I’ve been pepper sprayed before. It is the most painful thing I ever had to endure. There are different strengths and different reactions, but I went blind for 15-20 minutes, was dry heaving for half an hour, and had blisters and scabs on my face and neck and was in pain for 12+ hours. It will absolutely stop just…

Demanding people disarm prior to ‘talks’ isn’t as viable these days, seeing as every leader who’s actually attempted to comply with our disarmament demands ends up getting deposed and killed by us, or by our proxies, shortly after. Now that they have the capability to strike U.S. mainland, ratcheting up ever more…

In a just society I’d expect a stronger social safety net and a non-punitive drug policy would reduce the homeless population and the number of drug addicts. It’s a shame U.S.A. isn’t a just society.

Here in reality, many homeless have substance abuse problems. Ask any of your friends who work in pharmacies participating in needle swap or methadone programs. How we address homelessness and substance abuse are important topics for discussion (U.S. isn’t doing so hot on either).

So you’re saying that there’s a correlation between intravenous drug use and homelessness?

Jesus then died, rose from the dead, moved a boulder, flew away into heaven, and was never seen or heard from again over the next ~2,000 years. At least according to that one book everyone keeps raving about.

One of my first ‘girlfriends’ lived across the street from me, and we ‘dated’ when we were both about 12 (AKA sat on the couch being shy and talking a little bit while we watched a movie). She and her little sister both went to the mega-church down the street (one of the original evangelical revival-style churches…

I mean, given the monumental public butthurt over a few incidents where Tesla vehicles collided with objects after their owners turned on glorified cruise control and then checked out to play on their phones, it makes sense. One can only guess at the incredible public outcry if Tesla released a motorcycle and then…

Oh, I gotcha. My bad! Guess it was a bit of a knee jerk reaction.

Patriotism, jingoism, and nationalism are all different. Jingoistic nationalism is not patriotism.

Throw that shade! Hate hate hate! You show her how it’s done - you don’t need no ponytail to distinguish yourself as a world-famous actress and singer, so why should she?

I think she has a great voice, plenty of catchy songs, and is beautiful. I know that’s going to catch a lot of flak here on Jez.

Sincere condolences to all the “dudes” out there who were about to pat themselves on the back, but complaining about that time your friend / girlfriend ditched you to go backstage / on some celebrity’s tour bus / up to some rich person’s VIP area / back to some athlete’s hotel room doesn’t make you a “good dude”.

Regardless of how you spin it, he did have a gun on him. If there was no gun, it would have been a different story and it’d be much easier for us to judge the cop. However, the details of the story — criminal, gun on his person, SWAT standoff, etc. — muddy the waters a bit, and that’s why it had to go to a jury to…

I’d say the UAE still takes the cake. “indoor ski slope in the middle of a desert”, “artificial sand island kept alive by money”, “tallest building(s) in the world build in the middle of a searing desert by slaves who had their passports taken away”, “fleets of vehicles literally made of actual silver”, “restaurants…

“A fool and his money are soon parted”

The woman in the article is making a cogent statement which is pertinent to the discussion. It shuts down any argument from Greitens that they were engaged in consensual BDSM or something.

It’s neat when blades of grass try to throw shade on tall trees.

Why do all these racist lunatics look the same? They all look like they’re related to the family in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. That inbred, suspicious (xenophobic), superstitious (evangelical), ugly frumpy look like people you’d spot at an East Texas Denny’s on Sunday morning after church lets out.

In any MMO game that lets me choose between male or female avatars, I typically go with female. Usually there’s no difference, but occasionally I’ll get freebies offered to me in-game from other players, which I accept. I’ll also get flirty messages or requests to be friends, or for my pictures in RL, etc. and I…