I was a mouthy feminist in a sea of Mormon redneck. Popularity was not an option:

As a young officer in the Navy, I had 3 of my sailors test positive for cocaine. 2 had levels in their urine that indicated they were probably snorting it off the dashboard on their way to work. The third barely popped positive. I called him in and asked for an explanation. He informed me that his girlfriend liked to…

Racism is stronger than the need for social services, history would suggest.

The reason the Republicans control state governments is that Democrats live in tight geographic areas.

Your comment would be so much better if it made any sense. I mean, it’s a lot of words, so congratulations on your typing. But one thing to keep in mind: Al Gore and Hillary Clinton were not legendarily charismatic. They still won the majority of the popular vote. All your gibberish about selling out is too…

Results matter

You know, your thoughtful comment is why I wish I could engage more on Kotaku.

A lot of the non grey comments aren’t much better...

It’s funny that he prizes civility, but generally remains silent in the face of Donald’s (rather uncivil) attacks on the media, Democrats, disabled persons, women, Mexicans, etc.... I would be able to take Ryan more seriously if he made any effort to clean up his own house, but as it is I think “be more civil” is code…

i havent heard anything about what she was wearing so i cannot come to an accurate conclusion

Yup.

The power of sunk cost trap is deep on the right. Anybody who’s been in a shitty relationship can maybe understand the tendency to double, triple and quadruple down: “Oh this bruise is nothing! It wasn’t his fault! Something made him angry! He’s really, really great, the best, once you get to know him! He’s just not…

The government hasn’t intervened in this in any way whatsoever. We have an independent judiciary. Why is this so hard for some Americans to understand?

There is no uniformily agreed upon “god” in any sect of Buddhism. Mahayana, Theravada… Buddhism isn’t really about a belief in a deity. In fact, most Buddhists don’t believe in a monotheistic god.

I’m aware of your point and perhaps I oversimplified or painted with an overly broad brush. This is certainly true. However, thinking back through history, there was not much of an opportunity for nonreligious people to even exist, let alone become published scholars. Religion was the default position, and remains…

Can you write a story about how to stop being scared of the teens that wait for the bus at the end of my street? Every time I stop for the light, all 8 of them turn and sulkily stare me down. They intimidate the fuck out of me. I’m 28.

I’d like to add that in addition to remaining comfortably seated while you wait, you should also loudly mock the standing idiots with rhetorical questions like “where the fuck do these people think they’re going?” and “why the fuck are you getting your shit out of the overhead already?” and “do you think they moved…

Hey, Adam Driver was in those photoshoots because he wanted to, not because she made him.