Jim_in_Buffalo commented

"Okay, that is awesome."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Zap Yourself Healthy With The Electric Corset, 1883

"Dr."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on French Artist Adds Scifi to Beautiful Photos

"I am stunned into silence."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Final Proof That Darth Vader Should Not Haggle

"Star Wars is dead to me."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Worst Secret Superhero Club Ever

"My eyes, googles, nothing..."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Bio-Artist Will Not Go to Jail

"If there's one thing the FBI truly, truly hates, its an activist."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Richard Dawkins: the Rap Video

"Religious people are upset at atheists because atheists threaten their power base, potentially cutting them off from the money, sex, and power they've enjoyed through the common belief in their invisible friends. It boils right down to that. If there was a common belief that feeding me and giving me backrubs grants a person immortality, you can bet that I would be inclined to speak out vehemently against anyone threatening that belief. The last thing I would want would be guys like Richard Dawkins, Douglas Adams, and George Carlin going around writing books and giving lectures about all the people who grew old and died despite having spent their lives preparing sumptuous meals for me and working the kinks out of my upper deltoids. I would be forced to resort to ad hominem attacks against my critics, threatening them with crippling lawsuits for their interference with my activities, and lobbying Congress for special protection for my status as a giver of immortality for all those devoted meal-preparers and back-massagers among my faithful flock. What religious people need to realize is that they're being played for chumps."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Richard Dawkins: the Rap Video

"I think what it boils down to is the difference in purpose between science and religion. The purpose of science is to advance human understanding empirically through experiment and observation, and the purpose of religion is to allow a small elite group to continue to have unchecked power and unearned authority over increasing numbers of people through belief in the existence of invisible beings. Those two goals aren't necessarily exclusive of one-another."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Who Would Want To Be This Superhero?

"Wait a second, wasn't there a speedster named "Lightning" in the T.H.U.N.D.E.R."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Paradise Is A Lie: A History Of False Utopias

"Star Trek, both TOS and the various other versions, has touched on the False Utopia time and time again."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Wall-E, Social Critic

"In the novelization of Red Dwarf, the human species colonizes the rest of the solar system, deciding to use Earth as the dumping ground for all of its garbage."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on 8 Unstoppable Rules For Writing Killer Short Stories

"One thing I find annoying in futuristic short stories is when the main character expresses nothing but irritation with every technological marvel his age presents."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Is It Time For DepressionPunk?

"A lot of us gamers refer to the 1930s as "The Pulp Era." But Pulp-punk doesn't work to well."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Dragons vs. Helicopters - Who Wins?

"Note to self: When battling dragons in military helicopter, use missiles first."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Space Traveler

"I wonder if the cat had such brief friendships with the previous aliens that had similarly arrived on the planet."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on Caption this Photo to Win A Cyborg-Sized Load Of Terminator Gear

"Okay, we're clear on the rules then..."

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on The Meanest Car Wins, In Post-WWIII Wasteland

"You know, all of us gaming geeks should get together for four days a year at a convention center in some central city like Indianopolis, maybe in the summertime, and play these games together without sleeping or bathing the whole time. Who's up for it?"

Jim_in_Buffalo commented on On the Trail of Grotesque Gods from Space

"ia! ia! Cthulhu ftagn! That last drawing, the one of the Nightmare Corpse-city of R'lyeh, is from this awesome book that my former housemate had a copy of."