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Ooh! Nifty! I will take this knowledge towards writing my own novel with a Dresden Files -esque occult setting. Is warlock still as masculine in Gaelic as it is in English? I could just use Oathbreaker instead... ANYWAYS, Bob, my man, have you ever gone back and... Cleaned up... any of your...

Do Canadian superheros stun their foes into submission with their near lack of manners? "You didn't apologize 5 times when you walked in front of me on my way to the bank vault? I... I just don't know how to react..."

Sooo... Given that I haven't been into the series from the beginnings (I am a game nerd, and only now exploring the territory of TV/Comic book/Film nerddom) Would I like this movie? I mean, I get that it will piss off long-time fans, but if I enjoyed the first movie, should I go, or just be...

10/10, would watch again.

Well, when the term pussy is used interchangeably for being a coward and for vagina, it kind of acquires a sexist bent, at least a little bit. EDIT: Not in origin, but in current usage, is what I'm saying.

Well, words don't exist in a vacuum, and if they did, I'd be inclined to agree with you. As it is, however, calling a guy a term for a penis is Western society doesn't have the pejorative, demeaning, demoralizing connotations that calling a woman a term for a vagina has. Guys being "dicks" while...

I think maybe player Booker might have not become an emotionally crippled alcoholic with dangerous amounts of gambling debt if his wife, presumably a woman he loved, hadn't, you know, died in childbirth. In my mind, that was probably the straw that broke the camel's back. He might have been able...

It's not about the "really bad" part. It's about the "this person doesn't have formal training in this form of artwork" You can be really bad at art with or without formal training, but if you have formal training, then it's assumed you have more intent concerning any concepts that come across...

Now I know that I ought to author the book I'm writing under a pseudonym. If people think there are hidden meanings I'm unaware of based on my personal experiences, have fun figuring them out without knowing who I am.

That isn't what he's saying. It's the basic stance of skepticism to withhold judgement until evidence is provided, and he simply informed you that he does not have enough evidence to evaluate the veracity of your statement. He's not finding it false, he's just finding it insufficiently supported...

Recent in terms of "civilization," our species, or on a cosmic scale? Humans are biologically more or less monogamous (Kinda polygamous? Not nearly so much as bonobos, but whatever), so a greater propensity for heterosexual intercourse is granted. From studies among modern hunter-gatherers...

Anthropologists don't study demographics. You're thinking of demographers. Anthropologists only touch on demographics in a glancing way when they study culture.

Anthropology major checking in with two things to say. WOOO PEOPLE KNOW MY FIELD OF STUDY EXISTS, and you may have something there, though that might actually be something more in the realm of sociology and psychology. While it is dealing with humans, at least as I've encountered so far...

I would just like to point out that tests are rarely, if ever, an even playing field. Ideally, yes. However, framing can inadvertently favor one group over another, such that those who do understand the concepts being tested on may still score poorly. You are more likely to get false negatives...

Cheating catches up to you in ways other than just getting caught cheating. Let's put you in a hypothetical scenario in which you cheat on the LSAT and there is no possible way for this act to be discovered by anyone, and you will never be directly punished for it. If you had to cheat on the...