Compare Maria Sherman to Kara Brown. Bobby Finger. Dodai Stewart. Anna Holmes. It’s insane to think that people like Maria can count themselves among the likes of the stellar writers who’ve been on this site’s masthead. None of them would ever have written actual ad copy for a shitty podcast like this. 

The same thing that’s hard for people to understand about mental illness in general: that it exists, that it’s not made up, that it isn’t something that makes people scary and “insane” like in horror movies.

That podcast was so disgusting. People are such fucking vultures with this shit.

Basic fact checking is important. People cannot be held against their will unless they pose a threat to themselves or others. Even in that case, those involuntary holds last for a very limited period of time.

I’ve always found the “Britney’s conservatorship is abusing her!” theory to be shamey and terrible, as if your…

365 days in a year. You could easily do 500 different people in 5 years with plenty of time to spare.

“The media” is code language for “I don’t have a nuanced worldview.” If your job is to be on television, you’re part of “the media.”

I had to stop eating Werther’s because I suddenly started getting cavities around age 20 (I blame Portland’s lack of municipal fluoride, come at me). But I love them.

Also like...biscuits are good. You know what makes them better? Jam. Honey butter. Gravy. Strawberries and whipped cream. A fried chicken cutlet and some hot sauce, maybe with a lil cheddar. Would I eat a plain biscuit? Hell yeah. But that doesn’t mean that I can’t enhance it. Can I enjoy life without being high? I…

Listened to her album in the gym yesterday. EVERY TRACK was good. Every single one! 

There is no wealth without exploitation. Period. 

You figured it out. Everyone here hates christians. That’s definitely what’s going on.

Why is she wearing her belt on top of her shirt with a suit?!

I kind of wish her Trump supporter husband was getting more personal press for this instead of the focus being on her. I think he rejected the same plea deal she did, and while I don’t buy that she’s an innocent victim of his machinations (she apparently…

Animal is Mod Sun’s biological father.

I think it’s a particularly stupid American idea that everyone needs to waste their money on housing in order to prove their worth as good little capitalists. That I have to be defensive and have an excuse for it to be OK for me to live with my mom is absurd. I would live with my mom even if I didn’t have this mental…

I said this in a comment that will probably say in the grays because Dirt Bag is no longer that fun and therefore is less popular, but I live with my mom because (like Pete) I have a serious, chronic mental illness. I am also employed and we share living expenses. But no one cares about me as much as my mom does, and…

Why is he worthy of mockery though? I don’t get why this kid inspires such vitriol in people. The only male celebrities I’ve seen get this kind of reaction are the ones who are popular with teenage girls, and it’s like they’re teenage girls by proxy. 

Should I point out that Pete has a serious mental illness, and that living with a parent is maybe not the worst/most pathetic idea for an employed, single adult who struggles with suicidal ideation and other self-harm issues? No? We’re going to continue making fun of everything this person does, even though he’s…