Recent content by Benny Blanco

CyanCat, I am pretty sure "dialectic" doesn't mean what you think it means. As Jack says, every generation misunderstands those above and below it... Subcultures misunderstand each other and the mainstream misunderstands them all. There is a distinct air of "How do you do, fellow kids?" about...

I don't even think it's that. People mentioned the prospect of Idris Elba as Bond and I think that would work: he's British. A foreign (not from the British Isles or the Commonwealth) Bond probably would not. Not from OMG RACSM AND XENOPHOBIA but from the restrictions which intelligence...

Oh Sir, you are so tough and manly and knowledgeable about fighting, please tell me more.

The original (UK) version of The Office. Too cringy and mean-spirited for my taste. Oddly, didn't find the same thing with the US version w/ Steve Carrell. Maybe it's that he might as well have "Cast me in a comedy straight man role" stamped on his face, maybe the cultural distance, maybe...

As someone whose Steam portfolio puts him squarely in the 1%, I would say that anyone with more than 10 Steam games has probably seen a Steam sale and made a brief cost/benefit analysis of what their cash would get them against the shallow samey repetition of a pay-to-play game. The only mobile...

This is pretty dumb. We have some problems with libel trial tourism in the UK because of fairly robust/draconian (depending on your POV) libel laws, but in cases where there is an out-of-jurisdiction publication, there has to be a reasonable level of proof that there would be a readership for...

Mate, don't worry about it. You asked for help and we're here to help you. It's obvious that this job is contributing to your levels of stress and anxiety, but I wouldn't quit until you have another, better job lined up. In one of the bitter ironies of the world, it's easier to get a job if you...

Yeah, pretty much the above thoughts about transwomen in MMA and her shooting holes in questions about gender pay-gap in sports which interviewers put to her in interviews are how she lost favour with "progressive" and "SJW" types. I have paraphrased slightly, but here are the bare bones...

I had the same problem when I was younger and still have some GAD but largely it's a matter of training yourself to realise that the worst case scenario is not as likely as you think and the most likely scenario is better than you fear. The breathing thing is important too, as someone said...

Great article, I have some of these and will probably end up getting a lot of the others. Sorry to be that guy, but number 6 is "Dixit", not "Dix it". It's Latin (3rd Person, Perfect Tense) and means He/She/It spoke/said.

Social Justice Warriors, eh? Check Your Privilege? Both nice in theory, but so was Communism. Like Communism, some basically decent principles have been subverted for the ends and empowerment of asshats. Don't get me wrong, I'm a PC Liberal and proud of it- my friends reflect a wide...

"Guesstimate" is fucking stupid not because it's a portmanteau, or because one word is exact and the other vague but because they mean the exact same thing. That said, we do need a moratorium on portmanteaux until people can agree that the given names of a celebrity couple do not, when combined...

Woah... I thought for a minute I had logged into Fitocracy, not the Escapist. Still, congrats to the OP and everyone else getting healthier. I'm reasonably healthy and stay active but have always had trouble maintaining a healthy weight: I'm 6'0 and have fluctuated during my adult life...

TIP= To Insure Promptness. A tip is a reward for good service. Give me good service, get a tip. Give me poor service, don't get a tip. Automatically tipping a server removes their incentive to give you good service, not to mention the things some places do in terms of pooling tips... When...

Those of you who don't like soldiers, (and anyone else) what are your thoughts on what happened in Woolwich, Southeast London, UK today? Is it being covered by US news?