Here's the short version:

1. an internet scandal that is sure to get ugly presents itself
2. the worst trolls from the deepest and darkest parts of the internet come out, even if they don't give a fuck about the issue(s)
3. Said trolls' actions dominate media coverage of the movement/backlash/whatever due to their…

So, I have a theory.

In the US, we've seen a number of demonstrations and marches get their messages sidelined by looters. For some of these marches, it was literally an explicit group of anarchists with a flag, dress code, and everything. To be specific, I'm talking about some of the Occupy events and the G8 summit in…

I have some predictions. Also, I seriously hope whoever came up with this was 100% legit about it. It's just too good to be a joke.

Basically, the transition from today's Republican party to something else is going to be like when the Federalists died, got replaced by the Whigs... who then died, and were replaced by the current Republicans. It's really nothing new.

Bart is Shippuden Naruto.

The Rangiku one definitely got me. I think the pallete swap is why I didn't recognize it as bleach rather than a recolor of a generic shrine-maiden outfit.

Yeah, I'm currently in that boat. Apparently I installed too many programs this month and if I install Shadows of Morder with its ~30+ gig requirement, I'm likely to go over my 150 gig allotment. Luckily, I only have ten more days until the next billing cycle... not to mention that it's kinda my fault for installing…

Yeah, that was unfortunate. Personally, I feel like ~20 gigs is fair-ish for a modern AAA title. Once you get past 30, then it's just getting crazy.

Huh, I just assumed they were getting kickbacks from the hard-drive lobby.

Am I the only one who throws up a little every time devs announce how big their game files are? Skyrim's like, twelve gigs or something, the fuck have they done for their game to be over four times that size? I imagine it's a lot of uncompressed audio files, but still, damn that's big.

Okay, I don't get the dog, Lisa... and I'm 50/50 on Marge.

Sorry Japan, America wins this round with the 5,100 calorie Triple Triple Burger

Actually, it's one of the better weapons if you consider speed as an important asset. According to the wiki, it has the 3rd highest damage per minute rating of any weapon before you fight Jack of Blades.

Alternatively, just start a new sentence.

"That was a really good blah blah blah. My only concern is that we should focus on something something because this, that, or the other."

By doing this you are separating the commentary. As noted, the problem with "but" is that it negates the goodwill built up because "but" is…

The trick was to tell him to GTFO back at the village. Don't remember if you had to threaten his life or not.....

Found that out on the wiki. Playing a mage isn't really my style, so I usually opted for killing the kid. Or, better yet, getting his mom to knife him.

My Warden was an asshole.... but seeing your family home sacked and your family murdered tends to do that.

I have to admit. I had/have no real idea who Adam Baldwin is. Even after looking at his wikipedia page. At least he isn't one of the Baldwin Brothers... I'd hate to have to replace Billy Baldwin as "the fuckup". It'd just be a mess trying to find a new label to fit him under.

"You know why people can get away with saying stuff online? Because it's impersonal. Even if their name is revealed, who cares? What are you going to do? Report them to the police in their town? Run a campaign against them? Or - more likely - nothing?"

That one trash-talking American kid who got reported as a potential…

Since I no longer have a facebook, or a twitter, or a myspace (dead, I know), or a tumblr, or any other social media accounts of that nature, I can't really tell you.

I would guess that obvious criminal conduct is probably less frequent on sites where your profile is tied to personal information, but the I view the…

Well, my point is that we don't have a singular gaming community but several. There's no community-wide answer because there isn't a single community to appease, placate, or regulate.

What will probably end up happening is that the less desirable members of these communities will migrate to, and congregate in,…

Pretty sure the studies say otherwise. Anonymity may have created internet culture, but the culture of being a massive douche can live on without anonymity. Facebook being on of the best examples.

Community self-curating is really the only thing that has any affect on behavior. Problem being that there's no such thing…