A lot of your stories about childhood ring very familiar. I also was pretty frequently out-grouped/excluded for failing to exhibit socially expected "boy behavior," though in my case this had nothing to do with my gender being misidentified— I have a hard time essentializing it down to my homosexual identity, either…

Yeah, that's how I first had it too! Tabbouleh is so delicious. My recommendation is to make Spanish rice but sub in bulgur for the rice — it plays nicely with tomato and pepper and garlic.

"The subject for today: Does knowledge elevate or demean us?
Or: everything you didn't want to know about my penis."

Farro and Bulgur are both big faves of mine too — they're just a different preparation of wheat and not a totally separate plant, but both are delicious.

If it means bonding over MST3k then hell yes! We can always use an extra set of hands down on the walnut ranch.

Uhhh... solution in search of a problem? I've been in possession of a penis for 30+ years and have not had to deal with this. Did I just luck out and get one of the no-mess tips, like a bottle of mustard post-1998?

So true! Here's my proposal for Top 5:

Totally agreed on all counts. The Final Sacrifice is my all-time #1. I'd also put Hobgoblins and Laserblast up there. I also love all the cheap Japanese sci-fi eps from Season 3 — Mighty Jack and Alien Fugitive especially. I mean... he tried to kill me with a forklift!

I'm guessing his whole PR team has been distracted for the last few weeks, working crisis control for Paula Deen. Seems to be about the same caliber of PR work.

I love you even more now that you posted a Space Mutiny link. God, this is a great episode - Top 5 material for sure.

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.