This has been irking me for a long time, but in light of Stross's anti-Star Trek rant and this rant about sexist/feminist influences in SF, I think it's time for me to put this idea down on page ( Read more... )

With the recent spate of money-making, blockbuster films that are heaping piles of suck, people complain that it's unfair to call a movie bad- it's just opinion. There are no objective standards ( Read more... )

What the hell, people? There's sixteen kinds of idiocy floating around my friends page, and it starts here. I haven't been following the Basic account drama, but seeing stuff floating around my friends page lead me to follow up on it ( Read more... )

Dear LJ,
While many gripe at you for your censorship, I have a more pressing gripe. The goddamn RICH TEXT POSTING BOX. One shouldn't put that kind of power in the hands of users. It's like giving a knife to a two year old. Someone is going to get hurt, and it's usually my eyes and sanity.

In case you haven't noticed, people do horrible things like ( The Horrors are moved behind the cut... )