I’m looking forward to this, but I do have to ask.

I agree. Parents should monitor their kid’s internet usage and uploads. What I was ultimately getting at was that the parents shouldn’t let this incident dissuade them from encouraging their son to pursue this hobby. A few of my friends with children would probably delete their child’s account and ban them from…

Thoughts and prayers

Agreed. I get the feeling that this will be in that style of horror/comedy.

I think of it in terms of dealing with any “privilege” (and here I am, now considering whether that works in talking about deaf/hearing or any disability). Essentially, I’m a 40 year old white dude who never had to think about a lot of these things, and a lot of the questions that are important to ask aren’t obvious…

So, basically, they just remade Deep Blue Sea but without Samuel L. Jackson, Thomas Jane, or LL Cool J.

Funnier how they do exactly what they accuse their opponents of doing. The moment I first heard a Republican equating Net Neutrality to the Fairness Doctrine and/or out and out censorship, I should have realized they were going to do something like this.

Hear a Republican badmouthing the left (or even the Democrats)…

As an Asian man, this is worse than whitewashing.

So you’re against the US Constitution? If you don’t like things like due process then you can always leave.

Excuse you. 80s pop, R&B and new wave are the absolute best. There is nothing better on this planet than an 80s one-hit wonder. Music where you can actually hear the crunch of the singer’s hairspray (or the oil dripping of the jheri curl, as the case may be).

Don’t forget the current conservative lack of critical thinking. They see it, they believe it. Once it’s believed, it’s set in stone. I’ve seen someone fight against a Snopes link in a comment, calling it “bullshit,” while the Snopes article clearly cites multiple sources.

Yeah, you’re right. This isn’t the venue I need to say that; I need to just keep continue, “you don’t represent us,” when I confront TERFs themselves.

TERFs want nothing more than to frame the pushback against their bigotry as oppression. Sort of like how religious fundamentalists want to frame the pushback against their anti-gay bigotry as religious persecution.

You make some good points and I largely agree, Mikey having an addiction isn’t something that would be completely alien to the story and could absolutely make sense. I mean, people have become junkies over far less so I would not blame the guy for looking for a little relief from his waking nightmare. But it also kind…

Ah, New Hampster and Maine, the Mississippi and Alabama of the Northeast. None of this surprises me after living in Maine long enough to watch them elect LePage.

Time to arm yourselves and teach your kids how to defend themselves folks.

Okay that is indeed a fair reply.

Folks who are saying you need to "understand" the request and "explain the consequences" or "redirect to another activity" have no understanding what this is about.
This is for repetitive requests for the same activity, sometimes after a explanation, many times without.
Sometimes a parent answers no simply because…

Meh, it's been done before.