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Book Club #12: Blowing up the Cure for Space AIDS
The "Black Mind" thing was, I think, one of the more cliche and less interesting parts of the book. And I think it was sort of Williams's apology for writing a book about awful people where the bad guys win. Like, he got to the end …

Comment by RobotBastard June 19 permalink
Book Club #12: Blowing up the Cure for Space AIDS
Remember how we always heard people say that "Snow Crash" was a parody? This book is basically what "Snow Crash" was a parody of.

Comment by RobotBastard June 18 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
Okay, karaokeninja chewed me out over this, so I'll take another bite. FIRST My whole "drunk isn't necessarily rape" angle is a response to what I see as an unworkably absolutionist position, the idea that "no matter the r…

Comment by RobotBastard March 26 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
So, when you wonder why this country can't have a conversation about race or rape? This thread, right here.

Comment by RobotBastard March 26 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
RB - there is nothing wrong with saying to people "hey have your friends watch out for you when you go out, if your going to get drunk make sure youre responsible" and shit like that.Except, according to people in this thread, there is som…

Comment by RobotBastard March 26 permalink
New Podcast: Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
I did enjoy how much more mature this movie felt than most anime; in that the weird sexy stuff was intentional, and it was confined to the characters it was age-appropriate for. The movies make Sheryl (and Alto, for that matter) out to be much olde…

Comment by RobotBastard March 26 permalink
Jumping Through Boss Doors: Tomb Raider.
Yes; a male character who was depicted as being physically inferior to his opponents would be seen as generally inferior, in ways that a female character is not. As an example, in Deus Ex, how did you feel the times that you tried to melee the boss…

Comment by RobotBastard March 26 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
If the victim cannot say "yes" then that us rape. If I run someone over in the street, they're dead, but I get a different sentence if it were on purpose than if it were an accident, particularly if it can be shown that the person car…

Comment by RobotBastard March 26 permalink
Jumping Through Boss Doors: Tomb Raider.
And, of course, there's the question of "would we have felt the same if this were Larry instead of Lara?" Which goes back to the whole basic point of making the character female.

Comment by RobotBastard March 26 permalink
Current events
"A spokesman for the Health and Safety Executive said: "We often come across half-baked decisions taken in the name of health and safety, but this one takes the biscuit."

Comment by RobotBastard March 25 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
Deliberate, criminal intent might not be necessary to commit a crime, but we don't look at manslaughter the same way we look at murder. In terms of sentencing, in terms of social response, in terms of analysis; intent does matter in these. Ma…

Comment by RobotBastard March 25 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
I am not exactly a court veteran, but in the case where I served on a jury, the prosecution argued that the defendant was liable for criminal acts committed while blacked out due to propofol, because the defendant had voluntarily put themself in a s…

Comment by RobotBastard March 25 permalink
What the fuck is wrong with my computer.
I had a similar "disappearing drive" problem, and it did indeed turn out to be the wires.

Comment by RobotBastard March 24 permalink
Current events
I'm not saying I agree with it, I'm just trying to show how someone could come to the conclusion that the kid should not know.

Comment by RobotBastard March 24 permalink
The "why I am miserable thread"
I work with a guy who looks a lot like Val Kilmer (circa Batman Forever). He actually seems grumpy about it.

Comment by RobotBastard March 24 permalink
Current events
I wonder if it's more for the adoptive parents' comfort. There are some people who adopt but get really weird about the idea that their child would know they were adopted.

Comment by RobotBastard March 23 permalink
The "why I am miserable thread"
Maybe you could ask why she thought that. Like, did she actually mean "you're a fucking dweeby conservative douchebag wearing a bowtie"?

Comment by RobotBastard March 23 permalink
The "why I am miserable thread"
Yeah my wife is there too. She was already allergic to onions. Which means that 95% of restaurant fare is off limits, because butter and onion are basically What Makes Food Taste Good in American restaurants anymore.

Comment by RobotBastard March 22 permalink
Show #499b: Can You Even Read?
And that isn't even the first character to have a skirt like that. http://www.videogamegirlsdb.com/girls/GameGirlImage.aspx?ImageId=3195&Size=Full

Comment by RobotBastard March 22 permalink
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-20-deus-ex-human-revolution-directors-cut-for-wii-u-confirmed-and-yes-theyve-fixed-the-boss-battles Aside from boss battles, they will also make it so your recharger fills two batteries instead of just one.

Comment by RobotBastard March 22 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
Now hang on. You just got done telling us about how America has a rape culture, about how sexual assault is pervasive, about how sexual assault encompasses more than simple forcible intercourse, about how disagreeing with any of this is victim-blam…

Comment by RobotBastard March 22 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
So, RB, you're a transphobic asshole, huh?Is it acceptable for men to enter women's restrooms while women are present? If not, why not? If women are uncomfortable with apparent-gender men sharing their toilets, does that mean that women …

Comment by RobotBastard March 22 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
So, DG, you support the idea that women can't ever have any privacy from men, even in the freaking bathroom? Interesting.

Comment by RobotBastard March 22 permalink
Lord of the Rings (Because Dave hates Twitter conversations and happiness)
I've managed to get my wife saying that and she hasn't even *seen* "The Two Towers".

Comment by RobotBastard March 22 permalink
Random is locked where do i post is locked where do i post
I'm goin' to prom!

Comment by RobotBastard March 21 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
You think a coach literally said to them, "Hey, go rape that girl"? No, but I'm pretty sure (from the reporting on it) that he didn't exactly sit them down and give them a speech about the importance of consent and whether a dru…

Comment by RobotBastard March 21 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
You're right, I didn't mention the Feministing link, but I did say I was talking about Jezebel. And I didn't line-by-line the article because, quite frankly, it doesn't bring anything to the table. It says things that many blog…

Comment by RobotBastard March 21 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
You are not a robot, you are not programmed...ahem. (but on a serious note: I agree.) On the other hand, "putting an inflated rubber sphere through a 10-foot-tall hoop." "steeped in reverence for America's new pastime of w…

Comment by RobotBastard March 21 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
Dave, that is certainly true. There is a difference between actual harm, and merely not receiving the privileges you always thought you were entitled to. I'll be honest, those people scare me too. The ones who write about how you need to exp…

Comment by RobotBastard March 21 permalink
Squishy Social Justice Thread
Just for the record: I am not in any way trying to argue that these people did not do what they did, that it was not bad, or that they did not get the appropriate punishment.

Comment by RobotBastard March 21 permalink

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