I have the opposite problem. Barrel chested and broad shoulders. If I buy a standard suit that fits my top, it is disproportionately large everywhere else. I essentially buy suits for people who are both bigger and taller than me just to accommodate my chest and shoulders. (I'm not a muscle head. That's just how I'm…

I've always referred to it as the Marvel Omniverse rather than the Marvel Universe. There are just some heroes who clearly don't exist in the same universe. It's clear as day. Whenever they crossover, it's made a big deal. So just because they're all made by Marvel doesn't mean they're all happening in the same…

So I'm caught between a rock and a hard place. If I can get her sexually aroused, she won't be disgusted by my hideous visage, but I can't get her sexually aroused with my hideous visage around all the time and I can't get someone else to sexually arouse her because... well... self explanatory.

Yeah, your point still stands. Whether or not that's all true he sure as hell wasn't perfect.

I've never heard of Einstein being a misogynist. I even seem to remember reading a letter he wrote to a little girl that was really touching. All I ever see are some dubious quotes and also claims that he stole credit from his first wife or things like that. But I wasn't aware it was a known fact.

Hear hear.

This is a constant struggle for me. The really old stuff can be hard to swallow. Reading through the works of H.P. Lovecraft can be harrowing if you're black. So you kind of accept it as a feature of its time. In general, I don't sweat the old stuff. It's when lines are crossed today that it gets hard to swallow.…

It looks like I can only read it if I'm a paid subscriber. But I'm glad I wasn't making it up. For a bit I wasn't sure if it was something I had actually seen or if my brain was just pooling disparate things and urban myths.

I never ever want to be the kind of person to hijack a thread. But I often find that when it's a topic people are paying attention to, it's an opportunity to point out other related things that specifically never get any attention anymore (or ever in some cases). And as someone who hasn't actually been a victim of…

You know. You're absolutely right about the Klingons. The Klingon thing was sort of heat of the moment example. Different race but you're right, still expresses the same effect. Thanks for the correction.

That's why conmen say that next to the greedy, clever people are the easiest to fool, because they think they're too clever to be fooled and will miss what's right in front of them since they can't conceive that they could miss anything.

I seem to vaguely remember a case of a Scottish man going a year and two weeks under medical supervision. Granted he was beyond morbidly obese at the start and he was being watched over by doctors but if I'm remembering correctly, it was just water, tea, coffee, and vitamins for a year. The human body is a remarkable…

Yep, I'm a Houston resident too, and I actually get annoyed when someone is merely going 5-10 above the speed limit in front of me (except in school zones. Fuck people who speed in school zones). What, don't they have somewhere to be? But no drivers in Texas have scared me more than Dallas drivers. Sheesh. Speed I can…

"Yes, that's a simplistic and partially unfair example, but I didn't feel like plumbing the depths of scifi for my point."

"if somebody says racist things they have done something racist. What they do and say is indicative of their character, not their own self-identification as a post-racial snowflake." I can dig it. I like the cut of your jib.

I'm glad the sexism issue is being addressed, I have too many close female and also vari-sexualed friends who just can't go to even mainstream gatherings anymore. Even places like Comicon which are okay on the floor, become a different story in hotel elevators. Just because my lady friend is cosplaying (in something…

At least he tried to make an apology and went out of his way to learn more about the issue. Even admitted he still didn't get the big deal about some parts while fully understanding others (which means he was thinking about it not just saying the words). That's a step in the right direction. The rest of the big names…

Surprised how far I had to scroll to find Ford Pinto.

Bookworm 67 had hands down the best written. I liked where Purefold was going but first person turns me off immediately. After a few pages of first person it just starts feeling indulgent, unless it's someone's journal.

I've been using the city lens since it was in beta on my Lumia 900. It really is that cool. I discovered things around me I had never seen before, despite living in the area since 2004. Honestly, my 900 is good enough for now, but I would like the 1080p and the camera enhancements.