They weren't kicked out of England, that's one of the big misconceptions about the settling of America. The settlers didn't flee persecution, they fled religious pluralism. They wanted an environment where they could preserve the purity of the Christian church, i.e. impose their religious views on other people.

I'm not at all offended, as I said, my message was meant as a friendly reminder. If you choose to be defensive rather than listen to me, that's up to you.

So to work backwards from the definition, does that mean that anyone who behaves "abnormally" or engages in a social interaction in a surprising/non-standard way is insane? People from other cultures, people with learning difficulties? The concept of normal/abnormal isn't even used in psych diagnosis anymore, it's…

It's not a wine glass, it's a whiskey glass.

I agree with you up until your last two words - basically #notallinsanepeople or even #notmostinsanepeople. Calling racists crazy may serve to marginalise them and their beliefs, but it also puts many quite nice mentally ill people in the same category.

Your friend's roommate should have realised she was getting a bad deal. I would need for more than $45 to watch Garden State again.

Just this.

When I read the first three words of your comment, I was convinced it was going to be "My friend's roommate earned 3 zillion dollars last week sitting on her ass looking at her computer" spam messages.

I keep rereading MissAndry's comment, and I'm still not seeing where she says that the best thing you could do would be to get off the drugs. I've come across many people who are all "come off meds and you'll feel alive and herbal tea will cure all your problems BIG PHARMA", but I've come across just as many people…

This is terrifying. Rubber bullets, tear gas, police attacking and intimidating citizens, making them feel small and powerless, police seemingly acting with no regard for the law or basic decency...this is like the Troubles in Northern Ireland all over again.

Yeah, womb tanks sound like the best thing ever, but I would still have concerns about the tactile and auditory stimulation caused by actual uterine incubation. Newborns recognise the language of their mother even when someone else speaks it. That amazes me.

The Cranberries were awesome! TAKE THAT BACK.

And, um, is it only your mouth that burns when you eat an entire pineapple?

Pineapples contain an enzyme that breaks down cell membranes, I remember using it to isolate DNA in a high school science experiment. If you're sensitive pineapples can be incredibly painful.

Don't tell Mark!

Here is a comic rating the tastiness of fruit against the difficulty of eating it. Randall's verdict is also fuck grapefruit.

No, it is the same thing. "you're beautiful"=give me attention.

He could have said "I can't understand this, I don't understand suicide, it's such a tragedy that he left behind such a beautiful family". Instead he talked about a "fit of depression" and called Williams a coward. Instead of saying I don't get it, he said this is wrong and Williams was stupid. An expression of an…

That's reassuring, thanks!

On io9, they're saying that image uploads have been disabled as they've received threats from people basically saying "you didn't do anything about rape gifs on Jezebel, lets see how you like it". Is this true?