It's not about being a "lady." It's about being a decent person with etiquette. Women aren't the only people told to be nice.

I had an emotional altercation with a close friend once over my use of the word "Sorry." I was simply attempting to apologize, but for her I was saying that I am pitiful and deserved ridicule. Completely different definitions.

The Hobbit features a quest to reclaim a lost homeland from a dragon that could be used as an agent by a dark lord. It ends with a massive war.

You're really just spouting off bullshit.

I have no problem with the baby characters, but there are certainly better explanations for their present than that they are an "homage."

How would you even be able to gauge that? Only one other person bothered to comment at you and their post was in response to your hostility, not your central thesis.

I've read the book and didn't like it. It had no throughline and certainly no context. The films have improved on them in every regard.

Maybe you should explain it because no one else knows what you're talking about. The only "baby" character in the original Mario Kart was Donkey Kong, Jr. and he was a legitimate character with his own title.

So, you stole it?

How are the baby characters an "homage" to the original Mario Kart?

To be fair, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi are distinct characters from their adult counterparts and have been featured in several games. Baby Peach has had some focus as well.

It's not hypothetical and how did I contradict myself?

Is it different if you had an ex-girlfriend with psycho-like qualities, but you would never describe her as such and generally don't tell anyone about it since it's the past and you've moved on?

I'm just demonstrating that gaming is not my first priority. I still intend to get Mario Kart and perhaps the new Mario Bros. U, but nothing beyond those two.

I was never a fan of the book, but have been very pleased with Jackson's film adaptations thus far.

I only ever buy systems for one game.

I don't even know what he's saying there.

None of that sounds even remotely racist?

You're exactly right. The book featured a lot of conflict that Bilbo and co. just fell in and out of. The films, for better or worse, kept all of the conflict, but introduced a throughline (Azog) that tied it all together.

Profits are lost. Companies go out of business and workers are laid-off when they don't make profit.

I posted the same example. The worst part is that the threat was clearly advanced Face Dancers, but Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson turned it into robots. Cross-dressing robots.