The media has been reporting 25th birthday. Is 13 years enough?

According to a different article, they can be held at most until they are 25. That's more time in custody than they've had on earth so far, and would hopefully be enough to rehabilitate them if they can be rehabilitated.

You can totally disagree but that doesn't change the fact that children (especially sick ones) are not adults and do not have the same mental capacities as adults.

Holy shit, I just funny-fountained my morning cuppa.

not all Slender Men!

There's a reason we have different standards for adults and children. We don't say a twelve year old should be treated as an adult if she has sex with an adult — no matter how much she "wanted" it, because we have decided that young children don't have the capacity to consent, or to sign contracts, or to rationalize…

I'm a hardass about these things but they should be tried as juveniles. They are so young they think Slenderman is real and they can go live with him. They are disturbed, and I don't argue that. They are unable to separate reality from fantasy. They are dangerous. But they're not acting from a basis of pure…

"Also, I wish the Winchesters would interview me."

I thought he was terribly hot as a serial killer in The Fall. My judgment can't be trusted though, as I'm already on record today as having called Petyr Baelish hot.

How do I get people to not comment on my weight?

I asked for advice last week about my upcoming dissertation defense presentation. I did really well and I passed!!!! I'm officially Dr. [atlantagirl30345]. It really wasn't that I needed to practice it more, it was that I needed to see it as a fun experience of sharing my data. Thanks for all the advice/help, you…

I wouldn't waste too much of your time on onyxruby. He mostly discusses cars, punctuated with occasional outbursts of: "Reverse sexism!" on the various Gawker sites.

Clearly you've never read online MRA forums. Those dudes are fucking nuts.

Not mutually exclusive.

Try reading the article.

This just in: Oxygen suspected cause of autism, as 100% of autistic children have breathed oxygen in their environment.

This insane 'trend' to link anything you vaguely dislike or don't understand to autism, like it's the fucking plague, is not only ignorant and disrespectful, but downright dangerous for all the people with autism who lead perfectly fulfilling lives that already have enough societal bullshit to deal with. Jeez.

So I guess I should discontinue my "Shave the Children" charity, then...

Me too, so I tried to focus on the tiny guy in the background at 1:14 who appeared out of nowhere, wearing the same striped shirt. I'm imagining that being his soul walking the fuck away while saying "I'm outta here...see ya, asshole" and it makes me less sad.

I'm not saying that this guy wasn't profoundly fucked up an misogynistic. I'm saying that the police involvement in this case wasn't necessarily hampered by sexism per se. Two separate arguments.