Even if we can’t all agree on what the gorilla’s intentions were (because 99% of us know diddly squat about gorilla behaviour) can we all agree that a gorilla child and a human child are not the same? And that what might be nurturing or harmless to a baby ape (dragging, grabbing) might be harmful and potentially fatal…

That sent chills down my spine. I am so sorry that bastard happened to you.

Sounds terrible. I also wonder what the actual long-term effects will be on kids who have been recorded since (and during) birth and have been in selfies/seen themselves on screen since they can remember!

I don’t understand people’s obsession with recording and documenting every single thing that happens in their lives. I am 27 and I have a smartphone that I use entirely too much but when it comes to the camera I prefer experiences over the ‘memory’ (which apparently, people no longer have if it’s not stored in the…

Also this word salad makes it seem like the calls the gorilla senseless and horrendous, which: rude.

Why is anyone going after anyone?! A Sad Thing happened. It is not indicative of a larger problem (unless you want to stretch to ‘child care in general’ or ‘the concept of zoos’). Can the keyboard warriors find a new thing, please?

This basically sounds like an episode of Girls. People are being really nice about this but all of it seems pretty insufferable to me.

He is in a terrible position. Sometimes we put a lot of pressure on victims to become activists or advocates for other (potential) victims. ‘If you don’t tell us he will do it to someone else’. Even if we are trying to help the victim we can make them feel responsible for handling their situation the ‘right’ way ir…

I can barely keep up with tv-shows.. I don’t even get fandoms, let alone being a sexy dog.

The Dalmatian part is so specific.

I would NEVER.

As a young female academic I struggle with this all the time. Going to the office is fine, it’s casual and between everyone’s absent-mindedness and mutual sympathy for the stressful work, nobody really cares what you wear. However, lectures and conferences are a different story. I prefer comfortable over polished but…

Also:

Far be it from me to tell consenting adults what to do, but whenever I read about stuff like this I always wonder, how do you discover that this is your kink? Do you see dogs and think, ‘that looks chill’? Because I don’t have a kink (yet) and if I am missing out on something I want to know.

My parents love me and all, but there is no way they would have me live with them (I am 27). Your parents are all nice and generous as hell!

It’s 100 times easier to start something than to finish it (signed, a former literature-no-wait-philosophy-no-wait-history major).

Being stuck in a room with a group of drunk men who are all preying on me is a situation I actively try to stay out of. All of this looks awful.

HONORARY DOCTORATES ARE THE WORST.

Let’s hope she has to share one with 6 other people like the rest of us ;).

I would think (HOPE) that these bullshit positions are unpaid and just PR for the school/program. But I wonder why LSE thinks it needs something like that..