We don’t know, and may never know, what the gunman who killed Christina Grimmie on Saturday planned to do after he shot her. But he did have two guns. He was not stopped by some vigilante with a third gun. He was stopped from killing anyone else but himself by Grimmie’s brother tackling him to the ground.

I’m self-aware enough to admit when I’m probably stretching to be empathetic. But I’m also fundamentally lazy, and it’s way easier to say, “Well, that’s nice” when someone’s making a big gesture than it is to be mad at them for it.

The TV show The Last Ship pulled their season premiere episode last night, because it contained a shooting in a night club.

But 4 of 5 romance options in Dragon Age 2 were bisexual! Josephine and the Iron Bull were bisexual in Inquisition! I... I... I...

The racism of low expectations.

This is a really well-written, thoughtful comment and I enjoyed reading it. :)

Coming from you, James, that’s kind of awesome to hear. :) (especially because I wrote that pre-coffee)

We’ve all heard the term “benevolent sexism” by now to describe supposedly chivalrous ideas, right? Yeah?

Meanwhile, Prince got his own post when he passed away. One could argue that someone like Alan Rickman didn’t because he wasn’t American... but I can’t remember now if David Bowie got a post of his own or not.

Well, that was a groaner. :)

I’ve been doing that for so bloody long now that even when I hear someone pronounce his name properly, it’s instantly forgotten.

They don’t care. It’s a badge of honour for teenage boys to sleep with older girls/adult women. It’s a badge of honour for guys in their twenties to sleep with teenage girls (and a lot of people normalise that one, too, especially if said teenage girl is 16-19).

My two cents on the matter, and I’m totally willing to own up to it if I’m getting the grammar all wrong, because for me, that’s what it hinges on:

Yeah, one of my friends turned away to pick up a toy her son had thrown across the room, turned back, and little dude (all of four or five) was on the stove. So. Fortunately, the stove wasn’t on at the time. I guess it’s one of those, like, I’ve been told not to touch this thing and mommy’s back is turned so I’m going…

I don’t have kids. I know people who have kids, because I’m in my 30s. And the only family who hasn’t really had their kids in freak dangerous situations? The family who live by a very, very strict, severe code of attachment parenting. Like, the kids are five and three and genuinely get stressed out/anxious if they…

Oh, I have precisely zero doubt you’ve heard more about Knightley than about Ruffalo! I won’t say so definitively, since I can’t speak for the Hollywood-watching world at large, but I would be completely unsurprised if the vast majority of people had no idea who Mark Ruffalo was until he was cast as the Hulk for Avenge…

I was curious about this and checked their IMDB pages; Ruffalo’s first credit is from 1989, Knightley’s is from 1993. He has 61 acting credits, she has 54, and he’s also 18 years her senior. Knightley has had 2 Oscar nominations, 26 other award wins, 88 award nominations. Ruffalo has had 2 Oscar nominations, 27 other…

Yeah, microencephaly isn’t a big deal. The CDC says it can only lead to

It seems as though any article about Trump, Clinton, or Sanders can have a lot of commenters talking about how “Well, I hate Trump, but I can’t vote for Clinton/Sanders because my ideals something something, so I’m going to have to abstain or vote third-party” or “Well, I hate Trump, but if I can’t vote for…

Yeah... but no. I gotta say it: “My husband comes across/is super racist, but at least he isn’t Adolf fucking Hitler, that mass-murdering fuckhead*” is just... not a great bar to measure someone by.