Recent content by Mad Scientist

A skull wrapped in human flesh.

All I know is that most things specifically marketed as empowering to women aren't. I don't think cases of nudity or sexiness are empowering or disempowering to women. I do think that the ridiculous overemphasis on female appearance vs. male competence is a serious social issue, but that's a...

I drink tea. Constantly. When I do drink coffee I like instant. Real coffees are too bitter for me.

I haven't seen the show, but after seeing this much drama about it I feel like I have to now.

He can still recognise that his hatred of black people is inaccurate and not spread it across the internet.

This... this is the laziest theft I've ever seen. He's put in just enough effort to make it clear he's a thieving dick (by putting his own penname in instead of Yahtzee's, removing the crappy but somewhat plausible "I was just being artsy with someone else's review and not intending to claim it...

You're there to be her equal and somebody she enjoys spending time with (and vice versa). If she wants support from you, good; you should support each other when wanted. But if you're stepping in for her when she doesn't want you to, or crowding her with unwanted support when she wants to be...

I've never met a nice guy who claims that women like jerks. The trouble is, the world is full of Nice Guys. It's possible that women are confusing you with one of them. Nice Guys are too timid to ask girls out, so they get passive-aggressive about it. They form a friendship with a girl not...

I think it depends on the skill of the writer. A great writer can get away with a lot of shit you wouldn't take from anyone else. It also depends on the "hardness" -- I'll accept a planet-building civilisation from Douglas Adams but if it was thrown into the middle of a hard scifi story without...

One thing that everybody seems to be ignoring is that the whole 'blame the victim' thing is not only a disgusting pardon of unacceptable behaviour, but makes no sense. The clothes you wear, how late you're out, and whether you know any self-defense actually has an incredibly small effect on your...

I'm a mad scientist. There's a long story there about secretly joining a forum under the name instead of my normal handle and then basing a facebook account on that forum and then... trust me, it's boring.

Why does the other side of the world get all the delicious things?! We ordered potassium ferricyanide from Sigma Aldrich and it was going to take like 14 days to get here, which is ridiculous. Then it turns out to take LONGER, becuase they told us it was in stock and it wasn't. It was meant...

That does explain cockrings beyond simple physiological effects. Again, that's a ring on the penis.

Powdered... gum? That's genius! What country are you in?

Black jelly beans are the best ones. And sometimes you can get these really great bubblegum flavoured blue ones.