It’s a crazier attack on women than writing “Tampon” on a stick of dynamite.
That probably shouldn’t be one of my favorite lines, but it is.
The Big Bang Decided Whether You’d Read This
(Source: Top Event by LHC, Brain by Obscenity of sxc)Science scares some people into thinking they…
It’s not that Random Access Memories is growing on me, it’s that every time I listen to it my capacity to feel joy is increased.
I love walking around Fallout New Vegas with Boone. I don’t even draw my weapon anymore. If anything decides to attack, its head explodes, as if the very thought of doing my divine person harm detonated their skull with its impossibility.
He’s a one man Justice Zone centered on the glorious rightness of me.
If there’s a better cocktail than the Blood and Sand I haven’t drunk it, which I consider a personal failing, as it is my mission to continually find more and better (and worse) cocktails.
Today In History
‘Dr.Mae Carol Jemison became the first black woman astronaut on this date June 5, 1987.’
(photo: Dr.Mae Carol)
-CARTER Magazine
I was looking her up recently because she was in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation directed by LeVar Burton, and Nichelle Nichols visited the set! So awesome. First real astronaut on Star Trek.
An ass-kicking astronaut, and glorious proof that the ISS is approximately a million times more sci-fi-cool than the Starship Enterprise-D. Aka the “beige conference hotel”.
(via theremina)
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me, because I’m a straight white dude and my entire being can’t be casually dismissed with a slur.
The Worst Superman Ever
If you’re worried by early reports on Man of Steel, lower your expectations with the Worst Supermen…
Fighting Games: Better Than Sex
Fighting games let you grapple with strangers in complete safety, teach you new techniques for…
I'll tumblr for ya: maggiekarp2:I don’t think you should do it. I’m not saying...
I don’t think you should do it. I’m not saying desensitize yourself, but to me ignoring stuff you don’t like just weakens your give a fuck shields in the future. Instead of holding your own you’ll just say “I don’t have to listen to this” and they’ll be back worse. You’re strong…
A common problem with internet assholes. The best strategy is to respond (once) as if you’re arguing to convince a third party who actually listens, and post it publicly so that the asshole/intelligence differential is on full display to emphasise the point. If they come back with the exact same point in slightly different words (and it never ceases to astonish me that a brain can still be so broken when connected to a global data network), it’s ignore-o-matic.
Internet Sexism Is A Fractal Asshole
Talking about sexism online is like ringing a bell to warn people about the zombies: it calls the…
China Wins E3
Last night the internet was alight with Sony’s targeted trouncing of the Microsoft X-Bone. But no…
lukemckinney.net is LIVE
Image source: SpaceX Falcon 9R Prototype test firing
My new website is live, and so stuffed with interesting things I’ve said I’ll have to read faster just to compete with my own site. Come for the extra articles! Look forward to column commentaries and bonus features! Bet on how the comments section will turn out!
Busting Call of Duty's Ghosts
This post is in memory of Captain Price, the only Call of Duty hero who could be distinguished from any of the others.
By Harry, that was a man who knew how homogeneous his world had become, and attacked anonymity with his own face. He grew the most glorious muttonchops possible just to give your brain something to hang on to.
His was a moustache you could ride around the world.
But that’s over now.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled faceless white male gravel-gargling nobody.
Now with 50% extra actual facelessness!
