Sadly, I'm sure that's not far from what's in her mind — something along the lines of "the Yellow Peril is coming for our woman-folk to settle our debts!"

I don't see the need for a new term to replace sexism — we just need to broaden the meaning of that word in the same way that the meaning of racism has been incrementally broadened over time. Racism started out as a way to refer to the most obvious and violent acts of racial discrimination but has come to encompass…

That question gets to the heart of the problem that Whedon is addressing. Those fighting for racial equality were smart/lucky enough to label their opponents as different from the human norm rather than themselves.

I agree that the word genderist is clunky — he dismissed sexist way too fast — but the ending is defensible even if the idea of using it is dead-on-arrival because it's attached to a word that should be ugly. My interpretation of his remarks about feminist is that it's an ugly word implying artificiality for something…

I understand the sentiment, although it seems to be phrased wrong. My wife doesn't complete me, but without her I couldn't be complete. We both joke that I have to die first because she would be a whole lot better at talking to herself and pretending I'm still around than vice versa.

Personally, I wouldn't be too eager for that job right now. It's going to be unpleasant — in the way collapsing states tend to be — when Republicans push us over the cliff into default. Better to be the white knight coming in after mortgage rates jump 10% overnight and the credit markets freeze completely rather than…

The Democratic Party has accidentally stumbled onto a brilliant strategy — nominees that make Republicans go blind with hate, exposing their inherent meanness in a way that even the U.S.'s clueless public can't miss. Hillary will do for misogynists what Obama did for racists. After that, I suggest a Hispanic candidate…

Well, I'm with Alicia Keys. If Zaphod Beeblebrox asks you to get into his ship after a night of partying and drinking Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, what kind of person says no?

So only twelve were caught? Admitted they did it? And that's good?

Question: If the initial group is evenly divided (or every sub-group in it is perfectly balanced by an equal and opposite sub-group), could the end result be a system that doesn't change at all and never converges? Obviously this would be nigh impossible in reality, but I'm talking about theory.

It could be a public relations move, but it could also be the first step in a long-term plan to radically alter the church. We won't know until later. I'm hoping it's the first move in a truly audacious plan that could go something like this:

Yes, this is all about projection (as is most politics): Republicans fear that others might be just like them; Democrats hope the same thing.

So the petitioner believes these actors perfectly capture the essence of the leads in 50 Shades? What could they possibly have done to deserve such an insult? Torture puppies?

I think it's easier to argue that ONLY homo sapiens can be monsters. Monstrous behavior requires malice and forethought and we seem to have the market more or less cornered on those things (give or take some jackass dolphins) — at least as far as we know.

My wife and I frequent a life-style (i.e., swinger) resort and this idea is brought up on the associated message boards on a regular/annual basis. We've always thought it was a dumb idea because it locks you into a particular category before you get to know people (i.e., we don't swing, but there's a lot of wiggle…

I'm not sure how your comment applies to mine — unless you think there is some moral ambiguity about the totalitarian state in "Papers, Please" that would allow a player to feel good about following that state's rules. The game I described only works if there is some conflict between the player's belief that a woman…

A better game would be something akin to "Papers, Please" (see http://dukope.com/). Instead of a border security agent, though, the player would be a doctor tasked with following increasing byzantine rules to limit abortion and contraceptive access. Patients would appear with all kinds of traumatizing stories (perhaps…

Question: I don't see any information on overall number of visitors per state. That seems rather important since we could be dealing with a small(-ish) segment of any one state's internet-porn-consuming population. Perhaps Pornhub's popularity is regionally differentiated as well?

... WorldOfCEOs.com, which just sounds like a forgotten ride at Epcot.

Or you could compile a list based on real measurements, like infant mortality, healthcare coverage, number of children on food-stamps, high-school graduation/college attendance rates, population below poverty line, regional unemployment averages, etc.