Nope. The cockroaches were all there in the dark. Turning the light on makes them scatter a bit, but they were always there.

The mere existence of gay people in the world makes you feel preached at, and you're surprised at being called homophobic?

Everybody, look! It's Vivian James!!

I do the same thing, and always tip 20%.

I live in Madison. Every Fall when classes start there is a rash of muggings that happen around bar time. There are a lot of students who are new in town and a lot of people wandering around at 2AM, and criminals view them as easy pickings for robberies. I'm guessing that's specifically what the police department…

Because hackers using exploits to force their way into someone's password protected account is totally the same as finding a fat wallet on the ground!

You're exactly right; upholding the status quo from a position of privilege is not subversive. It's bugged the crap out of me that so much comedy has gone in that direction in the past several years.

There is no "catchall" response that will work with every one of these guys. Some of them get off on the response. Some of them back down immediately when you respond. It's up to the individual to determine what she feels safest in doing to respond to this kind of harassment. Personally, I prefer a sharp, "What…

You realize she received that money as a direct result of the barrage of psychotic hate and rage from misogynist gamers, right? People were so appalled by the reaction just to the announcement of her project that they gave her far more money than she was asking for.

Yo, KNoor1997, I was playing video games in arcades before you were fucking born, and I have tits! So you fuck off first, m'kay?

Bingo, and this is the part that particularly drives me nuts. Drinking is an integral part of socializing in our culture — we drink with friends, we drink with potential lovers, we drink with business contacts! It's a flat out fact, from someone who doesn't drink and has been called out on it constantly ("I don't…

Perfect illustration of this is Bill O'Reilly trying to argue that white privilege doesn't exist because he grew up in the working class neighborhood of Levittown — which of course was a racially segregated planned community that offered affordable housing to whites only. Nope, no privilege there, Bill-o!

Now you're purposely avoiding the point. Voter fraud is a non-issue. The GOP is systematically attempting to disenfranchise people who do not vote for them, and voter id bills are just one of the tools at their disposal.

From Think Progress's post:

Zero cost is the only acceptable. And cost also includes time and travel requirements to obtain said ID.

Yes, in Wisconsin there was "coincidentally" a plan to actually close DMV offices right around the time that the Voter ID bill was still being argued. But once the plan was publicized the Walker administration backed off that idea.

Every state that has launched an investigation in search of voter fraud has found just a handful of cases, most of which are felons who are voting using their real identities, something that is not addressed by voter id laws. And states are spending millions of dollars to implement these laws in a naked attempt to…

My theory is that people "see" things that they personally tend to be frightened of or anxious about. It doesn't surprise me to hear that someone who sees aliens happens to be very interested in extraterrestrials, or that someone who sees demons is very religious. I tend to think someone has broken into my house, or…

I experience it if I get way too much sleep. I don't see ghosts or aliens, I usually think someone is breaking into my house and I'm trapped there unable to move while they are rifling around my bedroom. Or I think my mother is calling me to wake up and go to school (I'm 37). I've experienced it enough that I can…

My guess is that he instinctively thought it was a fish, then when he put it in his mouth, was like, "Ew, not a fish," and spit it out.