End of 9th grade for me. I felt like such a weirdo! And it wasn't any easier for the one friend I had who started very early. Teenagers are already preoccupied with wanting to be different or fearing that they are too different- so this is just a weird exercise.

I had my "main" killed by meteor in TS3, and I'll admit- I was pretty disproportionately angry.

This is magnificent. I love you a little right now, in that vague, disembodied internet commenter way.

That was a truly glorious autocorrect. All the points to you (and your phone) - I can't stop giggling!

Well, it's Friday, so that means beer and videogames. This week it's an oatmeal stout and replaying Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.

I don't....I just...can't even....WHAT.

Lessee, an acquired taste for better beer and more disposable income to indulge with? Yes, I think it's safe to say I drink more regularly than I once did. But I've gotten very selective- I don't touch mixed drinks, I would rather have tea than crappy beer and it doesn't upset me to go without. Unless it's something…

Absolutely. I was thinking about the other end of the equation, though- all the people who buy into "safe" photo and file sharing services. Privacy settings aren't worth crap in the face of potential exploits or even good ol' social engineering.

Also, no matter how clever you think you are with tech or how secure a service claims to be, there is always someone out there who's more clever....and more malicious. Lots of awesome people out there in the ether, but always a few nasty ones, too.

Mine just wouldn't let me out until I did it. Obviously they had better self-preservation instincts than your friends. ;)

At least with Bloody Mary, we thought she would come kill US if we summoned her- or so the urban legend went in my neck of the woods. It was more suicidal than homicidal. So, uh, that's something?

Your statement was that they're "useless". I'm rebutting that part of it. Widgets are under used because frankly, your average user doesn't understand the difference between a widget and an app. If widgets are such a gimmick, why are people excited that they're coming to iOS?

No, they aren't, unless you're coming at it from the perspective than however Apple implements something is The One True Way (tm). You have to keep in mind that in Android home screens don't serve the same fundamental purpose as the do in iOS. We have an app drawer for that, freeing up home screens for greater…

This is cool and I look forward to actually seeing it in person- but I can't be the only person that thinks this isn't "getting the widgets Android has had all these years". It's a customizable central....console of sorts.

Probably not, but I admire your optimism.

Indeed. It's incredibly sad when someone's response to "don't grab her boobs or call her a slut" is "well, I guess I just won't talk to anyone at all, so there".

Same. I use this handle for serious posting on other kinja sites. :(

Sweet baby Jesus, I am not drunk enough to tell you people that, even under a pseudonym. That io9 "how often people masturbate" article already has me feeling like more of a freak than usual.

This is good to know but if I'm being honest, you mostly got me to click through because, c'mon: corgi puppy.

I don't care if it IS comment necromancy, you get all the stars for this wonderfully prophetic post. Looking back at some of the replies you got almost three years ago is hilarious.