Defamation is when you say untrue things about a person that will damage their reputation. If the erotica is clearly fictional (e.g. is not presented as an account of actual events) then it's not defamation. If anyone's reputation would be harmed by it, it would probably be the authors's.

I wouldn't mind. I'd be flattered that someone thought I was attractive enough that they'd want to have virtual sex with my avatar.

Dude. I'm not one of those people who thinks hate speech should be outlawed, but can you at least reduce the number of swastikas? I'm getting tired from scrolling.

Thing is, when people say "diversity" they don't usually mean diversity. Examples:

• Adding a black person to a white group makes that group more diverse, but not vice versa
• The cast of "Crazy Rich Asians" was hailed for being diverse, even though-- as it says right there in the title-- they are all Asians.
• "Increasing diversity" in hiring refers specifically to hiring more underrepresented minorities (generally: blacks, latinos, women); hiring an Indian a Chinese person or a Jew does not contribute to diversity.
• Hiring a Republican does not increase diversity even if everyone in the group is a Democrat
• Hiring more women in male-dominated fields increases diversity, but hiring men in female-dominated fields is not a "diversity issue".

Point is, "diversity" is just a cover for the interests of specific pressure groups.

So enforcement of US immigration laws == the holocaust?

I'm pretty sure the Jews weren't crossing deserts to get in to Nazi Germany.

You really put my mind at ease there saying race doesn't exist! Thing is, my wife gave birth to two beatiful black children, and she swears that she hasn't been unfaithful. Knowing that race doesn't exist except as a social construction helps me make sense of that!

Reminds me of the New Yorker cartoon: "Is the flight completely full, extremely full, or very full?"

You can click the left button on this page to see it (it's 12/12 in the series).

Why is it wrong to have racist opinions?

The linked article shows that it was illegal, in the UK at least. And it wasn't just that. The US also didn't respect copyrights on foreign authors (it was a problem for Charles Dickens.)

Seems to me you're racist if you try to do something about it and racist if you don't. Why even bother?

WTF, this is moderated as troll??

You can actually still buy the old Macbook Airs with the classic, non-sucky keyboards.

I am typing this on one I only bought a couple months ago. The lady next to me was asking the mac guy which laptop to buy and I steered her towards it too, although obviously the mac guy was trying to get her to use the new ones.

So much for draining the swamp.

If the phones are being used to watch porn, does that make it a SEX FARM?

Sounds like a dumb research project to me-- why would a sperm be affected by gravity? It lives inside a fluid which it is about the same density as, so it does not feel the pull of gravity. It's not like sperm are known to have an up/down directional preference; they will find the ovum the same no matter which side the woman is sleeping on.

The real issue is not gravity, it's cosmic radation. Frozen sperm won't be able to repair their DNA (not that I expect regular sperm can, either).