I’m really, really sorry this is happening.

People here are making really good, nuanced points. But anecdotally speaking I have to say that I’ll believe sex addiction is real when I hear of it happening to someone who’s not a straight guy. All these famous assholes you hear going to rehab for it are addicted to violating women.

I’m getting to this kinda late, so I don’t know if anyone will read this comment, but I wish with all my heart that people with public platforms would advocate taking that Pence rule to its logical extreme: removing men from the workforce completely. Since it has consistently been men who actually do the…

It is a flawless apology at least. None of this “sorry you were offended” fuckery. I am grateful he was able to clear this sadly low bar.

It was an insightful and helpful response right up to that paragraph, too!

You are still making the mistake of conflating love of one’s country with a refusal to tolerate any criticism of one’s country. If a person loves their country, they should want it to be better. That means taking on flaws head on, not handwaving them because we pick a convenient metric and say that in THAT sense we’re…

You literally quoted 2 different people.

I thought the Bran one was on purpose.And hilarious.

That is a bar so low it’s hard to see it as useful. I have a serious temper, and I’ve managed decades of losing it without informing people that I’ll see their demographic wiped from existence. Besides which, she would never have made any show of remorse if she had not been caught at it.

I’m delighted to learn how many of us have this association with the word. It kind of justifies this thread’s existence!

Where. Is. FELIX?

I like Westworld because it clearly ruminates on what consuming hyperviolence does to us.

I have gone this far in my life and had no clue that alcohol withdrawal could be fateful. I’m really impressed and grateful to his family for doing something so helpful to other people in the midst of their grief. This just keeps getting sadder.

It wasn’t even trendy for its moment in time! It was just [dog cocking head in confusion]

Honestly. I can’t even read them because I just imagine if it were my writing, and how this could only happen if I lost a bet with god.

It definitely seems to be part of the Pinterest-industrial complex. I never heard of a single one until let’s say the last three years.

Wow, this comment section is an impressive* collection of people who are completely willling to say, “Yes, black women, I know, I JUST DON’T CARE.”

Who is that exquisitely rude man at the end?

It’s doesn’t really matter, but I think it’s much likelier some combination of friends and the internet have helped her to know better.

ALSO Harry and MJ doing The Twist while making omelettes.