on a school computer and was able to circumvent the paywall by recommending it to the library.

That's very fair, thank you for being civil, you know? :D I am not one to jump on a bandwagon just because I like the conclusion. Frankly, I wish it -wasn't- the case. And I will freely say that I've never seen any such results among people I know personally, but I've seen a lot of responses to things that make me…

Sorry, I need to add: No, it doesn't make 'all men' do anything, it doesn't make all anyone do anything, but there is a connection, it is scientifically proven, and when it was pointed out, it was proven AGAIN by the actions of the (yes, admitted minority) group of people who made the threats in question. And has…

Except studies do indeed prove that it's the case, the only thing is, that they only affect people for a limited time span. And she was speaking about that, and look what it got her. And here: http://jiv.sagepub.com/content/27/15/… there's your link to the study, so you can see it's got nothing to do with gaming…

I'm a big fan of the expanded game reviews as well because I'm very picky about the type of games I enjoy, they need to be rich in story and have large, open worlds with lots of room to customize your avatar, whether it be skills or looks or both. And reading the reviews typically tells me a lot more about whether or…

You do realize that people turning around and harassing and attacking someone and issuing death threats in response to the first person pointing out that X that the second person does causes those things actually proves the first person right, do you not? Because the second person is partaking of X, and turning around…

I would find the argument you're making believable if it wasn't a case where, and correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the situation:

Way to take away what was LITERALLY the only thing this movie had going for it. The books were the poorest excuse for erotic I've ever heard, and it sounds like the movie will be the same, though the books sucked because the writing was awful and it sounds like the movie will suck because it's about something that's…

Spice world was amazing. That's by no means a fair comparison on odaeyss' part. :D

It was brilliant in a way this halfbaked fanfic couldn't dream of being.

I loved 'A Walk to Remember'. The rest were 50 shades of meh.

Or Pocahontas. Which is a shame. Because Pocahontas and Belle were my two favorites after Ariel growing up. Ariel wasn't because of her color but because I wanted to be a mermaid. Pocahontas was because of my own native heritage. And Belle because she was bookish as I also was/am.

Hate watching is for people who don't want to put in the time or effort to find something they enjoy watching, or are just hateful, really. I like the Big Bang Theory. Some of it is a bit stereotypical, but I find it's less to do with the social ineptitude, and more to do with the notion that people with advanced…

Yes, absolutely. My own feelings and thoughts aren't the feelings and thoughts of everyone and tried to emphasize that those were just my own feelings and thoughts, if that makes sense.

Since I've never dated anyone who's brought that phrase up to me (not one), I'm inclined to not only agree, but add that I typically wind up cutting off the friendships I -have- with these people, on the off chance that one day I'll be that 'frigid bitch' who 'won't even give me a chance' because 'it doesn't matter…

As someone who lives on the border between Lower Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, I'm sorry that I can honestly say that I know someone who had their house burned down for 'being a witch'. Their family is pagan, so it's not untrue on a technical level, but no one should be able to say that they have ever met someone…