It's been said that the fact that the images were taken without consent are at least part of what guys like this get off on. The violation and possible humiliation and such. In other words, ordinary, (implied) consensual porn wouldn't do the job.

But I approve of your gif nonetheless.

As someone who actively dislikes children—yes.

While I do dislike children (I'm not going to pretend it's rational; it's a very instinctual dislike), I do possess a conscience. Making a joke about the abuse and trafficking of, or violence upon children is disgusting. Child abuse and human trafficking (ie, the slave…

"Phobia" can also mean "aversion" rather than "fear." I think the term "heterosexism" is clearer, but I'm not a member of the LGTBQ community and I don't think it's my place to crusade for it.

It's nice to meet you too! I actually have a friend who researches synesthesia (and is a synesthete), so I could put you in touch with her if you want...

To clarify, it isn't the taste exactly—more like the ghost of the taste. For example, when I speak Arabic (mostly canned words and phrases from friends) the back of…

I don't know as many or as much about languages as you, so I'm afraid my list is a bit shorter.

Turkish—sandy beige , soft gold, & robin's egg blue
Hebrew—hot pink & shiny gold, tastes like honey
Arabic—orangey-beige, indigo, & plum with spots, tastes like cloves
Mandarin—black, reflective (kind of like deep water)
Spanish—…

Upon seeing the pictures: "No! You're doing it wrong!"

ohmymymy I thought I was the only color-book and color-language synesthete

That happened to me, too! I told the doctor that I was breathing weirdly (in addition to the exhaustion and inability to walk ten feet without dry-heaving), and she said it was a virus. I need to get a 104-degree fever before she took me seriously.

My lungs scarred. Still kind of pissed about it.

If you're fighting true believers, just taking out the head isn't enough; someone else will just take their place. If you want to dismantle an organized belief system, you have to fight it at every level. You can't properly weed a garden if you just uproot the tallest dandelion.

Eh. I can feel a little pity for men in those circumstances, knowing that they might have turned out to be semi-decent people if their parents didn't intentionally sabotage them. Their lives lack a lot of the richness that comes from genuinely seeing and interacting with women and non-binary people as fully-formed,…

I'm inclined to think that at least one of them will be one of those people that goes completely wild after getting out from under their extremely repressive parents' thumbs.

It's a decision mostly born out of practicality rather than any religious sentiment. If they didn't have the day off, so many students would miss school that it wouldn't be worth it to open that day.

People who have the good fortune to be able to pick and choose a "career" job over a non-career job rather than need to take whatever will (hopefully) pay the bills.

I'm told that a lot of philosophy majors go on to enter law school.

Do you mean that you're tokophobic?

I'm a big fan of abortion. I really, really don't want to be pregnant, for these reasons:

1) I've had depression for years and in the past have been suicidal. An unwanted pregnancy and its associated hormonal changes could push me over the edge.

2) A litany of inherited physical and psychological conditions run in my…

There is a connection between the Black City and the Darkspawn.

I'm so sorry. That's terrible.

It's really sad when physically abnormal animals (especially the ones whose problems are mostly or entirely cosmetic) don't get adopted because they look different. I've seen cats with kinked tails or cockeyes languish in the shelter for months even though they're very affectionate, well-behaved kitties.

My own cat has…

No, you just put "music" in scare quotes to imply that it wasn't.