I am intentionally trying to stay out of the loop. I haven't seen the video, I haven't heard the song. I have absolutely no interest, and the sudden popularity only breeds resentment. I'm content to wait out this meme until it disappears, like they all do, eventually.

Aha! Nice!

Yeah, there should only be one single hand held multitool.

Powerful enough to keep me cool, practically silent, only $6 and it's USB powered so I don't have to waste an outlet. Cheap Chinese crap FTW.

It's not really "some time later". The body develops as the brain develops. I don't know exactly when the brain determines its gender, but the body differentiates at around week 12-15 so the brain probably comes to its conclusion later. If there is miscommunication, then that's what forms the basis of the mental…

Funny you mention Stross, I just started reading "Halting State" last night. I'm only 30 pages in, but it already looks like a winner. :-)

When the brain disagrees with the body, how can it not be a mental disorder? Surgery only changes the body so that the brain is no longer wrong, but it never really addresses whatever caused the brain to "be" a different gender than the body in the first place.

This is all well and good, but how would one relieve Major Burns?

Who exactly decided that people who take pictures with their iPad look like idiots?

My thought exactly. It's a solution to a problem that nobody has.

This is neat! I have a bunch of thumbnail images of pictures I no longer have, and when I try to enlarge them, they turn into a blurry mess. I'm looking forward to trying this app out on them to see if they're at least viewable in a larger size.

I'm more of an i-theist. I am my own god. I find I have no need for the others.

Wow, you are really grasping here.

I'm thinking to the various other reasons why it's a good idea. Above and beyond symbolism.

And of course this horrible trauma affects people for the rest of their lives.

Right, cause that's what they do. They cut off the entire penis. I guess as long as we're making educated decisions based on factual information, it's all good.

I have learned more from Good Eats than from any other single show ever!

The absolute first thing I do is light up a fatty and 'christen' the new place. So, yeah, my 'toolbox' probably looks different from yours.

If you're gonna buy a $500 phone, why go ultracheap on the protection?

Too boxy. They should think about rounding off the corners.