This. Norquist basically represents the opinions of whiny, entitled fuckboys who resent having to think about the impact of their actions on those around them. No one is talking about prohibition (he’s such a fucking drama queen), just about placing the same sort of restrictions on vaping that exist on smoking. Which…

Kellyanne is brilliant. And that’s what terrifies me.

Weed and Pixar.

“Built in 1853 by Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones...”

Same! Give me bamboo, rayon or modal any day. Soft, natural and cozy as fuck.

Yup. I don’t have kids either, so I can’t even imagine. I’d extract someone from my life for lunging aggressively at my damn cat.

He didn’t didn’t fuck it up at all. Maybe temporarily inconvenienced it at worst. Hollywood is full of angry, violent men and shitty dads and their careers are barely affected. Mike Tyson is a convicted rapist and is celebrated with campy glee and has his own show on the Cartoon Network. Roman Polanski won an Oscar…

Men in Hollywood can harm women and kids all they want and bounce back just fine. This is barely going to be a blip on the radar of Brad’s career.

I feel like a lot of straight people (and apologies if you are not) say this, and while I get the intent, I find it frustrating. Please don’t use marriage equality as an excuse to judge straight folks who choose not to marry. The truth is that LOT of queer people are anti-marriage and always have been. Not all of us…

I’ll answer as best I can from the perspective of someone who feels very strongly about never getting married.

Why are you all so intensely hung up on changing this dude’s mind? It’s one thing to debate the merits of marriage vs. not-marriage from a philosophical perspective, but you all seem very personally CONCERNED to the point of near-proselytizing. His choices don’t affect you in any way whatsoever, and you know nothing…

“People are different” is the very simple point that many people seem to be missing here. Personally, I would not want to be in a relationship that I chose not to leave because of a public commitment and a legal obstacle. It is important to me to feel like my partner and I are choosing to be with one another every…

Because insulting marriage is apparently worse than kicking a puppy. People act like you’re some kind of fucking Batman villain if you find it problematic, even if it has literally zero impact on their lives or choices whatsoever. Can’t say I understand it, but that’s the way it tends to go.

WagonDan mentioned being married before. Social security benefits can actually get fucked up in the event of remarriage (my mom is receiving widow’s benefits, for example, which will cease if she ever remarries). Also, anyone who has been divorced knows that while “it’s really a lot easier to just get married,” it’s…

I mean, I know a LOT of queer people (myself included) that inherently disagree with the institution of marriage, but if you’re speaking for all of us as a monolithic entity, then...OK? How do I apply to become the next spokesperson?

Getting married at the courthouse might be easier, but divorce is a thousand worlds more of a headache. There is nothing wrong with being pragmatic and retaining one’s independence if that’s what works best for the relationship.

I know you’re getting a lot of flak for this--criticizing the institution of marriage is rarely going to go over well with any crowd--but I completely agree with you. I will never, ever get married. I like my independence and my credit score too darn much. A half-decent lawyer and some basic forms are all you need to…

I have a Maine Coon mix (I adopted him from a shelter, but I live in Maine, and there are a LOT of stray cats here that are very obviously part Maine Coon), and he’s got so much of the Maine Coon personality--sweet, floppy, doglike, kitten-level cute--but only 11 pounds. I’m such a sucker for Maine Coons all around. I…

My Maine Coon mix sheds in clumps too. I call them tumblefluffs, as they tend to roll across my hardwood floors like tumbleweeds in the desert.

I read this really good article (I wish I could remember there) that basically uses this argument to postulate that cats actually domesticated us--and I have to say that it seems much more plausible than the reverse when you think about it.