Exactly. You don't need to win an election to affect government policy or the direction the nation takes.

Technically, but then again nobody technically wins or loses any election in the UK. Your party gets seats based on the votes per constituency and whoever gets the most has their leader appointed PM by the Queen, who, really, is the only person who always wins everything ever over here. I suppose you can say whoever…

SJW is a very loaded term so, yeah, a lot of people will see it and completely disregard everything. For the most part it's just used by people of a certain ideology as a signal to attack, as a result many people will simply read you as one of them for even saying it, though context is important.

I agree. While I love wittycisms and puns as much as the next guy, it gets tiring when most article's comments section has whatever lightning-fast sarcastic joke upvoted the most, meanwhile you have to scroll quite a way down to get to where any actual discussion is happening. I know that's not every article, the…

Ugh, even worse.

I'm saying that there isn't anybody who 'can't stop viewing real life events/politics thru the lens of Harry Potter'. There are people who perhaps make allusions, jokes or comparisons, and I imagine that's who PeepingTorgo is talking about, but you have to make quite the leap to make them people who 'can't stop…

Harry Potter is one of a very few childhood favorite things that really hasn't continued to resonate in a meaningful way during my adult life, which tends to leave me feeling pretty stranded in a generation where people do earnestly summarize their personalities in terms of their Hogwarts houses.

Not only are the books difficult to read in a second language, but they're gonna be hard as hell to translate, too. Just see how many different names Voldemort has in different translations of the Chamber of Secrets.

Oh, you mean those people who don't exist at all, except when you do one of the things you should never do on the internet (extrapolate an entire person's mindset, personality and life based on whatever they decided to tweet one afternoon)?

Well, everyone starts somewhere. Every reader must have read something first, and, likewise, many people try reading but don't enjoy the first book, and they don't pursue it. The importance of that first experience being enjoyable really can't be understated, and the fact that HP resonated so well with so many proves…

While I definitely agree that SF5 lacks low-skilled players, we can't ignore the part the disastrous launch played in that.

Since then they've added an easier 'classic' mode, better tutorials, and more ways you can rely on backroom staff, so how complex the game is depends on how much you can handle.

This is gonna be a pretty heavy gaming weekend for me. A lot of election stress to work off.

I have to applaud your mental gymnastics, but you did stumble on the dismount.

She tried, but she had the wrong approach, and the thing with miscommunication is it's no use playing the blame game, or giving yourself points for effort, because at the end of the day she's still going home alone. I know that's blunt, but come on, I'm trying to get this girl laid!

I think we also have to remember the context of the conversation. This isn't just a case of 'is it childish to love HP as an adult?' Really, it's about how to conduct yourself on a date. Maybe the reason the date chose Harry Potter is not because it's her true favourite but because everyone's read it and almost…

It might be good to look at books of media or similar to media you're already enjoying. If you like fantasy or watch Game of Thrones, maybe try the (vastly superior) book series. If you like gaming, something like Ready Player One. If you like to explore other cultures, try well-known foreign authors like Marquez or…

We're only seeing how the conversation feels from her side. She might think she seems honest, but to others she might sound condescending, or even mocking. sometimes it's not what you say, but how you say it.

I think you're being a little unfair there. I love Harry Potter, and while a huge part of that is nostalgia, as I've grown older I've found that I'm able to appreciate the series from a different perspective. As I've grown to understand the creative process of writing more, I've actually found a deeper respect and…

Just out of interest, what is your Mary, Queen of Scots opinion?