I like the basic idea of his vision, honestly. It makes sense, on paper, if you leave out the worst parts of human nature in general (let alone on the internet). And the "serious" posts are the ones that need the most pruning in the comments.

And what happened to his goal of having his authors help curate the comments more? The whole system is predicated on what comments the authors deem worth looking at, but if they don't come and play....

They're a troll. Or at least a homophobe and transphobic as well, judging by their comments on other posts. Also, reverse racism exists, according to them. You may just want to walk away.

From what I can tell, the first "approvedish" (e.g. not in pending conversations, who would have been in the black on YeOldeKinja) person to comment on a post becomes the "Host" until such time that the author wades in, then they're the host.

I just love that with NuKinja the ONLY comment up in "Highlights" is a troll...who is also the "Host" since the author hasn't engaged (yet?).

What do you mean "women just didn't do a whole lot before 1789"? Borte and Khulan khatun (wives of Temujin/Genghis Khan)? The female Medicis? Queen of Sheba? All of the women who served in the American Revolution posing as men? Boudica? Hatshepsut?

My only answer to Hatshepsut is Borte, honestly. When Temujin died and his sons couldn't get their shit together, she kept it all running. And as much as a lot of the West is heavily influenced by Greco-Roman and Egyptian traditions, the Khanate had a HUGE impact on the Eastern hemisphere and the way that women…

YES! I saw her mentioned in a few other comments and did a little fist pump (which confused my coworkers but they're used to that). So many cultures were comfortably matriarchal or at least more open to female rulers until monotheism and especially modern Christianity came along. It's one of the few places in…

Oh wait, what about all of the "anonymous" women who worked at Bletchley Park to decode all the German's communications? And the countless Rosie the Riveter types who kept the home front safe and built all the planes, tanks, and Jeeps that the US relied on?

I don't know how to express how sad you've made me right now.

Why is Shannon not the most annoying? Seriously. Hands down. I got to the point where I fast forwarded through any scene she was in.

Pansexual is like bisexual but it also encompasses people who are genderfluid/queer, androgyne, etc. People who don't fall on either end of the gender spectrum (since bisexuality generally means men and women, pan means all of that and everybody else). Sapiosexual is a bit of a Tumblr buzz word more than anything…

The young British woman also starred in an episode of Call the Midwife in February, her name is Sarah Gordy. She's spoken very eloquently and at length about how important it was for her to make that episode, and she seems like an all around lovely young woman. I'm happy to see her in this.

For me, if someone tells me what they identify as (straight, gay, bi, pan, trans, cis, genderfluid, whatever) that's what they are. Me saying otherwise means I'm taking away their right of self identification and that's really deeply fucked up. It's exclusionary and shitty and especially for folks who are…

Sexual orientation is defined by sexual attraction, sexual behavior, OR romantic attraction towards someone. You're erasing asexual people who are still hetero-, homo-, or bi-romantic by stating that sexual orientation is defined by acts alone.

Sorry, I honestly wasn't trying to be disrespectful, and I'm a bit lost on what topic you're trying to come back around to?

I like baby gay, it never fails to make me smile and I feel like it's a pretty good descriptor when used properly. ;)

I can tell this isn't going to be a productive conversation, so I'll leave it here.

No worries. NuKinja is foiling us all.

I feel like you're missing my point: saying "I'm making out with girls to get attention because I'm bisexual" is the problem. Not "I'm making out with girls to get attention."