I completely agree. Steam, Netflix, and Spotify have made it SO easy to enjoy media legally that I huff and puff when I need to root around The Pirate Bay.

I have another point: it isn't really about how it benefits companies (at least directly), but the mere existence of piracy is a form of competition within the marketplace. It's one of the only things that can shake up this weird monopolistic hold the cable companies have on content.

I... what?

What reasonable term could we use to replace it with?

I wish there were a word to describe food that's non-industrial, small-batch, and generally made with care and attention by a human person, but without the twee, vomitous affectation that artisanal has. Because I am, by and large, a fan of a****anal food. Lots of it is good and interesting and worth putting in your…

"...this place will cater less to locals and more to the pretentious douchehats..."

Let me get this straight. I pay an extra dollar so you can put something in my cocktail that I can't taste?

People who pay for "artisanal" ice cubes are the same kind of assholes who buy an aged, beautifully cooked $40 dollar steak and then cover it in ketchup.

What does it mean to be genuinely authentic? What does it mean to be authentic? Serious question.

Their service looks cool compared to facebook when it comes to privacy. However: they don't advertise, they don't use (very much of) or sell your data, and it's invite only. Eventually, the revenue has to come from somewhere. Tucked into their about section:

Huh. But you then acknowledged it is also a problem for young people w chronic health problems?

The worst part is that the GOP mouthpieces don't even have to resort to bullshit to legitimately and effectively criticize Obama's policies.

Chic. As. Fuck. Just gimme some giant ass sunglasses and I am good.

Always glad to hear someone embrace her child-free life, though I prefer the succinct and to-the-point explanation by Helen Mirren:

I had no idea us Texans had so much in common with the Traveler girls from My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (UK Version... possibly also the US one, never watched it).

bizarre. This actually seems like a parody of excessive, silly school spirit gear. It's not at all the point that this looks awful, I'm on the outside, so it doesn't matter what it looks like to me. But it looks so cumbersome, and would clearly ruin whatever poor flimsy garment you stapled it to get the fucker to…

I always thought this was a useless, excessive and weird tradition.