No no, can't you see the obvious difference in saturation in the— just kidding. ;)

I'm sure Ronan Farrow can drive himself. ;)

Mobile LAN party? Sign me up! :)

I've seen a few 'Shops in my time... ;)

Ouch. I haven't really used the computers at the local library, but at least at the main branch in Toronto, there are a lot of them, and they seem to be in pretty good condition and relatively modern, if not state of the art or bleeding edge or anything.

I would, however, add that there are some parts of Canada…

I was glad Detroit's art got saved, but I also think of how many social services could have been funded in the city that people in Detroit desperately need. I know my one visit to Detroit was an eye-opening experience as a Canadian about the kind of Third World-level poverty that exists in the United States, and it…

Also, the $100 3D printer would be affordably cool if it ever comes to fruition:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

I dunno about rich, but: http://torontoist.com/2014/01/3d-pri…

I mean, we can afford a crack-smoking mayor, so I should hope we can afford 3D printing... especially if I plan on making Rob Ford bobbleheads of my own on them. ;)

Even if they just had the 3D modelling software for this out, imagine what we could do if we bought our own 3D printers. I found out recently that our local libraries are getting some 3D printers, so that should be awesome for stuff like this.

Yeah, the caste system makes me sad. At my parents' neighbourhood, they have next door neighbours from India who are very nice... but for some reason, they have never once talked to another Indian family who lives in the same neighbourhood (at least as far as my parents have been witness to). I mean, I don't think…

I didn't realize there was so much 'incest play' stuff in Japanese porn until a friend of mine told me about how incest is a popular feature in Japanese anime as well. Being Japanese but not having grown up around anime (or indeed porn) culture in Japan (which I guess is technically a marginal group even within…

It depends on whether people are conflating culture with ethnicity. They're inter-related but not interchangeable. Also, as someone else pointed out, India (like China) is a huge country, with a lot of different people, and arguably there isn't a monolithic Indian culture (maybe a popular culture like Bollywood).

That…

My sister should join that tumblr. *sigh*

Not that other cultures, ethnicities, nationalities don't sexually fetishize others, but I'm sure there's a less objectifying and certainly less creepy way that can emerge.

In the end, it tends to boil down to a lack of respect for women, regardless of anyone's ethnicity. …

I think certain cultures tend to have more of a problem with treatment of women than others, but not because of their ethnicity (as someone else pointed out above). However, it seems disingenuous to ignore the fact that ethnicity and culture (and geopolitics, etc.) all intersect, but it does behoove people to be…

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Okay, that's definitely messed up. I mean, not that webcam hacking isn't, but it's not _quite_ the same when some stranger is actually literally in your backyard. :(

You don't like Wikipedia?

Good point: I don't even like spectator sports and I've witnessed the most ridiculously obnoxious and sometimes scary behaviour from some sports fans. What few games I casually follow, I'm not really comfortable about wearing their jerseys in public because in some places, it's grounds for getting assaulted.

Wow, that's scary: webcam hacking?

I think too that people act differently amongst 'their own kind' so to speak, than they would if they were amongst total strangers/people not of their field.

I'm certain I'm much more voluble online, and more gregarious too, but at a party where I don't know anyone, I find my social anxiety kicks in, and I'll often…