I'm not even a royal, and I am tired of people looking at their smartphones. Especially during meals. With me.

Me too! The more I know, the more depressing and hopeless the US seems — although I realize I can't sink too far into that thinking.

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This looks vaguely familiar ... what's it from?

I envy you! I have the longest arms ever. I struggle somewhat with pant length — and have worn pants that were too short probably 70% of my life — but I once read a description of Einstein that said his pants were too short, too, and I felt vindicated.

This is slightly off topic, but as a tall woman (5'10 and size 16 or so), I have to order almost all my clothes online because stores usually don't sell "tall" sizes in-store. And I hate having sleeves climb halfway up my forearms and my underwear showing when I bend down.

I am really interested in how fatal police shootings in the US compare to other countries.

Does anyone remember the picture of the shark that made the rounds during Sandy? It was chilling in some water at the bottoms of stairs in a mall and was later proven to be a fake. Well, someone on my friends list posted it. I explained to her it was Photoshopped, and her response was, "Well, it *could* have…

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Welcome to domestic violence 101. One of the first red flags? Claiming the woman is the aggressor and/or is crazy.

Thanks. I needed this. :-)

It's a visual assault. It's sickening. They do it to assault the writers and readers of Jez as effectively as they know how. (And, I hope it's only one sick troll, not trolls.)

For me, it's highly triggering. :-(

They've been removed.

I'm at the point where I may stop looking at comments on Jez until this gets under control. I ... just have no words.

Don't scroll down.

I can't stop crying.