If a person is bitching, they're bitching.

Some states restrict 16 year-olds to having sex just with those near their own age, but the majority of states (including Indiana) set the age of consent at 16.

I didn't give them any money, but as others have pointed out, the Kickstarter was mostly an advance purchase of merchandise. Also, the blogposts and whatnot which drew people to the Veronica Mars Kickstarter, also got them to the site. Gawker Media values unique visitors because some percentage of them will click…

My question is whether they ever found the old-school VCR he needed to access, so he could change the tape?

The headline calls him "clueless" and it makes reference to "teen sexting", before going into a thing about "nudie pixxx" (which apparently she, sent him) and it goes into a fantasy about "elaborately written BDSM", then ends by trying to fault him for using Facebook.

The victim would have to call the cops. There are laws, but until it went into a New York paper, if no one called them, the police would have no way to know they were broken and even though it's in the paper, Sassa would most likely still have to call and actually report the crime.

Not only biodegrade, but movements can erode.

Not only the woman and her boyfriend, but Hearst looks pretty bad too. As far as I'm concerned, the only one who comes out good here is the single father of three and I'm sure if he hasn't already, he'll soon find a better job.

I could look for one, but he was the star of a series of wireless ads. I forget the company, but he was the salesperson for the one paying for the ad and there were four other guys (one was recast during the run) and they all represented loser companies and I believe some of them secretly bought from him.

She was a grown woman and based on the post, she did whatever she did by choice. Perhaps you wouldn't have made the same choices and more power to you, but she has the right to her own life.

Responding to your edit: I'd say television has (always) trended every way.

If I were to predict the future of "television", it would be further convergence with the internet and maybe as quick as ten years from now, it will be more like there will be as many channels as IP addresses and the audiences for these shows will get smaller and smaller until we get back around to George Burns and…

Cable and pay channels have changed the definition of "television". They allow targeting smaller and smaller niche audiences, so that everyone can find their "something weird/special/perfect", but in ten years it will be something else.

I've taken to joking (both online and off) that as far as they're concerned, nothing existed before Millennials.

I realize this is offtopic, but who do you blame for anyone being in an abusive relationship? The abuser? They're not being abused, so they most likely feel the relationship is beneficial to them. If every time you walk by the corner of Fifth and Elm, you get wet from a sprinkler that sprays across the sidewalk, it…

Alexander's phrasing is definitely wrong, but video game advocates and players can point to as many studies on adults as they like, they can't be dismissed as having no effect, especially on younger players.

This was also the thing that I noticed about the story. Apparently she has a Masters in International Relations from Tufts and she parlayed an unpaid appointment from Condaleeza Rice into a paid gig with the current administration. Also, I just learned this evening that she had applied for a fellowship in the White…

If the parents didn't file a lawsuit, they would be giving a pass to the school for their behavior and there would be nothing to stop them or someone else from doing it again. It is how "civil adults solve their problems" and how the parents can stand up for their child.

My reading of "voice" isn't the sound coming from their mouths, it's more in the poetic sense. It was especially harped-on in the first couple of episodes, but Juliette's songs were painted as being more bubblegum, while Reyna's were considered more "authentic". I felt this was underlined by Deacon telling Reyna to…

I don't read self-help books, they're not my cup of tea, but I will second a point from your comment: "each parent will make different decisions for their daughter based on her needs, personality, and the family's culture and religion". That's basically the key. You have the things you've done which you feel were…