I agree, EA needs to remove the damn gun from our heads! If I don't want to buy the DLC pack, I shouldn't have to buy it!

It's a rather sad thing when we have to be shown the consequences of our actions to understand them, rather than logically surmise that the actions would lead to a greater and more obvious consequence.

Oscar. Mike. Foxtrot. Golf.

Well, to be fair, this is the first thing EVERYONE on Jezebel suspects when an abuse story airs. Sometimes, even Jezebel skips on stating the obvious.

Gee, way to miss a point of a cultural review. You do realize that by nature a cultural review is going to be 'old shit', right? Or did you actually think that this was specifically to inform you directly?

Actually, meal portions world wide have been steadily getting larger, but in the US they increased the fastest. The most apparent size differences is in servings of soda, which have gone from 10 ounce bottles in the early 20th century to monstrous 32-48 ounce 'single' servings (Texas 7-11s even have 64 oz drinks).…

Diet soda, or more specifically the sweetener used in it, has a nasty habit of tricking your body into ignoring leptin response, and the intrinsic nature of its sweetness encourages ghrelin response. So the issue that arises is that while it may not have the calories in it, it encourages you to eat things with it that…

Yeah, I can think of at least one other Japanese insect that would also ruin your day...

In fact, interestingly enough, cockroaches used to help prevent diseases in humans by assisting with the cleaning of human habitats. Food particles that less sanitary (or less benevolent) insects would be attracted to were taken by cockroaches. It isn't until when we started developing concentrated sewer systems that…

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The shwarma scene was apparently filmed after the movie went to cut and release, and added after it was shipped overseas.

That may have been the single most important thing you've ever said in your whole life...

Same with every guy, or any woman that's had heterosexual sex; only one sperm can fertilize an egg after all and the rest are picked off buy a woman's immune system.

Mastery of several martial arts within less than a decade, intensive knowledge of just about every damn subject in existence, eidetic memory, peak human fitness, the ability to recuperate and perform at Olympic levels after severe and debilitating injuries (a fucking broken back!), level of foresight that is…

Any practice outlined in the Old Testament is not valid for Gentiles (which, unless you're Jewish, means you), and even the Jewish have forsaken this practice. The Old Testament is followed for it's allegories and morals (the primary one being hospitality to your neighbors and strangers), and much of the practices…

Yeah, I'm not even religious, but I find this aggravating. People will use any source of belief to justify their own actions and prejudices. Granted, many of the largest religious organizations have done this, but the bible itself directly preaches against it. The New Testament is all about it, in fact (it's also…

Actually, it's more they rationalize their worldview with religion, not so much allow religion to rationalize their worldview. I'm agnostic, but I find it rather disgusting how much of American religion born from the great awakening (and to a slightly lesser extent the English Protestant Movement), created beliefs of…

Hell, as a guy, when I worked E3, I had a hard time taking booths with the least clad women seriously. It had nothing to do with the women, I mean I know for many of the attendees it was fun; the thing was I was there on business, and it felt rather patronizing (for me and the booth babe) when I was trying to get to a…

It was funny, when I worked E3 as a journalist, I learned that most likely the booth with the least clad women usually shilled some of the most underdeveloped products. The ones where the women tended to wear more professional/dress casual attire had the best products. I also tended to talk more with these women,…

When I used to work E3 for a website, I white knighted a few times for booth attendants who were getting drilled by those asshats. They want someone to feel superior to, simple as that. One time it happened was when Virtua Fighter 5 arcade machine was in Sega's booth (2006 I think), and this one ass was asking the…