There is no good reason to pirate software. None.

If you use TV Everywhere services like HBO Go or Showtime Anytime you may in fact be using Adobe services without knowing it. Adobe handles a good amount of the authentication with your cable providers through its Adobe Pass product.

aaaaaaaand I just wasted an hour of my life hemming and hawing over which eBay auction to pounce on. :)

Hey man. Sorry to be a douche/"that guy" for pointing it out, but you mean "allusions," not "illusions."

Ditto. Clearly Cheryl is from Cleveland and is trying to change the association.

Nice try, Cheryl. Nice try.

He should have prefaced it with "sudo." (from xkcd.com)

Interesting point. Let me preface this by saying I've been on a ton of online dates, all with very nice woman, very few of which I've "clicked" with. Luckily I have clicked with one and we've been together for ~3 months. So this isn't for me, but I'm curious what your thoughts are (because I really like what you've…

Well of course. I don't expect swooning because I bought a girl coffee. I'm just saying it's part of it. Getting the chair, holding the door, listening and being interested in what they're saying are all part of it.

Fair enough - But look at the other estimates people are putting here - 1 in 30 get a response and you were at 1 in 10? That's 3x more likely to get a reply, son. :)

Different strokes I suppose. I assume anyone that stopped by but hasn't winked isn't interested at all (I browse tons of women that have cute profile pics but I can tell after reading their profile that they aren't for me) and I further assume that if the woman only winks, she's lazy.

Not to be a jerk, but I wrote a…

No way - You get there earlier than her so she's not waiting around, find a good mag/book and chill. When she gets there, give her a few minutes to decide and then order your drink when she orders hers and pay for both. THAT's the gentlemanly thing to do. ;)

Eewwwwww. yuck. I wish I could say your story was an outlier but - based purely on what friends and dates have told me - I'm convinced most guys online are utter asshats.

Which, gentlemen, means it should be easy to stand out if you're not one.

Well for me, I usually exchange three to four emails with a woman and then just say "hey, if you'd like to grab dinner or a drink some time, my number is ______."

That then leads to texting, which usually after a couple texts leads to setting up an in-person date. Make it a public place - ideally convenient to her,…

I'll say this - guys, unless you're 25 or under (and the girls you're looking for aren't looking for substance), DON'T put a picture up of you without a shirt on.

Honestly, it sounds like you've dated the wrong women. I've never felt like any of the women I've been on dates with were in it for the free meal. Maybe I'm dense or maybe I'm selective. But if it's the former, I guess ignorance is bliss.

I came to write pretty much exactly this. I've had a ton of dates through various online sites and this "formula," (i.e., READ their profile, mention one or two things in it and ask a question they can answer quickly, be a little funny and a respectful human - not a creeper) works better than anything else.

You're not…

I came to say the same thing - swimming can be an insanely good full-body, but no impact workout. Only real downside is that you smell like chlorine if you're in a pool.

I'd pony up a few bucks to have Kotaku filter pun threads out. I just can't take them any mare.

I take issue with you saying "'Girl gamers' are attention seekers who think just because they played an N64 once they are experts on the technical and artist merit of gaming as a medium of entertainment and art."

How so? A girl that identifies herself as a 'girl gamer' could just as easily have more 'cred' (christ,…

Wow - I was just about to pull out my 3DS to do the same. Weak. And *sadface*.