You're so full of shit. If a dude clearly was following you for five fucking minutes, I guarantee you'd end up confronting his ass and threatening violence if he didn't stop. I know I would. It fucking menacing, and the fact that you can't understand why it would make a woman uncomfortable demonstrates a real lack of…

Are they saying "Have a nice day" to everybody, or just the women they want to fuck? If it's the latter, then yeah, there's a euphemistic, harassing element to it.

Your interpretation is off. Nobody's calling these things insults. They are instances of harassment. And honestly, I don't see how any man can watch that video and not cherish the relative anonymity we're able to enjoy when we walk down the street. I mean, shit, try to put yourself in her shoes for a second. What if…

Okay, well, you're still ignoring widely available data on income for these cities, and simply assuming that it must be a matter of relative pricing. I know for a fact that cost of living between Seoul and large American cities tracks fairly closely (apartment rentals aren't as absurd as in NYC or SF, but then again,…

In Korea, it's not just Seoul, though. You can get cheap fiber in pretty much any somewhat populated area. I pay $40-50/mo for 100/100 right now and don't live in Seoul. You can get cable broadband that's probably faster than most cable connections in the US, along with a basic cable TV package, for like $15-20/mo.…

You can pretty easily find references for this information on the internet. So I guess the real question is, why aren't you seeking out the information? And the answer is likely because you're not looking to have your initial argument complicated by things like data.

Not true. Sometimes companies seek to maximize market share by dropping prices lower than their competitors. But now we've hit on the problem with broadband in America, which is that ISPs seek, to the greatest possible extent, to avoid direct competition with one another. They've carved up the country into…

The average monthly disposable income in Seoul is ~$2000-2500. I don't think the ISPs need to charge only $30-50 for fiber in order to make it affordable enough for the general public.

Kind of sounds like our healthcare system, too. Hmm ... patterns.

Nope, sorry, the biggest difference is in competition. In Korea, for example, a smaller ISP may operate locally (like Taegu Cable Network, for example), but for larger national companies, there's no carved-up territory for them to hold mini-monopoly status over.

Early Access implies unfinished. You can find out just how unfinished it is by looking at comments. If there are no comments, then you'd probably be better off not buying it. I believe 100% in consumer protection, but buying something just to see if it's not currently broken, even though there's a label on it which…

They're Early Access games. It says what that means "right on the tin," as you Brits put it.

What do you mean by "educated"? If you look at an Early Access game's Steam page, you should see developer updates. If they appear at regular intervals, that's a great sign. If they're sparse and irregular, then you know you should probably hold off, even if the project looks otherwise enticing. It's all about having…

Well, how about you develop some standards other than "Boy, that screenshot sure looks interesting!" before you invest in an Early Access game?

Okay, so it's a discovery problem. A glut of bad games isn't the cause of this. It's a problem with most content delivery systems like Steam, the App Store, Google Play, and so on.

But this "tired old bullshit" argument is actually, you know, 100% the answer to your problem. Listen, I'm not an adherent of the "vote with your wallet" mentality, either. I think it's all too often invoked in situations where it really doesn't belong at all. But in this case, yeah, you can decide perfectly well not…

The problem on Steam and mobile app stores is discovery, not a glut of bad stuff. They simply haven't done a very good job of designing the overall storefront to enhance our ability to find stuff that we want to look at.

Oh yeah, it's not precisely the same thing. Just saying that the case cited in the article reminded me of JSG Boggs, who's a pretty interesting dude. I believe he's been arrested for counterfeiting, but it's never held up in court.

This reminds me a lot of JSG Boggs, the artist who draws pictures of US currency and then uses them (or attempts to, anyway) to buy things at restaurants, etc. In reality, his drawings end up being worth a hell of a lot more than what he purchased with them, because there are dedicated art dealers who will converge on…

But her point isn't limited to any single game. That's the thing. You're basically saying, "Well, she wasn't fair to Far Cry 3." Okay, that's perhaps a good point! But Sarkeesian is pulling out examples from tons of different games to make a larger, overarching argument, not simply writing up a review of Far Cry 3.…