I see this analogy all the time, but there is a small tidbit that people never want to acknowledge, and that is to the publisher a pirated copy is a lost sale, and it’s used a justification to give developers the pink slip when they fail to hit numbers. Whether a pirated game is a lost sale or not is irrelevant,…

“Why is 1/2 my gaming collection paid and why is 1/2 pirated.” 

“when women experience sexual assault and harassment, it seems like it is rarely in a social setting”—what?

Alternatively, you could just not buy the games while respecting the intellectual property rights of games generally. A game not being worth the price is common. Piracy in response to that is not an ethical choice because you get something (the experience of playing the game) for nothing, and without the makers’…

http://jezebel.com/1819695261

EXACTLY, Fuck this dude, he is being harmed by not being able to approach women?

I don’t know if you’ve heard but there is this thing called online dating.

but being friends first and deciding if you are compatible is considered ‘manipulative’

I would like to encourage women who feel uncomfortable with certain guys to consider why do you feel uncomfortable?

I initially read “caffeine runs” as meaning “diarrhea from too much coffee”, and became a little concerned....

Unfortunately, people in many instances always ignore the golden rule of social relationships: If you have the same issue over and over, then the only constant is yourself. It’s not a grand conspiracy, you’re not some special person that others don’t “get”, you’re just missing the social contract.

I’m sorry (not sorry) but I’m getting angrier and angrier about this the more I think about it. If your takeaway message after ALL. THIS. Sexual assault and harassment fuckery (that you presumably notice on the front page of JEZEBEL) is:

Yeah, this. All of this. The DNC is essentially reactive and while it might be a lagging indicator, it has neither the ability nor the desire to throw an election against a truly popular candidate, even if that candidate is an insurgent. See Obama, Barack.

No.

Here’s the thing about approaching strange women: you need to read body language, and to pick your moment. When approaching a strange woman you cannot be all about YOUR needs; you have to really care to find out what she wants. Men who approach women tend to only focus on themselves — there’s often no room for a woman…

Dude. Do you really approach women on the street and ask them out? Because everytime I read some sob story about a man who can’t find a girlfriend, it’s always along the lines of “well I’m afraid to approach women and that they’ll think I’m creepy” I don’t know if you’ve heard but there is this thing called online…

lol you really don’t get it. You being terrible at social situations is mostly your fault. Women being punished in professional settings is in no way their fault

You sound like you want to get it, but I don’t think you do.

I initially read “caffeine runs” as meaning “diarrhea from too much coffee”, and became a little concerned....

It’s a minefield for guys. I know a lot of times when you try to explain harassment to men they wonder where does that leave flirting or asking a person out. All I can tell them is be aware of the signals, if someone is uncomfortable or not engaging leave them alone. If it’s going well, ask them out, but if that makes…