(the terrifying thing is, it *is* very damn persuasive, though... Logically not convincing - but, otoh, I don’t wanna die, so I’m just gonna quietly back away and hope you don’t get all rifle-y on me. Ugh)

- You can always kick the guy in his exposed balls

Also: wrong, easily disproven air! They use amazingly compelling illustrations from our near and far animal relatives - that conveniently ignore the incredible differences in ALL THE OTHER BEHAVIORS exhibited by those animals that don’t mimic ours in the slightest. But, you know, if a cuttlefish appears to rape, and a…

Oh, thank fuck. In my field of study, Ev Psych has been a troll pain for decades like you would not even believe, but *journal articles* and SCIENCE! so people not familiar with that moronic nightmare subworld would give it the benefit of the doubt.

(this entire comment is hilarious and [and so with you on the last part])

(How is this grey?)

‘you bought me Hamilton Beach instead of Breville? Were you raised by wolves?’

(hey, awesome! This article reminded me of my to-do list & I was literally just going to order that [or a version of it] for a friend’s birthday. I am delighted to hear you like yours!)

Yes, it does, and I am so sorry. I grit my teeth when I hear people say that, because I know people with actual OCD and it’s a nightmare, not ‘being finicky.’

shut up! *you’re* crying!

(right??? Am I just 100 years old or has the spin machine been that effective?)

(Am I a deeply deranged person for actually liking that dress? His suit is indefensible, but the raw hem, maxi denim skirt thing kinda works for me...)

This x 10000. I am old[e] enough to recall the panic and the rapidly shifting narrative, and the ‘whoops! it was... accidental! You know how clothes are!’ line only came out after a few other tries to calm everyone the fuck down.
It was completely choreographed and planned. He knew he was going to rip her top open and…

Naw, you didn’t, and I agree it’s in poor taste. It just seems bizarre that people seem to overwhelmingly think Melania escaped some bad situation in her country of origin. I think the suuuper creepy profile of her father (domineering, narcissistic con/business man) does a lot more to explain why she’d ever want to…

There is a lot (or has been) of poverty in Eastern European countries and Russia in particular apparently has a sex imbalance due to war and alcohol, so there are young women with very few prospects doing shady modeling in the US, UK, ME and Asia or ending up in exploitative marriages.

‘Everyone who doesn’t know a goddamn thing about Slovenia,’ you mean. Slovenia is basically Southern Austria- it is NOT a poor country, I assure you. It was NEVER part of the Soviet Union (never even Ottoman, for that matter), and it was always the richest part of Yugoslavia, even before they split.

Second[third? fourth?]ed. Jessica Jones was recommended to me by a number of unconnected women I know, most of whom had serious histories of abuse, and they all said basically the same thing (really, it was like someone gave them a script and then told them to use their own words): ‘I highly recommend it, because it’s…

which sounds healthy to me but what do I know? I’m probably being consumed by my own misery as I type. :D

This. Some things can not be forgiven, and sometimes people should not forgive. And man, all the people with the ‘it just hurts you/get over it’ bs - no, sometimes it strengthens you.
Also, Maya Angelou quote: “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”