Comedians, especially white comedians, and especially male comedians, are among the most thin-skinned, sensitive people I have ever encountered. So many are unable to absorb ANY criticism whatsoever, and ironically, its the ones who are constantly lecturing their audience to lighten up who are the most sensitive to…

And, even if ‘it is survivable’ was an argument, my neighbour who is a nurse has watched more people die from Covid than she can count. She has lost more patients to Covid that she has lost in the rest of her career.

“I’ll say it again: If I ever meet Rand Paul’s neighbor I’m going to hug him and buy him as many drinks as he can consume.”

I happen to agree with your mother. Women leave when they are unhappy and would do better alone than navigating a shit relationship. Men generally only leave when they have another destination - men generally speaking do not do well on their own. 

Orrrr- he just needed to move on from his marriage and he was unhappy.

Counter-counterpoint: no

Man, this just Gaetz better and better.

This, this, this.

Easy, avoid the sun like its trying to kill you or slather on the SPF50. Unless you have naturally more melanin in your skin and then enjoy it all you want.

Not sure that’s remotely hyperbolic, a similar thought crossed my mind.

That’s the goal, I’m sure of it. Fuck WaPo.

yeah I absolutely believe everything they say about the family being hideous, but also....’I had to live off my own personal inheritance!’ is not the most convincing of the complaints. maybe set that one aside for now.

So happy that Kathryn Hahn’s blowing up in this way—she’s an amazing actress who is consistently the best thing about her projects and deserves all of this success!

His supporters won’t care. The moral indignation being directed toward Rafael is going to have the opposite effect. That’s my point. The reaction from the “libs” is more valuable than ever addressing an issue or solving a problem.

The Conservative response in support of Rafael has been that he’d be pretty useless in Texas right now.

Republicans’ biggest advantage over Democrats isn’t demographics or policy or any of the things any of us think it is.

And of course:

I know the feeling. I’m struggling with this issue more than I ever have before in my professional career and really all I can think is I can’t believe it’s been this long before I was really toe to toe with this crap. I was a misogyny summer child. Or blind. Ughh.

Politics aside, the baseline guide I use is: Would I have been fired for doing this at work? In this case, absolutely. No “cancel culture” (which isn’t a thing) here, just a employee getting fired for being a fuck up. If it weren’t for his socio-economic position this wouldn’t even be a discussion.

It comes from different places—sometimes the students themselves, sometimes counselors, and sometimes other parents (once, from a spouse).