They also seem too similar to each other, like, they all have big, round, bright eyes. Starters are usually a bit more diverse than that.

Yeah, I actually really enjoy seeing some of the fake “leaked” stuff. It’s pretty enjoyable.

A gecko doesn’t make much sense for a water starter. A salamander would be more likely. (though the fake in this picture seems to be a gator) Personally I’m hoping for a mammalian water starter.

That would be so cute! I’m hoping that the next water starter will be a mammal of some sort, I’m personally hoping for cetacean but I’m not too picky. We only have one mammalian water starter and hardly any cetacean Pokemon in general (even though water is the most common Pokemon type) so it would be nice for…

For me, it was the outfits that gave it away. Pokemon trainers tend to have cooler, or at least more interesting, outfits.

That’s what immediately stuck out to me.

Agreed. I think women have more choice in the matter than they think, it’s just hard to break the societal programming.

Agreed. There’s definitely bias at play, but also, women are still much more likely to make sacrifices for their family. Things will NEVER be equal in the workplace until they become equal at home.

I don’t give a crap about the crossdressing thing. What bugs me is the age thing. I know child labor laws (among other restrictions) make studios reluctant to have teenage actors play teenage characters, but 34 is a bit much, don’t ya think?

Yeah, I thought the romance stuff was horribly boring.

This reminds me of some of those “voluntourism” trips. People would pay a lot of money to go to some village in Africa or something for a week and do some kind of volunteer work. Something that’s a nice gesture, but not anything terribly helpful or urgent, like painting the school building. (I read an article where…

Elephants are slow to mature and breed, so they’d be poor candidates for a selective breeding project. Your best hope for a small pet elephant would be if scientists can making cloning reliable and inexpensive, and they get access to the genome of the extinct dwarf elephant. The smallest dwarf elephant species, the…

I think in these situations, people who leave their loaded guns lying around should be charged with some kind of negligence. Gun safety 101, neeeeever have guns where unsupervised kids can get ‘em!

I start foaming at the mouth whenever I see a photo or video where proper gun safety isn’t being practiced!

Agreed on both points. I do think there should be some kind of negligence charge for people leaving loaded guns where kids can get to them and then this shit happens.

One issue I have on this topic is that in college, so many classes are going to involve distressing material. History has a lot of violence and genocide. Social sciences are going to talk about some disturbing topics. Books you read for English and literature classes may contain all manners of things. Art classes…

This is my take on the matter. In college, “adult” topics are to be expected. Outside of math, certain sciences, and perhaps business and economics, you’d be hard-pressed to find college classes that don’t have material that might make some people uncomfortable. I got my major in anthropology, minor in biology. Just…

For real. I’ve seen people request trigger warnings for some pretty stupid stuff. There’s a huge difference between something making you uncomfortable and something causing you extreme trauma.

I’m looking forward to it! Sure, season 3 was a bit weaker than season 2, but season 2 is a pretty high bar to live up to. The show already has a large cast, with potential to increase, so there is a lot of material to work with. Like other viewers, I do hope Piper gets downplayed eventually. She served a purpose at…

Yeah, I won’t be surprised if the show gets rid of her at some point, whether she gets released or sent somewhere else or whatever, or if they just stop focusing on her. The show already has a large cast, and by this point there’s no need for the show to have a central character.