I don't think he was trying to slut shame her. I think he was asking why she would do that, knowing how he felt about her, because it would give him hope, or he felt lead on by that. He was clearly vulnerable to her and cared about her a lot. If the roles were reversed I know I wouldn't want to feel like a notch on…

When I was on Okcupid, I would respond back more often when I was sent personalized messages (i.e. mentioned something on my profile) than just "Hey, you're cute. Drinks?" At the very least, I would usually say "hey, buddy, not going to happen. Better luck next time," which I believe is more flattering than just being…

Yeah. There isn't a huge difference between a few percentage points but someone in the red is almost always incompatible with me.

I kind of wonder about a few profiles that popped up unexpectedly, too. I follow a very strict system: 90% and over match percentage only, 10% and under enemy percentage only. Anything outside of that is usually a sign of some inherent personality or lifestyle clash.

That last one kind of squicks me because I use the compatibility score (combined with the "this is mandatory" option) as an easy metric to weed out folks who don't share my politics. Stop lying to me OKCupid!

I've been hoping this movie does well so that Marvel will hurry up and make a Black Widow movie already. Or any lady superhero movie.

No surprise there... it has everything that people love about movies:

"literally none of them fit the gay stereotype"

Can't say I've ever met anyone who has.

How i picture myself in cardigans:

The language has evolved past your definition. It has happened, just as it happened with a ton of other words, like "chair of the department." We know, the dude in question is not an actual chair. So, your battle has been lost. ETA: vulva, it turns out, meant a vague "womb" a few centuries ago. So the vulva itself has…

You know what Mark? You are way too nice for your own good. I have seen you on several occasions responding to mouth breathers who literally aren't even worthy of acknowledgement. I've even seen you respond to pedantic punctuation nazis. I just wish you would pull a Global Beet and tell them to go fuck themselves. If…

As a member of the gays (or just, you know, gay), you can say whatever you want. This wasn't a post about how we should talk about ourselves amongst or about ourselves (that is so much bigger). It was about being referred to as a representative of an entire group by people outside of the group who compress being gay…

"We can fix it. We have the technology."

Chauvanism in this case means Aidan was *gasp* mistrustful of Carrie cause she cheated on him. Understandable if you ask me. Yeah he wanted to lock it down—but it's called "old-fashioned", maybe even "stifling" or "clingy", it's not subjugation of women.

I don't think "chasing off a customer" is a good policy for any company that wants to be profitable, regardless of who that customer is. Southwest's overreaction is what's making headlines, not that guy's tweet.

True story. It was the summer of 2000? 2002? I can't recall exactly. I grew up in Indiana. We had no cable. My mother claimed it was because cable didn't come to our house. I learned years later it did - she was just being a jerk face. Regardless, that summer, my friends and I really, really, wanted to watch…

I'm normally very pro-service agents, but assuming this guy is telling the truth... a complaint is not a threat and it's certainly not a reason to be pulled from a flight. Even if he was (and it does seem he was) 100% wrong about being able to board early with his kids, that still doesn't change the fact that a…

"We are human and are flawed." Isn't that the faux-humble line that every asshole uses to beg forgiveness for obvious transgressions? Politicians who've been caught in sex scandals, that weird MckMama blogger that kept getting caught scamming people, celebrities who are exposed as bigots, etc.? It's such a weird,…

From the "Greater Good" section of Preserve:

I know a girl that faked her own near-death on the internet for attention and I totally fell for it. She was in a coma then miraculously woke up! Her military husband was posting about it on livejournal.