It’s better to light a flamethrower, than to curse the darkness. Wait...wrong Night Watch.

He will also probably make a crapton of money from the contracts by proxy (he is a real estate guy, he has the connections to do it).

A couple of counter points here:

Nope. It’s a fact that illegal immigration is not really a problem. They are not taking any jobs Americans are looking for and the statistics on whether they cost the state any extra money over a citizen is not conclusive, and often shows that they are net contributors to the state in comparison with citizens.

You’re claiming that trump isn’t stupid or senile? You understand that during Reagan’s last years in office when he was clearly suffering from dementia, Reagan made more sense and had fewer faux pas than trump.

Unfortunately, most of the people classified as illegal immigrants did not walk across the border. They arrived in an airplane, with a valid temporary Visa. They overstay their Visa and presto: they are now illegal.

Of the minority of illegals that do cross the land border, they generally fall into 2 main categories:…

I agree with Asciel: personally, I would feel a bit threatened or at least weirded out if a guy I went out with for just a couple weeks was so persistent, but I do not know exactly how the situation with you guys was (for example if you have known eachother for a long time before starting to date). Regardless, the…

Sorry to jump into the middle of your discussion but I disagree with your point that the only perspective that matters is the readers’ perspectives. IF we are going to have a satisfying story then the characters should act (and react) in ways that give us satisfaction. And it is really awful to see someone reacting…

It’s not Wade’s perception that matters here, though. It’s Art3mis’. Having an insight into how Wade perceives Wade’s actions isn’t particularly helpful in determining whether or not Wade’s behavior is welcome to Art3mis, which is the entire perspective on which one would judge whether or not Wade is a stalker. If…

Going by this article alone, even her reason fir her disinterest is awfully sexist. She doesn’t know she’s beautiful (cue the One Direction song), so she needs a man to validate her beauty and give her self-confidence. And the dude gets rewarded for “accepting” her even though she isn’t a perfect model of feminine…

Yeah, it is so uncomfortable when every time you open your email you get nervous. Not romantic at all. It’s really fucked up that stalking behaviors are presented as romantic so frequently in pop culture.

Right, I understand. I’m just trying to perhaps gently prod you to consider that even though we know Wade isn’t violent, his behavior can still be threatening or at the very least, causing distress for the object of his obsession/affection. There are thousands of Wades on the internet who know they’re not violent, but…

hun, that doesn’t sound like the usual borderline-stalking. You were confused because you thought you were being ghosted (when the concept didn’t exist as a term yet) and because you were genuinely invested in learning about the development that lead to your then current situation. You had no chance to learn anything…

And I think I would challenge you a little on your definition of what’s “threatening”. As a woman in society who watches mass shooters walk into a gym, or climb a bell tower, because women didn’t want to date him...or as someone who has had a man suddenly become violent and threaten to kill me because I told him he…

“Wade wasn’t a stalker he was a rejected boy without any understanding of the world.” 

This was a good piece, Beth. Very enjoyable read.

If being The Donald didn’t keep him out of office I doubt being blind would. (Besides, why couldn’t we have a blind president? A not-Trump blind president?)

Yeah, that fact that this map says firework are legal in all of CA is misleading. Many counties they are not legal due to extreme fire risk...

I lived in Riyadh for 13 years. That place gets HOT during the summer. But it's in the middle of the country and there's virtually no humidity so it's a dry heat. It can be tolerated. Throwing humidity in there is what makes it worse.

Except that the thing is kinda wrong about existing temperatures. It says that current average temperatures are 91.98, when in truth they're already (and have been for a long time) in the high 90s or low 100s.