I do not comprehend this, either.

[TW for antisemitism, among other things.]

"Blood libel"? Seriously? Seriously???

Cue the inevitable protests from Sarah Palin about how that is totally not what she meant and some of her best friends are Jews and OMG stop being so meeeeeeean to her because she totally doesn't mean to be offensive and inflammatory except when she does. And of course anyone who calls her on it will be accused of dragging the discourse down or something, as if noticing when people say horrible things is worse than actually saying them. It's the same damn thing every time some right-wing pundit says something like this, and I'm sick of it.

(While I'm cribbing links from Shakesville, I also want to link to this, which sums up my own feelings about the "both sides are just as bad" argument pretty well.)

The rest of the speech is also pretty vile and packed with intellectual dishonesty, although that probably goes without saying. Interestingly, the wikipedia page on blood libel mentioned Palin's speech at one point, but as I'm writing this, it no longer does.

There are times when I really, really hate so-called "gamer culture." This would be one of those times.

Holkins and Krahulik's response is really disappointing. (Also, to address one of their points: Fruit Fucker: really not funny, at least in my opinion.) And then, of course, various commenters from the forum apparently thought it was a good idea to demonstrate GIFT (warning: TVTropes link) in the comments to the above linked posts - granted, Shakesville's mods stepped in to stop the worst of it, but still. Way to go, PA.

What?

I mean, I'm not surprised that Mr. Fierce Advocate continues not to support same-sex marriage; that's not new. I just don't understand how not supporting same-sex marriage and supporting equality for gays and lesbians go together at all. Maybe it's an opposite-land logic thing.

(I also note there is no mention of the rest of those normally grouped under LGBTQI, i.e. bisexuals, transpeople, questioning, and intersex people, but that's not exactly a surprise either.)

Note to whatshisname from that "Investor's Edge" spot that gets broadcast on the radio every Thursday: LEMMING SUICIDE IS A MYTH.

Goddammit, Disney.

These things bother me.

I like how my level 45 protagonist has a strength stat of 25 while my level 38 pixie has a strength stat of 30. Awesome.

Current protagonist stats (level 45):
Strength: 25
Magic: 34
Vitality: 35
Agility: 23
Luck: 46

He's got a luck-based suit again; it's interesting to compare his stat growth in this runthrough to the last, where he also had a luck-based suit, but strength and luck leveled up more or less equally, while magic and agility did the same only less so, and vitality lagged way behind. I do have a bunch of incenses saved up from my previous three(!) runs, so if need be I can use some of those to boost his agility and strength. If I, you know, remember to use them, which I completely failed to do last game.

Wow.

(via Angry Asian Man)

And the law ending is about as creepy as I was expecting.

( Spoilers are glad that's out of the way. )

I forgot to record my ending stats, but at level 99 my protagonist had strength around 73, luck around 72, magic and agility in the mid to high 60s, and vitality bringing up the rear in the high 40s/low to mid 50s. Since the game shows them in the order strength-magic-vitality-agility-luck, the display was very symmetrical. My suit was luck-based this time.

Well, that was approximately as creepy as I expected.

( Spoilers remain perturbed. )

Man. I've logged almost four hundred hours on this game. Which isn't as massive as my Disgaea 2 PS2 save, but still.