If this ad campaign were successful, it wouldn't be just you standing up to a possible rapist — it'd be everyone standing up. A lot of times, one person taking action will bolster the resolve of other standers-by to intervene or help otherwise.

Well said. I love the whole team but Ryan Davis was and forever will be the heart of Giant Bomb.

I would assume the person and I have different interests musically.

If someone volunteers that they "love ICP" and don't qualify that, I may raise an eyebrow. Is that about the preference itself? It is not — it is about that person making the decision to voice their unqualified support of something objectionable and lacking the social grace to intuit how that's going to fly with the…

Meh, I just re-read the rest of this thread and Ginger get the popcorn! said exactly what I'm driving at in clearer terms. Your interests in and of themselves do not determine how people react to you. You can have dorky interests and still be popular.

If the actual physical act of putting the condom on isn't also a fun, sexy, partner activity — consider making it one. Most of the sexy sex advice websites have more... detailed suggestions on making that happen.

I never used the term "general population" in my comments, on purpose. I don't think it's a useful term — there is no "general," "generic" person or social situation. That's why I provided context in my examples. I used those specific contexts because they were situations in which an audience may be unfamiliar with…

I offered some examples where a person may interact with "the general populace —" which is a pretty useless term, since your perception and experience with the "general population" is apparently vastly different from mine and other peoples' in this thread. Your generalization does not fit with my experience. I've…

I'm being pedantic about the idea of revealing one's interests because how, when and where we express our interest in something is going to impact the reception that disclosure gets way more than what you're professing an interest in. I disagree with the idea that there's a lingua franca subject matter that's…

One's personal preferences are not going to figure into social acceptance simply by having or not having them. No one knows if I'm into baseball or RPGS until I open my mouth.

STUPID BOY.

Man, I read the whole article and still didn't find out if she got those shoes in her size.

Brokers is pretty good! I didn't realize I've had it until I saw the funny little bowler hat cap.

I'm of the opinion that congresspersons of both major parties have a responsibility to state, in unequivocal terms, their support for marriage equality. I think that sitting idly by and accepting the status quo is certainly hypocritical enough, Republican or Democrat, to "qualify" a lawmaker for outing.

I agree with MoGlo's take on outing — I think it's completely inappropriate unless it's a public figure who profits off the criminalization or marginalization of homosexual acts. Anti-gay politicians, preachers, and "therapists" who get money and popularity from the hate are fair game. Same case as with anti-choice…

"Undetermined" reminds me of my days working in a retirement home, listening to old men endlessly debate the ethnic background of every female newsreader. Just the women, of course — any male a shade darker than Lou Dobbs swimming in wallpaper paste was obviously "foreign."

I found out about him because he's on a Kid Sister track. Before that I thought Kid Sis could do no wrong. No such thing as bad publicity?

I bet this guy is feeling awfully left out right about now:

Brava. I remember hearing John Waters talk on Fresh Air about how they fed the dog nothing but prime rib (or something equally ridiculous) for three days, and then the entire cast and crew followed the dog for 3 hours waiting for it to do its business.

I like "tell me a story," just in general. I've been watching a bunch of old movies recently and it's a nice reminder that, not too terribly long ago, when people got together in a group they'd sing songs to one another, tell stories, play the piano, etc. etc. etc. The way we appreciate each others' creativity is so…