What an insane take. So how much, in your expert opinion, would be a reasonable amount of restitution? And why would a lower number be any less subject to, as you say, disappearing into “government coffers”?

I admit I am old and stupid and out of touch, but how tf is there this much money in what amounts to watching people play video games? I’ve definitely watched parts of walkthroughs on Youtube and other gaming content either to get tips and tricks or occasionally just to watch for fun. But that’s a tiny fraction of my…

Exactly this. Definitely not jargon by definition. So I propose we get rid of those pesky proverbs as well. “A watched pot never boils”? Not in my workplace, buster!

Why are so many car guys racist turds?

Now that DSL isn’t really a thing anymore, this is my favorite unintentional acronym double entendre.

I know a woman in gaming! Buuuuuut, she’s from Canada so you wouldn’t know her. Her dog sled team got delayed in the Yukon. Otherwise she totally would have been here.

The character wasn’t designed to be sexy for the sake of appealing to adolescent boys using the least common denominator. The “sexy” robots in Atomic Heart obviously were. Which is why people are trying to explain exactly what it is about ND-5. No one would have to explain why the Atomic Heart robots are “sexy”…

Look, I get that 19 is technically a “teen” number. But this person is legally an adult, doing adult crimes and facing adult charges. Why is the word “teen” even in the headline other than to infantalize the criminal? It would have been equally accurate to say “tiktok adult.” It feels like we have this need to make…

I sort of get where you’re trying to go, but your leap of logic to this being a problem of too many people being directed into STEM is...frankly wild. I mean I agree that non-technical jobs still need better pay and there needs to be more of a social safety net, but I don’t see any evidence that this kind of thing is…

LOL! The former car dealer d-riding for car dealers. Thanks for your objective and unbiased opinion.

As far as I can tell it’s definitely in the top ten, and the few sources that mentioned it at #1 it was certainly not by a wide margin as you suggest, so I’m not sure where you’re getting your numbers. Guess it depends on which source you’re using. I simply googled “fastest growing states” and couldn’t get a…

So glad we heard it from our resident misogynist dipshit. Case closed. Because you have access to inside information, right? And we know that women are almost never assaulted by men.

So go fuck yourself, “Samhain.”

I’m over a hundred hours in. Definitely late game as far as the main story. Never once have I successfully used the dodge or parry. My only major architectural achievement is gluing a bunch of boards together to make a bridge. And yet people are our there making music, logic gates, calculators, diodes, and building…

Belief in UFOs is not much different than belief in god. So what if there are thousands of people claiming to have seen a UFO? Lots of people claim they have seen Jesus’s face in a tortilla or whatever. Or have seen a miracle or talked to god. It’s equally fantastical and unprovable.

I don’t particularly care for calling these encounters “attacks.” They don’t look particularly aggressive/predatory. It looks like play. But when a 15 foot, 2 ton animal plays with a boat, bad things can happen. I know researches have suggested that this behavior was taught by a female who had been injured by a…

I don’t know much (or anything, really) about cosplay, but I do feel like this is one of those things where people whine that it’s not a “real job” or whatever. The level of artistry, crafting, and hard work is amazing here. I know people are complaining that this isn’t really cosplay (a truly bizarre take), but…

This entire subthread is so weird and gatekeepy. Why does it matter if she’s paid? She’s clearly incredibly talented and spends a ton of time and resources to create these amazing costumes. Your analogy makes no sense. The actors don’t create the costumes in superhero movies, and the costumes aren’t the end goal.

It sucks for everyone because there are so many people who argue in bad faith and simply wish to be disrespectful. But it’s impractical to suggest that each and every person is going to remember each and every other person’s preferred pronouns. I have a hard enough time remembering people’s names. That’s not an excuse…

You know what else is exhausting? Trying to parse a sentence like this: