Would I be breaking some law if I covered up the sensor with some paper towel or anything else?

How do you know the poster wasn't female in the first place? Aren't you just as guilty in furthering the joke, and stereotype by your response?

"Although the control interface isn't perfect, pressing down on the D-pad to fire missiles still grates, it makes the GameCube titles feel much faster and more fluid overall." What does the author mean by "still grates"?

How the hell could the Earth lose mass from absorbing space rocks in the first place? Loses = gains?