I wonder if China is beating the war drums because its economic bubbles are popping or deflating. Ramping up the military industrial complex does wonders, and it’s not like you ever have to use any of it or worry about whether or not it can all function practically speaking.

Jersey Mike’s is 1000 times better anyway.

Honestly? To me it came off as a way to save face and circle the wagons. They have yet to issue any sort of apology to the victim’s family and what other defense do they have? Calling it newsworthy or even truth is pretty suspect at this point.

The short of it is, after the post was taken down, the writers union across all the sites strongly objected to the process in which the post was removed. The votes to remove the post came from the business side and chief legal counsel, and they feel it’s stifling their rights as journalists or something like that?…

And now they’re posting childish stuff all over Twitter and Gawker. Check out Max Read’s tweets and the cat posts. That behavior is making it 100x worse. Two of my favorite io9 writers got in on that, and it was so disappointing to see.

It’s not really about the violence. It’s a contest of strength, speed, stamina, and tactics. I got into fighting, not because I wanted to beat the shit out of someone, but because the sheer training and skill involved is empowering. Really good fighters know when and how to disengage or deflect, so the fights aren’t…

That was probably a shit call, but sometimes it’s less about waiting till serious damage is done and more about spotting the total loss of a tactical position and preventing the other fighter from doing real damage. Sometimes the fighters don’t know when to disengage, so it’s important to jump in and break them up.

Not so much. There’s just as much skill, if not more, in the deescalation, and at that point, they’re running on raw nerves rather than tactics and talent, which is what makes MMA fighting really enjoyable. You have to wonder after a certain point what they as fighters and you as an audience member who appreciates the…

This fight actually brought up some interesting discussion in my JKD class about when to stop a fight. Yes, it’s a fight, and fights get ugly, but it was interesting to hear some of the senior guys cringe about it, particularly because JKD is more about ignoring the pretty but impractical forms and focusing on…

I’m suggesting my diagnosis couldn’t be pinpointed with a Google search. Before I finally went to therapy, I had no idea my particular anxiety disorder even existed. I thought I was just broken and would never be fixed, in part because all I’d ever heard was that therapy was a waste of time and money.

That’s your experience. It’s not the experience of everyone else. Talk therapy has been hugely beneficial for me, and so have the right meds. Without both, I wouldn’t be functioning. I probably wouldn’t be alive. The right therapist can be an important tool that provides an outlet for bottled up issues and a means of…

You have to consider the energy and productivity of your staff as a resource as well. Missing half of one shift vs 50%> productivity over the next week while worrying about cancer? You’re better off giving the time off. Not to mention they could have had a loyal and grateful employee singing their praises rather than…

Right? That’s a special level of something. I’m just not sure what.

But how is this any different from Caitlyn Jenner who...

Apparently at least one of the sons she’s claiming is hers is actually her adopted younger brother.

I completely understand and respect the point you’re making, but look at her compared to the other lighter skinned woman rocking the hat and blazer at the end. She is orange, ya’ll. Her skin tone’s not light, it’s spray tan.

THANK YOU. How in the hell did she fool anybody? She looks like she was dipped in bronzer or spray tanned, and not particularly well. She’s freaking orange in these photos.

Um no, you know who they need? The motherfucking Young Avengers. Hawkeye is retiring to a farm with kids (???), Cap is going full Commander mode, Inhumans and “Enhanced” are running around, and the set up for Civil War is obviously a thing that’s happening. Why not bring in the YA and just leave the whole “Wiccan and…

Right?? Like if it looked like he’d etched/poked them all out onto himself like some terrifyingly meticulous prison tattoos, it’d be pretty wicked. As is, he’s so clearly just 30 Seconds to Mars Does Gotham.

He was going to play the protagonist (we think). Yet another reason to be so bummed.