I meant Doug, not Rob. Who can really tell the difference between the two.

I used to think that Canadians are super nice, laid-back people. Then one of them married into my family. She is the most socially terrifying, uptight person I’ve ever met, and I grew up in the deep south. She’s the only person who’s ever managed to make me have an anxiety attack. I now think the over-apologizing…

Size 16? Lizzo is not a 16. 

Joe Biden’s many personal and policy failures should make him ineligible to be president.

But people are too lazy to look into those things, and they still believe that the whitest man in the room is the best one to lead us, so they’ll say he’s our only chance to defeat Trump. What a world.

This is mean and I’m sure will be an unpopular opinion but...if it’s US military officers seeing something? It is definitely, actually fine. Do you know any naval officers? I do. My father was an officer, (an “engineer and Academy graduate” to paraphrase the article above). He is the stupidest, most gullible person I…

If I was as wealthy as Olivia Munn, I cannot imagine having enough time on my hands to care about what a blog that peaked 10 years ago has to say.

I don’t think you’re correct. And I don’t think that the feds would bother to bring charges against people who could credibly make this argument (if this argument were considered legally valid).

This country is not in the habit of prosecuting its leadership for breaking the law. When people talk about “our norms and institutions,” the norm of not sending politicians to jail is part of what they’re talking about. It doesn’t matter what Trump says. He could say “yeah, I did it” and the result would pretty much…

I doubt any of these people will get more than a relative slap on the wrist, regardless of strategy. We let rich whites get away with literal murder in this country.

But this is not a good legal defense strategy. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. That’s a very basic idea. No one is ever aware that they’ve committed a…

What you’ve said doesn’t refute my point at all. Mental illness is a disability, as is addiction (or “substance abuse,” as you say, which seems to imply that this type of behavior is voluntary. It is not.)

What are you getting at, exactly? Rich people generally have access to better things that the rest of us should…

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.