I agree. Lack of empathy does not necessarily mean the presence of cruelty. She was cruel.

Pretty sure it’s “coke” even in the even deeper south than South Carolina!

Wait a minute that’s not a fun fact at all.

Yeah, but luckily he has no business dealings with Russians or anything...

It’s not the correct way, though. It’s not called the Saint KWAH river.

Most sociopaths wouldn’t do this. She wanted to be the grieving girlfriend—it almost sounds like something like Munchausen by proxy. Again not to defend her, this is definitely the worst kind of abuse mentally issue or no.

In the sentencing, the judge spoke of her “behavior of grandiosity”, citing a specific doctor (I’m assuming court psychiatrist), and enjoined her from profiting from her crime. He covered every way she could possibly profit, including by proxy and third party. Grandiosity is part of narcissism which can be…

You forgot

My favorite: Ethan Couch - Affluenza

Yeah, any mention of mental illness doesn’t excuse what she did. She used his mental illness and death for her benefit, almost in a Munchausen by proxy scenario.

You forgot -

sure - but dont most people that choose to take anothers life?

kalief browder: 3 years for not stealing backpack

Hey now, we can butcher foreign (or foreign-esque) pronunciation on the coast, too. There’s a town near Silicon Valley called Los Gatos that is commonly pronounced so it rhymes with “floss GLADYS” instead of the proper way, rhyming with “dose HOT toes.”

You don’t have to have religion involved to get married, at all. Atheists and agnostics get married all the time. I understand that it is common for people to involve their religion when they get married, but no one is obligated to. You can go to the courthouse. You can have a secular party and be married by anyone…

But marriage is already a legally binding contract with no religious implications. You don’t have to have any religious implications to it if you don’t want to.

America has a variety of cities with mispronounced names. There’s Vienna, IL (Vie-enna), Versailles, KY (Ver-sails), Cairo, IL (Cay-ro), Berlin (Burr-lynn), CT....

Obvs those other coastal people did not read the Vox article about La Croix that was published at the height of the national obsession with it last year (yes, an entire article). That’s how I learned that it’s pronounced La Croy and also that someone legit sells “La Croix over boys” merchandise, which only makes sense…

If I’m at a party - especially if it’s hot and I’m outside - and they don’t have some sort of fizzy water I am leaving.

Nothing pisses me off more than some coastal asshole insisting it’s “La KWAH” because they genuinely think it comes from France.