Eh, I mean, by the time the British Empire was at its height the monarchy had very little to do with actual governance (their political power was significantly depleted during the reign of George I, which began in 1714 and was basically extinguished under Victoria 1837-1901). Surely they share some of the blame in…

I mean, me too, but I don’t want the job.

That is what makes her the perfect royal.  She does not inspire intense passions, so she doesn’t really offend anyone.

As to Johnny Trinh, you are correct, but that was not his only racially motivated crime, and at least one of his other victims feels differently.

He actually did not blind the guy, who was blinded during the Vietnam war. He did brutally attack an immigrant who came here fleeing terrible violence in his country of birth tho, which is still pretty fucking bad! 

Hammer isn’t wrong, but neither is Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

I actually like Hammer quite a bit as an actor, but I have some suspicions that, if he has to do an English accent, it will be very Your Highness. Your Highness is perfect though, so maybe that’s not a bad thing.

Like, bridal shower games are pretty dumb, but every bridal shower I’ve been to was for someone I liked, so it was pretty easy not to dwell on how “basic” it was and be happy that I’m getting a chance to see a group of people together who have been scattered all over the globe and are rarely in a room together.  

I actually didn’t see Bridesmaids, but I haven’t been a fan of Paul Feig’s other movies for many of the reasons you identified as issues with Bridesmaids, so you are probably right.

I just finished it.  It is a very good listen.  Their unpacking of the Juanita Broaddick accusation was pretty chilling.

I used to pretty much only do cardio and light yoga. I recently started incorporating squats and deadlifts into my routine at least once a week and I can really feel a (good) difference. I never did before because (1) I was kind of intimidated by it and (2) internalized something about being muscular not being…

I get a teenager thinking this was an okay way to approach a celebrity, so I don’t want to heap criticism on her, but Rami acted perfectly appropriately.  

Watching the interview with her on that morning show, I honestly couldn’t tell if she’s completely delusional or if she knows she’s full of shit and thinks its hilarious that she’s being given a platform.

Her bone structure is amazing and she looks like a portrait of a Medici or some shit:

I was the child who wept in terror over flushing the school toilets

I would argue the exact opposite. You’re saying that the underlying behavior is unsettling and creepy, but ultimately not outside the kind of learning boundaries stuff we do as kids and teens, much of which we look back on and cringe. Dunham included unflattering, uncomfortable information about herself in a memoir.  S…

If all siblings who shared a room with a sibling during puberty and masturbated while that sibling was asleep are sexual abusers, then a pretty significant proportion of people who shared a room with a sibling during puberty are a sexual abusers.

When touch another kid at 5 or 6 you’re allowed to use the young and curious excuse. That’s more on the adults around you for not explaining/enforcing boundaries.

Everyone grieves differently ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I know plenty of singers and musicians who don’t need celebrity-status to feel they’ve made it as artists. Some can even make perfectly comfortable livings as performers in genres that get less popular media coverage. I think the poster was suggesting that her parents may have (I don’t know her parents so who knows if…