There's something to Bukowski and Kerouac and Mailer that stems from subverting the staid, academic airlessness of literature as a pursuit that continues out of Hemingway. We're so far past that cultural moment that I don't know if a male author writing about debauchery and dissolution would really be seen as that…

Elizabeth Wurtzel MkII, BUT dating AJ Daulerio! Access. Or something.

No beef at all with the fact that the university itself will not distribute Birth Control, but it does seem awfully goofy that they're preventing student groups from doing so. Let us do some charitable works, yo!

The complaint isn't being lodged by people who are upset they can't get free condoms. It's being lodged by people upset they're being prevented from GIVING AWAY free condoms.

Oh, this is great! I remember something very similar but I think they called it "Conversational Terrorism." I just remember this stellar piece of advice — if someone makes a point you can't / don't want to immediately refute give them "I used to think that way too, when I was your age."

Yes. Yes yes yes. I would LOVE an all-female MST3k. In addition to Lindy and Countess GIF, I would like to nominate Sarah Haskins and Julie Klausner as grade-A snarkmasters.

It's been my experience that men look at business and economics as a closed system with its own internal logic and winning/losing propositions, which leads to a moral understanding that if a decision makes good business sense then it is morally right (it's "the way the system works"). I see this manifest a lot in the…

The only acceptable dakimakura is Cyberdwarf.

I don't think it's actual hate, she's just easy to snark on because she's so insanely out-of-touch and wealthy but she postitions herself as your average work-a-day parent in her GOOP lifestyle articles. On his podcast, Greg Proops does a fantastic riff about her magazine piece stating firmly that EVERYONE should…

Amen. In addition to being one of the most unique and talented young female voices in music, she is gorgeous and I absolutely love her look. I cannot wait for her next album.

Creep on Creepin' On is glorious. Also, I'm pretty sure that fedoras are to social cues as tinfoil hats are to gubbermint mind control...

Oh god, this painted such a precise picture in my mind. LADIES? Contesting me in the rarified fields of KNOWLEDGE and TRIVIA? I'd best establish my dominance early by negging hard. Then when they're vulnerable I'll put on the fedora and make my move.

Haha, well if it's used in a situation where one or both meanings can carry water, I'm not going to judge. Fermina's story is more the usage I was talking about :)

Fellatio to me always sounds like a delightful jester in a Shakespeare play.

Hear, hear. And mandatory community service for anyone who makes a "cunning linguist" pun and considers themselves witty!

Yes. I guess I'm thick-skinned but the trolls here don't bother me at all. The autopost/spammers are annoying but generally get dealt with fine under this current commenting system. Not being able to easily peruse comment threads and see how many replies they have is the real dealbreaker. Couple that with the…

I really miss io9 too :(

Oh lord. I wish they'd give us some advanced warning :( I'll miss you guys!

I'm with you. At least now I don't get him confused with Paul Rudd anymore I guess!

I love how playing a game as an adult somehow requires some sort of justification, but watching a bunch of other adults play a game/sport is totally normal and fine and you're weird if you DON'T do it.