For the record, I would never leave a LEGO-LOTR room. Ever. Never in my life. Especially if it were LEGO Bag End.

Rob, the fact that you would never leave a LEGO-Avengers hotel room is exactly why they would never build it. Who needs the hassle of prying nerds out of hotel rooms?

I like this article, Mr. Dvorsky. Please continue to write about cute animals.

Crap, I think I should have said "It's a million to one chance." Glad you understood it, anyway.

Me too! It's one of the reasons io9 is awesome. ;)

It's a one in a million chance...

Why not, Zoidberg?

I've noticed that I hold female authors to a higher standard than I do male authors (I'm also a feminist, and a woman). It's definitely not conscious, but many of the books that I read are written by men. I'm trying to change that. But I let male authors get away with things in their writing that I don't when…

I love to watch people perform the Haka. It's damned intimidating, and really gets the blood flowing.

The Hobbit II: Electric Boogaloo.

Nope, just narrowly avoiding it whooshing past my head.

But remember - articles about why men are obsessed with breasts or 3D printing sex toys are A-okay!

It's...It's you!

I think I understand why I was bothered by this now - the "smug" attitude, the lack of awe and wonder that you're talking about, the belief in knowing more than everyone else - that attitude is not specific to atheists, or any other group of people. There are plenty of religious people with that attitude as well.

Agreed - having to justify atheism, while being told that I have to "respect other people's beliefs", which usually means not criticizing them, is tiresome.

To take the stamp-collecting metaphor a little further:

Joke's on you, Charlie. ;)

Atheism is a religion the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby.

All faiths are false. Mormonism isn't especially so.

Well, Amurrika must be saved by real, traditional Amurrikans, doncha know.