I habitually respond to "make me a sammich" with either "hunt me a mammoth" or "fetch me some bonbons".

Jezebel actually has starred commenters who're moderators, and they do actively keep an eye on the comments and move/delete/ban as necessary. Do the other Gawker sites not have anyone doing that? If so it would certainly explain why the comments can be such a cesspit on some of the sister sites.

The thing that bothers me most about it is wondering how many people around me think the same things that the trolls write but are constrained from saying them in an offline context because they know the reaction would be good. It's worrying to think about whether or not trolling represents some sort of collective id,…

Whenever that happens it's like reading the comments on YouTube, but with better spelling.

I've never encountered this myself, but I've had friends encounter men who refused sex because when the clothes came off the lady's pubic topiary was not to their liking so yeah, people really are that shallow.

I loved how the commenter above was trying to imply that it was my fault for not being more "assertive". And yeah, I've encountered jerky female doctors too, but at least they're familiar with the equipment from the user's end, you know? My last gyno even used to warm the speculum before inserting it, which seemed…

That's actually a better quote than the one they invented - less generic, more interesting. These people are hacks.

Is there a single person in the chain of command at Lucky who has a degree in journalism? Outright fabrication of quotes is a pretty big no-no. It's acceptable to condense quotes, but you need to be careful that you're not altering the original meaning.

A law that says that parents can murder anyone who molests their kids? Terrible idea for all kinds of reasons. The justice system going easy on someone who flips out because their child was molested and ends up killing the molester? There's plenty of precedent for that - look up "crime of passion". In fact, this would…

Yeah, the all women love him assumption is bugging me because I don't see how it's possible to love the porn he does unless you're fairly submissive. Way to erase dominant women! His stuff makes my vagina dry up like a desert.

I don't get it either. I mean, he looks fine, I'm not actively turned off by his looks, but meh, nothing special. And most of the porn he makes is in the oh-hell-no category for me.

Of course an example of exactly the kind of person Jessica was talking about would turn up and attempt to gaslight people in the comments. It's all very meta.

I think the thing to do is not to shrug, but not to cower either. Cover it, but with a bitingly sarcastic tone and a lack of indications of fear or being hurt. Mockery makes for excellent disinfectent, as well as being a great way to vent frustration.

You know, she can be a racist asshole and still be telling the truth about the other asshole who harrassed her on a plane. It can also be OK to out men for being pushy jerks who harrass women even if the person doing the outing is not a very nice person at all. Are people attempting to argue that it's OK to sexually…

I just read your entire conversation with OmegaVader, and I still can't figure out whether zie has terrible reading comprehension or is deliberately misinterpreting your words.

Hey there. The problem that the guy in this video is talking about? You embody it.

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That was what seemed to be happening in Saudi - most of the female medical staff I saw clearly weren't Saudi, though I think some of the nurses might have been.

I was 18, it was my first ever pap smear, and I didn't have a proper doctor in London yet who I could see instead. Sad to say, though, that that kind of attitude and behavior is very common in British doctors of a certain age - one of them once made a family friend sit around in the corridor topless for about half an…

Did he explain why she wanted you to pee in the bucket? Was the pee footbath supposed to help with the werewolf transformation?