"But I think Kickstarter would've acted differently if we were talking about racism or homophobia instead of sexism." Why? Why on Earth would you think that? What about the history of homophobia or racism makes you think the dominant culture or the internet takes them more seriously than sexism, or that they are any…

No, it actually made its funding goal disgustingly quickly. It only gained about an extra thousand in those last twelve hours after the public outcry went up. :/

I know it's corny as hell to quote Ghandi on the internet, but I sometimes need to keep this quote as my mantra: "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."

I've looked back at political cartoons mocking women who want the right to attend universities, or to vote, etc, and they…

I would argue that unless you have some hard statistics to back it up, the most accurate claim you can make is "most of the people I know would say X", and even then I doubt you've had in-depth conversations about whether or not a man would sleep with a woman without an emotional connection with a statistically…

Exactly this. Thanks for saying it.

I get what you're saying, but that is so much easier said than done. I'm a pretty assertive person in my "regular life." I don't fuck around with subtlety or "you know what you did" or "well, if you want to" or "no, it's okay..." or whatever. I (politely and kindly, usually) tell people what I need or want, and I…

I don't know, MPFB; sounds more like "I was offended, so it failed." The thing is, "edginess" isn't concerned with what "more people" think — and in fact, I'd argue that by definition, if it doesn't rankle the majority, it isn't "edgy." Edginess isn't merely a tool for tweaking only certain majorities, concerning…

Apparently the same way the rest of us do... although no mention of Diva cup.

"ridiculously sweet ad for their Skype rip-off, Google Hangouts, and now we're all gonna cry our faces off watching it."

Great ad by google, so I don't get the hate in the article. Skype rip-off? Skype wasn't even close to being the first video chat, or even the first popular one.

Saying "I give up" is not the same thing as admitting you're wrong or learning something. It's just a way of shutting down a conversation you don't like. A conversation you may not have started, but one you certainly worked hard to stoke. You're a a pretty shitty debater.

To borrow the Christians' word, "Amen", Jonos.

I am pretty sure the actual white supremacists complaining about Heimdall were racists, yes. Like, seriously, asshole, do 5 minutes of research before you dicktype some smug bullshit about "political correctness."

Back when they were only a nickel. 'Course, back in those days, nickels had bees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Which reminds me of the time I went into town wearing an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time.

My experience with male allies receiving "hostility" usually plays out in one of two ways.

Oh oh can I play too? Lets see your comment says to me that you've been rejected in life not on a personal level, but probably on a professional level. You feel you haven't gotten what you deserve from your job. I believe you're fairly well educated so it's possible you feel trapped in your current job like you…

What I'm getting here from your comment says a whole lot more about you than it does about Patton. Just FYI.

Your analogy is worse. The government is prevented from unwarranted surveillance already. To fit into your analogy, you would have to have a lease that prevented him from letting a cop in, and he does anyway. Also, with the information the NSA has, the cop isn't being let into your hallway. The cop is being let into…

I'm reminded of the first year of my parents' marriage. They had to get hitched in a hurry since my dad was being assigned to the US embassy in Kiev, Ukraine and he couldn't take a woman with him who was not his wife.

Some of this just made me sad. And not like in a "sad for humanity" way, or an, "omg I'm so glad I'm not THESE people!" way, but in an, "I kinda wish they hadn't included some of these people to make fun of," kind of way. Like the guy who works at McDonald's. He just seems kind of like a normal dude looking for a date…