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• Commented on Video game wedding: a letter and photos from the bride and groom
  I keep thinking that the people saying "sad", or "mentally ill" need to get a life. That's called irony....
• Commented on Video: man in Japan weds anime game character
  "...is a highly imaginative, multimedia project orchestrated by a guy determined to officiate his devotion to his video game, and to pay homage to the otaku subculture that nurtures this type of creativity." Geez, people, it's not like he thinks...
• Commented on Is Sony legally required to make its games accessible to disabled people?
  I assumed drive-up ATMs have braille buttons because ALL ATMs have braille buttons. It's just a standard part, that braille button....
• Commented on Bikini Leia and stunt double catch some rays
  Great, now nobody will get anything done for the rest of the day....
• Commented on 20-year old Iraqi woman dies; father ran her over for being too Westernized
  When I hear about this kind of story, my first thought is usually, "There is something desperately wrong with Arab societies." I mean, this father sees that his daughter is adopting values he thinks are bad, so he runs her...
• Commented on Toyota marketing stalks and terrorizes woman, claims she consented by doing an online personality test
  "The prank campaign, Saatchi creative director Alex Flint told the magazine, should gain the appreciation from "even the most cynical, anti-advertising guy." " Double Wow! I would call myself an anti-advertising guy, but I'm afraid if I got this kind...
• Commented on Toyota marketing stalks and terrorizes woman, claims she consented by doing an online personality test
  Wow, what a terrible, terrible idea for a marketing campaign. What the hell does a virtual stalking have to do with marketing a car? Sounds to me like someone just got their first bit account out of marketing school, thought...
• Commented on What actual Mayans are saying about 2012
  I'd like to point out that one key difference between Mayans (or rather, their descendants) and Catholics is that Catholics and their traditions are in no danger of marginalization. I don't think that anyone is saying that these people are...
• Commented on HOWTO flout the flavored tobacco ban and make DIY homemade clove cigarettes
  I am not a smoker, and I do think that smoking is a terrible habit, but I also think that this ban is an enormous waste of energy. You cannot legislate people into making good decisions. We don't need government...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  @ 1macgeek: "Oh... wait... that's right. She would be beaten within an inch of her life for talking to anyone without a man present. And someone would have to drive her to the hospital because she isn't allowed to drive...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  If a woman, muslim or otherwise, is being "owned" or otherwise abused, perhaps her clothes are not the first thing you should look to for an explanation. I would think that the clothing issue is loosely related at best....
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  Why is everyone so concerned about what other people wear? Christ, you people talk about head scarves like it's the same thing as incest or rape. Do you also say that people shouldn't pray, on the grounds that it is...
• Commented on Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Burqini
  Wow, way to be overly concerned with someone else's business. Some of you sound a lot more Republican than I think you would like, wanting to legislate other people's lives. Just let them wear the damn swimsuit in peace, geez....
• Commented on The last days of Aleister Crowley
  I don't know a whole lot about Mr Crowley's rituals, or really a whole lot about Satanism in general, but it seems to be based on good ideas. from web.satanism101.com "It is a religion and a philosophy based on man...
• Commented on The last days of Aleister Crowley
  Satanists don't believe in heaven or hell, or even Satan in the literal sense. Try googling it....
• Commented on Dutch government tries to stop 13-year-old girl from sailing around world solo
  The Children! Who will look out for THE CHILDREN?!...
• Commented on Dutch government tries to stop 13-year-old girl from sailing around world solo
  Some 13 year-olds could do this. Not me when I was that age, but nonetheless It is inappropriate for a government to intervene in something like this. We don't need government to be our mommies. Sometimes people take risks, such...
• Commented on Chip Rowe's essays
  A customer once came into my shop and told me that there should be some kind of warning on the sidewalk, because she almost fell on her face tripping over the unusually high curbs. I didn't really know what to...
• Commented on Hedy Lamarr: '30s film diva, mobile phone tech pioneer, anti-Nazi gadget inventor.
  spread what? *cough* I'm so sorry, that was inappropriate. But seriously, I am very attracted to smart women....
• Commented on America makes nothing except weapons -- UPDATED
  What's going on with the over-the-top headlines and silly exaggeration on Boing Boing these days? "America makes NOTHING except weapons"? As has been mentioned many times in these comments, the information being presented is grossly misrepresented. The post should have...
• Commented on Bill Maher: Birthers must be stopped
  Fox News is the "benefactor" of all that is wrong in the US? I'm not sure what you mean by benefactor there, but we have much bigger problems in this country than Bill O'Reilly. Fox News is just a symptom....
• Commented on Bill Maher: Birthers must be stopped
  If this is the best criticism his detractors can come up with, President Obama is going to be fine. Hell, even his supporters have more substantial claims against him. Why don't people save their complaints for something meaningful? There's plenty...
• Commented on What's wrong with Jamba Juice's Get Your War On plagiarism
  Wow, this discussion goes in all sorts of directions. I think I know exactly what's going on here. During one project critique day when I was in design school, a fellow student presented his project, which was basically a graphite...
• Commented on 1950s Beauty Pageant Judging Guidelines
  Lauren O: Perhaps. But I wonder, given a line-up of people of your desired gender, could you pick out the ones you are more attracted to? Is that a bad thing? Another way to look at it is that those...
• Commented on 1950s Beauty Pageant Judging Guidelines
  @21: which would have been my point, had I tried to make it in any clear way. The concept of an ideal of beauty is about as ridiculous as parading a few specimens around to prove something about it. Obviously,...
• Commented on 1950s Beauty Pageant Judging Guidelines
  I'll take #3. You can keep #7....
• Commented on Richard Metzger's Tell It Like It Is Review of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
  @#48 FNC: That's exactly how I felt about the first several movies; They feel more like flash cards of scenes from the books. A kind of indulgence for fans, not like a well-made film that happened to be an adaption...
• Commented on Richard Metzger's Tell It Like It Is Review of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
  I don't doubt it's an awful movie. So far, all of the other Harry Potter movies have been terrible. I say this as a big fan of the books. The things that make a good novel are not the same...
• Commented on Corrupted files for sale to students to buy extra time
  This makes me wonder whether everyone else realizes that nobody really HAS to go to college. Why would you go to college and cheat? What are you, twelve?...
• Commented on Bloody tongue from Tootsie Pop
  I've had this happen with candy canes. I've found that the red stripe running through the traditional candy cane to dissolve faster than the white candy, leaving a groove with a razor edge running down the length of the cane....