So, I think I understand what your objection is. Here’s what I’m getting from your comments in this thread:

Nah, you had that joke all wrapped up. Your delivery was smooth as silk.

I have been feeling this way for a while. When you look at the inside of Trump’s house, it looks the way I imagine every dictator’s mansion would look if he had Trump’s money and access to modern Western goods. His aesthetic taste, in other words, is nothing but an outward display of success and power. Gold…

Oh, a subset of them are absolutely sick and evil. 100% correct. But I think there are pockets who are fine with the “good” members of a minority group so long as they stay in their lane. You can see it in the way they cheer for a black man who punches a white protestor; so long as the black guy is upholding the…

Trump’s influence works because he appeals to people who are authoritarian - who feel like their entire society is at risk of falling apart at the seams. People who respond to Trump’s rhetoric are people who react to change by looking for a strong leader who can protect the rules and systems they’re used to. The more…

“the God of Christianity is the God of freedom, of individual liberty, of choice and of consequence”

Useless busywork is a blight on the soul.

Yep! I approve!

I got bored this morning and made one. Help me get it published so people can vote on it!

:( Sorry you are feeling that way. Life can suck all on its own, but life suck + period suck is no fair.

CONGRATS on being cancer-free! That’s awesome. :)

I highly recommend it! I’ve done it thrice. Once I was a study abroad student, the other two times I just went for it and didn’t work for a few months. It’s a lot easier if you’re not earning income; once you want a work visa it gets a lot tougher.

JEZZIES, help! I made a Donald Trump Insult Bracket for March Madness. But I don’t have fancy posting privileges, so I can’t do a voting poll. Does anyone have any suggestions? I respect the official Jez bracket, but the categories aren’t really my thing. Making fun of Trump, however, I can do all day err day.

This was the obvious choice for Jez March Madness 2016 and it was suggested by numerous people and I’m pissed they didn’t go with it.

Lifehacker did a write-up of a plane crash recently that said the exact same thing. The pilots had drilled incessantly about what to do in an emergency, so when things went wrong, they already had an instinctive checklist for how to behave, rather than being caught off guard. They also talked about NICU nurses, and…

Thanks for all this information. I’m trying to make a career change and deciding what path to go down, and student affairs / higher ed is one of the options I’m considering. Could I ask you a question, as someone who decided to leave the field: What is the dividing line between people who love the profession & decide…

This is my surprised face:

remember to smile, you sound pretty

It looks like a better human being tried to crawl out of Trump’s psyche and Trump swallowed him back down.

Replying to promote, because holy shit! You’re one of the first commenters I can remember from when I started reading Jezebel in ... 2011? How the hell are you gray anywhere? There is no justice.