There’s something to this. My dad is a right-wing gun nut, but he hates Trump and most (if not all) of what he’s doing. I credit that entirely to the fact that he doesn’t watch Fox. OTOH, he DOES still bring up HRC as if she’s still running to be candidate of something. That just smells like rank ol misogyny to me,…

I read a small interview with Dustin Hoffman and seems him and Adam Sandler are good friends. Not sure if that explains the knee-touching, and for the record, I despise Adam Sandler and wish he’d go away.

Not if we the people keep clicking on links such as Jez’s instead in our Google searches! Keep it at the top.

Glad to hear someone else has had this experience! I understand what you mean when you say waking up feels like such relief, but in my case it was terror because at the end of the dream, someone is smashing through the door with a knife to kill me. And yes, your description of sleep paralysis is spot on for what I’ve…

Oh god, it only got to the gory details right at the end!

I don’t think there’s any danger in doing a lot of things yourself. It’s only when you begin feeling painfully lonely and/or when you isolate yourself. The thing is - you still go out, which is half the battle. I see people who isolate themselves completely, don’t talk to people, but they also don’t go out. Even if…

I’m a nervous flyer as well, but one thing that helped (besides Xanax, as you said, which is a godsend) look at this: https://flightaware.com/live/

Why would the dog freak out? Alan watched him when she was gone, which is presumably when they did any cutting. She said he lived in the apartment next door, so maybe that wasn’t unusual to a dog when they were watching her. It sounds like the hutch was completely covering the hole, which is how they got in and out,…

Is it still sleep paralysis if you have a dream that you *know* is a dream and it keeps repeating itself, like deja-vu? I remember trying to pinch myself awake in the dream (in a body that was not me) but I kept reliving the sequence.

Omfg I would never sleep again..

That’s inexplicable and frightening. I don’t even know how you go about trying to process something like that, especially three things...

Wow, that last one is so awful and horrifying. By the sounds of it, they would’ve entered to do much, much worse if Dozer was not there? I hope they’re still in jail? Why were there “wanted” billboards? I need to know!

With the phone call and friend request, do you think someone did it to be cruel? But the obit disappearing is really freaky.

That is terrifying; you did the right thing. I really hate people who sneak in doors before they close, and your (and the alumna’s story) is a whole other thing to be aware of. The part about smoking pot doesn’t really make sense to me. Where would they do it? Just inside the hallway/lobby area? How is that any better…

Is this the one with the lawnmower? If so, scenes in this movie still haunt me from when I watched it in middle school.

That’s a good point. I probably would prefer something heavier, so maybe I’ll watch and see if any of the prices decrease. The Kickstarter-backed one is even more expensive, but it hasn’t started shipping yet. Curious what people think of that one.

That’s a good point. I probably would prefer something heavier, so maybe I’ll watch and see if any of the prices…

It doesn’t hurt to ask! Or is there some way to write it off as a medical expense? I don’t have insurance at the moment and agree that it’s pretty expensive. I saw one version at Brookstone for “only” $150 but that seems to be the cheapest for an adult. ETA: The one popularized on Kickstarter is going for $250 with…

It doesn’t hurt to ask! Or is there some way to write it off as a medical expense? I don’t have insurance at the…

Jez is kind of known for picking some women to endorse before there’s an inevitable backlash. They didn’t really fawn over Lena Dunham, considering they paid someone to reveal the un-airbrushed photos of her for Vogue a few years back. That was real shitty.

Yeah, I agree with you. Meanwhile we have all these other questionable male comedians that can apparently do whatever the fuck they want without consequences.

I’ve lurked on Jezebel since it began, due to my college professor mentioning it becoming known as a “feminist website.” While no one really says that anymore, I’m still hugely grateful to the many, many articles I’ve bookmarked over the years and the incredible commenters who helped me out of various jams under many…