Since last November, it’s become very hard for me to be surprised by any particular awful thing in the world. I still find them shocking, but I’m at the point where despair is pointless. Now I’m just ‘yes ok, now let’s do something about this.’ On any given day, I can only process about 5-10 pieces of fuckery, but I’m…

Thanks for pointing that out, but I don’t think I’m trying to dismiss them. The point I was trying to make (poorly) was when it comes to being believed, a male victim seems to me to have an easier time getting over that hurdle at least. They clearly don’t get a bargain when it comes to shaming or the unlikelihood of…

Well said. The way you phrased it cut through the last shreds of my foggy brain. Thank you, and thank everyone for engaging instead of trying to just call me a horrible person .That comment got dismissed no need to go looking for it.

I found myself having more than one feeling about all this, and wanted to acknowledge…

I get that, and agree. That’s why I want to reconcile the other feelings, because this is how I mostly feel.

I’m having a hard time reconciling my feelings about the male victims coming forward, and I’m hoping you guys can help (honestly). I respect them and their pain, but part of me feels icky about what seems like ‘me too-ism’ by male actors who I absolutely understand have a whole host of societal pressures keeping them…

How about at minimum we help until people aren’t dying of leptospirosis (easily treatable with antibiotics) because of no clean drinking water. Think we can manage that?

Actually the last thing I generally want is to be the hero and center of attention. What I want is the flexibility to putter around with the things I like and the people I like without getting dragged along by the story too often, or treated by my NPC friends in ways I didn’t do or react. If having more vague NPC…

I’ve been thinking about this for a half hour or more... and I just can’t see how this is a problem.

Technically speaking, we have gotten planes. They don’t work, so they regularly get sent back to the factory to be retrofit.

Vox did a great story on the comparison between PR and the F-35 (that’s where I stole my numbers from) and the end of it has a great explainer video on why the entire F-35 program is…

The estimate for PR is around $10.5 billion- $15billion (that’s estimated, not spent so far, and just the cost to get the island functional). That’s about the same as 1 year of the F-35 program (which is approx 7 years behind schedule and has total costs around that of the entire Iraq War). Yet as Trump made clear the…

he withdrewa request this summer to use a government jet for his honeymoon.

Depends on where on your body you get it, I’d think.

Guinea Pig on a cart relates to nothing in my life, but it is somehow magically precisely the thing I needed at the moment I saw it. Thank you.

Especially for the fact that he pulled off his helmet and persisted in getting back into it with any white jersey that would look at him. After a hit like that, I don’t care what the other guys are saying to you, you walk over to the sideline and take a knee, and show some respect for the fact you came within a few…

Rule Whatever- The game cannot end because of a clock runoff.

It solves both issues. If a team were doing something tricksy to possibly run two plays, they’re stuck with enough time to run one play. If something unfair ended up happening because of a runoff, there’d still be time for one more play.

Other laws are vague and allow them to make that argument, this one is specific or at least has specific interpretation and precedent, and the president is not immune.

There are times when obscuring the truth is totally ok. This is one of them. You’ll still feel guilty because that’s a normal reaction (I posted on FB today about how I still feel guilty for drinking milk from the container even though I’ve lived alone for years), but you can acknowledge that feeling without devolving…

I just really hope Charles takes the job for however long the mourning period is for Elizabeth, then passes it along. I’ve never liked him, and he has no hope of being anything but disappointing as the follow up to his mom.

The people who are trapped have only a few days without water to live and at some point even otherwise reckless efforts should be allowed.

I know you don’t think about things before you type them, but did you try reading it before you posted? Because that has got to be the most inane counter I’ve heard all week.