How about just smiling at them? Or, I dunno, doing something to make their day better?

I've heard at least one story wherein the woman told to smile had just gotten the news that her niece had leukemia.

Oh, hon, when it comes to megalomaniacal talking mice, you'll always be MY first choice.

Dude, that CANNOT be healthy. Not to mention, how the hell did you not have leakage before? There's only so much those things can hold. Be grateful you aren't in the hospital with Toxic Shock Syndrome or worse.

Damn skippy. Both my girls are shelter babies and I love them dearly. Actually, every cat or dog I've ever been owned by has either been a shelter baby or a rescued stray. We're all suckers for furry things in my family.

...you've seen The Transformers episode B.O.T. right? And all the attempted murder the Misfits kept getting away with?

80's cartoons....they're a hell of a drug.

...I'm simultaneously fascinated and horrified by this concept. Also, dammit, can it be the 23rd already? Baby needs her Who-fix!

Not with a redhead complexion you don't. If I don't slather on sunscreen, I burn lobster red, peel, and am just as pale as before when my skin heals but with an increased risk of melanoma! Whoo!

Oh, LeVar Burton...why are you so awesome?

Wait....somewhat complex female characters who AREN'T named Leia in the Star Wars movie universe? My god! Am I in an alternate reality? Sheesh, going by the movieverse, you'd assume all females are either young virgins or old mothers and their lives revolve solely around the doings of men either way.

So, we're now treating a small child like a trendy accessory rather than, y'know, A HUMAN BEING?

Someone's alerted CPS, right?

It's hard for me to look at Louis C.K. and not think "fuck that guy" after his confident assertion to Jon Stewart that all feminists lack a sense of humor after we, y'know, didn't find Daniel Tosh and his rape jokes to be terribly funny.

It kinda killed a bit of my crush on Jon Stewart too, sadly enough, when he didn't…

It's kinda sad. He didn't get the space and privacy as a teenager to do all the stupid shit that teenagers are wont to do, so he didn't learn his limits while he was young enough to get away with doing at least SOME stupid shit. So, now that he's legally an adult, there's no one to stop him DOING all the stupid,…

Because it's not at all possible that he was just simply acting on instinct and celebrating a bit of good news with someone he loves and there is absolutely no agenda on his part, right?

Mostly I watch it when I just need something eyerollingly stupid to take my mind off the stupidity around me. Plus, it's fun to pretend that dude's hair is an alien parasite that makes him say stupid shit.

...um, the cats aren't already in charge?

Not all humans, fortunately. Some people are capable of such grace and compassion that it's breathtaking.

At least that one's oddly classy.

After the Oklahoma City bombing, a lot of the artifacts left at the site were archived and some are actually on display at the memorial (which is beautiful and totally worth a visit, by the way), so there's a good chance that, yes, the panels were kept.

Part of male privilege is the fact that, because your gender doesn't encounter such behavior on a regular basis, you get the ability to ignore it unless it's something so incredibly blatant that it's completely unignorable. Even then, it's still not actually affecting you, especially not the way it would affect a…