Be patient. And think positive thoughts. You can beat this wretched condition.

Surrender accepted. Get well soon.

My mother died during ass-implant surgery when I was an infant, so I never got any such lessons from her. My father taught me, decades ago, when an emotionally unstable person with delusions of grandeur tells you to fuck yourself on a website, the best thing to do is be polite to them and wish them well. For they are…

No, again. You seem to have a fundamental blind spot to your own boorish behavior. I have no issue with disagreement. You're just an unpleasant and emotionally unhinged person. This is bigger than just an ass. I hope you can get some help.

No, just people who reflexively demonstrate unhinged behavior...

I can let you know now that I don't agree. I just try to be polite to obviously unhinged people.

Okie dokie.

The origin of the word is rooted in plumpness, though it is often associated with breasts. The point stands, if you prefer, with "curvy."

Meh... "Buxom" and "curvy" and myriad other terms have long been used as objectifying praise for women with big asses dating back to Marilyn and before; it was just more polite. But far be it for me to get between someone and their "I've been appropriated!" poutrage.

Indeed. Unfortunately, time periods in which alternative thinking and counter-cultural ideas flourish are fertile ground for predatory gurus, as evidenced in both cases.

Great article, by the way. The gladhanding with politicians reminds me of the similar allure of Jim Jones and the People's Temple for California politicians in that same era.

The film starred Chuck Connors as Dederich, and was even filmed on location in Santa Monica with the full cooperation of the Synanon organization

Enjoy your future, rubberface...

You don't need to take heroin or whatever to know what it's like; you just need to read Burroughs. Less dangerous.

I cried for a woman who threw her shoe until I met a woman who threw her foot.

There was a supercontinent in place at the time of this event: Vaalbara.

Noted. I was making a broader point.

"Obviously, these incidents aren't funny — hazing can be dangerous and foolish — but it's kind of funny."

Weird. My buddy's brother-in-law makes $98 per hour.