Not sassing you at all here, but genuinely curious - you finish Civ in 15 hours? Is it because you play on small maps? Because it takes me days of playing 3-4 hours a night to finish a single game.

It would never succeed at trial as a hate crime. In order for something to be a hate crime, the prosecutors need to show that she committed the offense primarily due to racial bias. This dumb teenager didn’t say she was raped by black people because she hates them and wanted to cause racial troubles, she was trying…

As I understand it, Limpdick McAbuser does not have a contractual obligation to publish any more of Ke$ha’s work - rather, she is contractually prevented from being published by anyone else for 3 albums (of which she has provided 2), with Turdnugget having the option to license more. Basically, her contract is…

So this might have been a sarcastic post, and if so I apologize for not realizing that. If you were serious though, I’m definitely not trying to attack you here, and I say this only with love, but that’s a pretty privileged attitude. Many of us cannot afford to hire someone to do our yard work, just like we can’t…

Obviously you and I have had different experiences in the office, because I can’t think of many times where someone not in a supervisory role over me has had an opportunity to offer constructive criticism, and where I have had an obligation to take that criticism. I mean, I love getting constructive criticism and I…

You know, throughout my life, I’ve found that, when it comes to the connection between sex and love (which honestly I’m using here more as shorthand for some kind of strong emotional attachment), most people lie on a spectrum between two extreme points:

I’m not sure why you’d think I’d have a negative reaction to that honestly - there’s a lot about an older, established man that would appeal to a woman in her late 20's, and I have no problem with a guy who chooses to go that route. My only point was that if you’re having trouble finding people to date, broadening…

I am by no means a relationship expert, but I can tell you one thing for sure: not a day goes by reading comments on blogs that I don’t read about a 40+ woman who bemoans the fact that men her own age don’t pay her any mind and only go after younger women. I don’t intend to imply that you’re old (I’m 32 so I’m not…

Hi Alpha, I don’t think anyone here properly explained this to you. I’m not sure if you’re from the US, so if you are please understand I don’t mean to be patronizing when I explain this. At least one person mentioned that these are only the maximum penalties allowable by law. In the US, statute determines what the…

Eh, I disagree about the focus change. I leveled a hunter in BC that I’ve played off an on ever since, and the class was pretty boring even during the mana days. I never played a hunter in Vanilla, and I understand not only was there a lot more challenge, but mana was a bigger concern then (shot timing and mana…

While I don’t intend to argue that the game hasn’t been dumbed down and choice removed, your two examples are relatively poor ones. A paladin that stacked agi or a hunter with lots of int is, and always was, a bad choice, making a far less effective character than one who synergizes with the game’s intended design.…

Yeah, and I think your question about “when is archaeology just grave-robbing” and vice versa is a very important ethical quandary for archaeologists and anthropologists.

Exactly, but that doesn’t mean we can take a paternalistic “we can protect them better” mindset. We should work towards helping them to be able to protect their legacy themselves. How to do that though is a question above my pay grade.

Thanks a ton, I’m flattered! Like I said, this isn’t an issue without nuance, so while I agree that the artifact’s should be returned I’m not without empathy for the other side. The last thing I’d want to see is the world’s legacy from Egypt being destroyed wholesale because of temporary religious and political strife.

Thanks! I actually did write a paper about this in college, which is where I did my research for it, and is probably the reason it sounds kinda academic, heh.

It’s a complicated issue, not one that’s quite so clear cut as it might seem. I’m more familiar with the Elgin marbles, but it’s basically the same thing here. First, the artifacts were technically legally acquired, as the Egyptian government gave permission. Of course it is important to note though that at the time…

To be fair, here in Texas, our districts are gerrymandered to such an extent that our blue votes don’t really amount to anything, either. In my district, there often isn’t even a democratic candidate running for local positions, that’s how total the republican majority is.

Ok, I am definitely not defending the Papa John’s crazies, because seriously fuck those dicks and their “federal age limit for managers” bullshit, but there is a large pizza chain with a very similar name that does take and bake pizzas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Murp…

Are you Carl Sagan’s ghost? Because if you're not, you need to get out of my head. I empathize with you so hard. It's so hard to believe in yourself when no one ever has - it's so hard to find yourself attractive when practically every person in the world is telling you the opposite. Problem is, if you tell yourself…

Thank you for this. I have literally never seen someone who looks like me in a relationship, and that’s often the ammo the voices in my head use when they’re trying to convince me I'm worthless, so it's very helpful to have contravening evidence.