I just came out of a two-to-three week lurker period (my daughter's been super sick), but before that yes, I was trying to be visible and also visit sub blogs (like ROYGBIV).

Oh, wow, thanks for reminding me. I still need to watch that.

I find this ironic, coming from Jezebel. Why doesn't Kinja use two step authentication?

So don't go over to Gawker, where the commenters are all, "Thank God the Governor declared a state of emergency because all those thug looters are going to go nuts!"

A union Klansman. Hm...

I have similar conflicts but in the end I'm like, "Let them lose fucking EVERYTHING!"

Wow, nice piercing eyes on the two of them.

Well, shit, does this mean I actually have to dig out an old iTunes gift card and buy the album and listen to it and start liking Taylor Swift?

CASSIE!!!

Yeah, but you have to admit that the part where he asks, "What do you have to say to the haters?" was a total bullshit question.

Like, A LOT of honey.

When my sis and I tried to tell my mom about our dad, her response was, "Well, I guess it's just your word against his, right?"

Gargling with vodka definitely might help. I also read a helpful tip on the "Real Simple" Facebook feed from a flight attendant that she likes to splash tiny airplane bottles of vodka over her hands instead of sanitizer, to ward off germs.

I always thought it was called "assne".

I'm trying, but so far no dice. I even tried begging a couple times (which I know is unseemly and totally not my personality but I was desperate). It sort of drives me nuts because I'm a pretty articulate person and definitely not a porn troll, which is supposedly the reason why the new system took effect.

Don't worry, I'll let you off—no more moaning (after this last one, I promise!).

As per the end of your quote, I found this, from Tommy Lee Jones about his new movie, completely illuminating, in this NYT article:

But how do you get PERMANENTLY out of the greys? That part I still don't get. I've torn my hair out over this, because I make good comments and if they don't get responded to, then they're lost, sob, to obscurity.

Click on it again and you can un-star.

God, their phones are hideous. That's the only way I can not feel scared about these girls.