I strongly suspect that classics are frequently sold in trade paperbacks these days because the publishers have determined that the demand for them is relatively inelastic so there’s no reason to produce a cheaper version in hopes of more sales. (I.e., the same reason that nonfiction books on niche subjects are…

The comments on this are killing me. Yes, publishing is a flawed industry, but so is the music industry,the clothing industry, etc etc. Yes, it is not just up to the consumers to change things. But, on the other hand, it is completely up to us to change things. Do you want more and more plastic crap from overseas?…

Here come the mansplainers to mansplain mansplaining to us.

When I was a kid, I used to wonder, “What does ESPN stand for?”

... except that these hackers, armed with relatively easily obtained info, can call apple and get your password changed - apparently (read the whole article).

Also blatant racism isn’t politics, it’s blatant racism. Though, nowadays it might be hard to see the difference.

There’s absolutely nothing Scary about what the Firewatch devs have done. This isn’t “we’re gonna randomly and unexpectedly take down your shit if we don’t like you or your politics!”

I think what people should do is consider the context before they make moral judgments. But then, I’m a decent person.

“In this novel, a heroic, righteous officer of the law spends decades chasing an evil, criminal fugitive who used a fake identity to hide in plain sight and even stole a loaf of bread when he was hungry. That criminal was a thief and deserved to be punished.”

- An excerpt from Tom Llamas grade 7 book report on Victor…

Yeah, please fuck off forever. I’ve lived through catastrophic natural disasters. People need to eat and drink clean water. Christ, go jerk yourself off with Atlas Shrugged again, you wretched piece of shit.

Go directly to hell, you absolute nightmare of a person.

Take out The Trash Day.

Misgendering is a profound act of disrespect and deserves to be called out whenever it happens. To say that its unimportant is a prime example of cis privilege.

Counterpoint: Dressing nicely might score you a free upgrade (but very likely won’t), while dressing comfortably is a sure bet.

Those are racists dressed in their make believe military clothes.

Those aren’t police officers. Those are racists playing soldier.

What this and a few other games are telling me is that Redwall readers finally grew up and learned how to program

Ew.

Shortly after the video made its way onto the internet last Friday, the club confirmed that all four players had been released

How come women can’t go sleeveless when Paul Ryan is allowed to go spineless?