I had to have an abortion when I was 13. It was painful physically and emotionally. But that allowed me to finish high school, go to college, and choose to have a child when I was ready. It turns that autism runs in my family. Since my son was born when I was prepared to raise him, he has all of the support that he…

Only a hundred and you quit? I can't decide if that's willpower or cowardice.

Glass houses, my friend.

I'm not sure whether I'm an addict or not. I do know that I find my 6 hours of Puzzlequest more embarassing than my 250+ hours of Borderlands 2. I have only been on Steam for 2 years but I own 70 games and still have things on my wishlist. I am way more excited about Fallout 4 than any movie that has come out in the…

I don't knkw about Japan, but some US conventions have strict rules about not showing certain body parts, regardless of gender. For instance Denver's NandesuCon does not allow any nipples.

I agree to an extent. My experience as a female gamer (rpg, computer, board) is that although 80% of the attendees at my local gamer cons are male, 90% or more of them are attached, mostly married. It may be that the sample is skewed because these guys are slightly more extroverted (they are at a con interacting,…

I gave it up last year out of exhaustion, but yes. I messaged guys I was interested in and when guys initiated, I responded to thoughtful and polite messages. Often it was just a polite rejection (I feel strongly about politics and religion, and know that people with differing feelings would be poor matches), and…

I think that the majority of people experience powerful sexual urges from time to time. Some people quite frequently. When I post an ad on Craigslist Casual Encounters, I am experiencing that and expect 100% of my responses to be from men who are horny and want to have sex right away. Amazingly, a majority (more than…

Isn't that the same afternoon that he wrote the world's greatest opera and then made all of the imperialist dogs of the west kiss his feet before flying away on his jet pack?

Did he inherit the Best Golf Player title from his dad, or has he also made five holes-in-one in a single afternoon?

When someone calls SWAT to your house the police have to treat you as a suspect until they see that no crime is taking place.

Sometimes friends will send me a card that refers to me as a "fucking commie" which I never fail to find amusing.

I got distracted after 69% are in a relationship. Because I'm 12.

I think at least lart of it is the belief that suicide is contagious. Particularly in vulnerable populations (high schools and areas with high rates of depression), one suicide can trigger others.

When I was a prudish little kid, I always thought that exposed hip bones were scandalous. Even just the upper curve.

I also worked there for a year and I second everything.

This inadvertantly happened to my uncle in the 60's. He was an extra in an Elvis movie being shot in Waikiki. He looks nothing like Elvis, but a couple of Japanese girls thought otherwise, and suddenly he was surrounded by Japanese tourists looking for autographs. He only signed a couple before someone pointed out…

My grandpa was a retired officer from the Honolulu Police, and a former liquor comissioner. When I was a kid he would sometimes point out homeless people to me and tell me about them as though they were friends he just didn't feel like intruding on that particular day. He wasn't judgmental about why that former…

Whether or not she is, she clearly has no cultural awareness of what that means. If she did, she wouldn't disrespect her people by wearing faux ceremonial dress as a holiday costume.

I'm sure at least a small percent of both Dianetics and conservative slam books are people who are genuinely interested. For instance, I clearly remember my grandma having a copy of Dianetics on her shelf in her office. She also (I swear this is true) would regularly lead groups of paying adults on trips into the…