I had sex education in school, but it was mostly of the fear-mongering type. We saw a giant photo album of STD-covered genitals. Even with that, our teacher was not allowed to show proper application of a condom using anything phallic, like a banana. I know this because she specifically told us she wasn’t allowed.…

Ah, sorry I wasn’t aware of your penchant to go to strip clubs wearing only a thong. Nor was I aware of how much money you have. Shame on me, right?

You’re in a monogamous relationship and you still get tested twice a year? That’s not being a hypochondriac, that’s being distrustful. With very few exceptions, you can only get an STI from sex. So you’re not just wasting your time and money on expensive tests, you’re signaling to your partner that you believe they…

The need to pull out promptly after orgasm has, to me, always been the downside of condoms. That post-orgasmic lingering is my favorite part of sex, and it’s often a revelation to partners who have never had that experience before. Crazy-intimate, great for bonding, and unless there’s some reason you absolutely need…

This is America. Sex education here is either bible based, abstinence only, or no education at all.

I always read it as the Sorting Hat looks into your head and sees what it is that you /value/ the most. Not necessarily the kind of person you are or will be - but what traits you find the most appealing.

The biggest problem is, most people don’t understand the houses. For example, people feel bad when they are sorted as Hufflepuffs, even though that means you are a genuinely nice person who values friendship, loyalty and hard work. They think it equates to “boring,” thanks in no small part to a bunch of stupid memes.

The Sorting Hat seems to decide your Hogwarts house based on your aptitudes and your ambitions; the things you have the potential to do. It’s hideously invasive, especially when you consider the film version of the Hat goes through its entire thinking process within earshot of everyone else in the school.

I think the sorting hat just likes to stir up shit. That’s why he puts assholes in Slytherin (90% of which are henchman types) and heroes in Griffindor.

At that age, young quiet and shy me would have been sorted into Hufflepuff but 20 year old confident young adult me would be more of a Gryffindor. Now? Career ambitious me is a total Slytherin.

My theory is the hat doesn’t have a clue. Just randomly comes up with reasons to put kids in different houses, or probably goes off a list Dumbledore gives him every year. How is it that each house happens to have an equal number of kids from each incoming class, EVERY YEAR???

The composer for UC79 died at the age of 79. In a blaze. How Gundam-esque

This is such a bizarre reaction...

This is idiotic. They might as well write legislature which stops any group of people larger than a certain size which has congregated for any reason. Passing legislature targeted at augmented game companies is a money grab because they think that they can squeeze publishers for a couple bucks. I think they’ll learn…

Genuine Question Time:

This kind of pisses me off. Especially in the case of Milwaukee, who only had such a problem with Pokémon Go in parks because they don’t spend any money at all on staff or indeed much of anything for their parks. Like, sure, okay the city that hosts massive parties in a huge waterfront park for the ENTIRE fucking…

Seems like the wrong aprooch here. If people are showing up some place in mass, then post some cops and inforce those littering and vandalism fines. Make enough money to pay the cops and give the park a make over!

When I was a kid, a nearby town had problems briefly one summer with high school kids slowly cruising up and down this one particular street at night. So they spent a year and a half debating a new law, signage, wording on it, etc., that would disallow that sort of thing. Then they put up the signs and declared…

If you lie to me, you are the bad guy. This is not complicated.