When I was in college, I worked at the local Kmart part time. The management was atrocious even by retail standards, but it was around the corner from my apartment, and an employee discount to an already cheap store meant I could eat for almost free.

I've always loved this story. This is what gave me courage to manually ease discomfort when I'm constipated.

I swear Mark, you'll be the death of me...

I am troubled that I don't find this the grossest story. What's wrong with me? Am I secretly super mega gross and nothing else comes close? I need counseling!

Every time I post a gross thing people are all "NOT AS GOOD AS THE PUMPKIN SEED STORY," so I got the greenlight to run it again to celebrate 2015!

Hmmm. I'm pretty sure I've read grosser. Seems more like a Stupid College Student story than a Gross-out Story.

This whole article is so eerie to me, because everything here that the mother has said mirrors exactly the conversation my beautiful (transwoman) wife and I had with my own mother this Christmas Day. So, so sad.

She doesn't need harassment. She needs to learn and grow from this tragedy.

I think she loved the idea of her child, and who she thought her child should be, but not the reality of who she was. It's sadly common, not just parent to kid but in all sorts of relationships. I refuse to write most people off as evil, though there are of course exceptions. I try to understand people, even the worst…

It's really difficult not to hate this woman. I grew up in this kind of smug, judgmental, repressed religious environment. People thought they were so nice and generous when they condescended to hate the sin, etc., but the stifling of individuality, of independence, of sexuality of any kind was just so fucking stupid.…

I gave my daughter an extra big hug today and told her I don't care about who she comes home with or as as long as she's happy and safe and loved.

Oh my god lady, your daughter literally said you were part of the reason she was killing herself. Maybe think about what that means instead of running your mouth about how it wasn't your fault and disrespecting your kid even in death.

But, but- religion is never an aggravator of such problems. No, no, religion is just dandy and Christianity is a religion of love! Love thy child, love thy neighbour...

I hope these people are endlessly harassed. Truly. She did not love her child.

Well, that's just perfect.

I honestly just feel sorry for this woman, because she's lost something beautiful, but she's too limited to ever really know it.

I just love it when brothers and sisters are also good buddies! These two are adorable.

That is pretty crappy. I'm 99% sure that the ones in my area were closed on Christmas. Not sure about today. Must be a franchise thing-they can open or close. The franchisee who made that sign is a douche.

Well, I'm guessing that the employees weren't given a choice as to whether they wanted to work those days or not and they aren't being given sufficient extra pay (if any at all) to work those hours. I wouldn't have a problem with it if there were enough employees willing to work those hours for the extra money and…