Recent content by MetalMagpie

I don't wear makeup myself, but my sister does in a big way and she certainly isn't upset by it. She loves makeup. She loves buying it. She loves trying out different colours and styles. She loves messing around with her appearance (subtle and professional for work, then bright red "Jessica...

At least in the UK, eating out or getting takeaways all the time gets horrifically expensive, and microwave meals aren't much better. I'm not all that fond of cooking, but I'm lucky that my partner really enjoys it. So I just let him get on with it. If he's not around, I make very simple...

Having never played a MOBA, my first thought was that "report" referred to reporting a bug (so she was complaining to the universe in general about there being a lamppost in her way, as if it was a bug). The "mid" bit made me assume I was probably missing a DotA-specific joke, so headed for the...

Oh well. Guess I'll need to glean what information I can from other people's comments.

I don't think Julian sounds too feminine. It's a nice name. The only Jules I know is actually a girl (it's short for Juliet in her case) but I think it's a nice shortening for either gender. I do think Julius sounds a bit pretentious. I've never heard of anyone called that apart from the...

I sometimes skim to the next bit of dialogue if a writer has gone a bit overboard with his description.

Oi! I'll have you know we have great culture over here in the Olde Worlde. *puts on bowler hat, tucks baguette under arm and goes to eat some pizza*

Confirmed: Escapist run by aliens from outer space.

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Lego Marvel Superheroes Shadowrun Returns One Finger Death Punch Transistor Total of £11.62 (around $18), so not bad. Don't know when I'm going to get around to playing most of them, since my new graphics card (which turned up mid-sale) came with a copy of...

Already confirmed just human, unfortunately. "You will play a human, male or female..." [http://blog.bioware.com/2015/06/15/introducing-mass-effect-andromeda/]

A few days ago I visited a friend who has a two-year-old and we all ended up watching Pingu [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJlWLVgozVs]. I'd completely forgotten how amazing that series was.

Er... What? I don't follow. Some women just aren't OK with porn, especially within a relationship. It's similar to the way some men get upset if they find out their girlfriend/wife uses a sex toy. It smacks of "you aren't enough for me so I have to use this prop as well". Personally, I...

To be honest, it sounds like it really wasn't working out. If she was upset by the joke (not an unusual response for an animal-lover) and your reaction was to laugh at her, it doesn't indicate your relationship was all that strong. If I accidentally upset my boyfriend with a badly-chosen joke...

Personally, I prefer the convenience of services like GMail and SMS, even though I know my messages can be read by other people. But if I decide to plot an assassination, I'll be sure to use encryption. ;)

Meh. If you use any sort of electronic communication, you have to accept that those messages probably aren't "private" in the sense that no one but you and the recipient can read them. Your mobile provider can read your text messages. Your email provider can read your emails. Etc. Engineers...