Haha, okay, champ. Be as aggro as you want about it.

I didn't say anything about the author of the article, so I'm not sure where you got the idea that I'm condemning her because CHOICES. I didn't respond to the article, I responded to LuckyMc44.

To some degree, I would have that conversation about purses. If the purse simply wasn't worth $600 or something, I would. And you can find comments on articles about things like that saying 'hey, you know you can get the same thing for much less, right?'

Watch out, that's starting to sound like radical feminism!

Sorry, my fault for being unclear. That was 2nd person nonspecific (not you, but 'you' in general). I was trying to describe what a lot of people do - 'I do therapy with crystals' -> 'I feel better' -> 'Therefore crystals have unidentified scientific properties that make people feel better.'

laff@"Western Medicine"

Ethnic East Asians have a genome sequence in their DNA that causes the brain to construct a tiny gland in at the base of their brain and this gland triggers the production of an odorless secretion that seeps out through our pores and interacts with various organic compounds found in many ancient Eastern remedies. Most…

Yeah, I actually really enjoy meditation but that isn't really a homeopathic/pseudoscience thing. It is a therapy that helps you sort through your thoughts and deal with stuff in a relaxed environment. It is far different from suggesting that crystals can manipulate the energies surrounding your heart chakra.

If it makes you feel better, cool. As long as you don't try to leverage it to other people convince them that no, really, these crystals are capable of extracting and manipulating energy fields, go for it. Do things that make you feel good, but don't try to work backwards from 'it makes me feel good' and establish a…

It isn't about feeling intellectually superior, it's about trying to help people (overwhelmingly women, in my experience) think critically about things. The sort of thinking that ends up with you dropping money on homeopathy is often the same sort of thinking that can also get you ensnared in a terrible loan or buying…

I mean, it's obvious he's going to betray you, but he's at least a little more interesting than a Lord of Hell. He had a plan with the Black Soulstone and such, and he's not actually the Act boss. So he is a little more nuanced than just having Azmodan, Maghda, and Diablo shouting 'YOU ARE A FOOL, YOU CANNOT STOP ME,…

Oh god, I completely forgot about how terrible Cydaea was, even though I'm pretty sure I killed her twice last night.

The 'Appear before you and issue taunting/dismissive statements' thing is used all over Diablo 3 for all the villains and it is absolutely horrible. By the time you reach Act 4, and Diablo is narrating your every quest objective in denial, it obviously rings false an just sounds stupid.

I've heard the rigid objective scoring system argument before, but that hardly disqualifies esports. I can buy the 'single supplier' argument maybe. But the luck thing I don't really buy at all.

Why?

Seems a bit of an oversight to talk about Fantasy League esports and stats tracking without noting the extensive data and replay tracking DotA does through it's in-game fantasy leagues, dotabuff.com and datdota.com.

What about cheerleading? Icedancing? Nascar?

datdota.com also provides excellent statistics for competitive gaming. Think of it like the Elias Sporting Bureau for DotA.

Singer could definitely be better, but again... comic books are perhaps the least subtle medium out there. The writing is far from great. It is pulp.

Yeah, I love Blink, but I'm totally prepared for all her lines to be 'Okay!' and 'Got it!' when someone asks her to teleport stuff.