When I was a kid, my mom was single and would be late to pick me up because she worked full time. So I spent a lot of time with teachers after hours before other students had cars. And I had that same conversation with one of the teachers, where honestly they would like to just drive me home on their way rather than…

I think the bigger issue is that just by doing it in the manner he does it, it comes across as crass and begs that question. However I think part of the reason the US tends to stratify between “Murica” military supporters and liberals is Europe does leave a deficit in military spending (they have more butter) which…

You know - for me one of the things that probably isn’t helping Mass Effect - is not everything needs to be a world-redefining 150+ hour open world RPG.

‘Eh. BoTW reviews and fan response is really starting to feel cultish. It’s like the second coming of 80's Nintendo fever where everything gets overrated and every other thing is crap.

Because Texas by and large is a state conservatives put so much money into to keep it Red and the national Democratic party ignores the state largely because of how much they’d have to invest.

That xkcd immediately breaks down if you immediately bring in the facts of the protest that occurred. A protest is fine. Using words is fine. But the Black bloc protesters that were there were being violent and causing damage in an effort to suppress. And while you may think because it’s for a worthy cause, its fine,…

I think that’s a misread of his character. Geralt is head over heels for one character whose primary motivation is not a relationship with him. You add to that another character who has taken advantage of Geralt in a mentally compromised state.

People can have all the critiques they want. The question is does the US political system support political behavior like that and it only would if everyone did it at the same time.

You’re on a site (sites) that publicly shame citizens regularly if they do something the site finds offensive.

Not really. I just don’t think that’s a very portable joke and generally telling someone they are unappealing in that way generally is not taken as anything other than a “fat uggo” slam. It’s like anything else - the host (and even us commenters) don’t get to control what message is received and the joke is imprecise…

There’s a difference between a professional stand-up comic on stage with their insults ready and an improv comic that thinks he’s there for an interview.

There is always a difference between a joke made at ones own expense and a joke made by someone else at yours.

I can’t but helping ultimately this is a body/attractiveness joke and not a joke relating to gender dynamics which she would absolutely get a pass on. This is an conventionally attractive person putting down a conventionally unattractive person.

It could be the family, not the location. Which is something I keep in mind knowing how many people from the north go off on how terrible the south is keeping in mind that historically this could be someone from a southern slave-keeping family insulting someone from a northern abolitionist one.

Nope. It’s where you went. Dallas has been largely Democratic since 95 with a brief interlude of Tom Leppert who frankly seemed rather Independant flavored for a Republican. And the state gerrymandered the districts, so you see Republicans overstated in terms of population (like most cities though since that’s coming…

For me, I think the disconnect is a conversation requires “dialogue” and that actually is going to require everyone to deal with data they don’t like. Some porn consumers will have to assimilate the idea perhaps their favorite actor/actress has a pretty dark story or that something they like has flaws. Some will have…

Truthfully, it was the two sides of the internet fighting about it that turned me off more than anything. As quite a few commentators have pointed out, it may have been just better to let those trolls scream into the void. And then if you did see it, it felt entirely too political what your reaction was so it wasn’t…

Consider the narrative from a different way if you don’t understand it. The “Clinton’s” have been a political family in the spotlight for two decades. What Trump is now, took over two decades of congressional hearings that never went anywhere, people holding on to perceived slights, and the entire RNC’s collective…

Talking, sure. But talking doesn’t actually do anything. In the end, someone has to provide training. Or someone has to become a better kind of police. Or someone has to work on community outreach. Or someone from the community has to help foster reengagement between the cops in a neighborhood and the constitutents.

It also wouldn’t be short. The next president gets at least the next two Supreme court Noms. If we go from a 5-4 to a 6-3 court (probably one of the next will be RBG), the consequences wont be 4 yeas. It will probably take 10-20 years to unscrew up the court. And if that happens, liberals better be a super majority…