The Russian ruble is collapsing, crude oil prices are dropping, hackers can cancel the release of a movie with some vague threats, the recession continues. One small piece of the universe remains a constant. Somewhere, someone Swedish is stuffing a wholly inappropriate engine into a similarly inappropriate automobile.

Because not talking about a social issue always makes it go away.

Is a member of another oppressed minority (First Nations), I disagree quite strongly with this.

I guess the question is "How can white people be supportive of the issue without seeming to demean or take over the issue? " If white people don't talk talk about what they do in the situation, then the narrative is that white people are ignoring the issue (which so many do). If white people talk about the issue,…

I find most of this essay very powerful. One area I wonder about is where you think good white people feel like they should be rewarded - what should good white people do then? Not delete trolls? Not be outraged? Keep the outrage to themselves? I understand the frustration of people seemingly wanting to be…

On Rock'n'Roll?

We built this city

Meanwhile, the entirety of Xenosaga came and went without seeing a single pearl clutched over Robot Murder Jesus With a Boob Window.

No more so than it is for driving a manual transmission.

It's interesting how much national pride is still tied up to WWII ships and planes in Japan. From Space Battleship Yamato to the zero in The Wind Rises to the Okha in one of the shorts from The Cockpit to all the WWII naval vessels resurrected by aliens in Arpeggio of Blue Steel including the I-400 series.

I'm with you 100% on this one I love driving in the rain. that feeling you get as the rain drops bounce of the hood and your sitting there completely dry is priceless.

Here in the UK, a traditional summer weekend trip to the seaside would be completed by sitting in a car in the rain whilst watching the waves lash in to a bleak foreshore. If you're really doing it properly you will be eating fish and chips in the car, so that the windows steam up and all of the car's controls get a…

Well, after watching this, a group of us Engineers really want to build one in our office. Our boss only half disagreed, so that's basically a yes.

For a couple of years now, I have flown exclusively on American when possible. It is a transformed airline from just 5 years ago!

They swing out to directly face you. They just have to flat mounted for takeoff and landing, in case there's a need time evacuate the plane.

I don't get furries, I never will, I'll never be a part of that world or ever view it in the same way as I do games. It's just not in me, not my thing.

So we're levying chemical attacks on people we don't know now — people who are minding their own business and just trying to have a good time — potentially risking their lives in the process, and you people still can't get past "hurr hurr furries" as a response? Really? The fuck is wrong with you people?

For those who don't know, chlorine gas is so dangerous because it combines with moisture in the lungs, turning into hydrochloric acid inside the body of anyone who breathes it in. This leads to possible third-degree burns internally, ruptured lungs, and internal hemorrhaging that leads to a painful and violent death.…

This seems strangely prophetic considering Arpeggio of Blue Steel (a Japanese anime currently airing) features three submarines (I-400, I-401, I-402) as homages to these ships.

I was wondering where the "Arpeggio of Blue Steel" creator got his inspiration for the I-401.