We were lucky enough to see it in a baby-friendly cinema, and I have a great picture that makes me tear up every time I look at it of my 5-month old watching as Diana starts to walk across no-mans-land.

I do not know who all these people are who went into new parenthood with their eyes wide open and faced no surprises because everything was exactly as they planned, but I have a 9-week-old, and I handled things just how you are, and even though there were a million things we couldn’t have planned for, we’re doing…

I felt that way, and I think it’s because I am much more familiar with how Leia looks than Tarkin. Plus, Tarkin is supposed to be creepy and unsettling, so if I felt creeped out by him...I mean, yeah, that seemed about right!

If you truly believe that (and the onus is on you to prove it; I’m going to need to see some documentation that says that we are not allowed to be nervous or upset when confronted by a cop), then it is horrifying that you have accepted it as normal and ok. Adapting or facing the consequences are not the only options…

Hahahah nope.

Just a reminder: being nervous, terrified, or angry while speaking to a cop is not a reason to get shot. We are legally allowed to ask about our rights. We are legally allowed to be upset. We are legally allowed to be frightened and to react nervously. All of those are things cops should expect when they stop someone,…

I mean, come on, I’m a white woman, and I’ve had two bad experiences with cops in spite of being calm and reasonable both times. Once involved having a gun pulled on me. Are you for real going to pretend that every single cop is reasonable, or that your experiences are universal?

Wait, is Taylor Swift claiming to be a virgin? I mean, that is fine if she is; I just didn’t know that was part of her persona.

I assumed that the first 99 would just be gone, and then number 100 would start as number 1 the next round. Where do they all go during that brief vanishing period? Why won’t they tell him? Really, this raises more questions than it answers.

For what it’s worth, that was not my experience. I just got a prescription after talking to a nurse, although she did talk to me about safe sex and STDs, which just feels like a good call. And you don’t have to do it every time you renew your prescription; I suspect that, even if offices that use the procedure thiazin…

No, it totally is different in the UK. Don’t worry! I actually was never even permitted to go to a GYN when I had an STD, which led to misdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment (surprise it wasn’t an STD at all!). Mostly I liked the UK system, but that incident left a terrible taste in my mouth. But more seriously, you…

Yeah, I was going to add that, when geek communities are good, they are GREAT. I’ve been lucky enough to find several geek communities over the years that are welcoming and loving - and far more so than I am as an individual.

Yeah I am totally prepared to forgive this kind of behavior in general. It’s really natural. My friends and I will generally ask each other, “Do you need me to just hate on this person with you?” if we feel like the other one is being a little ridiculous in how one-sided their story is. And if that is what they need…

Hahaha, “knowing I shouldn’t” and “not doing it” are not always the same thing. I more meant that I probably wouldn’t put anything in writing or, you know, publish an article to a large readership. Shit, I had a really bad fallout with a friend over a year ago, and I am still pretty sure that it was all her fault and…

Oh thank god. Thank god for you. I scrolled through so many comments agreeing with or engaging with this article before I got to yours.

Oh thank god. Thank god for you. I scrolled through so many comments agreeing with or engaging with this article before I got to yours.

I mean, I would have totally been here for a super-bitchy rant about friend breakups and how they suck, but this feels somehow worse than that? This is, like, a well-thought-out, sanctimonious story about That Time I was a really, really good friend, and then for No Reason this woman who no one here knows was a huge…

I mean, I would have totally been here for a super-bitchy rant about friend breakups and how they suck, but this feels somehow worse than that? This is, like, a well-thought-out, sanctimonious story about That Time I was a really, really good friend, and then for No Reason this woman who no one here knows was a huge…

Yeah I was really unclear as to her mother’s role in the whole thing. Besides, like, “not being a good mom” to the point that it drove Jenelle to this (?), what did she actually do? Also, why is the father not implicated in raising Jenelle shittily?

Oh, well if they were legit kids, I would assume that they were just kind of idiots (as kids often are) and let it slide. I am always torn on stories like this, because on the one hand, I don’t want to endorse shitty behaviour, but on the other hand, I cannot imagine how exhausting it must be to have people approach…