Wow, this is a really old thread.

I don't see your point.

Expense still seems to be an issue.

"I thought it was relevant because people who claim online that that sort of behavior is "emotionally stunting" are nearly always going off of gut feelings and/or single studies they read about very quickly from a secondary source, which they then prioritize above any proof to the contrary shown to them. I was…

Aside from being a dig at Jezebel, I don't see how that's relevant to my point.

I'd argue that the people at the top are easier to deal with and fix—Lawsuits and expensive court cases, anyone?—then changing the mindset of the masses.

The solution is to shame it into nonexistence. The same way we did with sexual harassment at places of work.

"I don't even know why people like to debate the actions of 13 year old boys (of age or mind) so much."

Yep, someone else pointed me to this site of Masters of the Universe image memes. Pretty funny, eh?

I almost never comment on Kotaku mostly because of the idiots from its peanut gallery.

"Of course, even if you do know the answers, you can still create a critical thinker by giving the child the answer and then saying to them, "Okay, now why don't you go see if what I said was correct?""

Word up.

It's an old slang term, used as an adjective in this scene from the 1950s, and a good one. The word itself is apparently comes from 1600s Dutch.

Maybe that's all some gals want?

As a straight male growing up in the 60s and 70s and now into modern times, yeah, I can confirm this has been going on for decades.

"...helium is a component of rocketry?"

Huh, okay.

But I thought that idea of progress towards some goal was inherent to teleology.

This is a very late response but I have a few comments on this.