“Why should your right to freedom of speech trump a trans person’s right not to be offended?”

"Because in order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive. I mean, look at the conversation we’re having right now. You’re certainly willing to risk offending me in the pursuit of truth. Why should you have the right to do that? It’s been rather uncomfortable.”

“Well, I’m very glad I’ve put you on the spot.”

"Well you get my point. You're doing what you should do, which is digging a bit to see what the hell is going on. And that is what you should do. But you’re exercising your freedom of speech to certainly risk offending me, and that’s fine.”

— Jordan B. Peterson reminds reporter that it goes both ways

Predicting the future, The Marvel Way


Trapped in a world a comic book writer made!

Howard the Duck #1, November 4, 2015

Given that this was before Trump won the nomination, the writer probably thought it was just the right level of absurd joke the HtD comics were known for.

Campaign Strategy


Why does this animated GIF remind me of the recent election?

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Cheesecake: santa costume


7 days ago was my birthday (50th, as it happens) and 7 days from now is Christmas, so it’s time for a special triple-length cheesecake post, and the theme is naughty and nice anime girls riding the sleigh, hurrying down the chimney, jingling bells, making merry, raising spirits, putting lumps in stockings, visiting the north pole, unwrapping their presents, and giving joy to the world. Some of those are euphemisms, but as usual, you’ll have to do your own Gelbooru searches to find the more intimate images.

While searching, I came across the following wonderfully clueless comment on this image:

"removing zettai_ryouiki, she is nowhere to be found in this picture, please don't mistag"

Apparently he didn’t realize he was soaking in it.

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That's an odd one...


Latest update to the MarsEdit blogging tool includes this fix:

Work around a crash that could occur when waking from sleep on a Touch Bar-enabled Mac.

Sounds like the shiny new solution-in-search-of-a-problem hardware wasn’t thoroughly tested before shipping.

Of course they do!


Marvel tailoring

(file this under “fun with Marvel Unlimited”)

Cheesecake: nurse


Yes, it’s true: the most common adjective associated with nurses is ‘naughty’, and Gelbooru contributors firmly embrace this. So much so that I had to pass over quite a few, especially the ones that involved equipment less wholesome than stethoscopes and syringes…

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Spellcrafting 101


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Amazon Quantum Shipping


I’ve had this happen several times recently. Hopefully it won’t affect any of my holiday shopping…

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