That’s sort of a big “if” though isn’t it?

Sex workers sell their “holes” in only the sense masseuses sell their “hands” and hairdressers sell their “scissors”. The actual product is of course the service: a gratifying sexual experience, or a massage, or a haircut.

The speculation was that more attractive women pair off with more quickly (because they are attractive) with men (because of social pressure) and therefore never explore their identities. That’s entirely consistent with what you’re saying here.

Well the woman above actually did end up conning a guy out of thousands of dollars but yeah this is a bit much

Pretty bang on. “I have needs which aren’t being met” is one thing, but your wife is a *partner* i.e. a human being you should talk to about your relationship even if it’s hard, not a goddamn bundle of useful functions.

Yeah this guy obviously sucks. I do sort of agree that random people cheating on each other isn’t the Internet’s business really though.

He does seem to be somewhat overestimating the strength of his position

His word choice does help explain why he *failed* to get laid, yes

I have always wondered about that myself yeah

Sorry.

Ok sending a letter like that can’t possibly be legal

“I referred to this as a ‘rape,’ but I do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense.”

Do you suppose this means “I was raped, but am under legal obligation not to exactly say so” or “I felt violated during a sexual encounter which I nevertheless recognize as consensual”?

Three problems with this:
1. The complaint seems to centre on Google’s treatment of “minority” groups (women, or men who are neither white, East Asian, nor South Asian). But the union demographics would presumably be similar.

Five seconds of Googling says it was a special issue about HIV/AIDS

It was an article about HIV and AIDS and transgender sex workers are a “key affected population” but why would it be so weird for there to be a scientific study about transgender prostitutes?

You’re a year three PhD student if you didn’t find yourself questioning whether you wanted a postdoc at least sometimes I’d wonder about your sanity

“i mean i love an action movie as much as the next person, but i feel like i rarely see this kind of criticism thrown at it (i.e. its full of tropes, unoriginal, unrealistic, etc..)“

People criticize action movies for precisely those things all the time. Think of the entire genre of Arnold jokes.

are we living in the same universe because I feel like people call action movies formulaic and mindless all the time

this might be the most Gawker comment thread possible

Would you have thought it was a malicious scheme otherwise? What possible motive could they have had?