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I wish this counter-point would get brought up more often. How can you have such little faith in such a large number of people (many of whom have dedicated their entire lives to the advancement of medicine) that you believe that not a single one would let slip that there was a "cure" for cancer?

That's Birdie, and he is an actual character. He's actually from the original Street Fighter, so he's super old school.

I like blue decks, I suppose. At least in theory. Cheaper to play kitchen table green or red decks usually.

I'm not sure what the picture of the blue mana from MTG is supposed to mean here. EDIT: Also I am not trying to say that being part of the Order is the only way to be a good guy by any means. Jolee is a good example of that, but he was basically a light-sider in all but name. Light-side...

In the same way that Obi-Wan said that Vader "killed" Anakin, redeeming him can be interpreted as "destroying" Vader and bringing Anakin back. That may not be an answer that you personally accept, but it'd be consistent with Obi-Wan's point of view at least. Also, I don't remember Yoda ever...

Moral absolutism is a little different in a universe where using certain powers is demonstrably corrupting. It's not like they set up arbitrary rules. They can look at thousands of examples that say "using the dark side will corrupt you physically and mentally, and make you evil." As a matter...

I liked it :( I don't think it was a masterpiece, but I really don't see how it inspired so much vitriol.

Well there are those gold-based subscription tokens now right? Maybe that fudges with the numbers. Can't really wrap in those purchases with normal subscribers. Just saying there are probably ways to view this less negatively if that's your thing. Sad to see something I have such fond...

I think the problem is people see it as a choice between "day one patch" and "delay until those bugs are fixed, then release." It's actually a choice between "day one patch" and "you're stuck with these bugs." Same issue I have with people complaining about clone characters "wasting slots"...

Seems pretty common for MMOs to have their first tier of raiding behind a time-gate when an expansion hits, so this doesn't seem too crazy. I'd bet it's for the same reason. When people are rushing for world first clears, day one raids means people have to clear the whole leveling and gearing...

I have no opinion or stake in who is the current CEO or if she was terrible or not, but the hatred and bile and death threats I saw thrown at her from reddit users were embarrassing and frightening.

Have you read Cold Days? It's shown that Plus Harry asks why Indian Joe didn't finish off the skinwalker, and he explains that while he might have hurt it, it was running towards a population center where the skinwalker would have had the advantage via hostages and collateral damage. Plus...

Well the prison kind of avoids the power-creep issue by having god-level beings clearly state that if there's a jailbreak, it's The End. Harry isn't trying to "level up" in order to deal with them, since an explosion that would destroy most of North America will only delay them if they get out...

Mass Effect 3 controversy was dumb, but in hindsight it doesn't make me as frustrated as I thought it would. When I read about them mocking an album of pictures of a deceased, overweight woman's body in a morgue, my blood boils. I think we should go back to mailing people RBG cupcakes.

Here's a thread from Reddit, with some posts explaining the official reason the admins gave. Remember, that subreddit had been around for a long time, but was only banned now. http://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/39bzdf/why_was_rfatpeoplehate_along_with_several_other/ In short...