Yes it is!

Thanks for that link, the dude with “suspected” aspergers is pretty much autistic_white_dude.txt and I’ve come across a lot of guys like that, and I don’t have time for misogynist douchebags, shared diagnosis or no.

I hope you feel better soon! I cut my dad out of my life, and that’s been a good decision for me. But I’ve never been really family oriented, but I know a lot of people who are so I understand how devastating that can be.

...this leads to a lot of missed diagnoses or misdiagnoses (like BPD, bipolar disorder, OCD, or avoidant personality disorder instead of autism). i was a gifted student so when i was younger a lot of my “quirks” and challenges were either overlooked or just attributed to the “eccentric intelligent person” stereotype.

I don’t have any fish right now, but I miss my little 3 gal (with filtration, of course) with a single cranky beta and hideous fake plants. Maybe again someday!

Skål!

I asked this on groupthink a few days ago, but the mainpage gets more traffic, so:

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller changed my life as a 16 year old, it’s one of those books that people either love or hate.

Isn’t there an already good episode of Drunk History about this?

Like I said in another comment, I really think it’s probable that she was a victim of some kind of serious abuse as a child.

Replied to the wrong comment, my mistake.

Thanks for the link. I had missed some things.

Stop building strawmen and putting words in my mouth, thanks.

IIRC, didn’t Jackie change her mind and not want the story to go to print at one point?

Some people farther on in the comments, with more legal knowledge than me, have made the point that to win this kind of case, the legal team needs to take a scorched earth policy.

A reporter is not a friend, not a confidante, not an advocate. A reporter’s job is to fact check. An editor’s job is to make sure that the fact checking is done, even if just to CYOA.

How about I make this clearer:

Nah, I was raped in college by a “friend” who was angry that I wasn’t obligated to fuck him for treating me like a human being.

No, it means that even IF Jackie’s story was completely false, and it might have been, it does not prove that she has never been victimized or assaulted.

From the WaPo: