Recent content by lodo_bear

I keep two small turtles as pets, I bake for fun, I read Azumanga Daioh, I listen almost exclusively to classical music, and I carry a French purse.

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I think that you and I must agree to disagree. The pages did their best to be neutral (and good on them for striving to be impartial) but I felt that the sum total evidence they presented was in favor of my position. As for the second group of links, I see a common demeaning thread through all...

There is, of course, debate on this subject. To present the full debate, I offer these four links: http://men.webmd.com/guide/is-pornography-addictive http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2004/11/65772 http://www.myaddiction.com/porn_addiction.html...

Better to have some pleasure than none? Not necessarily. You must consider the cost of said pleasure, and if that cost is breaking your empathy and giving you an addiction, both of which porn does, then it's not worth what you're paying for it. Now, removing porn is not something that can be...

Porn, like prostitution, is sex with all the joy and intimacy removed from it, and as such it ought to be done away with. Better to have love without sex than sex without love.

You're right, and this upsets me. Many people act as though the Internet was a safe and secure place, blithely unaware of how very fragile it is [http://www.cracked.com/article_18453_5-reasons-internet-could-die-at-any-moment.html], not to mention rude...

SNAKE used HAND GRENADE! It's super-effective!

After watching a lot of ZP, I find myself thinking in rapid-fire Yahtzee-voice. It's amusing and terrible. My suggestion: listen to some NPR until the Yahtzee-voice goes away, then get back to writing your essay.

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but in case it hasn't: Tim Minchin's "Pope" song. He drops the f-bomb over 200 times in that song.

Seeing Blizzard finally "get it" makes me so happy! Perhaps we should all buy a Blizzard game or two to congratulate them.

This discussion reminds me of Righteous Warrior Temple [http://righteouswarriortemple.org/], and the discussions therein about the difference between a warrior [http://righteouswarriortemple.org/New%20Folder/warrior.htm] and a punk ************...

The head of the good guys in this comic looks like Judge Dredd. He feels so sinister and oppressive. Are we really supposed to be rooting for this guy?

D'oh! Let's try this again: Thank you Mario! Where's the princess? Not in this Castle! You've been Punk'd!

A few people have mentioned homophobia in this thread, and I think they're spot on. I believe that the whole East/West split in the main character's design is motivated by the combination of differing cultural standards for masculinity and universal fear of homosexuality. The Japanese think...