for fucks sake. Do you understand hyperbole to make a point? Jesus. Women are told all the time “what do you expect you’re a woman in x,y,z” it doesnt’ fly anywhere else.

I’m making a point of what would be told to a woman who gets harassed and threatened online. What does a guy with epilepsy expect going online like that?

I had a cousin with this same epilepsy. She was on medication, but still had triggered seizures.

Perhaps you need a little while with Dr. Google.

You don’t understand, once 60 Trumpkins on the internet say something, it becomes true. Therefore, this troll is Good.

...But nobody is arguing differently? I haven’t seen anybody here argue that women who are harassed shouldn’t be taken seriously. You’re arguing a point nobody disputed. I did point out that legally, Quinn and Eichenwald are regarded as different because his case would be classified as an actual assault, whereas her’s…

both stories involving child pornography does not mean they are “similar events”

C’mon! He and Pete Townshend were partnered up on that investigation.

No, but I do think the article minimized the seriousness of what occurred. A seizure can be fatal, given the right circumstances (one of the primary killers of epileptics is falls they sustain when they’re triggered). What happened to this man is very, very serious and the person who did it deserves to be arrested.…

Thank you for this. The nazi fuck purposely sent a gif to an epileptic Jew with the hopes of triggering a seizure. That is assault and a hate crime.

This headline is so misleading and it’s so, so shameful of you to frame the situation like this. The GIF caused him a seizure. He’s epileptic. Yes, that is assault when you do something with the intent of hurting someone else, whether it’s just a GIF. That troll put him in danger knowingly. Epileptic seizures are…

Cristela Alonzo is pretty great too, and talks about growing up with immigrant parents.

Mentioned it in a different comment, but Jen Kirkman, Chelsea Peretti, and Maria Bamford also have great specials on Netflix. Particularly Maria’s special where she performs for only her parents.

I watched Tig Notaro’s Boyish Girl Interrupted on an airplane and a flight attendant came to see if I was okay because I was doing that thing where you laugh so hard you can’t breathe.

Yes to the Jenny Slate thing. I want more.

I dig all those comics. I’ve been listening to Pandora’s female stand up channel and it is outstanding. I’d add Jen Kirkman, Racheal Feinstein and Natasha Leggero.

Maria Bamford and Tig Notora. Both of whom have awesome series out right now (on Netflix and Amazon, respectively.)

Instagram wants to tag my location every time I post. Like, maybe if I could count on internet randos to pay my rent and not murder me, sure.

That’s the first thing I thought of too, I mean what with those ‘Bling Ring’ burglaries, and the more recent Kardashian robbery- all used social media to stake out their intended hits. Then not even to mention all those perverted stalkers out there.

Yes, there was absolutely no blowback from that incident you were easily able to pull up screengrabs of and immediately remember over 20 years after the fact.

It’s weird that everyone will now know where she lives. It isn’t a risk that I would personally take. I hope her deal with Two Trees includes security.