“they wouldn’t be positioning Jon, literally the only male heir, to take the throne.”

But most of what you’re describing happened in the space of a couple episodes, and there was limited time exploring how these experiences affected her. You’ve done more in a few paragraphs to flesh out her arc and motivation than the writers did. The set-up is there, but they skipped the steps of showing her…

What’s High Valarian for Magna Carta?

I agree that Dany’s plot was built up over many seasons, and it’s in character with consideration of the long arc... but the writers failed to effectively show her transition from rationalizing her acts of violence with rhetoric of being a champion of the oppressed, to just burning a city for funsies that had just…

I’m happy to see him go down (though he has been problematic for some time and it seems convenient that Tati was only ‘fed up’ after the vitamin thing).
BUT
Jeffree has been the worst person for 10+ years running and Tati condones Jeffree’s misogynistic and racist behavior by remaining his very public buddy, so…

Seems like you may be pointing your finger at the wrong person, there; of course it’s ridiculous if pregnant women or elderly passengers get yelled at for drinking water, but that’s not this WMATA worker’s fault.

So - did this WMATA worker in particular yell at pregnant or elderly women? And were photos of these women tweeted so they could lose their jobs? 

Ok but like, this is a low wage worker who obviously didn’t have time for a proper lunch break. There’s a big difference between being silently pissed in your head and putting this person on public blast to try to get them fired/in trouble with their boss over something so petty. It’s not like she’s the one who set…

TECHNICALLY they are legal because they sell a product. Of course, anyone who has done multi-level marketing will tell you that you don’t make money from selling the product, you make money from recruiting people under you.

If you’re interested in the story, I highly suggest the Uncover podcast. I binged it the weekend before last. About half way through, it struck me how much this guy was aiming to be the next L. Ron Hubbard, so it’s not surprising to hear that he’s using the defense that Scientology gets away with it. Is Scavage…

“My safety fragile little ego was in jeopardy at more than one time.”

I’m not going to deny that this was a snarky piece, but the larger point is that Buttigieg’s actual policy positions have consistently taken a backseat to a more popular media narrative about him being a smart and nice man.

She mentions the help provided by USAid in her examples of women being empowered. Thing is, her idiot father shut down the government, then his republican buddies sacrificed nearly $9B in funding for USAid in the budget deal to reopen it.

I mean, back then a good job likely could support most of that. Nowadays both spouses have to have good jobs just to afford a decent house and MAYBE have enough to support a kid.

That proposed bill opening potential for huge fiscal penalties even in situations where the inquiry results are inconclusive. That feels like a legitimate attempt to just end sexual misconduct accusations as it puts a huge burden on them. What makes it even more bonkers, and correct me if I’m misunderstanding here,…

Fuck's sake, guys, wouldn’t it be easier to just not rape people?

This country absolutely loathes women.

Fuck this dude and his shitty ass kid. Kid fucked up, and instead of the parent saying, “Son, this is why you were accused”, we get, “My son’s a perfect angel - It’s the slut’s fault for tempting him.”

Like, whether you’re for impeachment or not, and I can see solid arguments in either direction, some of the dumbest arguments I’ve seen come from the “don’t impeach” side.

yep. i think both things are possible here.