Presumably, the UK government doesn’t really have their own mechanism for distributing admission tickets to events, so they decided to contract it out to Ticketmaster instead of trying to build it from scratch

How the fuck is Ticketmaster even involved with actual affairs of state? Or does a UK coronation not count in that regard?

Know what could really benefit from a writers' strike? The AV Club.

American Evangelicals are ALL just playing “Christian Dressup”.

Wait, are Women not allowed to like food? I’m so fucking confused

kotaku thrives on the tears of perennial victims.

My mind is blown. That was probably fifteen hundred words about how stereotypes and attitudes about fat people are being promoted by...a character that isn’t fat.

Everything that has ever existed can be viewed as problematic under the right lens. I feel like we are just desperately seeking reasons to complain at this point. I guess moving forward, just to be safe, all characters should be the generic placeholder body used in most game engines.

She’s a soldier for crying out loud, Of course she’s hungry they burn a ton of calories. If she hated eating you would likely be complaining that Blizzard was trying to make larger people feel guilty about their weight.

I’m an overweight guy and have often felt similarly about the body positivity movement. I don’t want to be shamed for my shape. I also don’t think it’s insensitive or wrong to suggest changes to my diet. I don’t think that a doctor suggesting an attempt at weight loss is medical bias. There are *obviously* harms that…

I’m pretty sure Nikki is just dressing up as a Christian.

Fuck these religious hypocrites. They all need to go back and listen George Carlin talk about organized religion and then look themselves in the fucking mirror.  Organized religion is the most evil entity on our planet.  Period.  

You’re forgetting the most important fundamentalist axiom: any philosophical question or moral quandary that can’t be solved by “’cuz God” can be solved by “’cuz Satan”.

after talking to a Christian conservative member of my family, the genuinely believe that the acceptance of gay and transgender people in our society is leading to “moral decay” and there needs to be a “line drawn somewhere.” They hear this bullshit at their churches. This is churches spreading this. They see…

She can sue them for violating her First Amendment rights and she should.

Oh look.  Fascism.  Against trans people too.  Its almost like this was obviously where it was going. 

As a fan of the chain (relatively speaking - they’re the only choice for “hot dog to go” within over 100 miles), you’re not missing all that much.

The “iconic” A frames are the older locations. Most of the newer ones (built in the last twenty years) have indoor seating etc. and look pretty much identical to a bog standard fast food joint.

No, I’m saying a lot of celebrities do the Cameos for charity, not fame or money. I get a lot of the D- and C-listers are doing it for money, but most of the more famous celebs seem to donate all their Cameo earnings. At least the ones that I’ve seen. I haven’t looked in a while.