except they didn't take anything from Gaye (except the general vibe). how can you clear a feeling?

I don't keep up with contemporary pop at all, and had managed to be oblivious of Blurred Lines except for its name; I'm of the generation that knows Marvin Gaye's entire catalog through and through. When I heard the suit had won, I assumed it was as clear cut as George Harrison ripping off He's So Fine for My Sweet…

You're mistaking the frosting for the cake, the sizzle for the steak. You only hear the superficial elements.

Not a Thicke fan, but his song sounds NOTHING like Gayes'. It shares only three basic SECONDARY concepts: falsetto vocals, a bouncy bass line, and a similar tempo. These (concepts) are not things you can copyright. The most important tangible element, the MELODY, is not even vaguely similar. Even the chord…

BUT THEY'RE AWARE OF CHARITIES GAAAAWD (even though I'd bet that half the people who say charity is the better option mostly just think about donating and never actually get around to it). They're all so much better than everyone else, obviously. This article might actually have the smuggest comments I've ever seen.…

Agreed. The majority of readers are going to pat themselves on the back for NOT buying pajamas with a dumb name and then feel like they did something. Very clever of you!

There is also a bit of a business selling point. You can say, "Oh those pajamas look nice", but the fact that the money goes to help someone might be thing to get you to buy them, or spend a little more for them.

This is the best argument so far. You can be 100% annoyed with the way they're peddling their message, but if you say "I'm not gonna buy this because the message is exploitive!" and *then* go shop at Target or Walmart or the like, you've chosen to support an infrastructure that actually hurts women like these. We're…

The whole issue is such bullshit anyway. Giuliana wasn't insulting her beautiful black woman's hair. She was insulting her WIG, for the love of G-d! I could have been wearing it instead of Zendaya, and I'm as white as they come. The remark was a lame attempt at being witty, she apologized, and it should be over. …

Are we gonna talk about the bit where Kanye approved of Tyga "getting in early" with Kylie?

It's stuff like this that make conspiracy theorists seem reasonable. I'm still staring at a goat, trying to command it to lead a rebel uprising in a country rich with natural resources but is not a viable ally.

If he is right with that he is a fucking idiot. I mean basically devaluing the person you have dated because um actually you would have rather dated another person? Sorry he is only devaluing his own choices, like either you chose to date a person and stand to your decision to date the person or leave it instead of…

You are either very thick, or very successfully trolling.

I don't deny that, I never did! But it wasn't his intention to get her interested in him. It was a PR stunt, nothing else and he was using her.

I DON'T DEFEND HIS BEHAVIOR! I never did. This was not about a man talking to a woman somehow trying to impress her with stories about his dick. This was a guy trying to impress his audience and you completely misread that.

I think her point was maybe that he wouldn't have said this to her in private, it was a 'hilarious' anecdote directed ostensibly at her but for the 'enjoyment' of the 3,000 strong audience.

Cheerful reminder: accusations of narcissism usually come from other narcissists. I don't know the situation and neither does anyone else besides what a single person who might have just gotten spanked more than her friends did told you. Hurray!

I wish my father was alive to come to mine. He was an abusive asshole but he really couldn't help it. And, I am happier loving him for all the good that he did instead of hating him for all the bad. I love you and miss you dad.

No, that's not a good way of handling it. That just spreads more pus around. And no doubt her inlaws are now concerned about who's joining their family.

If you're a grownup (and if you're getting married, you should be one of these) and you don't want to invite people to your function, don't. That's it. Full stop. If…