No, there's nothing racist at all about joking that black people are like monkeys (sub-human), which is a joke that racist Europeans happen to enjoy making often, and that racist Americans used to make before the 1960s.

I wonder if the giff/jiff pronunciation schism has some kind of correlation with regional dialects. I just find it awkward to say "giff" whereas "jiff" always rolled off the tongue more easily.

But someone who rationally and intelligently states a differing opinion, including the reasons for that opinion, does not deserve to be painted with either one of those particular brushes.

Fuck yeah, dude. America is Earth's All-Star Team.

I don't think you heard him. He's a *grunt* POWER USER!

It kind of reminds me of a Nintendo, actually. A giant Nintendo with bronze trim.

Double eyelids are not "western eyelids", but thanks for trying to co-opt a physical feature that plenty of East Asians are born with.

Don't forget crippling congenital disorders. All perfection.

Yeah, it almost seems like people encounter a douchebag like this and just want them to disappear after enough ridicule. The fact of the matter is that douchebags are plenty and they're here to stay, and people should be so lucky to get such a thoughtful, self-aware apology. If anything, it makes him better than most…

In hindsight, my reply was rather rough around the edges, wasn't it? Sorry about that. Anyway, I don't think it's true that "people will never be satisfied when someone touches something they are so nostalgic for." Maybe that's often true, but I don't think that's coming into play here. I think you're right though…

Christ, do you think that more detail and sharpness are the only attributes that people consider when they look at artwork?

Yeah, me neither. When I look at the "before" pictures, I recoil in disgust. But the "after" pictures are a sight to behold. Good for them.

I guess we'll know more once we can see some other screenshots, but in the one above, you're right: the background is too bright, which makes the scene have less depth.

Also keep in mind that from Pistol Pete's point of view, being in the process of getting a bachelor's degree in Comp Sci provides him with the same knowledge and perspective as a seasoned Google engineer.

SteamOS almost certainly seems to be intended to compete for living room space with your Xbox One or PS4. Being based on Linux also makes it more versatile—maybe the next step for an HTPC?

Have you never come across the person that you have dinner with, share the same food and serving sizes with, the same daily activities, but never seems to gain a pound while you do? Or perhaps the opposite?

It's not so much that the artist drew these cosplayers as "supermodel thin", I think the real travesty here is that such a terrible artist got this gig in the first place. Not only did he get their body proportions incorrect, but their faces don't resemble them in the slightest.

It's so tempting to mock this as reverse Chinese propaganda, and then you think of all the ultra-conservative Obama haters with their global muslim conspiracy ideas, who are not even paid to spread such strong opinions...

500 Days of Summer was the worst offender of all, followed by The Sound of Music.

You know, when someone says something dumb or irrelevant, most people just ignore them. By responding to this person's oversensitivity and lumping them in with "modern 'feminists'", I would say that you and the other hot-heads here doth protest too much.