This is something that really grinds my gears (or conches my chocolate), so to speak...

Considering they had meth and heroin in the car, I’m going to go out on a limb and say the problem here isn’t poverty but drug addiction. Of course, drug addiction can be a major cause of poverty, but no one should consider Mr. Withers and Ms. Green representations of the average poor person in America.

THIS! I was robbed once but all they took was food and the neighbour said they saw a woman with a child leaving out back. We did not call the cops. These losers can spend xmas in jail.

IDK, I’m annoyed that my niece and nephews gift I ordered was stolen off the porch, and am fresh out of pity for people who take things that don't belong to them. I grew up poor, still struggle sometimes, and I've never thought of Christmas an opportune time to screw people over.

Pity- for hopped up, gun toting blatant thieves? nope.

Eh. They were driving around my neighborhood on meth, with a loaded gun in the car, following a UPS driver, stealing packages off people’s doorsteps. So, I feel some pity, but also some fear of them. I think it’s more a portrait of drug use than general poverty (which I know, at times have correlation).

It doesn’t mean your old, it means you just listen to white people music.

This is beyond stupid. Northeastern isn’t some secluded, independent campus... it’s in the middle of the fucking city (as is BU, in whose footsteps NO ONE SHOULD WANT TO FOLLOW IN BECAUSE IT SUCKS). It’s like they’re giving big guns to these even more-poorly trained cops and just putting them out on the street.

I think you misspelled “racists” twice there.

I am still so amazed that a videotaped blowjob was the impetus for the Kardashian global takeover. I mean, Monica blew a world leader and all she got was a handbag collection.

Doesn’t count when you’re talking about Muslims.

“The commenters outside looked from feminist to troll, and from troll to feminist, and from feminist to troll again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

If i wasn’t act work I would post the video of the Chris Rock bit about bullets being $1,000 each and how that would reduce drive by shootings.

That was a tribute in honor of Kobe retiring. Obviously.

Yeah, I’m uncomfortable with the argument that it’s our responsibility as bystanders to believe her right off the bat. No, it’s our responsibility to react in a way that doesn’t make her regret coming forward and doesn’t deter other victims from doing the same. If people choose to believe her that’s absolutely fine,…

It’s a statement that his lawyer composed. But beyond that? Nothing. It’s a statement. That’s it. Does a careful reading of it give you or anyone else sight of the truth? Nope. It doesn’t matter how smart or perceptive you are. You could read her tweets a million times over and his tweets a million times over and you…

If he wasn’t convicted, he can steal legally buy a gun. Ask my abusive ex...

There are a couple different scam camps.

I hope you’re being sarcastic. The girls that were raped by Jared got like 100k a piece. This kid get wants 15 million for a few hours of visiting the police, visiting the president and a worldwide media tour? I don’t think we have the same definition of “mental anguish”.

That’s self-caused anguish. He wasn’t banned from going to another school in the district, or in America, and in fact received offers to get a great education for free from great institutions (even though what he did wasn’t in any way impressive for a kid his age who was interested in engineering — shit, by the same…